SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume X, Issue 2906, 22 May 1873, Page 2

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS. Wellington, s.s.» Carey, from Southern port 3. Merlin, schooner, Urquhart, from ituuell. DEPARTURES. Comerang, p.s., Chrisp, for Napier. William Ackers, barque, for Newcastle. Amateur, barque, for Newcastle. Alb'on, brie, for Sydney, via WiiDgaroa. Nile, brig, for Newcastle. Kita, brig, for XiMVcastlt?. Cambria, schooner, for Wansarei. Golden laic, schoonor, for Ku.ssdl. Sovereign of the Seas, cutter, for Wangarei. PROJKCrKI* PKP\itTURES, Southern Pouts. —Wellington, on Monday. Tabasaki Asn Wascjasl'i.—("Jo-Ahead, s.s., to-day. Sydney ani> Melbhurkk.—Hero, s.s , early. ITapiKit, Povkkty HAY, AND WKLLINUTON. —K.uiyatira, s.s., Saturday. Newcastle. —I'arsee and Edinburgh Crstle, ships, early. New York.—East Lothian and Thames, br.rques, early. Moeraki (Otaiso).—Duke of Edinburgh, schooner, on Saturday. Dunedin*.—Belle Brandon, schooner, on Monday. VESSELS EXPECTED. Taranaki, from the South. Rangatira, s.s., fri.in Wellington. Woodlark, ship, from Lond«>u; sailed reo. Count'.'SS of lvmtore. ship, from London: sailed. Hylton Casth', ship, from London: sai.ed. Clanranald. sliip. from London: sailed. Akbar, ship, from Huston. v»* .Melt/ourne. Zanga, barque. from Liverpool; .'•ailed Jan. 17. Thames, barque, from New \ork. via Sydney. Adelheid, bani'.M-, from Lyttelton. Comet, barque, LvUelton: .'Miled April I*'. Glencoe, barque, from Ounedin: hailed May 13. flirt, brig.uuine, from Lyttelton; sailed May 13. Success, schooner, from Lovuka. Kmelie. schooner, from Tahiti. Prima Donna, schooner, from Levuka.^ Ivanhoe, schoouer, from New Cr.ledonia. Emulous, schooner, from Dunedin. Upola, schooner, from Samoa. . Southern Cross, Mission schooner, from Norfolk Islands. Fiery Cross, schooner, from the South Sea Islands. Edith, schooner, from the Sout.i Seas. IMPORTS. Per s.s. Wellington, fivm the South: —1 box, 1 parcel, Rank ; 1 bale, IHartin ; 5 cases wine. Millar; 1 puree), Salomon; G cases, 1 bag, Kempthorne, I'rosaer and Co.; 1 bale, McArthur, Shera iu;d Co. ; 1 case, Ij. D. Nathan and Co. ; 2 b:il.-s, MeL'uighlan ; 1 truss, Cosgruve; 4 cases chicory, Brown, Barrett anil Co.; 51f> sacks barley, 35 ditto malt, order; 1 package, 1 bag, H. Kohti ; 4 bales, 2 t cases, 10 bait s, Tisdail; 1 box, Lyon; 14 boxes, Telegraph Department ; 1 box, Rev. R. H. Ccdringtju ; 3 cases butter, Osborne Bros.; 5 ditto ditto, Bennett; -A ditto ditto, A. Barms ; G ditto ditto, Hood; 3 ditto ditto, Yeale.—Couibes and Daidy, agents.

