SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 591, 11 May 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. May 11—E, J. Spence, barque, 519 tons, Gill, from Newcastle ; cargo coal. CLEARED. May 11— Mary Melville, schooner, 62 tons, Urquart, for Auckland. May 11—Margaret, ketch, 21 tons, Shephard, for Little Akaloa. May 11— Jannett, ketch, 41 tons, MacDonald, forOkain’s Bay, in ballast. The fine barque E. J. Spence arrived in harbor this morning, from Newcastle, which port she left on the Ist. She is consigned to Mr Hawkins, TESTER TiA ITS. SAILED. _ May 10—Taupo, s.s, 461 tons.Worsp, for Northern ports. Miles, Hassal, and Co. agents. Passengers —saloon: Mrs and Miss Baigent, Miss Fowler, Messrs Monaghan, Stackell, McKellar, Tate, Edls, Wyatt, and Spinks, and 37 original. May 10— Catlin, schooner, 46 tons, Marker, for Gatlin’s River. Master, agent. IMPORTS. Per Taupo—Unexamined luggage, ex Clematis—--15 nkgs. Free—22 cases, quantity luggage, 3 screw Jacks, 1 pel, 6 boxes, 20 Arkins, 1 bale, 1 truss, 6 trunks. Consignees—Mercer, Hawkins, Wheeler, T. D. Jones, Cuff and Graham, Phillips, McClatchie, GUland, Woodward. Per Phoebe—Free, from Onehunga—2 cases, 11 pkgs, 2 bales. From Wellington—4 cases, 22 pkgs, 4 bales, 1 truss. Consignees-Smith. Offwood. Suckling, National Bank, George Mackay, Hcslop, Hood, Lightband, Allan and Co, Postmaster, Reid and Baine. , _ Per Edward—l6,ooo feet timber. Consignees— Montgomery and Co. Per Alice Jane—l2,ooo feet timber, 8 cords tirewood. 1 cask tallow, 9 hides, 3 bales sheepskins. Consignees—T. and E. Pavitt, Captain Wood, R. Wilkin. , , , . , . Per Isabellas—4so tons coal, 19 pkgs tea, 1 dray 16 bags bark. Per Jannet—7oo sleepers, 10,000 feet timber, 150 bdls palings. Consignees—Provincial Government. Railway. Alkman. Per Waipa— 150 tons pig iron, 120 do coal. Consignees—New Zealand Shipping Company. EXPORTS. Per Phoebe—l pkg. Shippers—Esther and Low. Per Tanpo—Free, for Wellington—4 cases, 3 csks, 1 trunk, 2 cases bacon, 73 bales wool, 120 sacks oats, 5 do seed, 33 loose cheese. For Picton-20 casks sulphur. For Nelson—26o bags Aour, 1 case. 2 trunks. For Westport-5 cases. For New Plymouth—£4o sacks oats, 30 do oatmeal. Shippers—liightband, Allan and Co, Meyers Bros and Co. Miles. Hassal and Co, Trent Bros, Royse, Stead and Co, Matheson’s Agency, DiansAeld and Boper Saunders and Henderson, Toomer and Sons, Reed and Bain, J. JBeharrell. The brig Isabellas arrived in harbor late on Tuesday night. Left Newcastle on 24th. The Lyttelton owned barque Sunbeam arrived at Sydney from Adelaide on the 23rd ult. During the passage she experienced a strong southerly squall, Which carried away the jibboom and all head gear. The Sunbeam would most likely proceed to Newcastle from that port for a cargo of coal for LytCuff and Graham’s new schooner Maude Graham, 80 tons, Captain Jorgeman, took her departure from Auckland for Lyttelton on the 4th, Her cargo consists of 66.000 feet timber. The topsail schooner Mary King. Captain Hilton, arrive! at Wellington from Timaru on May 6th. The first of a new line of sailing vessels established by Messrs Turnbull and Co, of Wellington, to trade between that port and Melbourne, arrived at Wellington on May 7th. The Sarah Is a smart little vessel of 233 tons, built at Sunderland in 1863 of English oak. She left Melbourne on the 24th, and was to be followed by the P. W. Tucker and Janet Stewart at sfa ed intervals, The Union Company’s splendid steamer Taupo, Captain Worsp, left Port Chalmers at 2 p m. on Tuesday, and arrived here at 7 a m. yesterday. Experienced splendid weather during passage. Sailed South at 4 p.m. last night. The favorite New Zealand Steam Shipping Company’s Phoebe, Captain Andrew, arrived in harbor and was moored at the Gladstone Pier at 1X 30 a m. yesterday. Mr Barbor, the purser, to whom wc are also indebted for files, reports that the Phoebe left Manakau heads at 6 p.m. May 6ib, reaching Taranaki at 9 15 a.m. next day. leaving again at 10 30 a.m, and arriving at Nelson at 7 on the morning of the Bth ; left again at 9 a m, reached Picton at 5.30 p.m, left again at 6 p m, and arrived at Wellington on the same day at 11.15 pm; left Wellington Wharf at 3.15 p.m. next day, 9th, and towed the barque Haversham to sea, reaching this port as above. Experienced fine weather throughout the passage. The Phoebe sailed for Port Chalmers shortly after 1 p m. yesterday. The barquentine Prince Alfred, Captain Bennett, arrived at Auckland from this port on the Bth; the Clematis from Timaru, and Hinemoa from Dunedin, arrived same day. The schooner Strathnaver, of Lyttelton, which left this port for Wanganui on Saturday morning, when trying to beat out at the Heads against a strong southerly breeze, missed stays, and drifted on to a sand spit near Dorset Point. She was got off without sustaining any apparent damage, and anchored in Worser Bay. Part of the cargo, which consisted of railway iron, had to be thrown over to lighten her.—“ Wellington Times,” May Bth. