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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3871, 13 March 1877, Page 2

Therk were no arrivals or departures at the port yesterday. The B.s. Rangatira. Captain Evans, left Wellington at 10.30 a.m. on Sunday, but up to the time our reporter left the Spit she had not put in an appearance. Her departure for Wellington is announced for Thursday at noon. The b.s. Star of the South is expected to leave Auckland for this port to-morrow. The schooner Mary Wadley is now hourly expected, as, having undergone the necessary rep irs at Nelson, she left there on the sth instant. She -will return to Newcastle a few days after arrival. The schooner Peri is going to Kaipara, where she will load timber for Sydney. The ketch Mary Ann Hudson was in the Mohaka river when the Manaia passed on Sunday. The ship Fernglen, from London, with immigrants, landed her pilot at Btart Point on 13th December, and is consequently 90 days out from there. Statistics in regard to marine disasters are startling. The number of vessels, both American and British, which are annually lost is frightful. During the year 1875, 1052 American vessels suffered disaster on our shores, besides 85 foreign, vessels, giving s total of 1137. Of this number, 477 collided, and 209 casualties arose directly from carelessness or ignorance ; 312 were wrested, causing the loss of an immense amount of property and 888 lives. In 1873-74. there were reported to ; the British Board of Trade 150 vessels not heard from after sailing or being spoken at sea. They are all supposed to have been lost, with the 2381 persona onboard. Besides these, there were reported to the same authority 6084 vessels as having suffered wreck or casualty, resulting in the total loss of 1411 vessels and 6817 lives. During the ten years ending June 30, 1874, there were 22,098 wrecks, collisions, and other casualties of vessels on or near the British Isles alone. Over 25 per cent, were total wrecks, involving a total loss of 8200 lives, and the value of 90,000,000 dollars in property. 923 of the vessels lost were known to be over 50 years old, and 12 over 100.