SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 101, 17 August 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF OAMARt T . VESBKt« It* P*>RT. ACOOST it. Suhooncrs—Mt>ra»Zior. JiiuaS fctamsay, and Atlantic. Ketch D«iianu«. ♦ EXTRAOBJW&'AR.V SHtrWRKPK ANE> I.OsM ' vy ' OF LIFK. tFrotu the '" Perth Inquirer," •*»"« t:: -1 If former instances of shipwreck on our coast have b«un fttfsmtocl with mora ilisastrtnin conseuueners and harrowinit dutailM of lost* of life, a. more mournful mciiUmf than the foundering of the cutter Ciem on Thursday momiwr. Mth, Mav, with, it* painful and fatal consequences and incomprehensible mystery, has seldom- busn chronicled. That a. vessel, with all wis »«t. and showing no stijnal of distress, ami with a ftivourahlH wind,, making into the anchorage m south Hay-hoinji' clour of all dangers, well inside of Kot.tnest—should suddenly founder and not leave a soul behind to -five an account otths mishap, is. we repeat, a sad mystery, and. wu reu'ret to say. wi« probably ever rtniiain so. <)c her crew, si.x in number, and four male pttssentfors—all hearty,. able-bodied men not one 1h spared to tell the tale. A detail of the circumstances connected with the unfortunate occurrences, collated chleftv from official source*, and therefore reliable. t» available- to us. from which we are enabled to srtva our readers tlic following information:—The cutter tletn. t>{ Sii' tout" register, commanded by Captain C 11. Witcnek. U-fr. Fort Irwin for Fteernantle at six o-'clocfc on Wednesday morninif. the t'th. her carsto- consisting of 1500 binrs of wheat, 'the wind beinir about northeast, a favorable- run appears to havo been made, and she was noticed bv the tiu'htlu-cper* at freenuwitie ahnuti sunrise on Tuesday mornintr in the vicinity of Kingston ftpifv hondimrwith a free sheet for the anehoOr aire." Having observed the reading of the wind .suajre. whiuh Stands a few yards off fr"in the tools-out. the liifhtki'HUwr airain jrliinretl in the direction where he hiMf obderved the cutter. Finding! that she had vamaiieu. be looked throuirb tb»- telescope, and described - not. a vessel in full sail, but, the top-mast and crow-trees „f a cutter just ab..v» water. The tiylitkeeper immediately communicated with the harbormaster (Mr. Forsyth), and that officer, with commend. ablo promptitude, manual hi* boat anil put off to. the H««n«. ,\b..ut i.hc same ti.uo the water police boat and other small- era.!, were also sot under way. Search wiwmudu in tl.u where the vessethad fouuderod. and ais>. an-oux the SJtKwsler Roefes-and alonir thi-shores of Rnttuest and t'arnae. but without s«u«Bedii>£ in- findintr any of the shipwrecked persons. Subiwuuuntly divers -Jlacasser natives—were set to woritttt the'wrecit. They brought up several articles o{ baddintr from- the cabin, but they did not succeed in ttndiiw any of the bodies, nor have any been found ginca, and no doubt remains that all hatwtd have perished, ('hi a closer examination it was found that th« cutter's boat wus fastened to her stum by the painter. 'Fhw bout has since been tfi>6 up. and the rope or painter beur evid.'iit traces of an attempt to. sever it. It In supposed that the vessel suddenly sprang a lwilf. that ait h;unU.exwp« pevbips the helmsman. got info tlltt boat to preinu'e for the emergency : and that the cutter instantly tilled and sanlc. drains dowftths bout with her. The crew consisted of Itr. Wileodt. mivstct:. W. Miv.ifh. mate: Kdw!.-rit Kynde. uook I ami Kinirlate.. ti«rrard, and ftaiis'en ECaaifnenserv. seaman. Thwru were four namely. Mr. .fosoph. Johnston.only sore of the Kuv. .*. Johnston Fwwmantlo : and Harry fhatfiuld.. tieorji'e Jones, and WilUuiu raulluwr. t'aptain wiw v«y tnuub, resptictad. leaves a yuunjjf widow- to mourn bis lo»m. Th»oth«r mumbers of the crew, and the whole of th*r passenirer* were, we beltuvi?. numarried. A wtdu-sprwid fwetintf of heurt-f«lt sympathy <» evinced on-aIV stilus for the Rev. Jtr. Johns ton- and family-iw wait a» for the relatives of the other unfortunate person» who- worn lost—in th« mid.<r. "C the jjloom-and sorrow which thi* terrible blow lias carried into his homo.