SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2374, 11 November 1881, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF LYTTELTON. Weather Ekpokt —November IX. 9 a.m.—Weather, blue Bky, Wind, S.E., light. Barometer, 29.60; thermometer, 65. High Water—To-Morrow. Morning, 8.10; evening, 8.33. Arrived —November 11. Pleiades, ship, 997 tons. Setteu, from London. Passengers—Saloon: Mr J. Kerr, Miss Cormaok, Mr F. B. Knight, Miss McEwau. Second cabin : W. Harper, C. Morton. E. Morton, J. Taylor, Mrs Taylor, Grace, Stella, Leonie. Hilda, Nora, Lytton, Leicester, and Arthur Taylor. Steerage: Miss Daniels, W. J. Anderson, Mr Bartlett, Mrs Bartlett, Eobert, E. G., H. H., and Louisa Bartlett. Mrs Bateman, Francis Mahon. Edwards, Bennett and Co., agents. Grafton, s.s., 212 tons, Johnson, from Wellington. Passengers —Mrs Gibson and child. Messrs Hyens, Davis, Dixon, Vicar, Gibson, Humphrey, and Anderson. P. Cunningham and Co., agents. Salamanca, ship, 1262 tons, Eobson, from NewSovereign, schooner, 85 tons, Caitcheon, from Kaipara. Cleared —November 11. Esther, brigantine, 47 tons, Davis, for Peloms Sound. Master, agent. The ship Salamanca, from Newcastle, arrived this morning. The following is the complete list of passengers for the North, booked by the Eotomahapa at the Union Steamship Company's office: —Miss Campbell, Mr and Mrs Walker, Mr and Mrs Mcßeath, Mcsdames Birch, Cameron, Colonel Kussell, Dr. Hosking, Messrs Meredith, Vile, Marsh, Clark, Gusford, Kronheimer, Lucena, Me Hardy, Bull, McLean, Moorhouse, Ferguson, Holcraft, Griffin, and Hou. Mr Oliver, THE PLEIADES. The Pleiades, from London, arrived this morning, having left on July 27th. She has a number of asaongers. SHIPPING TELEGEAMS. Dunedin, November 11. Arrived —Veteran, barque, from Mauritius, with a cargo for this port and Lyttelton; Annabel, brig, and Medora barque, both from Newcastle. The latter met the full force of the hurricane on the 20th nit., and suffered so much that it was feared the vessel would founder. ABANDONMENT OF AN AUSTRALIAN BAEQDE. A shocking story of the sufferings of a crew at sea comes to ua from Newcastle, N.S.W. It appears that the borqna Albert Victor, 294 tons, owned by the master, Capt. T. K. Brown, left Maryborough, Queensland, cedar laden, on the 10th September, (or Melboatne. On Thursday, the 22nd September, a terrific hurricane was encountered, and the ship being thrown on h 1 r beam ends the foremast was ont away to right her. In falling it carried away the main topmast and mizzen. One of the main topmast yards went through the tank of fresh water on deck, depriving the crew of their only available drinking water. On Saturday a steamer was seen, but although every signal of distress was made, those on board took no notice. On Snnday morning the weather had somewhat moderated, and as all hands had been without water for two days, it was decided to abandon the vessel. The long boat was provisioned with preserved meats, biscuits, American preserved apples, potatoes, Ac., bnt there was not a pint of water to be put on board, although the crew's tongues were then parched and cracking with thirst. The cook, Collins, despite all persuasions, declined to go into the boat, saying that he preferred risking his chance on the vessel, and would sooner die in a big craft than be drowned ont of a boat. The boat was then cast off, and lay to for abont twenty minutes, the captain singing ont to the cook that he still had another chance to come off, and shouting ont over the eqnatla that he must be a madman to risk his life by remaining. Collins, bowever, standing on the poop, shouted through bis bands, “No, captain and comrades. I'll stick where I am, and take my chance; goodbye, and God bless yon all." The last seen of bim was when he was waving his hat and handkerchief to the boat, as she pnlled away over the heavy sea. The unhappy seafarers were at this time 150 miles from land, bnt the captain, who seems to have acted with great conrage and coolness, concealed this fact from the crew, so as not to dishearten them. The men polled away manfully night and day, although almost dying with fatigue and thirst, and on Monday between 3 and 4 pm. sighted land. On Tuesday morning, as daylight broke, they saw a steamer, and redoubled their efforts at the oars, trying to cross her so as to get relief. The men were then dead exhausted and were quite unable to apeak, their parched tongues clinging to the roofs of their months. They managed to hoist a distress flag, bat although they were close enough to the steamer to make ont her name (the Keilawarra) she passed on, and took no heed, possibly mistaking the boat’s crew for a party of fishermen. The captain then seeing it was a forlorn hope, rallied all hands for a final pull, and they then rowed to Cape Hawke, where they landed on the beach in a greatly exhausted condition abont 4 p.m. on Tuesday, being utterly worn out from Constant bailing and being drenched to the skin all the while. The only means they had had of keeping alive was to place a small piece of tinned American apple on a spoon, and after sucking the juice chew the remainder to extract what little moisture it contained. The crew were brought on to Newcastle by the Government steamer Ajax, and the steam tug Goolwa was dispatched in search of the dismantled barque.