Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 4019, 13 January 1876, Page 3

Shipping.

aron water,. TO-.MORROW, ' K.'mfi. .7 ] Px. « kai.k( hP, | Drxar.-j.v 5.0 1 p.m, j 5. U p.m. j G29 .Kir, PORT CHALMERS. A REIVED. January 12.—Trial, ketch, 25 tons, Kellv, from Wick lit'.' Huy. Edith Reid, ketch, 75 ton.-;, Muuro, from Port Molyneux. Albion, brig, 218 tons, Galloway, from Newcastle. Cora, schooner, to tons, Russell, from Kakanni. Wooclvilio, barque, 803 tons, Cloudy, from Newcastle. Samson, p.s., 12 i tons, Edio, from Oamavu. Passenders ; Mr and Mrs Pnrgie and two children, Mr and Mrs Thornton and servant, Mr and M a Lamer, Mrs Ross, Miss Fair, Messrs Gibbs, Steward, Morgan, Mitchell, Fleming, Maude, Graves, Lush, Bunting, Harrold, Adamson, Hansford, Curruthcrs, and six in the steerage. January 13.—(Jomeraug, p.s., 156 tons, Best, from the Bluff. Passengers; Mr and Mrs Low and child, Messrs Muuday, Stcrgeon, Bell, Denham, Morgan, Saunders, Matthews, Mncaudrew, Grandley, and six in the steerage. SAILED. January 12.—Express, s.a., 130 tons, Fraser, foi the Blu If. Beautiful Star, s.s., HG tons, Peterson, for Timaru. January 13.-Lloyd’s Herald, IS tons, Kearns, for Gatlin’s River. Pioneer, schooner, 25 tons, Mattliesou, for Tois Tois. Hope, cutter, 25 tons, Scott, for the Molyncux, PRO3TOTKB TEPAETU RUB. Arawata, for Melbourne, January 19. Alhambra, for Melbourne, February 5. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, January 15. Couierang, for Riverton, January 15. Haweo, for Wellington, January 25. Mataura, for London, January L’9. Otago, for Sydney, January 20. Omeo, for Melbourne, Fohru ry 3. The brig Thomas and Henry was towed to Dunedin this morning by the p.s. Golden Age to discharge her cargo of timber. The barque Frederick Bassell was ic moved from the stream yesterday afternoon and moored alongside the railway pier. The barque Prospector having finished discharging her timber at the cross .jetty was hank'd alongside the ship Nelson, and after* b.. Hasting will proceed to Newcastle.

The ship Jessie Roadman having nearly completed her loading for London was removed this morning from the newjpicr and anchored in the stream. The schooner Cora, from Kakauui, and ketch Edith Reid, from Port Molyncux, with full cargoes of wool and grain, for trausoipmont, arrived yesterday.

The Union Co p.s. Samson returned last evening from her round trip to Oatutiru, and steamed along, sine the shsp Auckland to discharge wool. The barque Woodvillc and brig Albion, ■. ith Ml cargoes of coal from Newcastle, arrived yesterday afternoon. The Woodville left on the 2nd just', and the Albion on the 1 st; both made the Solandors on the morning of the 11th, with a strong S.W. wind, which continued to arrival.

The p.s. Comovuug returned from her usual southern trip ut eight this morning. No attempt has yet been made to float the wreck of the Lady of the Lake. She is gradually siulnmdeeper in the sand, and there are indications of the funnel and steam chest giving way. She is full of sand, and the water being flush with her dock, no one as yet. has been able to find whether her hull has sustained any serious damage. There is now less prospect than ever of her eventually heirm got off. —‘ Chitha Leader.’ ° THE MISSING STRATHMORE. The ‘Sydney Morning Herald’ says that about a mouth ago a, fisherman named John Bucklie, residing at Botany, found on Pussy Cat boa-.-b. one of the head boards of the Strathmore. There can hardly be a doubt of its identity, as it will he readily recognised by any person familiar with the ship. When found it was in good preservation, nd tho letters perfect, but with one end of the board broken oft'. From it ; appearance, it could not have been a long time in the water, as very few barnacles were adhering to it. ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP WILTSHIRE FROM LONDON. The ship Wiltshire, which arrived oil the Heads on luesday, was towed up yesterday afternoon by the tug Gee'ong, as far as theQuarant ne Ground, where she came to anchor, Jiaying on board on;; ton of powder. The Wiltshire is a v ry handsom-j iron vessel, of 1.-l'll tons register, built by Messrs Barclay and (arlo, of Glasgow, anil owned by Messrs G. Marshall and Co., of Loudon, and consigned to Messrs Guthrie and Larnscb, and in addition to between 1,(100 and 1,700 lone of cargo she brings fifty-six passengers. Her commander, Captain John Davidson, is not altogether a stranger to this port, having commanded the barque .Sarah at id I: Vx tbctlMvhkh vt.si-el fapplied the various. whaling stations 3ttony the coast years ago. As boon as ti.3 Wim-J.irc h.f. ‘dUdh.u i,_ jiowdor she will he removed to a nurr r ,nvement discharging berth, and will discharge her cargo m lighters in the stream, I'ho Wiltshire

