SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 939, 28 June 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON

Weather Report. June 2S - 9 a m., wind, N.F., fresh breeze; weather, overcast. Barometer, 30 08 ; thermometer, 45. High Water To-Morrow, Morning, 6. 35 ; aft jmoon, (5.56. Arrived. — June 27. Cito, barque, 235 tons, McKinnon, from Newcastle. June 28. Tui, s.s., 64 tons, Wills, from Wellington, Foxtou, and Kaikouras. Passengers —Mrs Cutler and three children, Messrs Marks, Rowe, and Brown. Annie, ketch, 17 tons, Foster, from Port Levy. Cleared. — Juno 27. Canny S r 'ot, barque, Manson, for Newcastle, in ballast Spec, schooner, Daniel, for Wanganui. XXX, ketch, IL'Ssell, for Akaroa. June 28. Minnie, ketch, Dani. for Macintosh Bay. Tui, s.s., 64 tons. Wills, for Wellington and Foxton, via Kaikouras. Sailed— June 27. Easby, s.s., Anderson, for Sydney, via Wellington. Passengers -Mr and Mrs Grey, Messrs Reidly, J. McColgan, F. Lloyd, J. Hays, and 30 original. June 28. Isabella, ketch, Purdy, for Gatlins River, Clio, schooner, Chambers, for Wellington. The s.s. Tui arrived at 10 last night. She sails on return trip this day. The Clio and Isabella sailed I his morning. A barque was signalled from the North yesterday, and proved to be the Cito, now some days expected from Newcastle. She was towed into a berth at Peacock’s wharf by the p.s. Titan yesterday afternoon, and begins her discharge to-day. The Cito is a stranger to this port, but is commanded by Captain McKinnon, well-known here as master of the James Hannell. She is a North German built vessel, with great sheer, and looks in capital order, and her long passage of twentyone days is principally duo to the fact that she had to put into Port Underwood for fresh water, her tank proving leaky. The following is Captain McKinnon’s report: —Left Newcastle Juno 6th, and had light variable winds for two days, and then northerly all the way across, making Cape Farewell on the 16th. Had westerly weather through the Straits, rounding Cape Campbell the following day. On the 18th, had strong southerly breeze, when, finding the water tank was leaking, and it coming on to blow harder off Amur! BluJf, ho resolved to run for Port Underwood, which place he reached on the morning of the 20th. Took in water and sailed again same afternoon, with a light northerly breeze, passing Cope Campbell next day, but another southerly gale then sprang up, and the vessel was anchored under shelter ol the Cape at 4 p.m. Got under weigh again at 3 a.m. on the 22nd, and had light, variable winds to arrival at 3 p.m. yesterday. Her coals are for Mr C. W. Turner. The s.s. Easby, Captain Anderson, arrived yesterday at 1 p.m. and anchored outside the Breakwater, where she discharged 15 tons cargo into a lighter and sailed for Sydney via Wellington last night. She tried to start at 5 p.m.Mmi was delayed by her windlass giving way. She left Port Chalmers at 5 p.m. 26th, and had fresh N.E. breeze and smooth sea up to the coast, arriving as above. The ship Otago finished her discharge yesterday, and is loading rapidly, she will be ready for sea about July 4th. The Minora left Newcastle on June loth with a cargo of coal, consigned to AT. H. Hargreaves.

BOILEE EXPLOSION AT SEA. THE CAPTAIN AND SIX OF A CREW KILLED. The steamer China, which arrived at Boston on May (3th, reported that at half-past six o’clock on the evening of 30th April she was signalledby the steamer Sidonian, of Glasgow, from New York for Bristol, disabled and requiring a surgeon. At 7 p.m. she stopped, and sent the ship’s surgeon on board, who returned, and reported that on the 29th of April the boilers exploded, killing the captain, three engineers, two firemen and one trimmer, and injuring the cook. The rest of the crew were well, and no further assistance was required. The following additional particulars of the explosion were obtained from the purser of the China;—Early on the morning of the 29th a pin in the slot of the expansion eccentric of the engine became disarranged, and while it was being adjusted the explosion occurred. Milkan and Jnines Grey, engineers; Henry Tuggeli and James Power, firemen; John Hodge, trimmer; E. Hutchinson, cook, were wounded. When the surgeon of the China went on board all were dead but one firemen. When asked the cause of the explosion, he answered“ I will tell you in the morning;” but he died in a few minutes, and it was impossible to learn the cause, as all who witnessed it were killed. The Sidonian proceeded under sail. SHIPPING TELEGEAMS, Port Chalmers, Juno 27. Arrived—ll.4s a.m., Albion, from Lyttelton. Wellington, June 27. Arrived—7 a.m., Arawata, from Lyttelton. Auckland, June 27. Arrived— Caberfeidh and Surah and Mary, from Lyttelton. Hokitika, Jime 27. Sailed—Ketch, Sarah and Mary, for Lyttelton, with 30,00011 timber.

The Stormbird saw the steamer Tongariro this morning at anchor, under Kapiti, detained by southerly winds. She is bound to Kaiapoi from Wanganui.