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Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 543, 10 July 1869, Page 2

It is with, much regret that we have to record the breaking up of the old favorite p. s. Bruce on the North Beach. The heavy Biuf of Wednesday night completely smashed her, breaking her in two, and carrying one half some distance from the other. She is now a complete wreck. All the rigging, spars, cabin fittings, &c, have been collected, and it is expected that the engines will also be got out complete. It is contemplated to send all that can be saved from her up to Dunedin, and the remains of this once smart little coaster will probably be sold for the benefit of whom it may concern. Much sympathy is felt in town for her owners, who must be heavy losers by this catastrophe. >r here have been neither arrivals nor departures at this port during the last two days, owing to the heavy surf on the bar, diivenup by the strong S.W. breezes. The sea had gone down considerably last night, and it is expected that the p.s. Lyttelton. for We^tport, and the p.s, Yarrafor Hokitika, will leave this morning. Several of the small orafts in port ai c ready for sea, and will be taken out by the p.s. Dispatch the first opportunity. The B.s Tararua, from Wellington, is expected off Hokitika to-day. She will not call here, and her passengers from thia port will be taken on by the p.s. Yarra this morning. She will cany the Westland portion of the English mail to Melbourne. We are sorry to learn from a gentleman, Mr Edward Gurr, who was the bearer of despatches from Okarito to the County Chairman, that the s. 8. Waipara hod stuck on the inner bar of the North Spit whilst attempting to cross seawards to the southern harbors. He states that she is in a safe position, aud isr likely to get into that river in a tide or two, and as siuoe his departure from there the tides have made considerably she may have succeeded in effecting an exit j but the day, Tuesday, when he left, the bar entrance could have been forded by a man on borseback. We trust, however, to hear further news to-day or to-morrow. The Hope, cutter, was still lying in Okarito bar, and wind bound. A vesßel was sighted by Mr Gnrr off that port the same evening, but he could not describe her.— Daily News, 9thins£.