left Gravesend on September 29; had strong westerly gales down Channel, and took her departure from (lie Lizard on the Bth October, with a N.W. wind, which continued until the iStI', 1 ', inlat. 29.12 N., when she got the N.E. trades, and carried them to the 29th October in lat, 5.58 N. ; six clays of dole!mms. with much rain, followed ; and on the 4lh of November she got tbe first of tho S.E. trades in 2 25 N., and crossed the Equator on tho following day in long. 23.7 ; th- trade wore good, and were carried tol9 41S. On Nov. 12 variables followed until the 21st of Novemb :r, on which day she met the first of the steady westerlies, ami crossed the meridian ox Greenwich on the 2*sr-b November, in -at. 39 L, and that of the Gape on tho 30th November, in lad. 43.6 S, The westerlies continued until passing Tasmania on December 24, when the encountered five days of strong easterly gales, with thick weather, and was under lower tap sails during the greater pa t of that time; ran down her easting between the pai allots of 46 and 47. Saw no ice ; the first, laud sighted was tbe Snares on the 4th inst. with an easterly wind and thick weather, which continued along the coast to arrival of! the Heads on Tuesday, when it sh fted to a strong S.W, wind, and she came to anchor until towing up as above. THE WRECK OF THE LADY OF THE LAKE. An official inquiry into the cause of the wreck of the s.s. Lady of the Lake was held in the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day, before Mr Bathgate, E.M., and Captain Thomson, nautical assessor. Mr Haggitfc appeared for the Customs authoriti- s. The captain and chief engineer, the only certificated officers of the vessel, were called up to produce their certificates. Mr Holloway produced his, and tho engineer explained that he had lost his some time ago. Frederick Holloway stated tlut he was act-ing-master of the Lady of tbe Lake on December 28. Tho steamer did a coasting trade between Dunedin and Port Molyneux. She was a screw steamer of about G4 tens. Her official number was 52,203, and she was owned by Messrs G. F. Reid, of Dunedin, and Charles Herbert, She left Dunedin on her fait voyage at half-past five on Tuesday evening, December '2B, bound for Port Molyneux. Her crew con sis ted of four men, an engineer, and two firemen, the steward, and witness There was also one lady passenger. The weather was very du 1, ■vdih a lightdrizzl-ngrain, at tho time of leaving, wind N.E. On getting outside the Heads ho found considerable sea to the N.E ; set the foresail and mizeumast, and arrived off Cape launders about a quarter past eight. J-£ e found tho wind increasing, and about a quarter , ast eight gave orders to go easy. It was at this time nearly dark; there was no moon. •\bout ten p.m. it was quite dark. He was then, he reckoned, just abreast of Saddle Hill. He could just disc-ru (ha land, and was a'out five miles (if the coast, steering i.W A ri, by the compasses. He saw that ins o-.tiers to icduca the steam were at.ended to, and then went to lie down, i'he- same sail as he had mentioned was then used. He came on deck again at twelve o’clock. The weather had set in thick Ho judged that he was abreast of the Taieri. He -mw the compasses she wed t lie v as taking the right course, and at 12 30 ho went to the engineer and gave him strict orders not to drive the vessel At i.30 the weather set in very thick indeed. He went up on to the bridge himself and g ve the man at the wheel strict o decs to be very careful in his steering, and also cautioned the man at the look-out to keep a strict look-out. At 2,30 he judged he bad run his distance to Coal Point, at the entrance to (Molyneux Bay. 110 took the lend and commenced soundings. While he was in the act of ascending the bridge to give orders to change the vessel’s course to N. W., she struck a reef. He had the engines 5 topped, and found the ve-sel was clear < f the reri. She was making water very fast. There were 4ft. 6in. of water in (he hold. The water was very nearly up to tbe fires and the engineers were unable to get coals from the bunkers. He ordered the boat to be got out. When the heat with the crew left the vessel (he latter had her sails all set, but.the engines had been stepped. On landing be rode from Port Molyneux to Ga'.l n’s River in order to communicate with Dunedin. On return ng to the vesie', he found that the slays il had been set by some persons who thought it wo rid have (lie efibet of keeping the vessel on the b.-ach. He saw no danger of her getring off the beach when 1.0 left; the shore was very flit, and she appeared to have ifuulc a hod lor herself in the sand. Had an anchor b. en carried out it would have held her on to the beach. On Friday, December 21, a survey was held on the vessel, and, on the advice of tho surveyors, ho abandoned the ves el as being a total wreck. He saw her last on Saturday, the Bth hast, she was then buried in the sand about four feet. the had Lenin to break up. The voyage in question was the first in which he had acted as captain. He was appointed by Mr Reid on account of Captain rirqubavt’s indisposition. He had previously been mate of the vessel for eight or nine mouths in the same trade. He had no patent logon board. He judged the distance they had run by the time they had been on the passage. lie generally calculated on nine to ten hours as an average passage from Dunedin to Port Molyneux. The only other means he had to guide him as to the distance they had run was by soundings. It appeared that the vessel was five, miles further than he believed they were. Ho attributed this to the cunent being stronger than he had reck mod upon, and to the fact that the vessel bad really gone further than he had allowed for. His Worship raid he could not, understand bow it was witness stated there was a strong current to the southward, at the rate of a mile and a quarter an hour; the ‘N. Z. bilot” showed that the current was to the northward. Witness said he knew the state of the current, because he had noticed it. He continued. Upon thy engineer telling him that there was water in the hold and in the engine-room he ordered him to start the pumps immediately. After the pumps had l een at work a quarter of an hour ho asc rtaiued from the engineer that the water was gaining on the pumps. Not moio than twenty minutes e ap-ed from the time the vessel struck till they left in the boat, Bhe went ashore on the beach twenty minutes later. When she struck on the reef Nugget Point light should have been visible; it was only four miles distant, and there was no land to intercept the view. He looked for the light but could uot see it, owing *o the dense fog. He did not n place the hatches after taking them off t > look into the main and fore ho'ds.

