Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 378, 21 May 1866, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OF NAPIER. ARRIVALS. May 17—Queen, schooner, from Auckland IB—Hose Ann, schooner, from Auckland DEPARTURES. May 17—Maliia, cutter, for Poverty Bay 17—Tawera, schooner, for Poverty Bay 17—Rangatira, s.s., for Southern Ports 17—Lady Bird, s.s., for Auckland 17— Thane, s.s., for Hokitika 18— Sea Belle, cutter, for Auckland EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Balmoral, brigantine, from Hobart Town Beautiful Star, s.s., from Auckland Clyde, schooner, from Auckland Danish Beauty, barque, from Gravesend via Nelson Donald MT.can, schooner, from Auckland Eagle, cutter "from Auckland via Great Barrier Hero, ketch, from IVairoa Kauri, schooner, from Auckland Lady Bird, schooner, from IVairoa Lady Bird, s.s., from Auckland—2sth Lark, schooner, from Auckland—hourly Maggie, brig, Irom Sydney Mahia, cutter, from l overly Bay Nautilus, cutter, from Auckland via Mercury Bay Satellite, cutter, from Auckland Shelburne, barque, from Loudon via New Plymouth Saucy Lass, schooner, from Auckland Slur of the South, s,s., from Auckland St. Kilda, s.s , Irom Poverty Bay Sturt, p.s., from the East Coast Success, seliooner, from Auckland Taraiphie, ketch, from IVairoa Tawera, schooner, from Poverty Bay, 3rd d p 9174 Vivid, schooner, irom IVairoa VESSELS IN HARBOR. Betsy, cutter, from Auckland Queen, schooner, from Poverty BayRose Ann, schooner, from Auckland ENTERED INIVARDS. MAY. 16— Betsy, cutter, 35 tons, 35 tons, Bushcll, from Auckland via Mercury Bay, with 27,G11ft, sawn timber, LeQuesne Master, agent. 17— Lady Bird, s.s. 220 tons, Kreeft, from Southern Porta, with 16 cases, 1 bale, 1 case cigars, V. Janisch; 1 halfticrcc tobacco, Manoy; 1 quarter-tierce tobacco, Kinross & Co.; 2 cases drags, Carver; 5 bags Hour, 3 mats sugar, 1 half-chest tea, 5 bags salt, 1 box stap, Kinross aud Co.; 1 case drapery, 1 case, 1 case leather, as addressed; 1 cask drugs, 1 case acid, Cowing; 2 cases, Mbs Murdoch, 25 boxes candle- 1 , 1 halo cotton waste* Eoutledge & Co.; I hale sundries, Stuart & Co.; 1 sausage machine, Begg; lease drapery, Newton, Irvine, and Co.; 1 stov c, 1 case littings, T. B. Harding; 2 boxes tobacco, Ayers; 3 hags seed, Russell; 30 tins carrots Combes & Daldy; 4 cases luggage, Capt. Danvers; 1 ke" shot, Stuart & Co.; 1 case plate glass, Williams ; 2 tm> ret bells, Boylan; 6 drums oil, 1 case hardware. Miller and Lindsay. Passsengers—Messrs Worrall, Beatty Graham, M'Kinnon, Mimroe, Smil h.—V. Janisch, agent’ 18— Queen, schooner, 32 tons, Jerry, from Poverty Bay] ■with 131 boxes apples, 2 boxes onions, P. Sutton: 4 bags potatoes, 4 cases apples, IVatt, Kennedy, aud Watt.— Routicdgo & Co., agents. 13—Rose Ami, schooner, Jones, from Auckland, with IS 000 leet timber, 2 tons flour, 12 pkgs sashes, 20 doors, 5 cwt nails, 1 case kerosene, 1 drum oil, Carter.—G.’e. G. Richardson, agent. CLEARED OUTWARDS. MAY. 16 — Thane, s.s. 119 tons, Zealand, for Hokitika, with 43 mule, 250 sheep, order. Passengers—Messrs Lamont and 11. L. Yates.—Kinross & Co., agents. 