THE ANGLIAN IN A GALE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10422, 26 July 1895, Page 1

THE ANGLIAN IN A GALE.

Auckland, July 25;— Early this; morning the Anglian' arrived from Sydrieyi after a passage ofsixdays. She had a trying experience during the heavy weather. She left Sydney* after midnight on Thursday, and had light westerly winds, with fine weather until 10 o'clock on Saturday night, when: the wind increased to a strong breeze, accompanied by a steady downpour of rain. v. At midnight the" wind, hauled to the N. and N.E., and blewa heavy gale, the squalls being tremendous anda cross sea being raised:' The steamer shipped quantities of water both fore and aft. ''Herhead* was'pufr ta the sea and the engines were slowed: down.- The gale steadily increased and the sea became more heavy until, at 20 minutes past 4, a tremendous sea broke on board,: smashing the' after skyjight, breaking the after wheel, and doing other damage. A number" of cases of acid which were stowed on deck broke adrift, and a grating, in washing about thY deck,; broke the windows pf the skylight, thus letting water into the saloon and the state cabins, which were completely flooded, there being at one time over. 2ft of water in she main saloon. .-.All hands were set to work throwing the cases of acid overboard and clearing away the other debris which was floating about the deck. The men were up to their waists whilst engaged in thU'work. The hatches were burst by the weight of water which came on board, and a large quantity, found ita way into the hold amongst, the cargo, which was to some extent damaged. Of the 14 horses on deck nine were washed overboard, and everything movable about the decks;was swept away. JTrom 4to 6 o'clock the gale wa3 at its height, blowing with terrific force,- and all on hoard were prepared for the worstr-it being feared that, with the amount of wafer coming on board and the tremendous cross sea that was raging, the steamer would founder, lhe gale began to abate shoitly after 6 o'clock, and by noon it had moderated. The wind shortly changed to the westward, bringing fine weather, and this continued till arrival. The passengers have presented Captain LeNevue with an address complimenting him upon the skill and seamanstap he displayed, and expressing appreciation of the conduct of his officers and crew/:

MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION STEAM SHIP . COMPANY'S FLEET. — Thursday, July 25: NeUon ingtOn~GraftOn arrived :n &-m- from Nelson—Wainui: sailed 10 a.m. for Westport, Penguin sailed 11a.m. for Picton. «*P°n-. Greymouth-Mawheia sails 10 p.m. for Nelson;

The s.s. Omapere landed cargo at the Rattray street wharf yesterday. She leaves DunaSn th& afternoon for Westport, via Timaru . uneamlnls lhe s.s. Flora steamed down to Port Chalmers yesterday morning, and left the -wharf in the afternoon for Auckland, via the East Coast ports PmJ rl ; im lng ?\& om Lyttelton, arrived at Porti Chalmers_at 5.30 p.m. yesterday, and was berthed at the George street pier, to tale in tranShl?s ieoirte?;^ aOn-, £ he left Ly«elton at lpm d^thtwt1 aUd had Bt'-g southerly w?nds

Captain Mahon has relinquished the command of the barquentme Debnira, and is succeeded by Captain W. Hutchuisou, her late chief officer The signal letters allotted to the Delmira the Commercial Code (and which do not ajTnear in Lloyd's Register) are " HVKD " a PP°ar w The wreck of the ship Cape Verde no longer figures in the maritime notices at Melbourne as an obstruction to navigation. There is now 31ft nf water over the remains of the ill-fated ihir, i+ high water, and Mr Wilson. theS§ r t and harbours, will remove the danger signals and declare the fairway once more.freeforn&vieitirm The barque Calburga, from New York vik Adelaide, should arrive at this port in about 10 days. The barque Firth of Lorn is 90 days out from Glasgow, and should soon turn, up at th- headi The s.s. Wakatipu, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff, will arrive at Dunedin to-morrow morning, and leaves Port Chalmers on Sunday afternoon for Sydney, via Cook Strait The s.a Waihora, from Sydney, via Cook Strait ■will arrive at the tongue wharf on Saturday morning, and leave Port Chalmers on Sunday afternoon for Melbourne, via the Bluff and Hobart.

