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Evening Star, Issue 3882, 3 August 1875, Page 3

Shipping.

HIGH WATEE, TO-MOEEOW. Heads. I Pi. Chaluxbs. I Dunedin, 4.33 p.m. I 5.13 p.m. | 5,56 p.m. POET CHALMEES. ABBIVED. August 3,—Bruce, s.s., 208 tons, Jones, from Lyttelton via Timaru. Passengers : Mr and Mrs Williams, Mr and Mrs Eeid, Mesdames Percival, Carpenter, and Mr Bird, Bobycito, barque, 432 tons, Lusher, from Nowcastle. Passenger: Mr Stamford, Woodlark, ship, 869 tons, Largie, from London. Passengers: Messrs Bothantey, Aaron, Campbell, and eighteen in the second cabin. SAILED. August 3.—Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Peterson, for Lyttelton, via Timaru. Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Edie, for Oamaru. Glimpse, ketch, 38 tons, Sheppard, for Oamaru. Comerang, p.s., 156 tons, Best, for Invercargill. The ketch Gatlin, having been thoroughly cleaned, was taken off Sutherland’s slip this afternoon. The Union Company’s s.s. Beautiful Star sailed yesterday afternoon for her usual trip to Lyttelton, via Timaru. The Union Company’s p.s. Samson, for Oamaru, took her departure shortly after the arrival of the seven o’clock train from Dunedin this morning. The Union Company’s fine s.s. Bruce returned from her usual trip to Lyttelton and intermediate ports at 8.30 this morning and steamed alongside the hulk Esk to coal. She left Lyttelton at 3.15 p.m. on the 31st ult. and called at Akaroa and Timaru, at which latter port she took on board, besides other cargo, 1,417 bags of grain, and left at 7 p.m. last evening. The barque Bobycito, with a full cargo of coal for the Union Steam Company, was towed up at noon to-day by the tug Geelong. She left Newcastle on the 18th of July with a strong S.W. wind, which continued until the 21st; thence Lad strong S.E. gales with heavy sea; passed the Traps on the morning of the 31st and Stewart’s Island the same day, when the wind shifted to the northward 5 was off the Ocean Beach on the morning of the Ist instant, and the Heads at 11 p.m. same evening,'hut was driven to the northward.

The signals at the Heads this meming announced the arrival of the ship Woodlark, horn London. The Woodlark left London on May 2nd, clear*! the land on the Bth. and got the N.E. trades on the 17th, which were carried to 2deg. N.; crossed the equator on the 27th; got the S.E. trades on June 2nd in 3deg. S., and carried them to 19deg. 32min. S.; hence had. variable winds to the 16th, then N.N.W. winds to the 26th, on which day she . crossed the meridian of Greenwich; crossed that of the Cape on the 30th; got strong weeterlies on the 26th, and passed the mendian of Tasmania on the 26th July; ran down her eastiug in 43deg; S.. and made the Snares at 4 a.m. on the Ist; had W.N.W. winds all along the coast, and was off Cape Saunders at 1 a.m. yesterday; arrived off the Heads last night, and was towed up this afternoon.

EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE FROM A WRECK, (A. Z. Herald.) By telegram we have had the record of the loss of the schooner William and Mary on her run from Motueka (Nelson) to Pate* (near Wanganui) ; but the following highly sensational particulars are worthy of perusal. The report has beeu furnished to the Press by Capt, Ellison, of the Amateur, who received it from Captain Stevens, master of the William and Mary “ I was on a voyage from Motueka, Blind Bay, to Patea, and after having been under Kapiti for a whole week, I was prosecuting the voyage to Patea on the morning of the 6th iust., when about three o’clock we felt the first of the S.E. gale which raged on that day. Immediately shortened sail, and hove the vessel to under clcse-reefed mainsail on the port tack, heading about S.S.W., being then by dead reckoning N.W. about thirty miles from Kapiti. All went well till about 3.30 a.m.. when, in a terrible squall, the mainsail was blown completely to ribbons. Immediately unbent the jib, a new sail, and bent it aft in the place of the mainsai|, also laced some canvas to the main rigging, ( and let down the fore centre board for the purpose of keeping the vessel’s head to sea, and 'as well lowered down the foreyard to ease vessel. Not being able to do anything further for the safety of the vessel, one hand was sent to the pump, and the rest went below to put on dry clothing, when about 8.30 a.m., myself and mate being in the cabin for the same purpose, a heavy sea struck the vessel ou the port beam, and instantly capsized her, bottom up. We immediately tore off the lazaret scuttle, pulled out the stone ballast, and both crawled into that place, where the mate and myself had barely room to lie. We remained there till Tuesday attarnoon, without food or

water, when, finding the water rising until it nearly reached our mouths, we were compelled to leave that place. My mate started first, and I followed him after a short interval, having to dive through the water in the cabin, thence up .’and under and across the deck, and over the side, and so up to the surface, whore, after resting myself for a short while to recover breath, while clinging to the main boom, I looked round for my mate, but oould not see anything of him, or of any of the rest of the crew, and therefore conclude that they must have all perished. After a while I swam to the stump of the foremast, which was floating some 4ft or sft above water, and lashed myself to it, and remained there the whole night, up and above my waist in water, and nearly perished with want of food and rest. After sunrise on Wednesday, the 9th, I loosed myself from the mast, swam with great difficulty to the vessel, and after some desperate struggling, succeed in getting on to the bottom of her, and crawled aft to the stern, which was the highest part of the vessel, which was awash at times. Here I threw myself down to recover breath and strength, and in about half-an-hour rose and anxiously searched the horizon for a sail. In about an hour one hove in sight, standing nearly direct for me, and when nearly abreast of »e—about a mile off—to my great joy I saw the ensign run up to the peak. Shortly after she tacked, and a boat was sent to me, and I was taken off the wreck and on board the schooner Hannah Barratt, where proper restorative means being employed, I was shortly restored to my usual health.”

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Ltttelton, August 2.— Arrived: Star of China, 104 days out from London, with 260 immigrants, all well. They will land to-morrow. London, July 24.— Arrived: Soukar, from Wellington j Waitora, Carnatic.