PORT OF GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1681, 23 December 1873, Page 2

PORT OF GREY.

HIGH WATER. Tin Day- 12.30 a.m. ; 12.55 p.m. • ARRIVED. ....... December 22 — Nil. . ; . „ . .. SAILED. December 22— Nil. . EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Murray, from Nelson. Kennedy, from Nelson , Mary Ogilvie, from Dunedin. . .' 'Arnarua, from Rivcrton. Kate Conlcy, from Melbourne. , Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne. Albion, from Melbourne. . : . . VESSELS IN PORT, yea Bird, from Melbourne. ..■.-■; Sarah aud Mary, from Melbourne Gleaner, from Melbourne ' . Wallace, from Hokitika.

' "."■ ; There' were no arrivals or "- departures at the port yesterday owing to : the boisterous state of the "weather and the heavy surf running ou the bar. The p.s Wallace intended to go to sea in the forenoon, but as the gale freshened from the N.W. her captaitt" wisely determined to remain at his moorings, 'the'p.'s Dispatch is still at Ho- - kitika, and should the present weather continue she may remain there some considerabletime. ■< The following particulars regardiug the stranding of : the brigantine Aborigine and p.B Lioness, afc Hokitika, are givlh by the Westlaud Register^ of yesterday :— " We regret to say that the brivantine Aborigine, ' while being towed into the river, on Satur- : morning, grounded and canted round in the channel. . The Lioness, in endeavoring to get her off, unfortunately went ashore on the South Spit; On observing the mishap, the - r tug Dispatch went to assist, but it was. too late on the tide to be of service. Owing to the furious north-west gale blowing, aud the heavy sea running during Saturday, very little could be done towards.the preservation "" ofTihe brigantine, which was, however, on Saturday night, hauled ou the north bauk. On Sunday mornino, about 40 tons of cargo were got out, and subsequently a quantity m6re, the latter being much damaged by seawater, and it is feared that all the remaining cargo is now completely damaged. The hcigantihe now lies deck on to sea, which renders the work of discharging her much more difficult than it otherwise would ba. Afc -" high • tide on Sunday tbf. sea broke over the vessel and damaged her considerably. Yesterday afternoon a number of men were at ' work striking the masts and sending down the rigging, and everything possible was : done to save the vessel and cargo, both by the harbormaster, Captain Turnbull, and all concerned ; but tbe fierce gale blowing — one of the severest, ever experienced on the Coast — rendered the most strenuous efforts nugatory. The Lioness was thought at one w timeto-be in danger, but- about "high water on Saturday. night she-gofc ; up steam, and the fresh 'cutting away the' bank on which she had grounded, she steamed off safely to sea, and to the surprise of many, steamed across the bar shortly afterwards, and after a. desperate struggle against the heavy fresh in the river, got safely to the wharf on Sunday morning, *j none the worse for tLe . mishap. „ •