The p.s. Peterson arrived at Nelson yesterday morning from New Plymouth. We understand the s.u. Star of the South will be taken ou the gridiron to-day. The fine barque Woodlark is open for charter to Europe. The brig Albion toot bsr departure for Sydney, via Wangaroa, yesterday morning. The brig Rita left the -Manukuu yesterday for Newcastle, with 110,(100 feet of timber. The schooner Colonist is announced to leave for New Caledonia ou Friday. The schooner Golden I=le left for Russell last evening. Xbe s.e. Go-Ahead is announced to leave the Manukau for Taranaki, Wanganui, and Weslport, to morrow, at. noon. The s.s. Rangatira will leave for Poverty Bay, Napier, and Wellington, on or about Saturday. The p.s. Comerang, Captain Chrisp, left last evening for Napier, with a full general cargo, and a number of passt-ngers. The schooner Merlin arrived from the Bay ■of Islands yesterday, with a full cargo of <oa). The cutter Yivid has been taken ou to Niccol's slip, North Shore, to undergo repairs. The ship David Brown which arrived at Melbourne a few dsys ago, reports speaking the ship Agra bound Ir.un London to Canterbury, in lat. 37 S. and 27 W., and 53 days out. The barques Amateur and William Ackers, pud the brig Nile, left for Newcastle la=t night. The latter vessel took one passenger, —Mr. Walker. The schooner Cambria 'eft for Waugarei yesterday, with a full cargo and several passengers. The cutter Sovereign of the Seas also left for the same place. The s.s. Wellington arrived from the South yesterday. The Wellington left Port Chalmers ou the 13th ; Timaru, 1-lth ; Lytlelton, loth ; Wellington on the Picton, 18th ; Nelson, 19ih ; and Taranaki ou the 2Uth; arriving at the Onehungu wl.arf at nine o'clock yesterday morning. She brings the following passengers :—Saloon : Mr. and Mrs. Millar, Mrs. Edmonds, Messrs. Sutton,Dudley, Douglas (2), Gresham, and Hill. Steerage: Miss Jones, Messrs. Fortune, Cranßton, Jaekboo, Hamilton, Wooii, Goddard, Manning, end three Maoris. The Sydney Morning Herald of the 2nd inst. accounts for the somewhat lcgthy passage of the Hero. The paper of that dale says : —The Hero (s.) left Aueklami harbour at 5 p.m. on the 24th April, and experienced a strong east-north-east gale to tile Three Kings Islands, which were passed at 8.30 p.m. on the 25th ; then had moderate variutjle winds, and very unsettled weather, which was cloudy, with thick haze and rain, until Saturday evening, 26th, when the wind veered westward and blew a strong gale, with fierce squalls of wind and rain and a heavy head sea, until Monday morning, 28th, which obliged the engines to be pat under slow steam for 14 hours ; then had variable winds and thick rainy weather, with a confused sea, until Tuesday, at midnight. The wind afterwards went round to S.S.W., and gradually blew a strong gale, with cloudy and thick rainy weather, fierce squalls, and a very high sea, which continued up to arrival in harbour, at 11 p.m. on the lat inst.

The Newcastle Chronicle of (lie Ist instant furnishes the following particulars respecting the capsizing of the barque Ann, during the late gale:—Shortly before noon on Tuesday, the southerly wind—indicated by the storm signals the day previous as blowing at Jcrvis Bay—reached here, and inert-used in fury. The wind somewhat abated towards the evening, but towards midnight it again freshened up. At 3 o'clock on Wednesday morniDg, it blew almost a hurricane, and the wind, coining against (he ebb tide—at that lime running out very strong —caused the barque Ann, which vras moored to one of the Government buoys, to capsize. Captain Xodd wij on deck shortly before the gale came on, and, finding all snug, again turned in ; tile clew were all in bed. Fortunately, they were bi-rthed in a house on deck, for had they been below they would, no doubt, have been drowned. As it was, both captain and crew had burely time to escape in the clothes they had. on before the vessel was under water. The barque we understand, is fully insured.

Loss op the Belie Isle.—We give the following additional particulars of the wreck of the ship Belle lele, being an extract from the log : —Qn 14th April, left King George's Sound, light westerly wind ; 16th, experienced heavy gale from tiie southward, blew away lower foretopsai), and from that time to 2131*, had very equally weather; then had a very heavy gale from N. and N.E., barometer 29'27 j on 22nd April, barcmeter down to 29'15, ship labouring and straining heavily ; 25th, weather moderating, barometer still down to 29'40; 29th, breeze began to freshen equally from S. and S.W.; 30th, gale increased from S.W., glass 2970 at 5 o'clock; morning of the 80th, blowiDg terrific gale from S.W., ship hove-to under close reef maintopsail, blew away inaintopeail, ship making no water, were then 3315 south 152 15 E.; Ist May, terrific gale, with heavy beam sea, ship under lower maintopsail, labouring and straining very heavily ; at 10 o clock that night Bhip making a good deal of water. Set pumps to work, but after a few strokes found thoni useless, evidently choked with sand ballast; making much water and falling on beam ends. Did everything to get her before the wind, but she was quite unmanageable. At 3 a.m. ship settling fast, lee covering boards under water. Found ,the ballast had almost disappeared. In order t-> keep her from capsizing, and to get her before the wind, being the only chance to save t he ship, cut away the mizzen and then the main-topmast; still ship lay like a helpless log in the water. At daylight, two vessels

