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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

1 I'OBT OF OAMARU. \ »■ " ■ ;■ VESS&LS* IN* pt>RT: ,; Xt.W V;1 St«aui«»—Wamsi >it and Slata. i. [f toi|pnt&»i>s---Varra and Endeavour. \ Suhoonurs —.ftino Anderson and Mary Kin\f. I Ktiteh.—Jessie. !,; t^wAru's. !: 3t.»* -jc. t MatatT, *.*.. tO'S tons, t'r'p-hart, from rn-.nerlin. Art P dorsouaud t0.,, assents. t" |- Samson, p.*, tons. F.dio. Emm Ehinedin. H. |l Pw Kafau, tor DuiwiUa-tiii sacks wheat. Audi 'fm ft! and f'n.

|; « if The s.s. Eiu>l\y took her departure from the hay t'"C W Novtham Port*'this mocniuir at two oelock. The MI kiwinif is her list »( passengers hooked here: -Eof ttftt«fto»: Mastars Jfoore ('i>. Master Bort.on. for IW«Mntrtoii: it*. f tardy-.foUnsf on. For .Sydney : *> U e In thu stwrftwe. . „ Tubs.*. Kafau leEt P»rt riuUm'-ri at t»..".P last eveninif unit arrived in por 1 H« ; < r.iornif;' at .*..t.'. She brlnipj thirty tons oc car\-o and the following pas* 8Bn(f«r»: Messrs. JF. Rmiviman, ttordon, -K tt-rave : and one in the *r.cerau:>.. Th« Jtatau-left imi her remm thrive ti'JiKn-dv..

I • |j f'AN'StaVf.tSJt AT SKA. if ' Outho tlitih Jtareli. the ship Creta arrived in the i|* Morsoy (mm San t'raucisco, having on hoard the eapij.j tivhlv tlrst niatu,. and ei;t'ht ni'in <>C the sailing sFiip-Uri.nC if Britain, whom, they had picked np "uv an open f tt tr» ■|j the Atlantic,, about m<* miles Emm Capo Clear. The 3"! vessot was hound from E>urien to Eiverpoof. with, a if Carsfo ot timer, hut encountering very tempestuous I! wnather shw became completely The "5 craw remained by her. however, for some days. durin;," ■|,| which the captain's two sons died. At. last, seeing no i\ hope oC rescue,, the eaptiiiu and er'jw, nuinhering thirII teen men,, took to a bout, leaving the eap'.iunV dead i* ' Bim» on tha vessel. The pri>vUiniw hoeu nearly <i alt spoiled very littlu eonld bi> taken »n Writ the tout, and (or si'.* ilays they wers' tossed about, endrrrinsr '' tha ajfony 0* slow starvation, the seventh iby a : steaniorwius sighted, and every fossihte mean.' were k tlvkdiT to attract the atfenliou <•»« those mi hoard. t>»t I without sueeess.and ,v the steamer iti .appeared the * tmdirluniitu uruw vpivc f.hentse;ves up to a.spair. The I «nult. who np. to that time had heeu tIV; most eheervrrt, 1 ttiut hmt tried to Ue,:p no ti;e spirits of his companions. I lumme uonipfotely despondent, and died that ni-lvt - temu exhaustion. N>xt day auot.i- v man died. and. as- * thuso who- were leEt had been without (nod or drink (or l" thr«» (toy*, they ate the livers oi their dead U'enrr.d.-^ fif galuetimr these parts on a-i-onnt ut 'he hlo.-d \. nun j tltey eoiitained. and with which they ipieneh- d Sncvr i I tßrrtldl! thirst. *>u the Eollowin- i\a,xa tided, ruaurfwd. ■ { tindthu remainder were so reduced that tney eonld • barely erawt about the heat. Hit tnt ninth day auer , 1 tuiwiiiif their vessel they -were picked np by the «;ref* I ] and tl»l<Bn ouboanl. w'nvre every kiivlncs! was showi. ! i them. but. in spite of the ear-j with, winch they were 1 J traated. their privations had- lecu so severe tnat v.l'.en I ■'. thuy w«ru lauded at l.iven'ool the majcrity were -o ! ! weak that they had to be t ikeu to the hospital. The I captain, however,, was able to jo to his own home..

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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 30, 26 May 1876, Page 2

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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 30, 26 May 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 30, 26 May 1876, Page 2

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