SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

Kumara Times, Issue 851, 23 June 1879, Page 4

SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

[ATOTKAiASUK SHIPPING NEWS, MAY 31.]

Anca, barque, Newcastle to Mauritius, reportß having lost several of her sails off the New South Wales Coast during the rtcent gales. Dawn of Hope, schooner, Latrobe, Tasmania, to Sydney, got ashore on the Latrobe Creek on 20th inst, and sank with her cargo (potatoes) on board. The hull was bought by auction the following day for LIOO, and the cargo for Ll 5. t Duke of Argyll, ship, London to Melbourne, had her maintopsail yard carried away off Tristan D'Acunha through heaw weather; J

Dunbar Castle, ship, London to Sydney, is reported by our London agents on 23rd inst to have been in collision with the Christian, s.s, in the English Channel; the steamer sank after the collision, and the ship was so much injured that she had to put into Plymouth, where a survey was held, and a recommendation given that she should discharge cargo and go into dock for repairs.

. Hebe, bngantine, Newcastle to Lyttelton. 7-When passing through Cook's Sstraits a flea broke over her, staving in the house on deck, smashing some of the bulwarks, and destroying the mainsail, besides doing other _ J. L. Griffiths, barque, Newcastle to Melbourne, sustained some damage to spars and nggingm the recent heavy weather, and put into Batman's Bay. N.s.W. to repair damages, leaving again on the 19th inst. Laju, ship, London to Adelaide, carried away her foretopgaliant yard in long 44 E, and several ol the backstays also gave way nft Monaro, s.s, of Sydney, went ashore on 29th uut on a reef 10 miles south of Moruya Heads, N.S. W, and is a total wreck, full of water; all the passengers and crew were saved.

Neptune, sohooner, was still aground on the Ballina Biver Bar on 21st, but preparations were being made to get her off. Otago, barque, Mauritius to Sydney, returned to Port Loudon 3rd ult for repairs, having been disaiAated; a portion of her cargo had be|B'|£|#|pei-|, and the remainder S ach da ?^iiilN 1 # l tn « bursting in of the inaw hffjppgafe -' Queen Wbllongong to Geelong, expjß^Sotectt..heavy weather on the and other articles to grttap^;..-;,; : -••":■• ■* Wuudfc&ft got aground betwean Danedin and Port Chalmers on 18th inst, but floated off .without damage the following tide.