Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1622, 23 October 1874, Page 402

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT AHURIRI. ARRIVALS. OCTOBER. \ H, 20—Southern Cross, s.s., 137 tons, Holmejj, from Auckland -vi, * 21—Bosalia,ship, 643 tons, Veal, from Port Townsend (put in through stress of wea'ther} 22—Helen Denny, ship, 727 tons, Ruth, from London Wellington DEPARTURES. 20—Lzctitia; schooner, 46 tons, Palmer, for Wellington . , - ~ 21— Fairy, s.s., 32 tons, Campbell, for Wairoa ■'■ 22—Syren, brig, 185 tons, Sainty, for Auckland . !>*i v*i-*l'l 1 J >■•*■ - '.. „•: 22—Southern Cross, s.s., 137 tons, Holmes, for the Thames and Auckland '' PASSENGER LIST. INWARDS.' ; '- In the Southern Cross—Messrs Kelly, Sutton, Rockefeller, Campbell, Mayor, Copeland, Amery, and others ; In the Helen Denny—2s7 Government . immigrants . In the Rangatira—Mr and Mrs Burch aud family, and about 50 others , 7 ; ■/'■""■•■■■ OUTWARDS. In the Fairy—Messrs Maney and Witty In the Southern Cross—Mr aud Mrs Sandys and four children, Mr & Mrs Comer, Mrs Provo and two children, Messrs Brett, Cohen, May, Mathesou, Miller, Munson, and Wright EXPECTED' ARRIVALS. Amherst, brigantinc, from Newcastle Atlantic, schooner, from Mercury Bay Augusta, brigantinc, from Mercury Bay ". Bebiugton, ship, from London Clarence, ship, from London Clematis, ketch, from Cabbage Bay . Colonist, schooner, from Auckland - Columbia, schooner, from Kennedy's Bay Endeavor, schooner, from Dunedin ■•'•''>'■' • Fairy, s.s., from Wairoa Fiery Cross, schooner, from Tairua Helen, brigantinc, from Newcastle Maggie, brig, from Newcastle Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Mary. Melville, schooner, from Mcicury Bay " Pretty Jane, s.s., from Poverty Bay and Auckland Prince Rupert, ketch, from Wangaroa liyuo, brigantine, from Auckland Saucy Lass, schooner, from Mercury Bay Southern Cross, s.s., from Auckland Start, cutter, from Mercury Bay Swordfish, brigantinc, from Hobart Town Sir Donald, s.s., from Auckland VESSELS IN HARBOR. Emu, a.s.s„ from Oamaru Forest Queen, ketch, from Wellington Helen Denny, ship, from London Kate M'Gregor, schooner, from Mercury Bay, Queen Bee, ship, from London Rangatira, s.s., from Wellington Rosalia, ship, from Port Townsend Three Brothers, ketch, from Moeangiangi Waratah, barque, from Hobart Town via Wellington Why Not, ketch, from Auckland - Una, s.s., (lightering) Bella, s.s., (lighteriug) PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Auckland—Emu and Pretty Jane, to-day For Poverty Bay—Rangatira & Pretty Jane, to-day; Queen Bee, early For Mercury Bay—Forest Queen, this morning • For Hobart Town—Waratah, to-morrow The brig Syren took her departure for Auckland this morning. . ~ The schoooner Endeavor was to leave Dunedin for Napier yesterday. : , ... '/i ; A ketch supposed to be the Prince Rupert, from Wangaroa, arrived in the roadstead yesterday afternoon. • The ship Duchess of Edinburgh was towed into Corunua dismasted.. She was bound from London to Melbourne. The s.s. Rangatira, Oapt. 0. Lloyd, arrived.from, Wellington, : at.,s. o'clock,last, evening■ after a good passage" of 23 hours, Phe brings ' a , general cargo', and 65; passengers. ■>;;, , ~: , .. :., -|. . The barque Waratah, having discharged, her inward cargo, is at present taking in ballast, and will sail' for -Hobart Town 'to-morrow. This vessel, haying superior accommodation, offers a fine opportunity for visjting Tasmania. The s.s. Southern Cross, Captain Holmes, arrived from Auckland at. 3 p.m. on Tuesday, after fi very rough, passage. : She steamed:for.the Thanics and Auckland at 1 p.m. yesterday, with; ,48 head' cattye and 250 sheep.