1” Lady Bird, s.s., 220 tons, Kreeft, for Tauranga and Auckland. Passengers—Messrs J. D. Millon, and E. Branson. 17— Sea Belle, cutter. 27 tons, Lewis, for Auckland via Poverty Bay, wit h 200 sheep, Capt. Read.—Watt, Kennedy and Watt, agents. 17—Rangatira, s.s., 177 tons, Seymour, for Wellington and Southern Ports, with 1 box, 11 boxes luggage. Passengers—Messrs J. Kennedy, Graham, and Hewitt, 2 soldiers Colonial Eorces.—V. Janisch, agent. 17—Tawera, schooner, oo tons, Baker, for Poverty Bay, with 400 ewes, Read; 1 ton salt, order. —G. E. G. Richardson, agent. MARITIME NOTES. ARRIVAL OP THE SCHOONER ROSE ANN. The schooner Rose Ann arrived here on Thursday night Inst, from Auckland. She originally left that port on the 21th ult., for Wairoa (H. 8.), with a cargo of timber. She lias called iu at several places on the coast, and has met with some heavy weather. She arrived off Wairoa ou Monday, the 14th inst, but owing to the river bein'* closed, could not effect an entrance. Stood off Napier on Thursday morning, and arrived in the roadstead same night—entering the Iron Pot on Friday morning. ARRIVAL OF THE SCHOONER QUEEN. The Maori schooner Queen, Jerry, arrived from Poverty Bay on Thursday last, bringing a cargo of apples and onions. MISCELLANEOUS. The. schooner Tawera, Baker, sailed for Poverty pay on Thursday last, with a cargo of sheep. The cutter Mahia. Enright, sailed for Poverty Bay on Thursday last, with a cargo of sheep. .The s.s. Rangatira, Seymour, steamed for the Southern Ports or Thursday last. The s.s. Lady Bird, Kreeft, steamed for Tauranga and Auckland ou Thursday last. The s.s. Thane, Zealand, steamed for Hokitika on Thursday night last, with a cargo of stock.

The cutter Sea Belle, Lewis, sailed for Auckland via Poverty Bay on Friday last. She took a cargo of sheep for the latter place. The brigantine Vistula had arrived at Auckland from this port, and left for Newcastle on the 10th instant. The schooner Queen, Loverock, master, sailed for Auckland, from Poverty Bay, on Saturday, 12th inst., with 25 head cattle. cutters Eagle, Nautilus, and Satellite, had ail cleared at Auckland for this port, and may be daily looked for. Tire former will bring a cargo of firewood, and the two latter sawn timber. The p.s. Sturt, Fairchild, hence last Monday night, arrived off Wairoa at daylight on Tuesday morning, but owing to the heavy sea running, could not communicate with the shore. She steamed for Poverty Bay same day. The s.s. E aikoura—the first of the Panama line of steamers—will leave Wellington on the Bth June next. The brig Cosmopolite, hence 2nd April, arrived at Hokitika on the 27th, after a protracted passage of twenty-five days. The cutter Quckstep was totally wrecked on her passage from the Manukau to the Grey, and four lives lost. The wreck was broken up by a party of wreckers. The s.s. City of Hobart has been seized at Hobart Town for violating the Customs. The Lord Lyndhurst, from Australia, has been stranded in Moonta Bay. She had 1,500 tons of copper ore on board at the time. The ship Helensville, daily expected at Auckland from Melbourne, had been chartered to convey borne the remainder of the 40th Eegt.