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s new ship Waipa, Captain Seabourne, arrived in harbor at ll p m. on Tuesday. The Waipa sailed from Wellington at 4 p.m. on the sth, and had light N.W. to Cape Campbell; the wind shitted to S.W. on Friday night, and held there until Sunday, when it backed round to' N.E., with light airs, Sighted Ranks’ Peninsula Monday, 9 a.m, with the weather light and calm; Tuesday 4 p.m. a breeze came from the N.E, which brought the vessel to an anchorage of the Breakwater as above. The Waipa needs no description, being a counterpart of those fine ships, the Orari and Otaki. FIRE ON BOARD THE STEAMER DURHAM. Considerable excitement was caused on the Queen street Wharf yesterday, says the Auckland ‘‘Herald ” of May 4th, by it being discovered that the steamer Durham, belonging to Messrs Holmes Brothers, was on fire. The steamer was at the time (10 o’clock) freighted with passengers, and about to start for the Thames. The fire, when discovered, appeared to have Its seat beneath or beside the furnaces, as the smoke was emitted in volumes from the dome of the boiler. On the alarm being raised, the Intending passengers beat a hasty retreat, whilst Captain A. Farquhar and crew at once set to work to endeavour to extinguish the fire. Every effort was made, but without avail, as fames burst forth communicating the fire to the engineer’s cabin, and then to the captain’s cabin on the port side, and the steward’s pantry on the starboard side. The saloon also caught fire, and the fine little steamer was threatened with destruction. Believing that, in spite •of the attempts to put out the fire, the fames were spreading, the steamer was ordered away from the wharf to prevent further possible damage to the shipping. She was therefore cad; off, and towed on to the hard in Commercial Bay, where it was deemed advisable to scuttle her. Whilst this was being accomplished Mr Piggott, the messenger of the New Zealand Insurance Company, arrived with one of Babcock’s Are extinguishers, a San Francisco patent lately imported by tuat company. This instrument is filled with about six or seven gallons of water containing a white powder, the component parts of which is a secret of the patentee. A glass bottle containing some kind of chemical, is suspended in the water by a metal frame, which bottle is broken inside the vessel by the application of a turnscrew, and the contents of the bottle are distributed into the water and the instrument is thus charged. A tap attached to a small hose is then turned on and directed to the scene of the fames. This effectually extinguishes the Are, making the machine a very valuable invention and extremely useful in case of fire. In this instance the Insurance Company s messenger, having been apprised of the Are on board the Durham, hurried down with the extinguisher, and taking a boat pulled off to the burning steamer. The port of the engineer’s cabin was smashed In, and the hose being inserted, the machine was charged. The effect was magical. The fire in this quarter was at once put out. The machine was again charged by the insertion of another bottle of acid, and Mr Piggott went on board the steamer, and, proceeding into the saloon, again turned on the tap. The remainder of the fire was thus put out. Considerable damage was done to the vessel by the fire, and the cost of repairing it will exceed £SOO. Part of the saloon fittings were hastily 'removed, and the saloon has perhaps escaped well. The steamer was valued by Messrs Holmes Brothers at £3500, but was only Insured for £IOOO in the New Zealand insurance office. There IS no doubt but for the use of Babcock’s extinguisher, the damage would have V?en much more serious. It appears that the Are

was discovered as early as half-past four o’clock in the morning', and was believed to have been extinguished by the application of water. It however again broke out as stated, occasioning the damage already set forth. It is very fortunate that it showed itself before the vessel had left the wharf, or the consequences might have been serious had It broke out say in crossing the Frith of Thames. On the tide falling workmen were at once set to work to pump the ship out and stop up the scuttle holes, and the steamer was taken on to the gridiron, where she will at once undergo repair. Unfortunately lor her owners, the steamer we learn was under offer, and the firm were about to call for tenders for the construction of an iron steamer, to replace her in the Thames trade. We have omitted to mention that Superintendent Hughes and Capt. Humphreys of the Are brigade were promptly on the spot, although no Are alarm was given, and rendered valuable assistance. There was evidently some mistake in precipitately ordering the vessel away from the wharf without consulting the brigade superintendent, as by so doing a powerful ship’s pump, brought down by one of the brigade men from the New Zealand Insurance OAicc was left on shore, and which, if madejuse of, would have so far controlled the Are as to render the process of scuttling needless. There is one matter in connection with this Are that demands attention. It is well known that no Are-bell was rung, consequently Aremen, who are not übiquitous, were not on the spot immediately on the Are breaking out. The only wonder is that those members of the brigade who did attend were there so soon. It was, therefore, wrong of the bystanders on the wharf to hoot, groan, and hiss at Areman Smith as he passed dswn the wharf with the ship’s pump which he had obtained from the Insurance oAice. The effect of the behaviour of the crowd on this occasion was to cause the man whom he had obtained to help him in his task to forsake him and Aee, Considering the small appliances at hand, and the disadvantages under which our own Are brigade labor, there is very little to And fault with. Nothing tends more to demoralise a brigade than those uncalled-for open expressions of disapproval.