SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
FORT OF OAMARU. * VESSEIS IS PORT. JtfcT 3. Wif-Wm. Bttinntltid—Endta*our. Snlwoner—Zlor. *% ton f fc , P«r Rfiodertek Dhu. tot Auckland-099 sacks wheat. F. CttnntoaUitm uut Co.: SW three-ouarter sacks Hoar, SO ditto bran. t(JO ditto oatmeat. 50i> ditto wheat. Andettoa and Co. Th* brieantine. Rhodorlek t»ha. Captain M'Kenaie. tooled out Kw the Breakwater at eight o'clock J esterd»mOTnftl«r*ndsaileda«fciraa the outeranchorage. w&s»anchorwa» Ms go.wd <** to*"? toofc departure ft* Auckland at '&4S in the afternoon. *£« brte Wave hjwifed atonifside the Breakwater this monrtnfcV and at onco commonest H> discharge ear,r». ♦ SPECUI* SMJPPWO TELEGRAM", froo* oca ows coaaa»?osT)iG»'v. J Watittstftoy. Monday. Th«i Mabel Jano. from Oamaru. arrived here l \ s . E i£hS o'clock yesterday morning, but lay outside until this morningf. EXTRAORDINARY RESWE. On* ol the most slnifuiar rescues ever reported occurred (the '-South Australian Advertiser reports) dttrtUK the voyage of the, Jta Marote. from Fremantle. sfc«.*Slooaer waV running at the fate o«! ten knot* per boor. before » heavy westerly gate, when the alarm wa» aiveft ot a man overboard. One of «"« South Sea Mftmiaro had been relieved from- the wheat., antl m, a heavy pair ot boots and an oilskin coat, was going forward wker* ha waa knocked overboard by a sea which came over the side. The waves were running mountainous!* a* he dropped astern ; but the report was t»<> ■wmer madw than the schooner wa* rounded to. in the bar* hop* of saving? the unfortunate man. She came to the wind under a press of sail, made a short reach, MM* was soon about on the other tack. To jwk-e of iSilimUa such occasions i« difficult, but the nutter WinstdeJS that a quarter of an hour elapsed betore the position where th« man was tost overboard was retained. A sharp toofc-out was kept, and on heading over art Immense sea the voice of the man wa* heard above the roar ot the state. 'Che waj of the wait «M at once stopped, and the wan swam up to the sute. and wut taken on board. He had thrown ofl the heavy boots* but brought the oilskin coat back. «> A LOSO-LOST CABGO. Irrformatioa received In London from temriy. on the westcoaet ot Denmark, gives some interesting facts concerning a towr-lost carvro- of Newcastle grindstones. It »t»tfl7*at onMShaTth- or Bth of May. tap. a vessel w» wrecked near Thisted. and that now the huit has bean found by a divinff company. "AH the mforrnatioo fs»y» tha writerl that can now be obtained respecting her b that she was an Enarlish brisr. that the crew »ÜBPO«sd tc be nine, all perished with the exception of two. who drifted ashora on a piece of the after-deck: that the canto, was coals, above them mitt -stones, and had In Mock» On the 27th March tast a divinr eorapany fotmd the spot where the vessel ties sunk. wbtob, l» about 800 fltthoms front the shore, m sue fathom* water, and recovered three blocks of lead. The- diver noticed a number of btouks. and several millstones. The btoctcs are in jrond condition, ami are marked *W. BlacftetV and on the other side W. 8.. 183 a.'" .
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 62, 3 July 1876, Page 2
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