WRECK OF THE S.S. ‘WONGA WONGA.’ In our last, we briefly intimated the fact that the favorite little steamer ‘Wonga Wonga’ had become a total wreck on the bar of the river Grey, for which calamity we are happy to add, no blame can be attached to her able commander, Captain Mundle, nor indeed to any one on board—the accident, according to Captain Handle’s statement, being caused by incorrect signals at the signal station. The ‘ Wonga "Wonga,’ it will be remembered, was the first steam boat that ever entered the Ahuriri roadstead—being then in command of our respected friend Captain A. Kennedy, now of the St. Kilda —and her loss will bo regretted by all who knew her. The following account of the official enquiry, which we take from the ‘ Grey River Argus,’ 9th May, wil 1 , wo doubt not, be read with interest:—“ An official enquiry into the circumstances of-the s.s. Wonga vVonga., was held by T. S. Kynnersley, Esq., R.M., at Cobden, on Monday. Thomas Coulson, the Harbor Master, stated that he was on duty on the 2nd instant at the Flagstaff At about L3O p.m. on that day he saw the Wonga Wonga coming up from the southward. At about twenty minutes to two she approached the bar; the tide was then about an hour and a quarter ebb, and the depth of water on the bar ivas from tm to twelve feet. He did not consider the vessel in danger in coming over the bar. The ball and white flag were flying at the time, signifying ebb tide. The steamer crossed the bar in safety, but on meeting the freshet in the river she appeared to refuse her helm. There were no flags used as signals ; the semaphore was used to guide the vessel in the proper channel. V> hen the semaphore, was first used the vessel was steering to the north. Working the semaphore is not considered a signal to take the bar ; it merely denotes that vessels will be attended to guide them in the channel. The bar was in a good passable state, and the river had the ordinary usual current. Vessels of the same draught as the Wonga have crossed the bar often before under similar conditions. Knowing the draught of Wonga, aud her power, and the state of the tide and river at the time the bar was taken, no w r ant of caution was used in attempting to come in. James Walker the signalman, gave similar evidence. Captain Mundle stated that he was induced to attempt the bar by seeing the semaphore hoisted, he would not have attempted to take the bar, as lie had put the vessel’s head to seaward, with the intention of coming to an anchor. When the semaphore was worked hard to the south he was inauced to come in. First found the steamer in jeopardy immediately after crossing the bar; she was then coming in quite well, but ran in the hollow of a sea, and took the ground. The helm was put hard a-port, .but the current of the river being on the starboard bow, and her heel touching, she would not steer, and she drifted on to the beach. The Wonga was drawing 7 ft. 4 in. at the time ; there was plenty of water on the bar—two fathoms. He attributed the vessel going ashore to the narow state of the channel, and to the sudden bend that it was necessary to turn to enter the river. Peter Dale, the chief mate of the Wonga Wonga, corroborated the testimony of the Captain, and other witnesses were called, whose evidence did not throw any further light on the matter. THE ARRIVAL OP THE ‘JANE’ AT AUCKLAND. NARROW ESCAPE FROM SHIPWRECK. The ‘New Zealand Herald’ of the Bth May gives the following account of the arrival at Auckland of the schooner ‘Jane,’ and the escape that vessel had from being wrecked at Poverty Bay The clipper schooner Jane, Captain Faulkner, arrived in harbor early yesterday morning, from Poverty Bay via the Tamaki, bringing a cargo of 12 head of cattle, and 185 boxes apples, also one passenger—Mr Green. The Jane has had a narrow escape from being shipwrecked, the particulars of which, as given by Captain Faulkner, are annexed ;—■

“The Jane having taken on board her cargo, went out of Tovtvty Bay on Sunday week last, with the wind blowing fresh from the N.W. Upon getting safely outside, Captain Faulkner, with one of the crew, went on shore to clear out and procure stores, &0., remaining on shore about two hours. In the meantime the wind suddenly chopped round to the southward and blew hard, and Captain Faulkner at once pulled towards the vessel. Upon crossing the bar they found it was breaking very heavily, and the schooner, which

