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Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 895, 9 June 1871, Page 2

The steamship Claud Hamilton, 530 tons, J. W. Clark, commander, cleared Port Phillip heads -at 6 30 p.m. on the Ist inst. ; passed Swan Island on the following day ; experienced light W. and W.N.W, winds until nearing the land ; then light S.E. winds vith fine weather ; arrived at Hokitika at 5 p.m. on the 7th ; was tendered at midnight, and came on to Greymouth, where she wa3 tendered by the p.s. Dispatch on the afternoon tide, and then left for Nelson. The schooner Spray, for Hokitika, and the ketch Emeiald Isle, for Greymouth, sailed from Lyttelton on the Ist inst. The brig Maquet was the only vessel loading at Melbourne for Greymouth on the Ist June. The following is the only item we can find in the American papers with respect to the reported loss of the steamer Queen of the Thames : — "London, April 25. — 1b is said that the steamer Queen of the Thames, from Melbourne, for London, is lost, and many of the passengers drowned." The following singular story was published in New York on May sth:— "About four months ago it was rumored that the once famous yacht Maria, formerly the property of Commodore Stevens, of the New Yortc Yacht Club, had been lost at sea, and it was now reported that the report was set afloat at that time to cover up the murder of the captain and the seizure of the vessel by the crew. It is said that two seafaring men, recently arrived in this city, state the Maria is Tunning the Cuban blockade, from a Southern port, tinder the command of a Spanish captain. A rumor is also current to the effect that as Captain Martin had been murdered by his crew, steps have been taken to insure the seizure of the Maria by the United States Consular authorities in Cuba, San Domingo, New Providence, and Aspiuwall ; also, that the Government has ordered, the United States cruisers to look out for the vessel. By way of Panama, there is news from Ptmta Arenas of a terrible tragedy near that place. The captain of the British ship Alexandrina aud a boat's crew went ashore and came in conflict with the Indians, who murdered them ; the Indians then put off in canoes for the vessel, but those on board were alarmed by the yells of the natives, aud made sail aud saved themselves and ship. The body of the captain wa3 found, with two wounds, and the legs cut off. There were no traces of his companions. An English war tragedy to chastise the Indians. A telegram f rom Grahamstown (Thames), dated May 29fcb, says .—"A fatal boat accident occurred last night. Three men, named Green, Daniels, and Lane, proceeded in the fishing smack Annie, to lay nets out on a bank in the Firth of Thames. A sudden squall capsized the boat, and all the men clung to the mast for a lopg time. Daniels and Lane, however, became exhausted, and were washed off, but Green managed to hold on daring the night, and the mast was drifted abreast of the Tararu, where the only survivor of the catastrophe was picked up at daylight, in an almost lifeless condition, by Walsh's boat, and was brought ashore. Boats were despatched in search of the bodies of the other two men, but returned in the afternoon unsuccessful. " [Green i&i since died. ] The s.s. Auckland is a total wreck. The Melbourne Argus of the 30th contains the following telegraphic account of the disaster :* — "The steamship Macedonhas arrived at Sydney with the passengers and crew of the steamship Auckland, which vessel left Melbourne on Thursday, bound for Sydney. She met with a thick fog on Friday night. The captain and mate were on the bridge about one o'clock, when they saw breakers ahead. The engines were immediately reversed, but the vessel struck heavily, and remain-d fixed, the fore compartment aud peak filling. The Macedon was sighted ten nriles astern at sunset on Saturday, when blue lights and rockets were burned by the Auckland, which Captain Pain saw, and went to her assistance, and rescued passengers and crew before daylight. Nothing else was saved. The Macedon landed Captain Walker and boat's crew at Eden yesternight. Captain Walker telegraphed here no send a steamer to the wreck, as some property might be saved. The 8.8. Queensland, with men and appliances, were sent to-day. There are no hopes of getting the steamer off, as a heavy southeast gale set in before the Macedon resumed j her voyage. The Auckland lies seven miles i from the mouth of the Snowy River. An ! error of the compasses is supposed to have caused her loss. The passengers have presented Captain Pain with a grateful address. The steamer Queensland called at Eden for Captain Walker, and expects to reach the wreck of the Auckland this evening. Two mail bags were left on board the Auckland when the crew and passengers were taken off, but they may jet be recovered. By the schooner Jessie Kelly, which ar« rived from New Caledonia yesterday, we have received news of the wreck of the schooner Emma Paterson, Captain Edgar, hence to that port. She left Sydney on 2nd April, and was lost on a coral reef 30 miles from Noumea, on tho 25th, through her missing ttaye. Five of the crew left the wreck on the 27th in a whaleboat, and are supposed to have perished, as the boat was picked up near Noumea on the Bth May, full of water, with several fish, a human hand, and two feet in her. Captain Edgar was taken off the wreck by the schooner Bronzewing, which arrived in Noumea on the 9th inst.— Sydney Morning Herald, May 25.