Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 11, 18 March 1867, Page 62

Shipping Intelligence.

POR T OF* NAPIER. ARRIVALS. T KAJtCR. , 14—-Beautiful.- Star, 8.8., 195 tons,—Morwick, i from Dunedin, in ballast. Watt, Brothera, 15:—Lord Ashley, s.s,, 296 tons, Kennedy, from ■ ' Auckland and Tauranga, with merchandise, Ac. \ passengers Captain Percival, Mr and Master Kill, Mrs Harpbam and 4 children, Mrs Nesbitt and 5 children, Messrs Nesbitt, Marshall, Bibby, 1 Chapman, Leonard, B&tcliffe, Stewart, Smith, Stanley, Brown, Sirinp, and 40 Cor the South.— , Jtoutledge, Kennedy, and Co., agents. Star of the South s.s. from Tologa Bay in ballast. 1 "Watt, Prgthers, agent?. DEPARTURES, MARCH, 15. Success, schooner, 58 tons, G, Ppost, for Lyttelton, with 120 bales of wool.—Kinross and fio., agents. 16, Donald M'Lean, schooner, 42 tons, Chas. Baker, for Poverty Bay, with sundries and three horses. Passengers.—Messrs W. Parker, and W. Threnkield.—G. Biohardson, agent, 15.—Lord Ashley, s.s., 296 tons, Kennedy, for Wellington and Southern Ports, with 10 pkgs. sundries, order; 40 hales wool, Kinross & Co., Passengers—Mr Hector, Mrs Gowing and child, J. Johnston, Bsq., Messrs Nelson, Carey, Lyndon, and Gordon; Miss M‘Kee. Mr and Mrs Harrison, * Messrs Fitzpatrick, O’Brien, Hodgson, Broomwick and Sweeney. Boutledge, Kennedy and Co., agents.

VESSELS EXPECTED. Betsy, cutter, from Auckland via Wangapoa Montmorency, ship, from London (98 days out) VESSELS IN HARBOR. (In the Iron Pot;) Jason, schooner, from Sydney Mahia, cutter, from Waimarama Hero, cutter, from Auckland Hero, ketch, from the Coast Joanna, schooner, from Auckland Eagle cutter, from Auckland Beautiful Star, s.s., from Dunedin Star of the South, s,s., from Tologa, Bay