was left in charge of Air VV. Mustart, the mate, was perceived to be underweigh. Shortly after this she missed stays with him three times, and got close to the beach, upon which they let go the anchor, and upon Captain Faulkner hearing the vessel it was ascertained that she had dragged nearer the shore and was bumping heavily. °The boat had scarcely got alongside the Jane before the heavy sea prevailing capsized it, precipitating Captain Faulkner and the sailor into the surf, and it was with great difficulty they were rescued from a watery grave. This, however, was accomplished, the drowning men being dragged on board, and the boat righted and °secured, although the warps, oars, &c. (as also, \\e regret to say, some £ls belonging to Captain Faulkner and the seaman), which were in the boat were lost. Upon Captain Faulkner getting on board, he found the veasel was bumping heavily on the beach, but fortunately the wind soon afterwards shifted a point or two, when be slipped his anchor, and got clear away, without, we are glad to say, receiving any material damage.” From Poverty Bay the Jane experienced very heavy westerly weather as far as Tologa Bay, and shortly afterwards was compelled to seek shelter in Hicks’ Bay for twenty-eight hours. The wind then shifted to the S.S.E., and afresh start was made. After that, had head winds until arriving at the Tamaki on Sunday last. Noth withstanding the difficulties and bad weather she had to contend with, all the cattle were landed in good order and condition, and the vessel came up the harbor yesterday morning.

MIRACULOUS PRESS VATION AT SEA. The following instance of extraordinary preservation of life in a case of shipwreck has been communicated to the Times by J. M. Arnold, B. D., British Consular Agent, Batavia:— Last evening I was told that the Ida Elizabeth, a Dutch vessel, Captain Doren, from Java, just come into this port, had on board an English captain whom she had picked up in the last stage of exhaustion at sea. Hastening on board I saw the rescued man lying on a couch, his face pale and thin, hands and feet bandaged, but with a calm and thankful countenance he related the following facts as well as his weakened state would permit: He, Captain John Casey, was the commander of the Jane Lowden, owner Mr Thomas L. Seaton. The vessel, with seventeen men and a cargo of wood was proceeding from Quebec to Falmouth, and encountered no less than four heavy gales, the last on December 21, in lat. 46 deg., long. 33 deg. W., winch completely disabled her, the fearful seas mounting 40ft. high, such as he had never seen before, carrying oif everything on deck, and every soul on board was washed out of her. Nine of the crew were thus lost, but the captain and the rest of the men managed to regain the ship, notwithstanding it was dark, being six p.m. They all took refuge in the main top, which measured 5 feet x 4 feet. While there the vessel capsized, immersing them in the waves, but they hold on, and she soon righted herself, the cargo being only of wood. The vessel was gradually driven to 17 deg. W. ■ longitude, during which time the poor sufferers, having endured the pangs of hunger, and now tormented with a raging thirst, had the agony of seeing ten vessels in the distance successively pass on their course. Death from three causes stared them in the face; first from the vessel breaking up, as she was hourly going to peices; then from the chance of coLission during the dark tempestous nights; and, lastly, from starvation. In spite of the captain’s prohibition, some of the men stole down while he was asleep during a temporary lull to try and slack their maddening thirst with the sea water, hut this only increased their torment and brought on delirium. Two men became violent, and the captain was obliged to strap them down, in which state they expired. One poor lad (William Thomas) of nineteen, died on the twelfth day after the vessel Was struck, in a quiet delirium ; calling repeatedly on bis mother to give him a drink, and to shut the door to keep out the cold; and extending his hand to shako that of imagined near friends, he sank peacefully to sleep. Another, Hugh Rice, died about the eleventh day from exposure and the effects of drinking salt water. It may be well to give the names of the rest of the crew—Edwin Mabley, chief mate, leaves a destitute family at 24 Green-street, Plymouth. Samuel Bird, second mate, address not remembered, leaves a'wife and children in, England. John Abrey, aged eighty-six, cook, leaves a wife only. Henry Pope, address unknown, seventeen years of age, was the main