NEWLY DISCOVERED ROCK IN HAWKE'S BAY.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 42, 6 September 1864, Page 2

NEWLY DISCOVERED ROCK IN HAWKE'S BAY.

Sometime in tlio beginning pf lust- month. Mr. Murray, the Harbor Master, discovered a very dniigerous rook nearly half n mile oft" (lie T>hi!i'. It is altogether in a" different position to what lias hitherto been designated the Auckland shoal : although it is believed that this is the rock upon which '"the steamer Auckland struck in August lust. It is described as a sort of perpendicular rock, steep on all sides except the east side, where it srrnduflllv slopes otV. The circuniferenee <<f the fop of the rock is about ten feet, with twelve to fourteen feet of water over it. and from twenty to thirty close by. Mr. Murray has meanwhile placed a buoy about . r >o feet outside, or to ihe north of the danger, and the precise bearings will. we presume, be shortly published. It is a very dangerous rock — directly in the track of vessels bound to and from Napier — and it is a fortunate thing that none of the other large steamers have struck it. The Auckland, it will be remembered, touched her keel only, and was thus saved, no doubt, from very serious injury. The fine ship Sevilla, Hugh Kerr, commander, Bailed from Glasgow on the 2 Lst May last. She experienced fine weather to the Line On the '23rd June crossed the Line in Jong. 27 ° S' west. On the 13th July encountered a heavy gale of wind from the S.W., accompanied by a heavy sea, which, on the night of the gale, broke on board the ship, washing away one boat off the skids, stove in the •riff, unshipped the boat's davits, and washed away The closets. During the gale the ship behaved very well, and proved herself a fine sea boat. Had very variable weather from the Line to the Cape, which was made on the 25th July. Froni the Cape to Tasmania experienced a succession of eomrxrv winds, and from Tasmania to the Solandcrs (which were made on the 3rd instant) strong X.E. winds were encountered. On 22nd July, spoke the ship Hampden, from Liverpool to Calcutta, and the French barque Alcyone, from Bordeaux to Mauritius. During the passage the following births and deaths occurred. Births, five : deaths — 1 adult died of consumption on the second day after leaving port ; 1 female adult of inflammation of the intestines; and 3 children. The totab number of passengers is 24U, including 83 eluldren. as equal to 19-i statute adults. The Sevilia brins? about 200 tons of railway iron and ■2. large general earso for tlu's province. The Seviik is a fine ship of SOO tons, and is fitted with ail the appliances for securing the comfort and good accommodation to so large a number of passengers. The ventilation of the ship is thorouchiY complete, and she posssesses a condensing engine" for the regular production and supply of fresh wn:er en the Voyage. Great credit is due to Captain. Eerr and his otiicors for the cleanliness and zood order in which the ship has come into port." It will be seen that at a meeting of the passengers, it vras unanimously agreed upon to present their respected captain with an address before leaving the ship. The Uobart Toicn Mercury relates the following fatal accident : — ;i It is with deep regret that we have to record particulars of an accident attended with fatal results which occurred on board the river steamer Cobre during her voyage to the Huon yesterday. The steamer left the Franklin Wharf at the usual hour, and proceeded a* far as [ Brown's Paver, when one of the bearings of the enzine became heated, and the machinery was temporarllv stopped. The fireman, Wilson Robinson, descended for the purpose of cooling the iron "with cold water, with which intention he sst astride the casing of the crank, which works the paddle shaft, the crank being at the time perpendiciilfir. Tlie unfortunate man had his ri^nt lez on the casing, when, as the bearings cooled, lie crank descended ,- and, as it fills the casing Tfithin an inch, it tore the leg entirely off. Captain G-ourlav, who was near «.r th- r?:::-, rushed to the unfortunate man's u~=i-o:'i -.. remarking, "Robinson, vouv'e got your leg badly crushed ; " the poor fellow replied, "Oil. no ; I've not : " but on the crank again ascending it was found the i-r-rr-ri onl-r hung far about an inch of the flesh. Every effort was used to stop the awful hemorrhage" v?h.ica. ensued, and the steamer at once returned to to-ra, Trhen the unfortunate man was imneiiatelj conveyed to the hospital. Here be was attended by Dr». Crowther, Smart, Bright. ard Douzti.tr. The limb waa removed &rA the arteries tied, but the poor fellow had sunk so far. that no reaction could be expected. He expired j at about five o'clock. , We understand that deceassd "was a temperate and itardworking raan, and had been engaged in the Huon steamers during the past ten years. He leaves a ~rri£e and daughter to deplore his loss.*