--1 irivbfi '•<■■.' <••'.':o ' -' x ■'■-'■■■ ■ Messrs Shaw, Saville and Co.'s clipper ship Helen Denny, W. Ruth, Commander, arrived in 'the. roadstead from Loudon at ,3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after a' smart, passage of 84 days,: being the quickest ever-made by any vessel to this port. .She left London on the 24th of. July, aud arrived at Plymouth on the 27th. Took in tTic immigrants, and left"at 4on the 29th, landiiT? tne Pilot two nours aft f* off Eddystone Experienced light variable winds until the Equator on 26th August ; ,The next latitude mini S.| .On the 15th September a hearj 4'alc came on, increasing towards 'night to'/"- hurricane. .Put iho ship*under Idw''iopskils, 0«d kepfcher before the wind,*, o avoid damage bylhe heavy sea..' passed :th'e Cape of Good Hope on 18th .September,.-; When in lat. a'J-deg. 48nlin. S. had another heavy gale,';wi'h terrific sea, during :whioh;.the vessel behaved Bplendidly. Oil Stewart's Island experienced . heavy gale and sea, too itroug forhet- to come round•' that way, r wore ship, and came through Cook's Straits, arriving in ' the 'roadstead 1! as'' above. TTi'e number 1 of births was 7, and deaths,'B :1 adu.lt, and 7 Infants. Very flafiteriug laddio'sfiej were .j?reisented by the passengers to Captain W. Ruth, Mr E, J. .Scott, first .officer, andDr.,C. W. rratit; "which, however 'we are: obliged to hold over till our ae.xt>-

The ship Rosalia, John Voale, master, left Port Townsend, Washington Territory, on the 4th August bound with. cargo of lumber, had ligtitj able, a}rs and fine weather. ''>on sleftthe ship 1 -; a.thickjfog prevailing; ~ v'Bllll^^n^'fe^lJS^lniles!' Had tovpurnp gbfp eyery>four!hoursifi On Friday,. tlieV7th/.light .variable f^m?opposite'quarters.o|iHthe;Bth; : !iniireasing ! j breeze, and'' squally.! | fr6m'sie '# t|e 91A,-fresh) galeand' squally ; pumped ship every twd'hburs'.' On the 10th, strong gale all day. 1 jth,: fresh wind from N.W. to W.. with showers of rain. 12th;. fine, weather,_with fog, at. intervals,. 13th : light variable airs and calms ; barometer 29-95. 14th: calms throughout; barometer, 30*06. 15th: fine calm weather ; *imFWd'T'7th'f 1 ' i light*vrtriable' winds- and calms. 18th : light N. winds, supposed to.be the commencement of the N.E. trades. l|lh| very light trade winds,' N.N.E. and'N. 20th: fine weather. 21st • light winds and calms ;. 22ud: light varjableiwinds and smooth /water;' 23rd: fine N.E." trade wind. 24th': strong N.N.E. breeze, wich passing showers; ship continuing to make the saira quantity, of water; barometer, 29-94. .25th and 26ih: cloudy, fresh breeze ; barometer, 29*09. 27th. light variable N.E. trades; latitude by observation, 15.31 N.; long., 142.2 W.' 28th: light winds: pumping every four hours; barometer, 29*80. <29fcK and 30th: fine weather, passing showers, steady breeze. 31st: variable; heavy rain,. Ist. Sept.: 1at.,,,.8.57... N.; long., 142.1, W.; light variable winds and calms till 4th; barometer 29.80; dark cloudy weather succeeded, with confused and turbulent sea, much rain, aud baffliugwinds. Bth: weather dark and heavy;. high cross sea; all light sails stowed. 9th : strong S. by S.S.E, gale in the morning, moderating during day; I ship makiug more water than usual. 10th: fine. 11th: squally; much rain; found .ship, had crossed the line of the sun, having changed zenith distance from N. to S.; barometer. 29.90. 12th: heavy squalls, wind and rain. 13th: 'fine ; S.E. trade wind, with strong W. current. 14th: severe E.S.E, gale; passing squalls, which continued tni-ee days. 17th: fine and clear; set all possible sail. Fine weather continued till the 24th, "when in lit. 20 Sv; long., 166.2 W. weather variable and squally. 26th: hard gales; showers at intervals. 27th: strong S.E. and B. gales; kept ship before the wihdj'weather somewhat moderated till 30th ; all sail set. "On Ist October, heavy gales, N.W. to S.W., and high confused sea; ship under lowered topsails, laboring heavily ; shipping large quantities of water; crew continually at the pumps2nd dull, cloudy; high confused sea; pumps still going without intermission; found it necessary to lighten the vessel, which was • done by throwing the deck-load overboard. 