PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 266, 31 July 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

High Wateb This Day.— l.4. a.m. j 1.-i) p.m. ARHIVF.D. JSTiI. SAILIU). Nil. EXTETVED IN. Cyuiracs, 2S tons, Edward Porkins, from Grivymouth. Spray, 50 tons, John Euslon, from Lyttoltou. CITEAEED OUT. Nil. ISTCOHTS. Per Cvmraes* from Grcymouth — 50 tons coal, E. Perkins. EXPECTtD ARBIVAIR. Oamaru, from Oamaru, daily. IfJorence, from Melbourne, early. Duuedin, from Dunedin, early. Ivatheraw, from Melbourne, early. Jane Elkin, from Heathcote, early. Gothenburg;, from Melbourne,. to-day. Clfwvn don, "from Melbourne, to-day. Albion, from Melbourne, early. M>iid of Erin, from Melbourne, to-day. John p!.;l Jane, schooner, from Melbourne, to-d:iy. Auckland, from Kelson, August Ist. PKOJKCTED DEPARTURES. Auckland, for Sydney, August 2nd. Grothenburg, for Melbourne, August Ist. Lyttelton, for Okarita, to-day. VESSELS IN POUT. Schooner — Spray. Ketch — Elfin, Qvraraes. Steamers — : Persevore, Challenge, Lj ttelton, Lioness.

Portions of the wreck of a small clinkerbuilt vrfsel, cKisist-iiw of a section of her bows and soive plniikaiij. havebeon washed up on the beach to the south of Okaritn. The planking is thy. e-quavtcr inch, and the timbers sire one ami a quarter by two inches It is ft"" red that this is part of the missing ketch Caroline, whifh was a clinker-buill vessel with imbers about the same size. ' The school er Maid of Erin arrived in port yesterday, after a lengthy aud tcmppstuoui passage from Hokitika. A series of heavy westerly gules, xiith oreasional ealsns, were experienced between Hokirika and Flinders Island, which was reached on the 4th instant ; and in consequence of the wiud blowing a north-westerly gale then, the schooner lay-to under Eddystone Point on the sth, and under Swan Island on the 6ih, for .<-heltvi\ Fresh variable winds wero met with from Swan Island to the heads. Giofaiin Sullivan desires

to record his sense of tho kindness shown by

tho lighthouse-kecpev ou Swan Island, who - supplied him with provisions, the schooner's - stores having run short. The schooner Mary 'v»JSt<}VTaTt arrived yesterday from Grey Uiver, but "met with less tempestuous weather on her passage. — Melbourno " Argus," 12th. The Hector schooner, Cnptain C. a.. Chapman, from Hokitika, New Zealand, bound for Melbourne with passengers aud a cargo of sundries, put in here yesterday though stress of weather. Captain Chapmau reports that he left Hokitikn on- Wednesday, 20th ultimo,, and that on the 23rd a 's cry severe gale eamo on from S.W. At 2 p ru., tho schooner shipped a heavy sea which shifted the galley from midships to leeward, slovo tho boat, and carried away part of the port bulwarks, washing away a largo number of boat oars, the harness, and the freshwater casks from the deck. The log reel and cabin door 3 were also washc-J right, overboard through the broken bulwarks, and the shifting boar Js for the ballast being broken, tho ballast shifted, throwing the veßsel on her boam ends, in which position she lay for about twenty minutes. The ship wa3 k'spfc beforu the wind, aiad the ballast being retrimmod, the schooner righted. She was then hoveto on a balance-reefed mainsail for about eighteen hoars. Had thjen moderate winJs until eight a.m. oa Thursday morning, *ith inst., when Maria Island was madf, the schooner getting up and anchoring in the Cove ax ten a.m. ypsi.on.lay. The Hector hauled into Constitution Dock in tho afternoon, and her repairs were iiivmodiatply c imnaenced. She v. ill now take in palings for Melbourne, uud continue hor voyage to that port in a day or two, there being no neccssitv for discharging any portion of ho' <v original cargo. — " Hobarfc Town Mercury," July 7. Early on Saturday morning, news reached Sydney, of a ship havin-j run on shove iuailc tho Korth Head. The vessel proved to be the ship Eak, 520 tons, Captain Braith waite. from Wellington, but in this instance, wo aiv hap-jv to sta*-o, no lives hive btvn lost, although those on boarJ were in imminent peril during the late gale. The Esk was the pivoevty of tho P., N.Z., ar^l A.X.M. Co. She left Wellington on the lilsl June for yewcaslle, and in the Straits was struck by a very heavy sea and thrown on bar bes.ru. cuds ; in this dangerous position she remained for four or five

hours, the ballast having shifted, and it was

with considerable difficulty she was again righted — the crew having to go below to trim tho ballast. Tho vessel sprang a leak, aud it increased considerably during the passage — the pumps getting choked ;' they were lifted und cleaved £STt.ral times, but eventually be-

came useleas.

