THE SHIP YORKSHIRE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1538, 9 July 1873, Page 2

THE SHIP YORKSHIRE.

--——Theabove noble vessel of ■ Money Wigram and Co.'s Une, of Melbourne and London packet ships has sbugh'tour shores in distress: She is bound from Melbourne to London, with 163 passengers and a large cargo; of Apre- ' i i served meats, bark, wheat, copper, and tin • L : ore;; and other colonial products. She left - -• Hobson's Bay on the 14th instant, cleared • ■ Port Philip Heads same evening, but owing :; fo'light adverse winds and calms was co|m--;r-i pelled to put back to the Heads, from whence she took her departure on Thursday, the ■ 19th inst. Had S. S. W. winds in the Strait, .' ■'■•» and took her final departure from off Rodpndo at 8 a.m. on the'fofiowing'day. The windi continued from the same quarter till Tubs-: day eveningV the 24th, when ; the barometer , ' suddenly fell from 29. 50;tb f 29;10, the wind, coming down to a dead calm, a heavy sea running, and incessant . rain. Shortly afterwards a light breeza' sprang up from N.W., and gradually veered round .northerly 'to S.E., with a high confused sea. At) 8 aJm. on the 25th the south-easter increased ~to a heaAry gale; hove the ship to under closereefed, main and fore topsails, and headed td- ' wards S.W., a fearful sea running, coming up on the yessel.like a ; walL A.t 6.30 p.ml a heavy sea struck the counter, carrying aw,ay . her rudder-rstock. . Finding the tiller would ' ' not' act, broke down the rudder casing, and lashed the presumedly defective part with chains. This being' done it was found that the rudderrstock was gone lower down. A chain lashing, with considerable difficulty, , by n cutting away part i of . the ; sternpost, ' here placed. By this tiirie the gale partially abated. She was then 80 miles S.W. of the Snares, which were passed at 3.45 a.m. , j " off Friday, the 27th, bearing ]N";N.E. 5 miles. Considering it unsafe toTproceed on her homeward voyage, Captain Anderson deemed lit , ; prudent to bear up for the first port for repair. . ; (Light winds and fine weather f avoredsthe ship from the Snares to arrival at the Heads, , • I /.when , she was taken ; in tow by the itug "Geelpng at a five-mile offing, and towed in at dark pn Fridaynight, arriving in PortiChalmera at 9.30,, p.m. This is ,^he first iship of ,'.; Money Wigram's fleet that has visited .our; Eort, and ah inspection of her, although she as 1 a number pf ■* passengers | on board, will well repay a visit, as everything appears to be in excellent order. — Otago Times. . ; ; ,