3rd: moderate winds; high sea; crew all day and night at the pumps ; vessel laboring, heavily; continued thus till sth; ship supposed to have started something below her copper in the gale. Heavy N.W. to W. gale, and cross sea; windmill working pumps at seventy revolutions per minute. 7th : barometer 29-40; dreadful gale and squalls, W. and S.S.W., with rain; shipping heavy seas, and laboring heavily. On the Bth the wind somewhat / moderated, back again' to W. Wore ship, aud while so doing, the mill gave way; all hands, crew and officers, at the pumps throughout the night, in spells of two hours. Leak apparently in no way eased by lightening of the deck-load. During the afternoon the gale increased,.with lightning, and rapidly-falling barometer; continued throughout 10th, barometer 29*40. Wind N. at 10 p.m.; N.W. at midnight; W. at 2 a.m.; W.S.Wat 8 a.m.; S.W. by S. at 6p.m. ; set topsails and wore ship to W. 11th : tremendous gales and sea, with lightning; wind in forenoon .W.N.W., lulling and backgin to W. At 8 a.m. sounded pump, finding 26in, water ; at noon in lat. 38.41 S., long., 476.24 W. ,* afternoon heavy wind and sea; shippiug great quantities of 'water fore and aft. 12th a hurricane ; barometer, 29-20; noon, weather moderating,,-wore ship to IV., barometer 29*25, ■ 13th : dull, heavy, and boisterous, with hard: squalls ; ; new boom jib and forelopmast staysail blown to ribbons ; stowed remainder"; several other sails, including topsails,'having been previously blown to shreds, i On the 14th, the mate, with some of the crew, came to the.captain's cabin,'and a consultation ensued, as to the desperate state of the ship. Nearly all the voyage, but especially during the past fortnight all hands had been working night and day at the pumps, bending and unbending sails, &c, in hope of.a change, of which there appeared no prospect, The wind was then blowing furiously, the ship pitching and rolling, and making more water than ever, the water having gained on both pumps nine inches in forty minutes. The crew were nearly exhausted, and supplies of water running short; and it was ultimately decided to put the ship before .the wind, under such - canvass as remained, and run for Tahiti, the nearest port, which was accordingly done, to the, great joy and relief of the crew- On the : i 16th, the wind being 5.5. E.,, ship in lat. 37..4G S. ; long. 170 W., the captain called the crew together, and explained the ship's; position ; showing that it would be a con? j sidcrably shorter run to New Zealand than toTahiti; that the weather had' moderated greatly, and the barometer had risen steadily u p to 30 ; and that there was reasonable hope of their making New Zcalaud. All the crcw«i i willingly assented Sij,ve.oue, wh o said if he j went to New Zealand it; ..should be in irons ! As from.that time he refused ;to work, he was- | plaecd in irous. : On the 20th, the crew were again called together, and' they were asked j whether they would proceed to Dunedin, the | port of : destination, .or the nearest port—'" Napier. At this time the leak \vas gaining I rapidly on both pumps, and the. crew,, were I unanimously in favor of Napier ; for Which' port the captain accordingly steered ;' ari ; ivI in'g on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 21st I instant, there being then ten feet of water in the vessel's hold. A,party went off yesterday in the Bella to pump her out. '"'• ' i •. English Shipping— October 10.'—Arrived: Superb, from Melbourne; Kakaia;from New Zealand. ''-., '\ . ■. Q r p News .of Sh,ip.—The follow;... ing refers -to the- long- missing steamer fyie City of Boston:—New York, 23rd July.—A beach-searcher has found a bottle on the coast of Florida with a paper .bearing' the, following information';—" Steamship City of Boston —To all whom this message may come: that 1, the "Undersigned? a passenger'on this shin, write Sunday night last a heavy storm arose; 12.30, increasing ; hones^: 4,2 o'clock/ going dori/ ((sign|d).3onhtCasWcll,JLcndpp ; ' England." Near the place where the bottle was found was a board on which was some' penciliug, nearly which read-, '-.We •>l\hxd '-the bbafcs'as bur last resort/' The board was.,headed, "pity 'of Boston," : - :: ' A ! " " '"

