SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Colonist, Volume XII, Issue 1170, 11 December 1868, Page 2

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. Sailed.—December 10.—Steamer Lord Ashley, for Nelson. LYTTELTON. Arrived.—December 10.—Steamer Tararuit; from Wellington ; steamer Airedale, from Wellington. Sailed.—December 10.—Steamer Wainui, for Timaru; steamer Beautiful Star, for Duriedin; steamer Tararua, for Dunedin. HOKITIKA. Abeived.—December 9 —Steamer Kennedy, from G-reyinouth. 10. —Steamer Murray, from Westport; steamer Waipara, from Greymauth ; schooner Mary Van Every, from Dunedin; steamer Gothenburg, from Nelson. GREYMOUTH. Sailed.—December 10. —Steamer Waipara, for Hokitika; Magnet, for Melbourne. WE3TPORT. Arrived. — December 10.—Steamer Charles Edward, from Greymouth. Sailed.—December 10.—Steamer Charles Edward, for Wanganui. Eapid Passage.—The schooner Sisters left Motupipi at 4 p.m. on Tuesday last, and arrived here at 9 p.m. same day, thus a"complishing the passage, a distance of about sixty miles, in five hours. Collision on the Thames. —A shocking catastrophe occurred at Westminister Bridge on Sunday, October 4. A boat containing five men came into collision with a barge moored in the centre arch of the bridge, and was immediately capsized. .'One of the party, named John Murphy, was rescued, but the others were drowned. The names of the deceased are Charles Lyons, Daniel Murphy, Eichard Hassel, and Jame3 Carter, alias Brummey.— Rome News.

A Pilot Boat Bun Down.—Another fatal neglect of the " rule of the road at sea" took place in the British Channel on Friday night, Octoher 2. When the Peninsular, and Oriental steamer Syria was off Durston Point she neared a Cowes pilot boat which, instead of giving the steamer a wide berth, tacked in. front of the latter and was literally run down. All on board (believed to be four in number) perished. By a sad coincidence, the pilot in charge of the steamer was uncle of the captain of thepilot boat. — Home News. ■"■■. •.

Loss of a Steamer.—A painful casualty occurred almost within sight'of the shore at Southsea, shortly after six o'clock on Monday morning, 28th September, by which a raluable iron steamer, cargo, and six lives were lost, before the violence of the gale would admit nf any assistance being rendered. The steamer Florence, of Sunderland, was bound from Trieste for London, with a general cargo—consisting principally of Indian corn, fruit, and staves—and was nineteen day* out when she encountered lieavy gales from the S.W., and made for Southsea, winch she reached in a sinking stare. A pilot boat endeavored to render help to the crew, all chances of saving the ship being then perfectly hopeless. Several lines were thrown from the boat to the vessel, but they all broke ; and at six the steamer went down, head foremost, leaving the crew on the hatches and planks. Twenty of the crew were picked up, after considerable difficulty, by the pilot boat, and were afterwards taken to Portsmouth. The captain, Mr. J. J. Thompson, jumped orerbonrd with a lifebelt, but, coming in contact (it is supposed) with some portion of the rigging, went down with the vessel and was drowned. An Italian gentleman and four of the crew were drowned. Thb British ship Tom Volker ha 3 been blown up by an explosion of naptha. Seven of the, crew perished. ' ;