SHIPPING

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1010, 20 September 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING

POET OF LYTTELTON,

Weather Report—September 20. 9 a.m.—'Wind, calm ; weather, clear and blue sky Barometer, 30.25; thermometer, 40.00. High Water —To-morrow. Horning, 2.35 ; night, 2.55.

Arrived— September 19. Hawea, s.s., 4(12 tons, Wheeler, from Wellington. Miles, Hassal and Co., agents. Passengers—Silicon; Air and Mrs Day and t children, Mr iind Mrs McDeal, Mesdaraes Bishop and 5 children, Hughes and 4 children, Mackay, Silcock, Boyd. Miss Irvine, Messrs Davis, Wilson, Lock, Forbes, Walker, Martin, Thomas, Coverty, Aeland, Montgomery, and Snider, American Diorama Troupe (8), and 13 m the steerage

Arrived— September 20. E. U. Cameron, schooner, 41 tons, Asclunau, from Le Bou’s Bay. Master, agent. Cleared —September 19. Unity, ketch, 43 tons, Thompson, for Wellington. Master, agent. Cleared— September 20. Sea Bird, brigantine, 154 tons, Brownell, for Brisbane. C. W. Turner, agent. Queensland, barque, 411 tons, Arnold, for New. castle. C. W. Turner, agent. Blackwall, 20 tons. Green, for Okain’s Bay. Mas ter, agent

Sailed —September 19. Hawea, s.s., 401 tons, Wheeler, for Port Chalmers. Miles, Hassal anil Co., agents. Passengers —Mr Thompson, and original. Arawata, s.s., 023 tons, Underwood, for Wellington and Nelson. Dalgety, Nichols and Co., agents. Passengers—Saloon : for Wellington, Mrs Moffat and child, Dr Haynes, Messrs Mackay (2); steerage, Mr Quint in.

The Especulador will commence loading foi’ Newcastle this day. We understand a considerable portion of her cargo room is engaged. The Argosy sailed from Newcastle for Lyttelton on September sth. The Neptune and Oceola are both expected from that port. , The Ausdell left Newcastle on the 9th." The William Davie loaded 200 tons grain yesterday. THE LOSS OF THE SHIP AVALANCHE. Referring to the loss of this vessel, the “ New Zealand Times” says : Wanganui appears to have been a .heavy sufferer, whole families formerly residents of that town having gone down with the vessel. Some of the names of the colonists which are telegraphed as bound for Wellington are unknown here, and they evidently belong to some other part of the colony. Mrs and Miss Cooper are the mother and sister of Mr Cooper, a clerk on the wharf. It will be seen that Mr Edward Pearce, late M.H.R. for Wellington, has lost his eldest sou. We are unable to glean any intelligence about Mr Cecil Walyer, another of the passengers. Mr J. C. Cooper, it is said, was formerly a resident of the south of Canterbury. Messrs Levin and Co. have received a. telegram from Messrs Shaw, Savill and Co., confirming the loss of the Avalanche. The owners of the vessel express their deepest sympathy with the relatives of those on board the ill-fated ship. It appears that the Avalanche was in charge of the pilot at the time of the collision, and he was also lost with the vessel. The collision was evidently a severe one, for the Forest, the colliding vessel, also went down in a few minutes. The Avalanche was struck in the most dangerous place, amidships being considered the weakest part in the event of llision.