PORT OP GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1573, 20 August 1873, Page 2

PORT OP GREY.

HIGH WATER. Tms Day— 7.53 a.in. ; 8.26 p.m. ARRIVED.. August 19— Nil. SAILED. August 19— Nil. _ EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Kennedy, from Nelson ;. ■ ; Sarah and Mary, from Lyttelton Alhambra, from Melbourne. Gothenburg, from Melbourne. Circe, from Melbourne! " Seabird, from Melbourne.; / VESSELS IN PORT. Dispatch, tug steamer: ' Murray, from Nelson. "Wallace, fronvNelsbni • - 1 Sarah and Mary, from Melbourne

,' .A surf extending miles, from the shore i. shows that there has been, a heavy storm at sea, and necessarily prevents, for the present, shipping arrivals or departures. ■' ' The Melbourne papers of the Bth instant, report the total wreck or, foundering of the brigantine JMary. She was formerly owned by Messrs Spence Bros., and used to trade to this coast. It appears [she left Newcastle on the 7th, fully laden with a cargo of coals, and when off Red Head, a point distant from Newcastle about twelve miles, was suddenly struck by a squall and; was observed to go down. The steamer Bungaree was despatched to her assistance but could not discover any vestige of the wreck or the crew. The weather on that coast, for sometime, has been reported as extremely adverse to vessels trading to and from the different ports. • The voyage of the clipper ship Superb, from London to Melbourne, has not been . without its share of incident. Oil July 14, • when between the Cape of Good Hope and t' Melbourne, she was caught in a furious gale from N. N. W. , which continued for about four days, and at times raged with almost 1 hurricane violence. .On the last day of the gale, while the ship was .running before it, a ;' topping sea broke over the starboard quarter .. and carried everything before it. The body of water came with overwhelming force and smashed the wheel, burst in the skylight, 'and deluged the cabin, besides doing other damage on deck. Mr Ayerst, the chief officer, "who was on deck at the time, had bis leg broken near the hip joint and was incapacitated'from duty. .Dr ;Cheyne, the . surgeon •of the ship had his left arm broken above the elbow, and consequently was unable to .. render surgical aid to the others. Mr Brady, the fourth officer, and.four; o? the saloon passengers, Messrs Hutchison, Lucas, Hockey, and Boyson, were more of less hurt and contused, but fortunately had no , bones brokea.