The s.s. Albion arrived at the Bluff with the English mail on the 20th ihst., after a good passage from Melbourne of and eight hours.—The Tararua lef||"Mel-, bourne for Hokitika three hours before her.. The Ew&ni from^au : :.ritiusto Lyttelton, ;£fijty-ni4e days out,vwith i 'sugar for Messrs Mwardgl, &";Bennett, of> • Christchurch, put into Nelson Son Tuesday to repair damages and'-to' Obtain' provisions.She experienced tremendous weather, -%nd was struck by a heavy sea, which carried away her bulwarks, and flooded the cabin, destroying almost everything in it, and spoil- " frig all"tlie provision's. " The" cre'w were for many days on,halfTa-pound of bread per. day. She will refit before proceeding further* ' ; Supposed Loss of the G-aribaldi. — The following is au extract from a letter from Webster Bros, Tarahaki, to Mr Webster, Christchurch—" There is now very little doubt that the vessel reported as foundering off Cape Egmont is 'iquite. -correct, r and that she was the Garibaldi. Native's saw her ship a heavy sea, ride over the next aud then disappeared head first. They arc finding a lot of wreckage, including cedar cabin fittingsone piece with a pair of 4-inch brass hinges on it, some clothes &c. Several cart loadsthey say, have been collected between Opunaki and Ikaros. She foundered just off the end of Harriet ; beach, a little to the southward." The Garibaldi left Lyttelton loaded with railway iron for Waitara river.—A later report states that the vessel was seen taking shelter in a bay on the West Coast. A Lighthouse Destroyed by a Hurricane.—The Western Morning News publishes a description of the terrible predicament of the lighthouserkeepers ; on Bishop's Hock during a recent hurricane, the violence of which is described as being fearful. The Bishop's Hock lighthouse is erected on a rock beyond the Scilly Islands, far out in the Atlautic. It Avas struck by enormous wares in quick succession, each causing a noise like the discharge of cannon, aud making the massive stone building rock to aud fro, so that every article ; fell away from its place. One fearful sea broke the great lens in several pieces, and; another smashed ;the cylinders pf the spar dight, while sand from the bottom —twenty fathoms deep—was found heaped uppn the lighthouse gallery. The keepers had a narrow escape.) ~„ The brig Pakeha arrived in Auckland from Oamaru, on Tuesday, 20th iust. She reports having- encountered some fearful weather. On Saturday, the 17th instant) when about sixty miles east of the Barrier, it commenced to blow hard and rain heavy. After a bit the -wind backed into the southeast, rising to a hurricane, with a tremendous sea. At about 10 a.m. that clay, while the ship was hove-to, a fearful sea broke on board, smashing * the hatch aud galley, knocking the longboat out of the hooks, carrying away the port bulwarks and loosening several stanchions, besides doing other damage. The ship lay on her beamends for six hours, and was in great danger, the sea sweeping clean over her. About 1 p.m. the gale broke, the wind dying away suddenly to a calm, leaving a high confused sea, in which the ship rolled heavily, it being impossible to keep steerage way on her. On Sunday the weather was threatening, and the ship lying very much to the lee side. A quantity of cargo was thrown over to lighten her, aud she then righted herself. The gale moderated. Capt. Wood says that if the gale had lasted a few hours longer, he could not have kept 'the vessel afloat. The crew were completely worn out by their exertions.