SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 882, 23 April 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POUT OK LYTTELTON. Weather Report, April 23 9 a.m., wind N.E., light; •weather, overcast. Barometer, 30.24; ther morueter, 52. High Water. To-morrow —Morning, 00.44 ; night, 1.08. ARRIVED. April 21—Wellington, s.s, 279 tons, Lloyd, from Dunedin, via Akaroa. Passenger—Miss Proctor, Thompson, Loughnan. Mrs Loughnan, Messrs Malet and Wood, 1 in steerage, and 10 for North, Mpril 21 —Margaret, ketch, 21 tons, Bennett, from Decanter Bay. April 22 —Tararua, s.s., 653 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne via Hobart Town and South. Passengers From Melbourne: saloon —Messrs Rieachek, Thornton, lladcliffe. From Coast—Saloon : Messrs Disher and Pearson, and 2 in steerage. April 22—Quiver, ketch, 19 tons, Smith, from Le Eon’s Bay. April 22—Antelope, cutter, 17 tons, Maicolmson, from Akaroa. April 22 —Kestrel, ketch, 20 tons, Lamb, from Mclntosh Bay. April 23 - Richard and Mary, schooner, 44 tons, Moore, from Waitapu. April 23—Advance, schooner, 69 tons, Dempsey, from Poverty Bay. SAILED. April 21—Wellington, s.s, 279 tons, Lloyd, for Northern ports Passengers Saloon, for Wellington; Mr Hill; for Nelson : Mr Chaytor, and 10 original. April 21—Southern Cross, s.s, 139 tons, Holmes, for Raglan. April 23 —Owake, schooner, 63 tons, Arndt, for Wanganui. April 23 Ketrel, ketch, 20 tons. Lamb, for Mclntosh Bay. CLEARED. April 23—Courier, ketch, 31 tons, Sin clair, for Motonau. April 23—Kestrel, ketch, 20 tons, Lamb, for Mclntosh Bay. April 23—Tararua, s.s, 653 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne via North. The s.s. Tararua sails for Melbourne via North this afternoon. The schooners Advance, from Poverty Bay, and Richard and Mary, from Waitapu, arrived this morning. THE WRECK IN BASS’S STRxVITS. Regarding the loss of the City of Foo-chow the Launceston 'Examiner of April 3rd reports: — “ The ketch Julia arrived on Sunday afternoon from Flinders Island, with Captain James Tait and twenty-three of the crew of the British ship City of Foo-chow, which was wrecked on the 17th March. The City- of Foo-chow was an iron vessel, 1034 tons register, owned by Messrs G Smith and Son, of Glasgow, and came out some time ago to Sydney from London, with a cargo of general merchandise. She took in there 1100 tons coal for Calcutta, and left on the 17th ult. At 2 a.m. on the 17th ult., she ran ashore on the N.E. coast of Flinders Island. There was a fresh southerly breeze at the time, and it was hazy over the land', in fact the land could not be seen even after she stmek, until daylight [was approaching. She ran softly ashore on a sandy beach, quicksand, and Captain Tait at once used all means in his power by laying out kedges and a stream anchor to warp her off. She nearly moved once, and if a steamer had been available even twelve hours after she struck she might have been saved; the wind then changed round and came fresh from eastward, rolling in a heavy surf, and as it increased the vessel began first to bump, and then to settle down in the quicksand, but in twenty-four hours after striking had made but lit tie water. Finding his efforts of no avail, the captain turned his attention to saving what he could, and began sending ashore sails, rigging, stores, &c. He did not leave the vessel till half-past 9 a.m. on the 18th, and the vessel was then thumping heavily and bedding down in the sand. The chief officer, saihnaker, and steward were left at the wreck to look after the stores, &c., which have been saved. This is the second fine vessel lost at the. eastern side of the Straits within a few months, and it seems highly probable that the cause of her loss was precisely the same as led to the wreck of the Cambridgeshire on Night Island, namely, a strong set of current not laid down in any of the usual charts or directories. The Cambridgeshire was many miles out of her course, and the City of Foochow was thirty-seven miles out of her position as estimated by the captain..” HURRICANE AT LACEPEDE ISLANDS. TOTAL WRECK OF SIX VESSELS AND LOSS OE LIVES. (From the Perth Inquirer, March 