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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 46, 21 January 1843, Page 182

Wreck ov the Dostt Miller. —About noon of the 25th November, by observations taken on board, it was discovered that the Dusty Miller, schooner, Captain Saunders, was distant about 35 miles from Portland. She was then hove-to, with stern trysail and reefed mainsail, with the wind blowing strong from the S.S.W. Towards, evening the wind freshened considerably, and at a little" after eleven o'clock, p.m., the cry of M breakers" was raised. The helm was immediately put hard up, iv order to wear her, but the vessel in fore-reaching struck upon the reef, which, it was subsequently ascertained, was the reef running from Port F&iry Island. The sea at this time was makiqgtanplete breaches over her. preparations were SMfe.tg, lower the boat, and *Q«ptain Jenkins, fortßßg&t ibtoSir John Frank- *&»," with five other pefSHST got iafc* it, but unfortunately, owing' to bae of the boat tackles

getting fflul, orfly one end, of the boat was lowered, and whileln.jßis. position it, was struck' and stove in by a- sea. Captain Jenkins "was' drowned, but 'the.- other*' -reached the- shore in safety. After k spme,titnetjie cook of* the, vessel 'volunteered to 'swimlp'f&f shore .with a fope|»in which attempt he[fife,ppily.juccfed"edj*and**by.- means of this the remaftiujg^drtidn qr"Xke*etev and passengers reached- the'- island, were hospitably entertained 'by-. Alexander "tlamnbell, Esq. A considerable porti»p 0f _tbe> cargo was recovered, though in- a damaged state, ,A survey was held upon the wreck, which was afterwards sold by auction at Portland, for the sum of £45. The Dusty Miller is insured in the Van Diemen's Insurance Company to the amount of £1000.-16. Wreckofthe Tktjganini. — On the night of the 25th November, Captain' Griffiths, of the schooner Truganini, bound from Port Phillip to Hobart Town, after lying-to some time in the Straits, was compelled by the increased violence of the gale to run for ' Lady Bay, at the eastern side of Wilson's Promontory. The night being dark, the vessel was run upon the rocks, and owing to the violence of the waves quickly went to pieces. Every assistance was rendered by the whaling party stationed at the bay, and the whole of the crew and passengers reached the shore. Three of the seamen, and four whalers who volunteered, started for Melbourne in a whale boat, and were picked up by the Sea Horse a short distance from the heads, on the evening of Thursday last. The Truganini was a very old vessel ; shfe was formerly a hulk at Hobart' Town, and was sold by the Government, at auction, some years since, for £400. —Port Phillip Patriot. Loss of the Brig Ported. — The brig Porter, whaler, struck on a reef during the dark tempestuous night of September 2, and became a total wreck. The reef on which the Porter struck was laid down in his charts in lat. 12 deg. 32 mm. N., long. 114 deg. 35 mm. E. ; but Captain Hutchings found that the bearings of the ship when he left her were lat. 12 deg. 25 mm. N., long. 114 deg. 2 mm. E. ; there being thus a difference of seven miles latitude and thirty-three miles longitude. The crew launched the long boat, and arrived at Congeidore (Manilla), after great hardships, Sept 10.