The iron barque Callso, formerly a Well-known trader here, has changed her nationality, and now sails under the German flag. She will load at Auckland for London, under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company. \ The Chilian Government have given notice that on September 1,1895, alight will be shown from a lighthouse in course of conetruction at Cape Cananza. The light will- be a third order, dioptric, flashing white'light every 30 seconds, elevated 170 ft above the sea, and visible from a distance of 18 miles in clear weather. Tho lighthouse is 56ft high, with a cylindrical white tower Tjiih a green lantern and-cupoia, situated on the

ARRIVAL OF THE WAIMATE. Meeting a Derelict in Mid Ocean. _ Tlie Now Zealand Company's ship Waimitfe, from London waa reported from Taiaroa Heads at 1 p.m. yesterday The tug Phiclcy at ouce proceeded down to tender her and brought her in- ide the. hcada at 2.30 p.m., under the charge of Pilot MUne. towing her, up as far as the quarantine ground, \vh»re she anchored, having on hemrd some 15 tons of gunpowder. While comincuo tne hßTbour she was met by the «•■ storns boat and aftor the cr«>w had been inspected and passed by the health officer she wa* an mittpcl to pratique boarded aud cleared by the1 customs' offi'ciald! After discharaitig her combustibles she will have to lighten before procacdin« to I'unedin her draught beins 30ft. The Waimala is still under the command »f Captdin Worstcr, whom we heartily welcome baik, nnd who brings with him as chief officer Mr J. E. Dawson, Mr W Troop being second. She biiugs Rome 1800 ton? of eugo, 500 tons of which is for tin? Bluff. Cipt'iin Wnrstar reports that on May 22, with a light S.E. wind and fine, clear weather, at 10 a.m. saw the hull of a large ship to the S.E.; beat up to her, and at 2.15 pm. hoveto, alongside of her, and sent the chief officer and csrpbntT on board. It proved to be the British ship Salsctte, 1(514 tons, Captain Panton, belonging to Ales6rs James Shepparri and Co., of London, which had sailed from London on March 3, bound to Melbourne, with a general cargo. She was completely burnt out, nothing but the hull of the vessel left, with amass of ashes at the bottom of her hold. ■ The ashes were still burning. All decks, houses, poop, and top gallant forecastle had been consumed, her iron beams twisted and bent, the outside' plates above the water line were blistered and warped by the great heat she had been subjected to. The foremast and mainmast, with everything belonging to them, had totally disappeared ; all the deadeyes were burnt, only the bandsbcingleft. Thextrel mizeu-roast was twisted and broken off near the heel, and had fallen aft ; it lay with the • head over the port quarter, the cross jackyard alongside of it, and a portion of the topmast, with the two topsail yards, hanging over the stern. The oniy spar still intact was the horn or bowsprit. That was also steel and uninjured. A few broken stays with some rags of canvas were hanging from U. In the hold amongst the a'hcK were large masses of glass fused together, looking like lumps of ice. arid in the centre and for 40ft or 50ft fore atid aft the ashes seemed to be at a white heat with pale blue flames arising from them. As it w.yi impossible to save the ship, and as she was lying right in the track of vesssls and very dangerous to navigation,' Captain Worster had a rivet knocked out of her bottom, arid he was ef opinion that she would sink in a couple of days. The wreck was drawing 12ft forward and about 15ft aft when they boarded her. There were four, or five sharks' swimming about the wreck all the time and came very close to the boat. There was also a number'of fin-back whales playing about. The position of the wreck at noon was lat. 17.39 S.,long 33.40 W. Captain Worster leports leaving London on April 11; anchored at Gravesend and took on board 15 tons of gunpowder, leaving again on the following day ; had a strong easterly gale, wivh clear weather down the Channel, and took her departure from Start Point on the 14th. Thence she had variable winds across the Bay of Biscay, followed by light winds for seven days. and took the N.E. Lrades on the 29th, in 1at."29 N., long. 19 W. The trades were moderate and gave out on May Bin lat. 6 N., long. 22 W. They were ■ succeeded by variable winds for.four days, •when the S H,. trades were met in lat. 2 N., long. 2t W.. on May 13 ; crossed the equator on the 15th in long. 27 W. Thß S.E. trades were only moderate, and finally gave out ■on May 25 in lat. 24 S., lnng. ,34 V/. Then she had variable winds, principally from the westward, and crossed the meridian of Greenwich on June 6 in lat. 35 S ; still, keeping similar weather she rounded the Cape of Good Hope on the 10 in lat. 39.30 S., moderate winds from N. to N. W. round to W. marked hor passage across tho Southern Ocean, and she .passed the meridian-of Cape! Leu win on July 4, in, lat. 43.30 S.; thence to. the | meridian of Tasmania she experienced a nuccession ' | of heavy gales with very high .ce?s, oil bags being , frequently used, notwithstanding which she 1 shipned same heavy seas, which flooded her decks, 1 but. fortunately no damage was done. The heavieat gale was from the N.N.W., on the 13th, the barometer falling to I2S 33, and th« -vessel was hove to under her lower loaintopsail. Passed the. island of Tasmania on the 16th, in: lat. 47 S. ; then had .moderate winds, principally from the N.K., with fine weather, up to the Snares, which were passed at 7 a.m. on the 24th, when a fresh southerly breeze sprang up, attended with snow and hail squalls, which hejd along the coast." Sighted Gape.Ssiunders at 11 a.m. yesterday, and towed into port as above. No ice was seen. '