Shipping Intelligence.
PORT OF TIMARU. ABRIVUU. Nil SAILED. Nil. The "ship Sir Humphrey Davie, which sailed from Sydney on January 19th last for London, encountered on February 6th, off the south, onast of New Zealand, a cyclone, which lasted for forty-eight hours, and from which. Captain Davie, her Commander, Had to run before the wind iv order to save his vessel. She escaped by a miracle, bnt had to put into Valparaiso for repairs, and. only reached England early m September. On the second day of the cyclone she passed enormous quantities of wreck— apparently that of a large vessel — but was unable to heave-to m order to examine it On his arrival m England Captain Davie, after hearing that the Glenmark sailed on Feb Ist from Lyttelton, became convinced that the wreck he passed on February 7th was most probably that of the ill-fated Glenmark. The above information has been received by Mr M. Stoddarfc. of Diamond harbor, from Mrs Gordon, mother of Mr Gordon, ■ chief mate of the Glenmark, aud was published is the Pros newspaper.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 818, 20 November 1872, Page 2
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178Shipping Intelligence. Timaru Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 818, 20 November 1872, Page 2
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