James Benstead, engineer, and Captain Utquhart wore a's > examined. The latter was under examination at f nr p.m. He said he had been master of the Lady of the lake, trading to the Molynoux, for the past nine months. He was kept hack on her last voyage partly by illness and partly by private business. On the morning before the vessel sailed Captain Holloway was appointed in his stead. It generally took him from six to seven bonis to m ke the passage from Cape Fanuders to Vort Molyneux. Ho had done it under sail alone under six hours. In the trim that the vessel was on her last voyage, \vi hj the foremast and mizjn set, a strong breeze iiom the N. K., and an crsTriy sea, the vessel would make the voyage as quickly without steam, 1 as with canvas and a strong bres.ee she would i drag the engines. The cou'so by the Lady of the Lake’s compass from Cape Saunders to Port Molyueux would be N. W, [Left sitting.] WRECK OF THE WILL WATCH. Further particulars touching the wreck of the Will Watch, near Chalky Bound, on the West Coast, have reached town. It seems that the boat was a very old one, and that when new, far more than twenty years ago, she would be worth abut I G r 'o. Her master, Joseph Moodio, had an inti rest in her as a property', Biro was sailed by three men, Moodio, Gardiner, and M'Lean, The latter says (hat ho; parted company from his mates, the whole party being on the most cordial terms, on the 25th of November, 1875. Moodio and Gardiner had a compass with them, and vhey weni; inland, expressing it as being (heir intention to try to make the Fast Coast. had a light coat on, but Gardiner and iV‘Bear i were, coatlms. None o? tne par*y ha... ».-ither mr.lohcv or f.vd, or e ol gp ding food, M'Lean kept along the seaside, and reaqjrpd Preservation Inlet on the ith or §th of December, and was found

there on the lOkli—two days afterwards—by Bell's party. He managed to subsist on mussels in the meantime. After find! g tbe parly searched for Moodie and Gardiner amongst l!ie ranges for throe days, and lit fires on the hills and headlands, but discovered no sign of the missing men. When taking t heir departure from Preservation Inlet, the party left behind them a quantity of provisions and some matches. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS, Wnrt.njr.TOx. January 12.~The ship Pleiades has arrived from London. 104 days from the Downs, with 43 passengers, all well, and a large general cargo. Sailed; Taranaki, for the South, at 4 p.m. Passengers ; Miss Pol ton. Cull, Ritchie, and Mitchell, Mrs Ply, Rev. Mr Staudrid, Messrs M‘Ken, Masqmitli, White, Fulton, Waterhouse, Ward, and O’Brien. Fa shy, for Newcastle. Oxehunga, January 12.—Sailed : Taupo, for the South. Passengers : For Dunedin—Messrs Baird, White, Lycroft, Shaw, Hinuings, Mr and Mrs Stevenson, Lev. Mr Tinsley, Mr MTlealc.