NELSON.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2635, 19 June 1877, Page 2

NELSON.

I - ..'./■■ Monday. I. The p.s. Murray arrived late last night i with the crew of the brig Star of Mersey, 1 which left Lyttelton for Newcastle on the, ! 10th instant. On Friday, when s he 1 passed Stephens' Island, it was bowing | furiously, and the vessel was. 'labouring | in a heavy sea, so she ran bac>i far Guard's Bay. When abreast of the captain kept away to stay the vessel, but she would not stay, an d. as t nere was no room to wecir her, and the ebb tide was setting her on to the island, tlje only alternative was to anchor. At night it blew worse than ever, and the ship began to drag, so that .on Saturday morning they all abandoned her, and were picked up by the Murray, which agreed to stop 24 hours, and made two unsuccessful attempts to get alongside, and tnchored for the night under the nearest

shelter. On Saturday night the gale increased to a hurricane, and yesterday morning there was no sign of the brig, which is supposed to have parted chains :\nd capsized. The bri<* Albion, which left Hokianga for Melbourne, on the 9th instant, with kauri logs, arrived here yesterday. On the 12th a tremendous gale sprang up, and a heavy sea broke on board, which floated the logs and smashed the bulwarks. The ship was labouring and etrainirg severely, and sprung a leak near the cutwater, which gradually shifted the sand ballast to the starboard, giving her a five feet list to that side. On the 14th the wind increased, and she continued to ship heavy seas, and so ran for Nelson. She will have to be discharged before proceeding to sea. There are five passengers on board.