Shipping Intelligence.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 22, 17 April 1872, Page 6

Shipping Intelligence.

ENTERED INWARDS. April 12, outter Midge, 16, Earnshaw, from Tata Islands. 13, schooner Old Man, 10, Randle, from Croixelles. — ketch Pearl, 33, Watts, from Wanganui, in ballast. — schooner Sisters, 15, Charles, from Motupipi. Six passengers. 15, steamer Charles Edward, 89, Whitwell, from West Coast. Passengers —Mrs. O'Grady, Miss Taylor, Miss Devaney, Messrs. Shannon, Alexander, Hill, Taylor, Wilmott, Hales, Palmer, Max, Lucas, Binnie, Jones, Baker, Walker, Joyce, David, Ross, Edwards, Drane, and two Maoris. — Bteamer Phoebe, 416, Worsp, from Picton and Southern ports. Passengers —Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Hook, Mr. and Mrs. Studson, Dr. Kemp, Captain Coventry, Messrs. Stephenson, Cornish (3), O'Brien, and 23 for North. — ketch Collingveood, 15, Pilkington, from Havelock. 16, ketch Emerald, from Lyttelton. CLEARED OUTWARDS. April 11, schooner Mermaid, 12, Rose, for Havelock. 13, schooner Old Man, 10, Randle, for Croixelles, in ballast. — ketch Pearl, 33, Watts, for Collingwood. 15, steamer Kennedy, 125, Creagh, for West Coast. Passengers —Mr. and Mrs. Stutson, Messrs. James, M'Murray, Hussey, Bray (3), Ebber, Sterling, and Hooper. 16, Bteamer Phcebe, 416, Worsp, for Taranaki j and Manukau. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Steamer Gothenburg, or Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne, via West Coast; to-day. Steamer Murray, from West Coast; to-day. Steamer Kennedy, from West Coast; April 21. Steamer Phcebe, from Taranaki and Manakau; April 22. Steamer Taranaki, from Picton and South ; April 24. Steamer Alhambra, from Melbourne, via South ; April 24. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Steamer Lyttelton, for Blenheim ; to-day. . Steamer Gothenburg, or Claud Hamilton, for Melbourne, via South; to-day. Steamer Charles Edward, for West Coast; tomorrow. Steamer Murray, for West Coast; to-morrow. Steamer Kennedy, for West Coast; April 22. Steamer Phoebe, for Picton and South; April 23. Steamer Taranaki, for Taranaki and Manakau ; April 25. Steamer Alhambra, for Melbourne, via West Coaßt; April 25. - IMPORTS. Midge, from Tata Islands —2o tons limestone, Order. Old Man, from Croixelles —2 cords firewood, 100 hop poles, Order. Sisters, from Motupipi —2cords wood.Lukins; 2,000 feet timber, Lovell; 1 box butter, Webster ; 2 boxes butter, Wilkie. Lyttelton, from Wairau —Boo bushels wheat, Order; 250 sheep, Paul; 17 hides, 3 calfskins, Bettany; 62 bags and 400 bushels barley, Harley Brothers; 1 case apples, Watts; 1 pkge, Gorrie. Charles Edward, from West Coast—2 halfchests tea, Hooper; 2 horses, Hales; 1 horse, Hill; 6 pkgs samples, Shackelton; 1 portmanteau, Dobson. Phcebe, from Picton and Southern ports —l case, West; 2 cases, Hadfield ; 1 case, Bottenelli; 1 case, Morrison, Sclanders, and Co; 2 bales, Fleming; 8 cases, Northam; 10 trusses leather, Lightband; 1 case corn flour, 1 case patent groats, 1 case liquorice, 1 case ink, Fisher; 1 case drapery, Webb; 1 case, Order; 1 pkge, Scaife; 1 pkge, Order. Collingwood, from Havelock—lo,926 feet timber, Scott. EXPORTS. Kennedy, for Weßt Coast —ll pkgs, 8 rolls j matting, 206 bags salt, 100 bags flour, 1 case Testas, 4 cases cofFee, 6 cases sauce, 119 bars and 12 bdls iron, 3 casks eggs, 2 cases bacon, 9 pkgs luggage, 10 cases cheese, 97 kegs butter, 108 pkgs sundries, Order; 1 pkge canvas, 1 case, 3 casks biscuits, 10 cases cheese, 8 pkgs, Cawthron; 18 pkgs, Order; 1 truss, 2 trunks, Lightband; 21 bars steel, Buxton and Co; 1 pkge, Raikes ; 1 keg butter, 1 case eggs, 2 kegs, Hooper; 50 posts, Telegraph Department; 8 pkgs, 1 bag, Price ; 8 bales chaif, Good; 6 pkgs, Fisher; 3 pkgs, Peat and Thornton; 9 pkg9, Styles; 6 cases apples, Robinson ; 1 parcel, Bonnington ; 1 case hats, Order; 1 box fowls, Westrup; 1 parcel, Order; 3 pkgs, Rose 5 1 box, Nalder; 1 pkge, 1 parcel boots, White; 5 pkgs, Order; 1 box, Union Bank ; 5 sack lime, Lukins; 46 cases fruit, Burrell; 2 case fruit, Hollo way; 9 kegs butter, Hunter 5 1 dray, Murdoch; 16 sheep, 8 pigs, Max ; 100 pkgs produce, 1 cart, Order; 4pkgs, Hooper. WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP AMERICA. A Rio Janeiro letter gives details of the loss of the Bteamßhip America, on her passage from Buenos Ayres to Montevideo, December 23rd. The America, sailed from Buenos Ayres on the 22nd of December, taking 134 passengers. Her company consisted of over thirty persons, including the captain, officers, crew, and servants. Ou the morning of the 23rd, when Cerro —a "well-known point in, the River de la Plata —was discovered twelve or fifteen miles ahead, one of her boiler-tubes exploded. The steam rushed out into the fire-room, instantly scalding to death two firemen and one coiil-heaver, who were oiling portions of the machinery, at the same time extinguishing all the lights, and scattering live coals all about the room. Between the boilers and the steamer's side the heat was bo intense that it was impossible to remain longer below.

