Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1600, 7 August 1874, Page 314

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT AHURIRI. ARRIVALS. AUGUST. 3—Atlantic, schooner, 65 tons, Spooner, from'Mcrcury Bay 6 Clematis, ketch, 76 ,tons, Pullman, from Lyttelton 6—Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Lloyd, from Poverty Bay 6—Southern Cross, s.s., 137 tons, Holmes, from Auckland DEPARTURES. • AUGUST. s—-Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Lloyd, for Poverty Bay - PASSENGER LIST. INWARDS. In the Rangatira— (from Poverty Bay) —Mr and Mrs Edwards, Mr and Miss Miller, Messrs Allan, Hardy, Locke, M'Duuald, Read, and several others OUTWARDS. In the Rangatira— (for Poverty Bay)— Miss Partridge, Messrs Cooper and Hargraves EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Colonist, schooner, from Auckland Columbia, schooner, from Mercury Bay Effie Mciklc. schooner, from Tairoa Fairy, s.s., from Wellington Kate M'Grcgor, schooner, from Mercury Bay Laditia, schooner, from Mercury Bay Pacific, schooner, from Mercury Bay Pretty Jane, s.s., from Poverty Bay and Auckland Saucy Lass, schooner, from Mercury Bay Swordfish, brigantine, from Hobart Town VESSELS IN HARBOR. Atlantic, schooner, from Mercury Bay Canterbury, schooner, from Lyttelton Clematis, ketch, from Lyttelton Endeavor, brigantine, from Oamaru Fiery Cross, schooner, from Wellington Firefly, brig, from Hobart Town Forest Queen, ketch, from Auckland Halcione, shin, from London Rangatira, s.s., from Poverty Bay Southern Cross, s.s., from Auckland Mary Arm Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Winchester, ship, from London Three Brothers, ketch, (lightering) Una, s.s., (lightering) Bella, s.s., (lightering) Greenwich, cutter PRO J E C I’E DDE PART UR ES.

For Wellington— Rangatira, to-day For Newcastle— Firefly to-day For Pioton— Canterbury, to-day For Pelorus Sound— Endeavor, to-day

The schooner Atlantic, Capt. Spooner, arrived in the Bay on Monday, but has not vet entered the Pot.

The ketch Clematis, Capt. Pullman, arrived in the roadstead from Lyttelton yesterday. The s.s. Rangatira arrived from Poverty Bay yesterday morning, and will steam for Wellington at noon to-day.

The s.s. Southern Cross arrived In the Bay last evening, but no communication was held with her.

The schooner Kate M'Gregor, in command of Capt. James Smith, late of the Saucy Lass, may shortly bo expected to arrive here with a cargo of timber for Mr J. LeQuesne. She is a new vessel, this being her first trip.

The Rangatira, for Wellington; the Firefly, for Newc; sib ; the Endeavor, for Peloroa Sound; and the Canterbury, for Picton, will all leave port to-day, should there be sufficient water on the bar. The Salvage Claim.— Captain Casey has agreed to refer the salvage claim against the Miltiades to arbitration. He put in a formal claim for £lO,lOO. but now says it wr.s a joke.

High Tides on the West Coast.— A Taranaki telegram, dated Tuesday, reports : —A stiff north caster setting in caused the tide last night to rise higher than it has been known for years, doing much damage to property facing the river near the beach. About a chain of the reclaimed ground, near where the railway terminus will be, was washed away ; the approaches to the town bridge in Devon-strcct are undermined ; and near Callaghan s shop the embank men t has all been carried away. A higher tide is expected this afternoon if the gale continues. The Storm Hird is [reported to be taking shelter on the other side of Cape Egmont, and cannot face the north-easter.—A later telegram reports that about '.noon the wind shifted to the south, which prevented the tide coming so high as on the previous night. The Paterson broken up.—A heavy freshet came down the Waitara river on Wednesday, which, with a north-easterly gale on Sunday, parted the steamer Paterson in two, making her a complete wreck. All hopes of saving the wreck are now abandoned.

High Tides at Westport.—The flood tides on tbc West Coast were noticed on both islands. A telegram from Westport reports : —Unprecedentedly high tides occurred here on (Saturday and Sunday, the lower part of the town being flooded, and the sea encroaching ou the shore for a long distance. The bouses in Kennedy-street were untenable. More of the river bank has been destroyed.

Painful Accident. — Yesterday, while the s.s. Beautiful Star was towing the ship Ballochmyle in Lyttelton harbor, the wrapping towline warp parted, and struck Captain Hart with great violence, breaking both his legs. It is feared that amputation of one leg will bo found necessary,

The ship Conflict, 90 days from London, with upwaids of 400 immigrants, arrived in Welli'iglou on Monday last. All well on board. The immigrants have all been landed.

A Sad Story.—The Hong Kong Times, March 19th, says No sadder or more touching story has reached us for a long time than that told by our Swatow correspondent. The German barque Chance, laden with coal, bound from Newcastle to Hong Kong, drifted ngainst a rock and immediately sank. The cabin boy was the only one who went down &tthe moment; the captain and crow, the captain’s'.wife, and the young children and nurse managing to jump on to the rockSo sudden was the calamity that they had not time to dress: and nothing was saved in the wav of provisions but a bottle of jam and another of claret. The position was indeed most perilous. Two pieces of deck plank wcie lashed together, and, an empty bag being placed at the end, this was hoisted as a signal pf distress *?cou a barque hovoio sights

Hope rose with the sight, and when the men could be seen on the vessel’s deck the hour of deliverance seemed indeed at hand. “ See mother,” said the captain’s little girl, “ our Lord sends us help.” Simple words—their spirit taught perhaps in quiet and happy moments by the mother to whom they were now addressed. Hopeful and joyful did they sound now ; but, alas, never was hope more cruelly blighted. The barque passed on her course away, and pleasing expectation gave place to terrible despair. It was with difficulty that the wretched ones could keep their place on the rock, for the sea at times washed over it; and to add to their sufferings their hands and feet, during the struggle with the waves, were painfully cut and torn. In this sad state the day and the night were passed ; and early next morning the calamity was intensified in a most shocking manner. A heavy breaker came rolling along ; and all were dashed clean oft the rock. Wife and children and servant, all had disappeared. Wearily and anxiously passed the next twelve hours, when the distress signal was seen by the captain of the German schooner Caroline, and the rock was at once made for. Then n boat was lowered ; and the boatswain and four Japanese sailors went off to the rescue. The state of the sea made this a work of ex. treme difficulty and danger ; but nt last it was successful, and the men—eight in number—were got safe on board.