Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1613, 22 September 1874, Page 366

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT AHURIRI. ARRIVALS. SEPTEMBEE. 18—Clematis, ketch, 76 tons, MSUer, from Cabbage Bay 19—Kangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Lloyd, from Poverty Bay 20—Fiery Cross, schooner, 72 tons, Grundy, from Tairua 10—Forest Queen, ketch, 60 tons, Linklater, from Foxton DEPARTURES. SEPTEMBER. ■ 17—Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Lloyd, for Poverty Bay 17—Pretty Jane, s.a., 90 tons, Fernandez, for Poverty Bay and Auckland 19—Rangatira, s,s., 185 tons, Lloyd, for Wellington 19—Southern Cross, s.s., 187 tons, Holmes, for Auckland 19—M. A. Eudsen, ketch, 14 tons, Mortimer, for Wairoa . PASSENGER LIST. INWABDB. In the Rangatira—Sub-Inspector Bennett, A.C., and Mr Mann OUTWARDS. In the Rangatira— (for Poverty Bay)— Captain G. E. Read, Messrs Broadbent, Sedgwick, and several others In the Pretty Jane—Mr and Miss Campbell In the Rangatira—(for WellingtonMrs Seymour, Messrs J. Buchanan, T. RCooper, Douglas, Finnerty, Fleming, A. Kennedy, R. D. Maney, March, and the Royal English Opera Company • In the Southern Cross—Mr and Mrs Yining, Messrs Mann, Scarfe, Williams, and others EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Amherst, brigantine, from Newcastle Auj-usta, brigantine, from Newcastle Atlantic, schooner, from Mercury Bay Bebington, ship, from London Columbia, schooner, from Kennedy's Bay Helena, brigantine, from Wangaroa Helen, brigantine, from Newcastle Kate M'Gregor, schooner, from Mercury Bay Lsetitia, schooner, from Mercury Bay Mary Ellen, schooner, from Foxton Mary Melville, schooner, from Mercury Bay Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Pretty Jane, s.s., from Poverty Bay and Auckland Rangatira, s.s., from Wellington Southern Cross, s.s., from Auckland Peter Denny, ship, from London Queen Bee, ship, from London Saucy Lass, schooner, from Mercury Bay Swordfish, brigantine, from Hobart Town VESSELS IN HARBOR. Clematis, ketch, from Cabbage Bay Fairy, s.s., from Wairoa Fiery Cross, schooner, from Tairua Forest Queen, ketch, from Wellington Maggie, brig, from Newcastle Winchester, ship, from London Why Not, ketch, from Auckland Three Brothers, ketch, (lightering) Una, s.s., (lightering) Bella, 8.5., (lightering) Greenwich, cutter, (lightering) PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Newcastle—Winchester, to-day For Poverty Bay—Rangatira, s.s., tomorrow For Wellington—Star of the South, early The ketch Clematis, Captain C. Holier, arrived from Cabbage Bay on Friday morning, with a cargo of timber. The s.s. Rangatira, Captain C. Lloyd, left for Poverty Bay on Thursday evening, and returned on Saturday morning. She left for Wellington at noon the same day, arriTing there at 3 p.m. on Sunday, and was to leave again for Napier last night. The schooner Fiery Cross, Captain J, Grundy, arrived from Tairua on Sunday afternoon, after a smart passage of two days and a half. She brings 50,000 feet timber for Mr J. LeQueßne. The ketch Forest Queen, Capt. Linklater, arrived from Foxton, Manawatu, on Sunday evening. Cargo: 142 sleepers, and 2640 feet logs. The Pretty Jane steamed for Poverty Bay and Auckland on Thursday evening. The s.s. Southern Cross steamed for Auckland at 11.30 a.m. on Saturday with a cargo of live stock. The ketch M. A. Hudson left for Wairoa on Saturday afternooa and arrived off tbe bar six hours after. The schooner Mary Ellen left Foxton for Napier on Sunday week. The s.s. Otago arrived at the Bluff on the 16th instant, having left Melbourne on the 10th. She brings 83 passengers.. English Shipping.—sth September.— Arrived: Loch Maire, from Melbourne; Hudson, Redgauntlet, Robert Bums, Dallam Tower, and Abbey. American Shipping.—The Pacific mail steamer Guatemala has been wrecked; no lives were lost.—A fire broke out on a Cincinatti steamer that led to the loss of 35 lives. The steamer Mikado arrived at San Francisco on the 30th August, The steamer Eashy, outward bound from Sydney for Dunedin, went ashore at Bradley's Head, but got off uninjured after being lighteoed. The mail steamer Grolconda was expected at Melbourne ou the 19tb instant. The schooner Mary Melville arrived in Auckland from Napier on Thursday last. The Strathnaver Salvage Claim.