28th,) Intelligence reaches us of a terrible hurricane having swent over the Lacepede Islands on the 16th ult., which blew with terrific violence on the 17th, causing the total loss of six vessels and the death by drowning of six persons. At the time of the gale there wore ten vessels lying at anchor, some loaded, others partly so or in ballast. Three of them—the barque Star of Jamaica, the brig Emily, and the barque Amur—slipped their cables and put out to sea, the masters of these vessels fearing lest they would part their anchors at low water and get aground, which would undoubtedly have led to the sacrifice of many fives, as the water rises and falls 20ft. The storm gave timely warning of its approach. .An opportunity was therefore afforded to the masters of the vessels to do as the Amur and others did, proceed out to sea and ride out tbe storm. The barque Cingalce, of Dundee, was the first to slip her cable and run •ashore on the western island; then followed the Aboyne, of London, laden with 400 tons of guano. Being heavily laden she did not get so near the beach as the other vessels, and immediately after she struck she went to pieces so quickly that it was impossible to save those who required help. The captain’s wife, Mrs Swan, and their two children, at the time were in the cabin. The ship's carpenter and the two apprentice boys were also among tbe lost. So terrific was the sea that the effect upon the Aboyne, on her first striking the loose coral and boulders, probably by the compressed air in the hold being acted upon by the concussion, was to thrust up her decks, and (o cause the guano to rise up far above her mastheads, and twenty minutes after she struck not a vestige of her was to be seen. Although only ‘.T () yards from one island to the <•< ';•- ’• it was imp--■ sible for Mr Wynne's party on shorn or lb survivors of the wrecks, to render an) assistance, the boats being broken up or driven out to sea. At 3 a.ra. on Sunday the body of a little girl, about four years of ago, was washed ashore. At daylight a party went over h the western island in search of other bodies, and e most painful and revolting sight presented itself. Here was a little child nine mouths old lying dead; alongside was the body of one of the apprentice boys—both the arms and one leg hat 1 been bitten off by the sharks. A little further on was the body of the other boy; but worst of al was the discovery of the remains of Mrs Swan, i - a dreadfully mutilated state. In the afternoon (li •body of the carpenter was observed floating ashore but before it could bo got out of the surf it was devoured by sharks. The other vessels which wen l ashore at the Lacepede Islands and are total!, (pet are tjhc Albert Victor, of Melbourne, 384 tons ;

Helen Malcolm, of Melbourne, 311 tons; Mary Smith, of Hartlepool, 150 tons; the Isabellas, ol Newcastle, N.S.W., 268 tons; at Beagle Bay, the Bessie, of Bye, 228 tons, is also reported a total wreck. There wore seventy men on the island belonging to the wrecked vessels ; these arc now en route to Fremantle by the barque Prince Arthur, which weathered the gale. About thirty men belonging to Messrs Poole, Picken and Co. arc left on the island. In addition to the foregoing it may be mentioned that the Mary Smith, which parted from her moorings, was got off from the spot where she grounded without sustaining any injury, but having no anchors to hold her, she drifted t hrough the gut and struck again on a rocky spit, where it was feared nothing could save her. The Helen Malcolm and Albert Victor are said to be insured, and also the cargo of the Aboyno. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Pout Chalmers, April 21. Arrived —9.20 a.m., Fas by; 10.50 a.m., Hawea, from Lyttelton.^ Nelson, April 22. Arrived —3 a.m., Taranaki, from Now Plymouth. Sailed—Noon, Taranaki, for Picton (with the San Francisco mail). Wellington, April 22. Arrived—ll.ls a.m., Wellington, from Lyttelton. Hokitika, April 22. Arrived—Albion, from Melbourne. She left on the 10th. Experienced light northerly winds and tine ■weather throughout. Passengers —Mr, Mrs, and Miss Nathan, one steerage, and twenty tons cargo.