being in sight, bore down, launched the life-boat, but, with heavy sea and labouring alongside, got store. Got out the long-boat, and succeeded in dropping her astern with some danger. With the assistance of a boat 1 which the barque sent us, succeeded in getting passengers out, we considering it no longer safo to keep them on board, as ono heavy lee lurch would sink us. On Friday morning, May 2, gale moderating, ship still making water, aud gradually settling down. Set part of the crsw and invalids on board of the barque; master aud officers, and some of the crew remained on board during tho night, the master of the barque promising to lay by us. A.t midnight, gale moderating still, although everything was done to keep ship before the wind, she still remained unmanageable, water bein" by this time up to lower deck beams. 7 a.m., barque bearing down on us ; sent her boat alongside. Tho master of Belle Isle, Captain Davis, a9ked master of barque, Captain Sverson, to come ou board, which ke did, to see if anything could possibly be done to save the ship. lie concluded that it was impossible to savo her. At 10 a.m. launched the gig, but she capsized alongside, and the barque's boat took her off. Ship lying very much over, with water up to main hatch combings ; expected vessel to sink in ono hour. [As stated in our yesterday's issue, the barque Velocidade, which was on its way to Newcastle from Auckland, picked up the crew and took theuj on to Newcastle.]

Wekck of ins Eire King.—tho Sydney Morning Herald of the 7th in«t., contains the | following account of the wreck of the steamship Eire King:—lt is with the deepest; re»ret that wo record the total loss of the Clarence and Richmond River Steam Navigation Company's steamship Fire King, which has for years past been trading between Sydney and the Maiming River. The Fire King arrived off the Manning bar from Sydney between 10 and 11 on Wednesday morning, the 30th instant, and Captain Hersee seeing no duii*cr signals hoisted, tho signal for full flood was observed, and apprehending no danger, attempted to crosa tho bar. As she ileum! it a tremendous sea struck tho vessel's stern with fearful force, —washed tho two men from j the wheel right forward, made a clean breach through the saloon, carrying the stewardess forward —destroyed the steering gear, and threw everyihing on the deck into the utmost disorder. Ono of the seamen washed from the wheel was hanging on by two of his fingers. The ship was now at the mercy of the waves. An attempt was made to hoist the sails, which proved ineffectual. The engines were reversed in order to propel the vessel astern at full speed, but no way could be made against tlie sen that was coming in. The ship drifted rapidly towards the north shore, and was soon among tho breakers, which tossed themselves mountains high. She struck several times, and at last went broadside on to the beach. For some time the passengers had given up all hope of saving their lives, and when the vessel was struck, the genera! expectation seems to hove been that she would have gone down bodily. After she was beached a line was passed to the shore aud caught by tho pilot's crew, who were at hand ready to render what assistance they cou'd, and along this lino the passengers escaped at intervals as the sea would permit, at some little peril. The conduct of Captain Hersee is described as most heroic — he is said not to have lost his cool confidence for a moment, nud lii-i officers and crew nobly and bravely did all they could to carry out his orders. When the passengers were safely landed, some little oroperty was sent ashore, but tho heuvy goods it was useleas to attempt to save. The captain and crew remained on board until the last. The vessel is a total wreck, and when our informant left was faet breaking up. All the lives were saved. Several persons received some considerable injuries. It is kmentablo to think that in such an hour of danger there are those who are not afraid to commit crime. One passenger informs us that he was robbed of £'10, as well as some of his tiling?, and several other robberies we believe were committed. Wa believe the Fire King was not insured, so that the full loss will fall upon tho company. The estimated value of the vessel was from £7030 to iBOOU. A portion of the goods have washed ashore. It is expected that the engines will be recovered.