The fl.s. Beautiful Star, Captain Morwick, arrived from Dunedin on Wednesday last. She left Dunedin on Monday at half-past 7 a,m., blowing light winds from the N.E.; but ou Tuesday the .'Wind changed to S.E., blowing strong. Passed Cape Palliser at 9*15 on Wednesday, experiencing strong breezes from S.S.E.; the wind chopping ronnd to S.W., hove the vessel to during the gale, which continued about niue hours. The vessel entered the Iron Pot on Thursday at 9 a.m, It is with great pleasure we welcome the addition once more to our steam fleet of the Beautiful Star, our trade having lately so severely suffered by the loss of the Star of the Evening. We understand that the Beautiful Star has again been fitted up for the conveyance of: stock and sheep to northern ports. We are indebted to the courtesy of Captain Morwick for Otago papers to the 11th inst. The s.B. Lord Ashley arrived in the roadstead, from Auckland, on Eriday last, at half-past 3 p.m. She left on the 12th inst., at 10 p.m., and arrived at Tauranga oh the 13th at 3 p, n., experiencing a strong southerly gale. Remaiaed at Tauranga . till 6 a.m. on the 14th, and had fair weafher thence across the Bay of Plenty. After rounding the East Cape had head wind, with a terrific south-easterly sea, which continued until she passed Portland Island. The - Lord Ashley sailed par Wellington and Southern Ports, carrying the English mails via Suez, on Eriday, at 8 p.m. Stab or the South.— The s.s. Star af the South, Captain Bandall, left Napier on the lOtli instant, with a cargo of sheep, for Tologa Bay, on account of Messrs. Rhodes & Co. Experienced fresh N.E. wind and heavy swell to Portland Island, on ronnling which, at 6 p.m., found a heavy sea .setting in from the eastwaru, with increasing breeze and threatening weather: bore up, ana Came to an anchor under Black Reef, Mahia Peninsula; found the ketch Taraipipe lying there, bound to Poverty Bay. On Monday, the 11th, at 7 tun., the ketch got under weigh, the wind being more from the south-east, squally and unsettled. At 5 p.in, the wind veered still more to the southward, and the ketch weathered Portland Island, pfter beating about the whole of the day to get round. At midnight on Monday, the wind and sea commenced to increase from the south-south-east, setting a sea into Black Reef which compelled the Star of the South to get under weigh at V a.m, on Tuesday morning, ana on rounding the Island, ..she, encountered very heavy cross sea, which caused the ship to roll rail under at times. At three a,m., the gale increasing, with dark dismal weather, and very heavy cross sea. At 8 a.m. came to in Tologa Bay, with both anchors, keeping steam up the whole time to back the anchors up, there being a very heavy sea running in there. Bad no .communication with the phore until Thursday afternoon, when the sea having gone down a little,'the boats came off from the shore, bringing Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Locke. At low water in the evening, landed a few sheep; and at daylight on Friday landed the remainder in good order, and steamed for Napier at 2 p.m., arriving in the Bay at 7 a.m, oh Saturday. Had strong west-southrwest winds up the Bay. ' The schooner Success sailed far Lyttelton oi. Eriday, with wool, . The was brought to town last evening that thp schooner Henry, Capt. Baxter, for whose safety fears have been entertained during the past week, lias become a total wreck at the Mama, The crew were all saved. The schooner had on board a cargo of wool, belonging to Mr. Willis of Tongoio, which, we understand, was not insured. Loss or the Brig Venus, Captain W. Kean.— -The Daily Southern Cross of Eebruary 23 contains the fallowingWe regret to learn fte loss of this fine brig, belodging to this port. > She was on her .rpturn voyage from China and Batavia to Auckland with a valuable cargo of teas and Chinese goods, and sugars and produce from Java. She is reported a total loss in Sapodie Straits—crew saved. In the absence of further information as to the state of the vessel, . we may mention that .she was a fine staunch - British-built brig, and commanded by one of the paost careful .captains hailing from this port—one who, front his first appearance amongst us in the Eayaway some twelve or thirteen ysars ago, has always'been hdd in high respect.' Sapodie Straits ueio the north-east ot Madura, and Capt. Kean had evidently been shaping his course for the Straits of Bally, or Lombock. The insurances we understand, on ship and cargo, are heavy, but chiefly, held in foreign offices,. Our local companies are comparatively free; but the loss of so valuable afoargo to the port must be very considerable. " of the Alice Cameron.— Quite contrary to: expectation, the famous .- “ Circular Saw Alice Cameron,.Capt., J. Nearing, arrived in last night from San Francisco,,after a •most- rapid run (the most rapid on record,) the Tessel not being considered due for some weeks to gqme. The Alice Cameron was 68 days on her yaM&gsbouw to San Aftor discharg-

ing coals and re-loading left again for this port on the 3rd February, and experienced fresh breezes to the Equator where she was becalmed for two days, after that light winds;and'calmly, making the Great Bander yesterday morning where she caught the Northerly breeze prevailing which brought her into port last evening. Referring to. the above the N. Z. Herald says“ The teat which has been accomplished by the Alice Cameron, under the command of Captain Nearing, deserves to be recorded as unprecedented. He has managed to outstrip every other source of Information. There has never before been received hero news from England of 36 days old. Bat had Captain Nearing sailed on the 31st January (assuming wind to have been favorable), he could haye brought us English news of 30 days old. This is a fact which we recommend to the consideration of the P. N. Z. & A. 8,. M. Company. Captain Nearing deserves his good fortune, having anticipated both Suez and Panama mails, due bore op the 24th and 27th of the month respectively. These mails leave Edgland, the former on the 26th of January, and the latter on the 2nd of February. "We cordially congratulate Captain Nearing upon his great success, and wish him many future accessions of such good fortune.

