TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 329, 11 February 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

(From (he Dunedin Dailies^ ) Auckland, February 9th. The ship Wave Queen came up the harbor last afternoon all right* The wind is still strong, but no further damage is reported. The Chile's fore-royal was earned away, atao a portion of her bulwarks* The walls of Minefield's foundry crushed in the roof of the adjoining cottage, but the residents were in another apartment, and were not injured. The estimated damage is now fixed at £10,000. The steamer Challenger is completely smashed up, and a cutter sunk on top of her. A seaman belonging to the Wave Queen, named Richard Knott, was drowned in Rangitoto Channel while endeavoring to rescue the crew of the .cutter Challenger in distress ; George Arnoff, one of the Challenger's crew, was also drowned. The Challenger was wrecked on Rangitoto. The men clung to the rocks until the two mentioned were washed off exhausted. A man named Washington is believed to be lost from the yacht Columbia, which was wrecked at Breakwater. Four Maoris are also reported to have been lost, but the rumor is not verified. The damage done is estimated as follows :—Coralie, cutter, £500; Aim, cutter, £600; Lauderdale, barque, £1000; Challenger, p.s., £3000 ; Gemini, s.s., £100; Devenport, p.s., £200; Takapuna, p.s., £1500 ; Enterprise, No. 1, p.s., £2000 ; Otahutie, cutter, £350 ; Golden Isle, schooner, £1000 ; Teaser, cargo boah, £100; 13-leam, yacht, £50 ; Wharves, £500 ; Chile, ship, £500; Victoria, s.s., £70; two open boats, £70 ; Galatea, yacht, £70 ; various vessels, such as the Miranda, Triad, Dee, Prhna Donna, Three Brothers, Janet Gray, &c, say £1500; Beatrice, barque, £200; Volante, yacht, £60; Challenger, boat, £60. damages in town, £1000. Total, £12,300, as estimated by the " Cross."

A later telegram says : — Surveys made of the shipping show the damage to be far under the gross estimate, as the vessels are not so much injured as first stated. The total damage is now estimated at £6000.

A body has floated ashore on the North Shore, supposed to be the owner of the yacht Pearl. If this is the case, it will bring the number of lives lost up to four.