support of his widowed mother, and the eldest of six children. Evan Davies, washed overboard, leaves a family at Pembroke docks, Milford. Francis Martin, aged twenty-five or so, married, died after fifteen days exposure and starvation; before becoming delirious he proposed eating the dead body of one of the crew, which the captain forbade. Alfred Bolton, who had run away from Liverpool, aged sixteen or seventeen, died delirious, after drinking saltwater. John Pugh, who married a fortnight before sailing, was drowned. William Maitland of Plymouth, young and unmarried, died after fourteen days of exposure and starvation. Thomas Bowen, married, died after fifteen days. The last of the crew who died by the captain’s side was James Beatt, the carpenter; he was hopeful till almost the last, talking within an hour of his death, which did not take place till the eighteenth uay. As the poor fellows sank one after another, all dying apparently in their sleep, their bodies were dropped off the maintop on to the deck, but the last body the captain kept twenty hours by his side. The temptation to open a vein and drink the dead man’s blood was strong upon him, but he firmly resisted it, and lingered on for ten more long, long days, sustaining life by drinking as much rain as he could collect by tying his cravat round the mast, and when it became drenched sucking it. The tar thus absorbed by the rain he justly thinks helped to preserve him from utter exhaustion. The fact, too, of his being better clothed than his crew, he thinks, may also account, humanly speaking, for his marTelous preservation, lie wore three woolen shirts two pairs of stockings and sea boots, three coats, one of which was waterproof, a cap, and waterproof hat.

On the 28th night he laid himself flat on the maintop, as he expressed it, resigning himself to his doom, whatever it might be, perfectly conscious of his critical position, yet not losing all hope, or his reason, though his brain became so weak that he often heard voices calling, sometimes in most piteous accents, " Captain! Captain ! On one occasion, he said, he distinctly heard a voice say, “ Captain, your forecastle is blown away.” So distinct and clear was it that he exclaimed “ Who are you ?” and then, “ I can’t 'help it.” He said he still felt that the Gob who had extended His mercy to him so long could still save his life, and he again prayed that a vessel might come to his rescue. The following morning, the 18th of J anuary, his patient hope was realised for the Ida Elizabeth, unknown to him, had neared the wreck the previous night with the intention of destroying next morning so dangerous an object. Captain Casey, having now for the first time sighted the ship* raised his feeble arm to display his colors. Captain Horen, on seeing this unexpected sign of life, had the exhausted man carefully conveyed on board the Ida Elizabeth, where, according to his prayer, a doctor was ready to receive him, who, with the captain and crew, showed him the sympathy and attention of brothers rather than strangers. In nine days they reached Hieuwe Diep. During the passage the doctor kindly wrote to Mrs Casey, who is living at Padstow, Cornwall, and has a young family. The day after the arrival of the Ida Elizabeth, Captain Casey was removed to the Marine Hospital here, and placed in a most comfortable apartment, one assigned to naval officers. He is under the skilful treatment of Dr Sachs and Dr. De Kander, who, with the attendants, show him every possible kindness and consideration. It is hoped that in a fortnight or three weeks ho may be able to return to his home, and that his blackened, frostbitten fingers and toes may be cured without amputation.

It may be thought incredible by by some that Captain Casey should hare remembered the time of his protracted suffering, but he assured me ho only endeavored to impress on his mind the date of the last detractive gale, which washed them all overboard, only counting the dying days of the men, knowing that if he were picked up the whole time of his remaining on the maintop could be easily made out.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. M. Aenold, 8.D., British Consular Chaplain, Batavia. Ship Tagal, Nieuwe Diep, Holland, February 1, February 2.—Postcript.—l have just paid a third visit the Captain Casey. He is progressing; favorably, but he is still very weak, and he says be feels bis strength coming back as slowly as it left him during bis twenty eight-days of exposure and utter privation.