CORONER’S INQUEST. An inquest was held at the Commercial Hotel on Eriday, 15th March, before T. Hitchings, Esq., Coroner, and the following jury:—George Charlton (foreman), G. Brisk, H. Connor, W. McCallum, E. Tnxford, J. Williams, J. Eerguson, J. McKee, T. Norcross, J. McDougall, J. Qamham, and W, E, Baxter, on the body of Peter Cadenhead, alias Smith. George Frost deposed:—l am master of' the Success, I recognise the body as that of Peter Cadenhead, alias Smith. I know him by his general appearance, and by one of his jaws being broken. I saw him last, last Sunday theee weeks. He came on hoard the Success at Cape Kidnappers, He told me he was going to Wlia.rp.aTnn to take the cutter Duncan Cameron to Aucktand. On Tuesday last I saw a cutter in the roadstead, which I supposed to he the Duncan Cameron. The weather was very had, and the place where the cutter anchored was totally unfit for such a purpose. There was at the time a high southerly wind and a heavy sea. I am of opinion that assistance was required by the vessel, and that with an efficient life boat and crew, assistance could have been rendered from the shore. On the morning of the 13th I did not see the entter, and was told that she had capsized. Above half an hour after, I was asked by Mr. Kraeft, the assistant pilot, to go in the life boat to render assistance. When I went tp the boat she was not ready to start, and I do not believe there was the necessary gear to get her ready. There was a sufficient crew on the beach, but I believe none but Captain Cellem, the harbour master, and Mr. Kraeft, knew anything about the boat, I had no confidence either in the boat or the crew, and I believe the same feeling was general, I did not ask who was in charge of the boat, but I believe it was Captain Cellem. When I got there there were oars and rowlocks in the Boat. I do not know whether or not they were lashed, but I believe not. If they were not lashed, and the boat should upset in the sea, they would be lost. Cap.tain Cellem was fitting the stoer strap at the time. As soon as the boat was ready a signal was given from the barracks that the men were washed off the wreck; and all the men left. If it had not been for the signal the boat would have gone out, but there was a disinclination to do so among the men. When I was in this port once before, the life boat was used for a pio-nic party. The boat and crew were then ready, and all the party had to do was to get into it. This should have been the case then, as there had been every appearance of a storm for three days. SamudThorpe, deposed:—l am a surgeon. On the morning of the 13th I saw a cutter anchored in the bay, in the same place ns I had seen her on the previous eveuing. At 8 o’clock I was riding on the hill, and saw a heavy sea strike her and capsize her. I got a glass and saw two men clinging to her keel, apparently, sitting astride upon it. The vessel appeared to be settling down very rapidly. I noticed that the accident had been observed from the Spit, and rode down ond informed the harbour master that two men were clinging to the wreck. He was then at the flagstaff, looking towards the wreck. The position of the Spit is too low for the wreck to have been properly seen from it. On hearing what I said, he went at once to the boat house. I rode to the Steam Mill, to see if the men were still there, and came back and gave the information that the/ were. The men were not then in the life-boat, but had their life-belts on. I saw that there was not a full crew. I saw the assistant pilot go on board a schooner and ask for volunteers, hut the call was not responded to. I heard many expressions of want of confidence in the boat, even from those who were going in her. I attribute the difficulty of obtaining volunteers, to the general impression that the boat was unsafe. I suggested to Assistant Pilot that X should go to the barracks and hoist a signal if the men were washed off ehe wreck. He said any pennant would do. Whan I got to the barracks, nothing but the spars of the vessel were v;sible. She appeared to have righted under water- There were no signs of men, either on the spars or in the water, and I therefore hoisted the signal. I did not see the life-boat; in fact, I did not look for it. William George Cellem, deposed:— l am Pilot and Harbour Master for the Port of Napier. On the evening of the 12th, about half pasi six, I saw a cutter in the roadstead, about to anchor. I signalled to her to “ keep to sea.” The signal was a blue Peter, which is a well understood one. She paid no attention to it, and anchored in a very Bad position. Next morning, aßout six o’clock, to my surprise, I saw he): still there, But the sea was too rough to communicate with her by boat. It was heavier than it was on the night previous. I did not signal to her that morning. About eight o’clock I was told that she had capsized. I went on the beach to look if I could see the wreck. Dr. Thorpe came while I was looking,, and told fee that two men were clinging to the wreck. I at once launched the life-boat, and called for volimteers. After some delay I succeeded in getting eight, besides our own men; altogether enough to man the boat. The boat was ready, and in a fit state to go to sea. It is always kept so. It was just.being launched when the signal was hoisted from the barracks, that the men were washed off the wreck. It was Dr. Thorpe who hud the signal hoisted at the barracks. He had arranged it with Assisfant Pilot Kraeft. The oars were not lashed; it would have been better if they had been. I do not ponsider the boat a proper life-boat, and think that if it had been, volunteers would have offered more readily. If we had . gone, I should have had very little hope of our returning alive. A proper, life-boat should Be selfi-pumping and self-righting, which this one is not, It, was the unfitnena of the boat for such a sea that made nje hesitate. I aim decidedly of opinion that an open roadstead, like that "of : Napier, should Bqve a life-boat equal 'to the -best on the coast of England, 'We intended steering the boat with two oars, one on each, quarter. When the signal-was - hoisted at the barracks, I. did .not consider .it., right - to risk men's lives to examine the' wreck. On the afternoon qf the saxpe day the weather hud wo*

