SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1803, 1 December 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

rOBT OP LTTTELTOH. Weathek Kbpobt—December 1. 9 km.—Weather, clear, blue sky. Wind, N.E., liAjht. Barometer, 30.10; thermometer, 52. ' Hleh Water—To-morrow. Morning, 6.14; evening, 6.39. Arrived—November 29. Elmiranda, barque, 656 tons. Staples, from New York, via Dunedin. Miles, Hassal and Co., Mary Ann Annison, barque, 267 tons, Hughes, from Newcastle. Master, agent. Passengers—Mrs Hughes and family. Edith Eeid, schooner, 71 tons, McConville, from Kaiapoi. Cuff and Graham, agents. November 30. Cland Hamilton, s.s., 572 tons. Colder, from Melbourne, via Hobart Town, Blnif, and Dunedin. E. Puflett, agent. Passengers—Messrs Hall, Gardener. Shanter, Engly, Kelly, Smith, Thompson, Webster. Steerage, nine. Arrived —December . Penguin, s.s., -U2 tons. Malcolm, from Auckland, ■via East Coast aud Wellington. E. Puflett. agent. Paseongers—Messrs Graham, Wonton, Nancarrow, Mills, Dragge. Sailed —November 29. Eichard and Mary, schooner, 44 tons, Hamilton, for Oamara. Cuff and Graham, agonts. Bona, schooner. 91 tons, McKenzio, for Auckland. P. Cunninurhnm and Co., agents. Wanaka, s.s., 278 tons. MuGillivray, for Wellington and North. E. Puflett, agent. Passengers— For Wellington, Mr 3 Sandio, Messrs Geddos, Struthers, Habens, O'Conner, Clelland. Herman, Miles. Beevor.W. Beeves, Spencer, Caygill, Wylde, Fenwiok, Campbell, Dr. lemon. Captain Murdoch, J. C. Brown, M.H.B. For Napier—Dr. Pish, Messrs Peppercorn, Heron, and Milbnrn. For Gisborne —Mr Fraaor. For Auckland—Mrs Dacre and four children, Messrs Benjamin and Anderson. Steerage, fifteen. Eotomahana, s.s., 864 tons. Underwood, for Dunedin. E. Puflett, agent. Passengers—Steerage, nine. November 30. Huia, b.s., 90 tons, Wills, for Kaikoura and Wellington. Cuff and Graham, agents. Spray, schooner, 50 tons, Bexton, for Picton. Master, agent. Endeavour, brigantine, 79 tons, Dick, for Oamaru. Master, agent. Sailed —December 1. Claud Hamilton, s.s., 572 tons, Caldor, for Melbourne, via Newcastle, West Coast, and Wellington. E. Puflett, agent. The ship North American, at Melbourne, reports exchanging signals on August 25th with the Euterpe, bound to Lyttelton. Tho Euterpe is out 110 days to-day. ' Mauritius advices to Melbourne, under date November Ist, announces among the tonnage engagements 200 tons for lyttelton. Tho Especnlador, hence, arrived at Newcastle November 12th. THE S.S. EOTOMAHANA. The Union Company's s s. Eotomahana returned here on Saturday from Sydney via Auckland and ports of the East Coast. Between Auckland and Sydney the steamer encountered a severe gale, during which a seaman was lost. The brief particulars were given a few days since by telegraph, but the following report will be of interest, especially as some surprise has bean expressed that so largo and powerful a boat as this unquestionably is should not have rendered any assistance to a vessel showing distress signals:—The steamer left Sydney St 9 a.m. on Thursday, the 20th, with Btrong westerly winds, and for the first five hours kept on her course, the wind gradually increasing to a gale. At 2 p.m. it had increased to hurricane force, with mountainous seas running, and the vessel was then obliged to run before the storm more than four points off her course until 2 a.m. on the 21st. It was about midnight on the 20th ■when, slightly ahead of the steamer, was noticed suddenly the flare-up of a vessel apparently in distress, bnt almost like the shot of a gun the steamer was beyond hor, and to have attempted to round the s.s. Eotomahana to the storm meant certain destruction to the vessel and every person on board. In such weather as this one of the hands, named A. Mclellan, was swept overboard, on tho night of the 20th, by a huge sea breaking on board, which lifted the man clean off tho bridge, besides smashing the boat and doing other damage. The damage done to the steamer was not over £2OO, and the loss of deck cargo would, it is said, be covered by that sum. Upon the arrival of the vessel at KusseU Captain Underwood was presented with the following address : " Steamship Eotomahana, November 24th, 1879. Captain Thomas Underwood: Dear sir,—The exceptional circumstances of our recent voyage from Sydney lead us to believe that wo should be wanting in our duty and in gratitude to you if we did not give expression to the universal feeling of confidence inspired amongst us by tho admirable management of yoar ship, and tho cool courage and perfect discipline of your officers and crew, which we believe has alone, under the Almighty providence, boen the means of our escaping the imminent danger in which this ship was placed during the severo gale we encountered. With sincere expressions of esteem and gratitude, we desire to remain yours faithfully." [Signed by the sixty saloon passengers.] A purse was also snbscribedby the passengers and given to Capt. Underwood to be handed over by him to any friends that the lost sailor might have dependont upon him, or in their absence to be givento one of the seamen's charitable institutions.