The Chief Engineer informed Captain Bossi of this fact, and recommended that the pumps Bhould be rigged and immediately set agoing. The pumps had not been used for some time, and were in bad order. In the meantime it was deemed advisable to work in company for saving the passengers. The fire spread rapidly, consuming everything before it. The fire being amidships, it separated the steamer's company and passengers into two portions, naturally causing a panic, and promising a deplorable confusion which it is impossible to describe. Of all the boats of the steamer, only one could be lowered. The others, not having been used for some time, were secured so firmly in the boatdocks that it was next to impossible to remove them, The two which were launohed were immediately swamped by the half-crazed passengers. Some more energetic passengers tried to launch the other boats, but it was impossible. At this time the officers had lost all control over the crew, who, with their revolvers, were disputing and fighting with the passengers for the means of saving life. No signals were made to a passing steamer, the Villa de Salto, which would indicate any unusual danger on board the America, and not until the flames burst out into sight was the officer in charge of the Villa de Salto aware of any trouble or danger ; but he then immediately put back to the assistance of the America. The captain of the America, Boßsi, was the first to abandon his steamer, taking refuge on board- of the Italian vessel of war, where he has since remained. His course has excited universal indignation in Montevideo and Buenos Ayres. He is threatened with being lynched if he appears ashore. The loss of life it is not possible to learn with certainty, but it seems that more than sixty persons perished. No citizens of the United States were among the lost. The ship Warwick, from London, has arrived at Port Chalmers. Her cargo includeß 1,000 tons of railway plant. Three more French men-of-war have been fitted out to cruise in the British Channel, to guard the coast against Bonapartist expeditions. A vessel named Marie Francois was capsized in the harbour at Brest on February 23 and twenty-two passengers drowned. The Cunard steamship Parthia, which sailed from Liverpool on February 27th for Boston, came into collision with two Spanish steamers, and sunk one of them. The Parthia was so badly damaged as to necessitate a return to Liverpool for repairs. No loss of life is reported. The steamship Colorado, which Bailed from Liverpool for New York on the Bth of February, when just outside the Mersey was run into with great violence by the Arabian, inward bound. The Colorado received severe damages, and was run ashore to prevent her sinking in deep water with all on board. The Arabian, which was comparatively uninjured, rescued jail the passengers of the Colorado except five in the steerage, who, it is supposed, jumped overboard in the panic which followed, and were lost. The passengers were brought back to Liverpool. A firm of eminent engineers in London have offered to raise H.M.S Captain, if they are permitted afterwards to retain her as salvage. It it considered, however, that the Queen cannot waive her right to ownership in the matter, and the Admiralty have not the power to act. Taking into consideration that the ironclad is some 900 fathoms under water, the speculation would doubtless prove a very venturesome one. It appears from official documents, that the number of steamers on the Atlantic coast, inspected in 1871, was 1,410. The value of property destroyed by fire, explosion, collision, and wreck was 1,324,000 dollars. Lives lost, 319. Number of Bteamers inspected in the waters flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, 1,077; property destroyed, 1,414,000 dollars 5 lives lost, 695. Number of steamers inspected on the Lakes, 640; property destroyed, 496,000 dollars ; lives lost, 235. Number of steamers inspected on the Pacific coast, 180; lives lost, 206. No statement of property destroyed.