derated considerably, and we went out in the boat to something which looked like the masthead of the vessel, but which was only one of our own buoys. The boat was nearly capsized in returning. By a juryman:—The. (muse of my surprise when I saw the vessel in the morning was, that I had expected that her chain would Break during the night, and that she would have to put to sea. The life-boat was ready before the men had their life-belts on.

George Charlton deposed:—On the 14th I went along the Petane beach, to see if I could find any part of the vessel by which r could identify it. At Petane Pah I- found the mast, further* on the sails, and. between Pah Han and Mr. Torr's place ~ I found the body of a man lying on the did not appear tolhave been long dead. The jury, withMtoretiring, .found a verdict of “ Accidentally Drowned.”-

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT MADRAS. (From the Times of India) Colonel Temple, the president of the Municipal Commisson, Captain Hope, aide-de-camp to H. E. the Governor, and the two Missess MTver, daughters of Mr John MTver, the secretary and manager of the Bank of Madras, lost their lives whilst on a boating excursion on the River Adyar, near Madras. The following are the details of this melancholy accident:—The party included Mr Bostock, the P. & O. agent at Madras and they left Mr MTver’s house on Sunday evening, about 6 o’clock, to take a row on the River Adyar. They took a small boat belonging to Mr MTver and proceeded down the river, intending to land on the south side near Mr Waddell’s Bungalow, and to walk from there to Elliott’s beach. When nearly opposite Captain Carr’s honse, however, the boat ran on a sand-bank, and, notwithstanding the efforts of the three gentleman to get her off, seemed inclined to stick there. The water was very shallow at the place and the three gentlemen stepped out of the boat intending to pull her off but they could succeed in this until the ladies also had got out. The boat was then soon righted, and the whole party entered it again, hut as it was getting dark they determined to return to Mr MTver’s house. But it was soon found that the boat was fast filling, and before the unfortunate occupants were aware of their danger, she sank beneath them. Captain Hope and Colonel Temple appear each to have seized a lady; the former gentleman then inquired of Mr. Bostock if he could swim, and receiving a reply in the affirmative, remarked that they were all right. All struck out for the island in front of Mv. Mayne’s house, which was not more than twenty or thirty yards distant. Mr. Bostock, after considerable difficulty, reached land,' and on looking about him, was alarmed to nnd he could see nothing of his companions, Observing something floating By, which he took to be one of his friends, he swam towards it, but found only a coat and a boat cusliion. He returned to the island, and immediately began to call for assistance. His cries were heard by Mr. Mayne, who immediately ran over to Mr. MTvor’s for a boat, and proceeded to the spot. Here they found Mr. Bowstodk lying exhausted on the ground, but nothing could Be seen or heard of the four others, an immediate search was instituted, and kept up the whole night. Colonel Temple’s body was found about /0 o’ clock, close to the place of .the accident. Captain Hope’s was found about 6 o’ clock the following morning and Miss Kate MTver’s at 3 in the afternoon. Colonel Temple seems to have died quietly,; the expression of his countenance after death scarcely warranted the conclusion that there was a violent struggle for life ou Ins part. The countenances of Captain Hope and the youngest of the Ladies were on the contrary, violently contorted and bruised, as if there had been a desperate fight for life, in one of his clenceed hands, he held some hair, evidently that of one of the girls. An inquest was held at Captain Carr’s house on the bodies of Colonel Temple and Captain Hope, when a verdict of accidental death was returned, while the inquest Was sitting the body of the young lady was brought on shore, and a similar verdict returned.