— Steps have been taken to recover salvage at the instance of Turnbull aad Co., owners of the Stonabird, against tbe ebip Strathnaver, The writ was, with difficult;, affixed to the iron mast of the ship. The amount claimed is £ 10,000, The discharge of the cargo was stopped on Monday. The Marion, an schooner, has been bought by Mr Pearce of Wellingtoo, for £3,500. The »,s. Hero arrived yesterday in Auckland from Sydney, which port she left on the 10th inst. The P. and O. Company surrender #20,000 a year of their subsidy for permission to pass through the Sue/ canal Auckland. Shipping.— Wtix September. , Awkod—Pacific, schooner, from Samoa. She reports tbe Albion, Auckland whaler, at •Jikuaoa, with 100 barrels oil, Glimpse, barque,

from Newcastle, with 640 tons coal. On the 12th inst. she encountered a erale, which swept the deck-house and part of the bulwarks. Sargent, a seaman, was thrown against the bulwarks, and was seriously injured in the leg. Bella Mary, from Hobart Town. 20th September.—Arrived—Star of tbe South, from Levuka, with a full cargo of cotton, maize, copra, and a first shipment of Fijian sugar, 100 bags. Steamboat Explosion in South Australia.—A correspondent of the Kapunda paper furnishes the following account of the explosion of a Murray Eiver steamboat:—" On Tuesday news flew up and down the river that a fatal explosion had occured on 'board the steamer Moolewanke, at James Long's hut, Big Bend. On visiting the place it proved only too true. The steamer had arrived before daylight in the morning, and had blown the whistle to let Long know she was there. He got up, crossed a small lagoon that lay between his place and the ship, and could not have reached her many minutes before the dreadful explosion took place. It is supposed that he, the cook (a Chinaman named Sam Son), and a Robert Rust (a stoker) were taking coffee when they were thrown in the air. The last-named two fell side by side on the bank, about four or five yards on the shore, while poor Long was carried, with a large piece of the boiler, between 70 and 80 yards, and was only prevented from going further by coming in contact with the upper branches of trees and falling down through them, broken all over, and nearly undressed—his coat, waistcoat, braces, and comforter being left at different distances from the ship's side to where he lay, showing plainly the line in which hs was thrown. The Chinaman had no limbs broken, but was scalded and bruised all over, and was seen to be alive by others of the crew for a few minutes after they were turned out. The engineer was blown into the river with the whole of his cabin, and awoke in the water, but managed to swim and get hold of the ship's side, and is only bruised on the thigh. Captain Fuller and the rest of the crew, with one passenger—eight in number—iucluding the engineer, were in bed, and would have been on deck a few minutes later. The ship at a distance looks nearly all right, except that her funnel is lying on the top of her deckhouse : but on looking into her she presents a strange, torn appearance, as far as her wood, work is concerned. The land is covered for about an acre in extent with portions of decking, bulwarks, and boiler; some large pieces of the latter about .120 yards distant. The police arrived the same day from Blanchetown, and removed the bodies to the huts. The body of Sam Son was buried by the police on a sandhill by the side of the two others—one, the poor lad Carrington, who was drowned from the steamer Queen, and whoce body was recovered by the police some time ago within 50 yards of where poor Long fell. James Long was buried near the Swan Reach Station yesterday, the funerals being largely attended for so remote a part. Long was much liked by his fellow-workers and others in the district, and much sympathy is felt for his widow and childThe steamer is insured, I am informed, and I have no doubt will sail again."