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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1696, 10 January 1874, Page 2

„ The s.B Claud Hamilton arrived from •/ ' Nelson yesterday afternoon, and was at r once waited upon by the p.s Dispatch which transhipped her passengers and gold. She put on board of the Claud eleven passengers and 53050z of gold shipped by the various banks, and brought ashore forty passeugers, 1 : most of whom were Chinese. The schooner Kaiuma, Captain Maule, was towed to sea yesterday afternoon by the ,- Dispatch. ' She takes a cargo of timber for ■■'{ ;Gamaru. . . Up to the present time nothing has been '.' heard , of Captain William Flett, of the ." : schooner Alert, whose somewhat mys- ; terious disappearance was reported in our telegrams from Lyttelton oh Wednesday week. From all accounts the deceased must . :']'. have mot his death accidentally There was no one on deck at the time deceased was at. •. :''.' the wheel, and the other hands were employed below, and it was only when the vessel, wi&h had been running fr^ee, came „:: up in the wind, and tho man came up to see ,'.',','. the cause, that (the loss of the captain was ".. didebvered No trace gould be ssenjof him ; ' : .-•' , no cry or splash was heajrd by thoselengaged below.; The news of his .unfortunate; decease , ;, caused quite a gloom amongst the jeaptains t of the various crafts in harbor, Captain Flett '...'.: Staying most deservedly obtained the esteem . , d£;»3i with whom he was connected. —Lyttel/o»T#raes. Capiljwn Fothergill, who returned; to Melfcourne jy#s£erday from Freemantle, in the schooner Victoria, reports that bis vessel, the brig Wild Wave,, owned here, was lost i, ;; ; ,an September 1. Ths wreck occurred on a tine of reefs lying aoovt §ight miles to the westward of Montebello Island, the brig at the time being on her passage from Freemantle to Singapore, via Port Walcofc, with . , .15; passengers, and also a quantity of cargo. 1 ''" jkii&r she struck on the reefs, all on board /weregpnveyed to the island in the boats, . Ibui ,re#otfrse. had to be had again to the . :' ' 'isvreckfof .supplies of provisions and water, '' !. there being ;uo(f&ing on the island on which f^.'thoVshipwreck'edmeQple'could subsist. Cap- ■'.'''■ l! 'taiii Fothergill had jfco voyage a distance of 1 - ''(Sixty miles to Fort. Waleojfc. and the schooner . ... . . Mary Aim was despatched to (the aid of the '. : .''V crew and passengers. The brig was a ye/jsel ; of about 180 tons, and her wreck was sold ' for the benefit of all concerned. — Argut,