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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4538, 12 March 1872, Page 2

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WnALERS 1 I'eporis — Anivals — March 4 : I James Arnold, Biiggs, fiom Southern Seas, with 700 barrels sperm oil .and 900 bairels whale oil, 3,0001b bone. Match 5: Louisa, Slocum, from South Seas, with 100 barrels sperm oil, and 600 barrels whale oil ; Europa, Mellen, from South Seas, with 100 barrels sperm oil and 1,000 barrels whale oil. March 6 : Lydia, Gifford, from South Seas, with 225 barrels sperm oil, 075 barrels whale oil, and 5001b. bone. Match 7: Adventurer, Pierce, from South Seas, with 100 barrels sperm 0.1. — The Adventurer, which arrived hero on Thursday last, was can hfc in a heavy S.E. gale a few days back, dm ing which «he had her decks swept, and considerable damage has been done to her hull. The Adventurer is owned by Messrs R. Town 9 and Co., Sydney. She will proceed to Auckland for repaiiß. The schooners Seagull, Success, and Onward are loading for your port. The schooner Arid, with 23 tons coals, left on Thursday for Auckland, — [Correspondent.]

Wreck of the Heathcotr. -From the Nelson Colonial of the sfch instant we clip the following :—": — " On Tuesday, February 20, the ketch Heathcote, Captain James Moore, was wrecked at West Whanganui Inlet, on the South Head, inside the harbour. The Heathcote left Nelson at 5 p.m. on the previous Sunday with eleven tons of general cargo, worth about £500. At nine o'clock on Monday morning she was a mile to windward and inside of the South Head ; the anchor was let go, as it is a good anchorage, and Hhe lay there all Monday waiting for a fair wind. At daylight on Tuesday, it came on to blow very heavily from the S. E., that is, out of the harbour, and all hands were turned out, as she was dragging her anchor. Another anchor was let go, but she continued to drag for & long time after this was done. She was too close inshore to get clear out. At length she dragged so far that she struck aft upon a rook awash on the South Head, about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and heeled over on the starboard side. In five minutes she wai full of water, and the cargo washing out of her. It was blowing too hard to get the dingy out, 'so the orew stopped by the wreck until the water had ebbed 2ft., and then managed to 'launch the boat aft, and made for the beach, whioh w&a now strewed with flour, bacon, casks of beer, candles, and general cargo. They stopped near the wreck . the remainder of the day, and all Tuesday night. Next morning they proceeded by way of the rocks, and crawled through the - dense bush, .about three miles towards the Utaxiii ferry at Whanganui Flat At one place on the way, 4 at a great elevation* Oap--iMxi r Moore slipped .over the precipice and rolled down aWsiderablo' distance, striking '- against scrub and rooks ia his course, receiving severe braises. , -That night the captain Clay -"half -Buried in tie sand, .with ah old sails'rfqrJja covermg^which -' was, :sb.ared by the \ Jpjh^rf, M4t*'uciw t atid/^iled^he^yUyJall the, omsM> ': 'Ifexi'day 'ttieylHade a large firejrandj javed smalhbiagWf with! <£iseer 'and JwKisltey*Bt(mnC J t^i^oe| r f swer5 were t r^not- jßtaryedv Two dayajTaf£efw»r3s, ; they; Ir'iotfde their way over tlie rooks ;fdr"th« ferry f

' taftiioh thisy ircaoHed on Thjtoday nigifc, «ajl, were hospitably i reoeiyed by fche^ftbrn j*M; sheltered, the i^in i having, begin^b^;p|>i)ir again. The JETeafchbote Was * ketch :off<bo\it 40 tons burthen, and belonged to Captain. Moore, wbo bought her three years' ago -for £225. Neither eliip nor cargo was insured. Tho natives at the Anatori-say that"thergater was more sever© than any they/hava oxjse* rionced for ten years pait. Tree« were blown down, whares .levelled to tho ground, .andtheir onion and oabbage atops 80fttfcer§d aud destroyed" „ ' . -