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}■' h n-.r-V ct>' K T ft f qSaturda^ |V I Arrived s'; The ¥.». r Taupo. Captain Garej's raccount of- the accident; 1 id;-the Eli Whltney,"on his Jeaving^\Yellington, is that, after leaving the wharf, when it was blowing hard and very dark at the> time, he saw a ichponer's li«hts ; ;atead, and cleared her, and then aavr the Jmllr, which had np lights-iuriiing'kheW.; -'-The aieametiw"a| going ejipy $ jb t '<sfe£ $| jjfoe,'', and', her,engines were reversed-immediately to full speed astern. The Taupo touched the hulk so lightly that the paMent#n(l- 9 : 3 r Keing on the deck, scarcely felt the: f ßhpck. Captain Carey immediately called out to the ma,te and the carpenter, asking them whether any damage had been done; and they replied not to any extent, and only to the bulwarkaf. They stood by the hulkT for fire minutea, all hands forward •inking Qu|a^^i« whether there wasinyone: onboard'^ bui they got np reply, and, so ihey itamed on. ;^apiiiin;Cir'e> «I^ied\oii; Rearing theresult^aihe had no idea of the collision being serious, or that there, ■4ere|e^la«rdP^*ePoayloii-tiS.