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Grey River Argus, Issue 82, 21 July 1866, Page 2

- Yesterday Captain Coulson, the Harbor Master, placed a black buoy on a wreck just ' inside the bar, which 'must be kept to the northward by vessels entering or leaving this port. , . .o. • , a „; The p^. Persevere having had an addition made to her rudder, made a, trial of the result - ' of the alteration yesterday, and if was found that she had gained a considerable amount of. steering power, and the most sudden evolutions can now be made with ease. Loss ; ok the Wild Wavjs at - the CiiATHAMs. — Captain c Peterson,- late \ol the > Wild Wave, belonging to this port, who has with his crew as passengers in the " Albatross, has furnished ub with the follow- " ing particulars of the loss of his vessel She left Waitangi at 2.30 p.m. on the 17th, bound for Kangaroa, having on board water, .provisions, and fittings,, to load a cargo of cattle at tUe latter port, as also » cash-box • L .. containing Ll 128. A moderate breeze from \ S. by W. was experienced until she entered the Cuba Channel, when ttio wind fell' light and the weather became hajsy, At 6, 15 p. m. the mate reported, breakers on the lee-bow. : Orders 'were immediately given to ;get the anchore and cables ready. Two casts of the lead were taken, and co bottom found at twenty fathoms. The boat was got out to . tow the schooner's head off ; but owing to the heavy swell and strong current setting her on a reef not marked on the chart', all efforts proved useless. When the boat came alongside the sea broke right under the bowsprit, and all hands had just time to jump in the boats as- they stood. The master, however, with great risk, saved the vessel's cash-box. The crew lay-to on their oars for half an hour, and heard the vessel breaking up; Then " n i° P° ssibllit y of saving anything, they - |ulled back to Waitangi, a distance of sixteen miles They arrived at midnight, and were -.kindly received on board the Albatross Lieutenaut loke, who is in charge of the soldiers and prisoners, on the island, placed • everything he could at the master's disposal nnd offered all the assistance in his rower Captain Peterson, proceeded next day, in a* . whaleboat belonging to Lieutenant Toke, to the scene of the wreck, and found" pieces of the deck and bulwarks washed on the rocks • but he was unable to see any of jthe 'hull or masts of the vessel. The chart does not show any reef, nor indicate any tidal current; but a current was found to.be running three -. knots an hour, and at times a whaleboat with nve hands could barely stem it. To this . .pa. 11 " 6 tne master attributes the. loss 'of his - V ' eß *?}\ ,V a P tain Peterson desires to thank '"'■ •' P ?!r ?..l Jieut> Tooke aud Captain- Braund, ■. of the. Albatross, for the great kindness shown to h«n : and his crew under difficulties. The foil] of the Wild Wave is insured for L6OO, half in the Victoria and half in the Otago oflices. A further insurance of L4OO on her - C Z r s? «v 9 faU x , on Ota S° Company.— Daily Times,, July 9. ■ ' Tfe Missing ketch Caholtne.— Wehav* several times,referred to. the departure from „ this port of a ketch, named the Caroline, laden with goods for Gillespie's or Hunt's Beach and to the circumstance pf no advices having ever be.en received of her arrival at either destination. She has ufiw been put more than four ye^ Bt and though numerous par- - ties have arrived overland from Bruce Bay no v essel answering her description has coin£™E™ d th Ashore, or Iver been seen _,_ have said that they saw, at a short distance .I- : out »*«»? about the time the Carolint would .be m the neigh b Ol hoed of Bruce Bay! firmed by the Maoris, but the date and the _.. identity of the vesse ar e uncertain. 'The >. ~ * nte , res * * ake " »^w/ate, a 5 we reported last weeV induced the inhabitants to subscribe to .a-fund for despatching a messenger down the . ' jcpast.to ascettajn particulars, but th'e"iund was scarcely sufficient for more than' the G- v Joiirney to -Bruce Bay • enough information as" . : that locality has been obtained ; and the pro- •#' - ."priety of sending to Jackson's Bay is doubtful .. The doubts as to her fate were strength-' - j ■ f ened by 1 flyi»g rumors of hatches having come .'_>". ashore some distance down, "and. similar re.V ;ports^ buf these have, not been confirmed. "', '; i■" Again if ars have ."beeni raised' by the circuin- : , '..-stance ofja fore:SCiiitle- hatch^such as would .:'■: ■/'-'^<(ng.&fa ; s¥S^.:'^tjie\a'ge > ;an4".dimenßiona pf.tlie; Caroline, being found on the beach -of this (the: Okarita) river. ' vl course, the tincling of a hatch, though? it

found tobelong totter, woulli not prove ithat the worat has happened, ancL-thero..; vlra pjossibilityithatit may;haye beiongedj.fo "bn'e of^the many jmall -coasting vessels whiclr • must liave'Jatelyrencountered severe weather off this coast.- < However, to satisfy the natural anxiety on the subject, Captain Heron has communicated with Captain - TurnbuU . and with^he former owner of the vessel, a_ndv information by the first' mail will probaMy settle the matter. The present presumption of her safety is that, with- the prevailing winds and currents,- she got too far to the southward, and is either in shelter.or a wreck in one of the numerous sounds beyond Jackson's Bay, and, the' hope is long defernd, any day may bring, satisfactory news of her and ' her crew. — Wesiland Observer; Juiy ; 9, ;• . •-.-. ■ . ■; , Loss of jhe .Whaling Brig Amherst, at Stewart's- Island.— From Mr Fisher we have also particulars of the wreck of the brig Amherst. . While cruising off the Solander she was Btruck by a heavy sea; causing her to make water very fast. Tried tolnake' Preservation Inlet, but owing to the weather was obliged to bear up for Stewart's Island, and. succeeded in getting her into a safe spot in Port William before she filled. She now lies under water, the deck a wash at low tide. The sails and" whaling gear have all* been saved; The master left her on ; Sunday last, and arrived at the Bluff on Monday inorhing, from whence he intends taking appliances, with a view to lift the" wreck.— Daily Times; July 11. , . V A correspondent .at Bruce Bay writing to the Westland Observer says :— " A friend of mince, Mr Daniel Fern, has just arrived, after ' unheard- of suffering, overland from Jackson's Bay, and has informed me that three miles iio the north of -the Haast River saw "a boat, or waterman's skiff^ marked ' Rangatira—^T. Parkinson, Port Chalmers. ' She had been hove up on the beach high and dry, and but slightly damaged. -From the barnacles on her, he judges that she has been about six lhoiithsiii the sea." Our contemporary is of opinion that this .boat is one that was carried out to sea at Greymouth some months ago. .-.-■■■ Nelson Lighthouse Tower.— The following notice to mariners has been published by the Preßidentof the Marine Board : — "A red light has been placed in the, lighthouse tower at Nelson, and will .'be exhibited on and after the first day of August. 1866. It will be visible from the edge of the bright light, bearing W. by S. to S.W. This red light 'is only intended to assist pilots and others well acquainted with the port when taking vessels into tlie harbor at night. Strangers are warned not to be misled by the light of "which notice is now given, but to .follow the directions already published when approaching the anchorage of the Port Nelson.,