Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 3863, 12 July 1875, Page 3

Shipping.

HIGH WATEB. To-iIOBBOW. Hkidb. 1 Pt. Chalmers. | Dcnkpin. 10.31 p.m. I ll.Mp.m. | 11.39 p.m. POET CHALMEES. AERIVED. July 11.—Isabella Anderson, 82 tons, Paterson, from Thnaru.

Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Edie, from Oanmru. Passeneje n: Mr and Mrs Gardiner, Captain Joss, Hon. M. Holmes, Mr and Mrs Sutton, Mrs M'Glashau, Mrs Fricker, Mr and Mrs btewart, Miss "Walcot, Eev. Mr Smith, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Gardiner, Miss Gillespie; Messrs Hunter, Parsons, Brown, Lees, Sutton, Kinner, Bee, Aitken?, Toddlet, Dansey, Parker, Atkinson, Fleming; aud live in the steerage. Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Fraser, from the Bluff. Passengers: Mr aud Mrs Graham and family, Misses Holmes aud Aitken; Messrs Matueson, luglis, Shipton, Sutton, Bess, Aitken, Juy, Brown, Peltou, LainWt, Morris; five children for the Industrial School, and three in the stee age. BAII.KT>. July il.—Express, s.s., 13G tons, Christian, for the BJutf. Bruce, s.s., 208 tone, Jones, for Lytlclloii, via Timaru. Lloyd's Herald, ketch, 48tons, Cairns, for CaUm'i Eiver.

Tanpo,B.s.,4Sltonß,M'Parlane, forthe North. Passengers: Pot Lyttelton—Messrs Hayman, Marshman, J. Campbell, Prince, Michael Cohen, Mark Cohen, and Callins. For Wellington—Mr M'Glashan, M.H.R., Mrs M'Glaslmn, Miss Mooro, Captain Stavkey, Messrs Capper and Saunders (2). For Westport—Mr Ccoper. For Manukau—-Mrs aud Miss Henderson, lira George, Messrs Kialoch Mills, Bateman, and Sutton, PBOracTin t>t paste ass. AlhamLra, for Melbourne, July £l. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, July 13, Bruce, for Akaroa, July 18. Con.e ang, fo.- luvercar,-ill, July 13. Lady of the Lake, for Kaitangata, July 12. Ladybird, for Lyttleton, July 17. Meliine, for Wellington, early. Otngo, for Melbourne, July 21. Phffihft. for Lyttleton, July 13. Eangitikei, for London early. Samson, forlOainaru, July 13. Shag, for Moeraki, early. Timaru, for London, early. Wanganui, for luvereargill, July 15.

The schooner Auue Houlan caa>o down from "Ounedin on Satwday afternoon in tow of the b.s. Jane. The Union Co.'s p.s. Samson returned from her Oamnru trip enrly yesterday morning, and steamed past the Port to Dunedin.

The Bchoi-ner Tauranga, for Timaru, was towed down from Dunedin on Saturday afternoon, by the 3.8. Express, nnd anchored in farcy's Bay. The cutter Nautilus was towed down from Dunedin on Saturday by the p.s. Portobello, and will take in a cargo of cement for Oamaru from the ship Peacemaker.

The Union Company's splendid 'new s.s. Taupo, having been cleaned and repainted, left the railway pier this a r tcr3oou with passengers and cargo for tho Noithorn Ports, for which trade she was specially built. The s.s. Wanganui arvied from her usual Southern trip at 9.30 a.m. yesterday, aud passed the Port to Dunedin. She left the Bluff on Saturday evening, and had strong westerly windy accompanied with lightning during the first part of her p -.ssage. The light S.W. wind which prevailed on Saturday increased towards uiidr.ivli t to a perfect gale, accompanied by lionvy squalls of hail and sleet, which uoutimind during the whole of yesterday and to-day, aud which has consequently put a stop to all work in the Port, so far as the shipping is concerned. Wo are glad to state that during the gale the whole of the vessels in the Harbor hung well to their moorings, and we hive no accident to chronicle.

THE BARQUE COLUMBUS IN A GALE,

The New Zealand Shipping Company's barque Columbus, which left the Bluff on January 22, aniveJ on April 28, having Iwen for tendiys previously kmaking about in the English Channel. Mr M'Cullcch, N.M., of Invercargill, who wa3 a passenger by her, gupplies the * News' with the following account of her rather eventful voyagi. Our first disaster was when just noaring the Horn. We had made some splendid runs—up to 11 snd 12 knots. Seemingly we were flying through the water, but immense seas were shipped one m'ght, when the gale was so heavy that we trembled as the waves seemed to submerge us. In the morning we learnt that one of the awful seas which we had heard rolling over us during the night had washed overheard our carpenter and two sailor.?. The formor was a widower, and has left seven children. What a sad day followed. Ship hove to, saloon dark end, no regular meals, wretched in our feelings, and sad in our thoughts. The captain had never lest a man before, and he seemed much concerned. We have all a high opinion of him as a commander, and towards ourselves he has been very kind and considerate. I'ine weather followed the gale referred to, but after rounding the Horn in lat, 51, long. 45, on 22nd February, we had it cold and foggy. On the morning of that day, on looking through my cabin port-hole, I could not see the horizon, and overheard from my berth many remarks abotit " fogs " and " icebergs." Presently there was a rush and much confusion on deck, and the captain's voice heard thundering out his • orders. Another moment, and crash went the ship, seeming to shiver her timbers. Then a moment's hope, then another crash, and all hope was gone. Imagine our feelings on hearing from the captain, " All's safe, we're off," and on looking through the stern windows to see the spectral mass of ice which looked like a floating island, slowly receding from us, so near that we could have touched it. It was quite three miles in extent, and had we struck it in the centre instead of towards the end, nothing could have saved us. The sailors saw seals on the top of it. The captain's presence of mind in giving his orders was marvellous, and the conduct of the second mate most exemplary. The latter, while the faces of the men were blanched with fear, put the ropes into their hands, and by his conduct kept their spirits up. When we were allowed to go on deck, what a sight presented itself —the deck strewn with pieces cf ice, and the shattered side of our ship, the result of the two crushes. LIOO, the captain thinks, will cover the damage, but the good Columbus was still seaworthy. But for her being strongly built, the result would certainly have been fatal The ice was gathered up and put into tanks for ship's use. Sometime afterwards the captain, observing a floating piece of ice, immediately went forward and doubled the watch, and only 1 ad time to regain the poop when the watch the cty " Iceburg upon us." Orders being promptly obeyed we barely escaped again. You can imagine when we assembled at breakfast with what gratitude v/c all shook hands with the ciptaiu as the instrument of our preservation. This iceberg soon disappeared in the fog, and about 12 o'clock, on its clearing up, we could see the monster about ti-.n milos off with the spray dashing against it. We had doul.de watches all that day, and shortened fail. As night drew on we dt-ter-mincd not to go to our berths, but, obtaining a good supply of coals from the steward, sat in our chairs around the stove. After these ev. Nts we had some splendid runs, which soon brought Ua into the tropic*."