Tho hands hud to bail out to

keep the vessel ailout. The heavy gale commenced on "Wednesday morning, the lltii inst., and blew terrific from S^S.E. to S.S.W. Tho crew wero constantly bailing ou^j and ou Friday morning, in the- heavy sea. ihe le.:lv in-

creased considerably. Captain Uraitlnvaite bore up for Syiincy as the only means of s;iving the lives of those on hoard. The vessel was evidently sinking, as the water had all collected in the fore-hold, where tho le.tk was. Tliis rendered the amp perfectly unmanageable. Sydney lights wero 6ightecl on Friday night, and she got inside the heads about midnight, and raa for the Quarantine Station. The vessel at this time is reported to have laid six feet of water in the hold. An attempt was made to round the vessel to, to drop anchorit then blowing a fresh southerly wind — but, instead of answering her heim, the ship shot off the reverse way, aad ran stem on to the rocks on the inner point of quarantine nearest Manly Beach. Thu concussion completely broke her stern in below the water-line, and 6he commenced to fill rapidly forward. The boat was got out, and the captain's wife was landed at Manly Beach, Capuiin Braila waite and tho crew remaining by the wreck all night. The vessel is in comparatively smooth water, with her stern elev.iti-d on a ledgq of rock, and her bows aiv just above water. The phip"s masts are still landing, and have received no damage, but her hull is evidently pr. 3 t repairing, should she he got off. A survey was held on the vessel oa Saturday evening, and the company have abandoned her to the underwriters, and she will bo sold forthwith. The Esk was insured in Metcalfe'a office for £2000, of whirh £1000 as re-insured in the Southern Oiiice. — " Empire," July 16th.

On Saturday last a private trial was. made of a new principle of motion, as applied to vessels, entitled the hydraulic propeller, Ruthven's patent. Tho Nautilus, to which tho power has been applied, was built expressly to show tlint it can, with less horsc-povrcr than than ordinary river boats, equal them in speod. The Nautilus, at the trial on Saturday, stnrtcd from Vuuxhall-bridge pier, at elevon o'clock in the morning, and ran up and down the Thames in company with the Citizen, and #ther rircr steamers, und held way with them

hot^cen \ uushull aud WfatmiusU-r briii^i with tho wind tuid tide, in four minute ttt on ty-sis seconds, being at tho ratoofl3's and 7"2 miles per hour respectively ; or at an averago speed of 1035 miles per hour — sa;\ 10.}. She then steamed down the river, and when on the Tunnel pier, with both stronp wind and tide iv her favor, going at full speed, •was mado to stop suddenly by reversing the valves. She stopped in less than ten seconds, and in about quarter of her length. He: Majesty's iron-clad gun-boat Waterwitch, now being built, is to bo fitted with the new pro .pallor, which is nothing more or less than water token in under her bottom mid set in motion by pimple machinery worked by steam engine. The water is discharged in a hefty* stream on both sides of tho vessel, consc quentlv there is nothing outside the vessel to bo injured by any accident. Another important novelry is that the vessel is quite independent of her rudder, and is worked under the complete control of the master, officer of the watcb, or man on deck, without any communication with tho engine. The Nautilus iei c also fitted with Rutliveu's steering apparatu 11 — an invention which gives a larste amount of power to _tbe rn>lder — < Times.' March 20.

The " Otago Daily Times," of the 9th in-»f- . ssirs: — "Captain Peterson, late of the Wild "Wave, belonging to this port, wbo bn« arrived with bii crew as pa^sen^ers in tli<» Albatross, has furnished ns with tho following particulars of the loss of bis vessel. She left sVaita?i giiit 2.30 p.m. on thel7thboundforKaTigaroa, having oa board jvftter, provision I',1 ', anri fittings, to load a cargo of cattle at tbp latter port, as also a cash-box containing LII2S. A moderate breeze from south by weit was experienced until she entpred the Cuba Chnnnel, when the wind fell light, and the weather became hazy. At 6.15 p.m. the mate reported broalcers on the lee-bow ; orders werV immediately given to got thf» ancWe ani cabl<>= ready. Two easts of the load wew taken, t> n r 1 no bottom found nfe twmry fathoms. The boat was' got out to tow tli3 schooner's head off; but owing; to the heavy swell and stron" current setting bc-r on a reef, not marked on the chart, all efforts proved -usolos'. Whrn tins boat came alongside the spa broke right under the bowsprit, and all hands bad jn«t time to jump into the .boats as they stood The master, however, wirh gr^at risk, saved tfto vo-sel's ra«h-box. The crew lay-to on thoir rars for half an hour, and heard the vessel bivalu'ng up ; then, sepingno possibility of.savinsr anything 1 , they pulled banlc to Waitangi, a distance of sixteen miles. Tbev arrived at uiidiiight.ancl were kin dlvrereiverl onboard the Albatross. Lieutenant Toolrc, who is in charge of the soldiers and prisoners on the island, placed everything be could ar the master's disposal, and offered all the assistance in his power. Captain Peterpon'proceeded next day, in a whale-boat belonging to Lieutenant Tooko, to the scene of tho wreck, and found j pieces of the deck and bulwarks washed on the .rocks ; but he was unable to ace any of the. hull or masts of the vessel. The chart do3s not show any reef nor indicate any tidal current ; but a current was found to be running three knots an hour, and at times a wbaleboat with five hands could barely stem it. To this cause the master attributes' tho loss of his vessel. Captain Peterson desires to thank publicly Lieutenant Tooko and Ciptain Braund, of the Albatross, for the great kindness sljown to him and his crew under difficulties. ' The hull of the Wild Wave is insured for £600, half in the Otago ofllcesr, A further insurance ■&? £400 on her cargo also falls on tho Otago j Company.