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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 251, 22 October 1874, Page 2

The three-masted schooner Craig Ewan, 204 Jons, Captain C. Birnie, boqnd from MawfaMo Lyttelton, arrived in harbor on Td^ij^SSaVhaving run short of provisions. Ke]y>Cts/'lMTfng~liCauritiaß on August 22, landing the pilot s»me day. Passed Amsterdam Island on September 5. Experienced moderate weather, .until September: 17, when she encountered a ationg gale from .the N. W. ; the/gUgtifplifog heaTily, and' the seas washing OTj^itrJ^n September 16 it blew a heavy gawl^a^ja^isnted with: heavy showers of hailßtotie*f^. very* high sea running, causing the vessel to ship great quantities of water; hove the ship to under double-reefed mainsail. At4tt,a.m tbe gale moderated; stt foresail, low%r<.ibp^ail, and foretopmast staysail, ana squared; -Vrajr. - On September 18 it blew a strong gale from jthe -W., with he ivy squalls of rain, the barometer- faliing,rapidly; it being unsafe to rim any longer, brought the ship to with close-reefer} mainsail. At - 3 30 am. a sea struck the ship on the weather? bow, carrying away therjib^boom^art of bulwarks forward, and two wittr^easks ; /called all hands to cut away the wreck "for the saiety of the vessel. Towards noon the gale moderated ; set foresail^viower topsail, foretopmast staysail, and kepp away; before, .the wind. From thence had moderate weather until October 9, when she met a heavy gale from the S.W. AtiVV3Pra,ra.^ft sea broke aboard on rhei i^trbßsral quarter, which carried- away the skylight companion, binnacle.buiwerks, and filling tbe cibin with water. This was fpTo7€ea\ltf .'arioOier heavy sea, 'which fllkd> the cab^a aecood.rirae. .destroying, the- provisions and* wnW; "the ship almost f unridering. It was with great difficulty that the captain's wife and children 1 were ' got out of the cabin aliveX v -- f Sirrce - ' then -put the ■ crew on half aiipjrance of provjsiocs, On Saturday, Oeiot-er 17, tbe provisions and water being all done, was advisable to shape a. course for' l^elsdrj. ,On the following day'^ boarded Ihe* 'ketch Alert, and got two days r*nmafo&lf**nd wateT.' Sighted Cape Farewell the same day, arriving off the Lighthouse at ll^m.iOn/jruesday> morning. 'The'favonte little steamer Rangatira, Capt , C. Ltoyd/rethmeif to port yesterday afternoon havingjbeen compelled to- put back after a roost tempestuous passage of five ('ays. Aa^pTTesdfcra will remember, the Rangatira left Port Ahurjri on Sunday morning, 1 1th inst., bound for Wellington, with several passengers,' bnt-yery' little cargo. The wind w^ fresh -from the southward at the time. Shortly after Cape Kidnapper was rounded, the wind increased; accompanied with a heavy sea. and the steamer was put back, and came trJ^o'kliehor nnder Cape Kidnapper. At 6 o-to^tbessme evening, made another start, hot the wind, which by this time bad gone round to,the nor'--est, blowing ''great guns," c*med net; to leeward, and she was anchored abafj|'l2/rriilefl from Mr Grace's station in abont fOur fathoms of water, and 80 fathoms of^jdjajri . She had not been long at anchor, however, before her cable parted, and then another attempt was made to proceed on her voyage. A point within distance of Castle Primt> was - reached r and the steamer again aachored. The' gale having abated somewhat, farther progress .was - made, and the vcsstl reached; to :within 15 miles of Cape Paliser. The-wind, however, was now blowing with eoflWttlo^ IflccV hnrrieane force, : an^ the ateamer had to .put back, coming to an anchor off Castle Point, On Wednesday agaklwftiayed to proceed on her voyage, ami Cape Palliser was reached; but at midnight a VbritiMde froiri the north-west 'was blowing; aril M TxKit ship" was again the order of the day,' the steamer dropping anchor off •the'' White Bocks. There being no chance of reaching Wellington, at 7 p.mj the anchor wsaV weighed, and the Rangatira, bore up for Kaple»S, where she arrived under easy steam-' at 2 p.m. .yesterday. Provisions, water, and cdra were getting short, and it was evidently tbW<he«ttourse that could be pursued. The pilkeriftrsVon arrival in port, presented to the eastern, : Officers, and crew, an address expreairV&of the appreciation of the able and skilful management displayed by them during nattiest difficult period, to which Captain Ltofd'- suitsbly replied it is rnstter lor sincere congratulation and thinkfulnes* that no worse fate befel the/ Kaogatlra and all i n hoard durfcrg ineir perilous voyage. A favorite dog ol'&D<ainEloydfs, named " Boatswain " was,. wS'sre eßfry to hear, washed overboard, and mjfrgwith a watery grave.—//: 1 B. Herald, OeTSSSTTT '