Phases of the Moon.
Last Quarter, 9tb, 7.52 a.m. New Moon, 16th, ... 5.44 p.m. First Quarter, 23rd, 9.7 a.m. Full Moon, 30th, ... 9.5 p.m. Regarding the collision which occurred between the Union Co.'s s.s. Claud Hamilton and the barque Eden, the Melbourne Argus states:— "The Claud Hamilton, inward bound from New Zealand, via Newcastle, and coal laden, was struck on the starboard side almost m a line with the captain's cabin on deck and the companion leading to the saloon, the barque cutting her down below the waterline, and making an ugly fissure about 2ft or 3ft m width at the waterway, and tapering downwards wedge shape to a point. The deck was also cut into to the extent of three planks, and had the weather been rough with anything of a sea on, the situation would have been critical. Means were taken to prevent the water making too rapid ingress" through the gap, and the Cloud lost no time m steaming up to the Bay and getting alongside the coal hulk Sampson. The biow must have been given with some force, for the thick iron plates were driven right m when they were struck. The Eden had her jibboom carried away, and the cutwater and stem extensively damaged. The port bow was also stove m, and, being a wooden vessel, all her planking and timbers at the entrance have been started, so that she has not escaped lightly. She was m charge of Pilot Gaunsou, and when the vessels met the shock sent him flying against the poop-rail, inflicting a severe contused wound on his head just above the left eye. Captain Payne, chief habormaster, on hearing of the occurrence, gave orders for a steamer to proceed to the barque, and the Sophia was alongside her at 3 o'clock m the morning, but did not take her m tow until half-post 6 o'clock. The collision, it may be mentioned, happened about half -past 11 o'clock on Friday night. All the canvas the barque had set was her topsails and jib, and her speed, it is said, was about 2£ knots.
A.M. V.M. September. Monday ... 22 ... 10.55 ... 11.19 Tuesday ... 23 ... 11.42 ... 0. 5 Wednesday 24 ... 0.37 ... 1.1 Thursday ... 25 ... 1.28 ... 1.52 Friday ... 26 ... 2.16 ... 2.40 Saturday ... 27 ... 3. 0 ... 3.24 Sunday ... 28 ... 3.43 ... 4. 7
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 901, 23 September 1879, Page 2
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385Phases of the Moon. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 901, 23 September 1879, Page 2
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