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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 651, 22 March 1870, Page 2

The s.s.. John Perm is expected to.mo.rrow, and is announced to sail on Wednesday for Westport, Wanganui, and Auckland, canyjug passengers to join the now mail route for San Fraucisoi. .The s,s, Kennedy returned from Martin's Bay on Sunday morning, bringing the shipwn eked passengers and crew belonging to the s.s. Charles Edward. Yesterday morn-. i ig she sailed for Nelson, and will return in | a few days, when she will make another run South, with the necessary apparatus for raisingithe Edward. Thes.6. Waipara returned from Westport on Saturday evening, and on the same tide sailed again for Hokitika. The s.s. Wallabi, Captain Daniel, arrived at the wharf yesterday forenoon., from Wan£anui and Westport, with a cargo of sheep and produce. She left again last night for, thd. NorthBy the arrival of the schooner Jennie ruacan, we learn that a very severe storm raged at the Fijis on the 14th February. The scho-mer Crest of the Wave, which was lying wiih other vessels, dragged both anchors, and was driven ashore. The s.s. Eagle, which ■was lying with both aucLors down, was under steam throughout the day, to psvent her goiug ashore. The Crest of the Wave was afterwards got off. The cutter Active, of Auckland, commanded by Captain W. H. Wilson, struck upon a reef previously, and became, a total wreck, and the barque Icon, Captain Brewer, owned by Messrs Grice, Suinner, and Co., of Melbourne, has b-jsu totally wrecked at Rorotmiga. Her crew and passengers were saved. Telegraphic intelligence has been received by the owners of tbe screw steamer X;mthe, of Leith, of the loss of that vossel in the Maisborough Gut, near Yarmouth. TheXanthe, master Scott, was a steamer of COO tons register, and has been trading between the Tyne and Huelva Avith coal and ore. She was on her way to the Mediterranean when $)ic was run into by the steamer 11. L. Alston, of Shields, and sunk. The crew were all saved. The steamer was s,even years old. and had only been recently furnished with new improved compound eugir.e3, a siiin. of about LSOUU having been expended ou her. The cutter Ringdove, fi rmsrly of Auckland, returned to the Fijis lately, after a seven weeks' trip to the Line Islands. The, condition of all the Europeans on board was truly lamentable, they hardly having strength to navigate the vessel into port. She had spoken the unfortunate barque Moaroa, and exchanged some, provisions, tbe Ringdove receiving amongst the exchange some coarsi meal, out of which they made some porridge, and shortly afterwards they all felt unwell, .and. during the next few days sores made their appearance all over the arms, hands, legs, and feet, preventing the free use of the iimlis. However, they persevered in their mission, and succeeded in procuring forty-two native laborers, and returned homewards The sores still increased, with numbness in the hands and feet, and ultimately Captain Bain, and the mate, Jaiuss Davidson, died of this pecu.iar illnes?, Sime of the nie.il has been preserved for analysis. Particulars have beeir published of the sufferings of the captain's boat's crew of the steamer D. C. Haskin, previously reported as having foundered in the Gulf Stream, on Wednesday, the 17th Nov., whilst on her passage from Now York to Sau Francisco, It appears that the steamer encountered heavy weather, which rendered her leaky and in a sinking condition. The bouta were, then launched, but the first was, swamped iiy the side of the steamer. The second boat, wLich got safely away with f«»ur °r live persons in her, soon afterwards cap?iaed, and those on board were drowned. The third boat was occupied by the captain and eleven juen, who took with thqui one gallon of water, a ham, a pillow-case about half full of crackers, aud three bottles of gin. They had on board six oars, two of which were lashed together, an I with the ham tied upon them were towed astern as a drag to keep the boat (steady ; but a shark soon snapped off the ham, leaving the crew aluiosb entirely destitute of provisions.. Each of the twelve persons was reduced to a handful of salt water soaked crackers, and a swallow of fresh water twice in twenty-four hours. The seas came intremendoua waves, and the crew vero kept continually baling out the boat. Buffeting the waves, baliiig out thd frail boat, and alternately jumping overboard to lighten; her, the crew passed Wednesday jiight, Thursday, and a part of the succeeding night. A great many sharks were seep hanging about the boat, hut constant; watchfulness prev-nted them from seizjnj any of the men. On Friday, jusb asf the occupants of the boat were about despairing of rescue, the schooner Grassmere came up. On getting alongside, the boat was capsized by one of the men, ■who carelessly stepped upon tie gunw;iic, and ail were pTeoipitated into tie water. Three of ..the men, exhausted by labor, exposure, and lack <.f food, sank before help could reach them. The remainder, iniiluding the dpfcain, were laidcd atßarmu la by the Graesiuere, ami afterwards forwarded to New Yolk. When the kst boat left the Uteair.er, thiyj was still a number of the craw left on board, who were engjtgtd.in cjuutructing a rait. Jb is believed that tuey stuct.cded in their undertaking, and were jiikcd up by some passing vi-saeJ. The jli.bkin went down shortly after the c:ipti.ji.'s boat lift her.-; lAcvqnjol Albivn,