EARLY SHIPPING DAYS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17032, 4 May 1923, Page 10

EARLY SHIPPING DAYS.

VOYAGES FROM THE OLD COUNTRY. TALES OF THE EMIGRANT SHIPS. The romance and some of the hardships of the early shipping days of New Zealand are recalled in the series of articles now being published by the “ Star ” relating to the early shipping days. Many people are interested in the subject, as there are still many old identities with us, while thousands of citizens of the Dominion are descended from the old stock which braved the voyages in the sailers of the ’fifties, 'sixties and 'seventies. The article primed to-day consists or extracts from th* early files. j ARRIVAL OF THE HASTINGS. | (From the “ Lyttelton Times,” I October '29, 1856.) Arrived—At Wellington, October 14, 1 ship Hastings, 500 tons, Carrew, from London, via the Cape of Good Hope. I Passengers : For Wellington—Mr E. Duppa, Mr i Albert Albrecnt, Mr Newman Cash, Mr Wilson and two children, Mr and Mrs . Dumber and child, William Gunn, Har- : riett Roberts. James Duff. For Canterbury—Mr and Airs Wil- i son, Air Butler, Air and Mrs Burnett j and four children, Daniel Warren, : Agnes Earle, John Lever, Mr and Airs j Liffton and five children, Daniel Brown, Joseph Taylor, .Robert Wilson, Alary j Kirkham Wilson, George Death. Air I and Airs Wishart and child, Thomas j Dennison. Samuel Gibbons, Sarah Gib- j bons, James Jones, Alary Ann Parker, j Emma Parker. Alary Parker, Edward i Durand, Mary Durand, Sarah Ann 1 Durand, Joseph Woodhams. THE FLIRT CAPSIZED. j A severe storm on Friday night capsized the schooner Flirt in Lyttelton i Harbour by a sudden shift of wind j when the storm was at its height. She ; was completely turned over, but was j righted again next morning with little j loss, having no cargo on board. FATAL ACCIDENT AT AAIURI. * (From the “ Lyttelton Times,” j December 10, 1856. The schooner Caledonia has just ar- ) rived from Amuri without her master and one of her men. It appears that in bringing two bales of wool from the shore with three hands in the boat, the I wool rolled with a lurch and upset i them. One of the men swam to the schooner. Randal, the master, and i Ala rah were drowned in the surf. The ! survivor, the only man remaining on ! the schooner, attempted to bring her ! to port alone, and fortunately falling i in with the Hannah, received assist- j ance from her and reached Lyttelton in safety. Randal has been well known and much esteemed in this town since its first existence, having been one of the crew of the ship Charlotte Jane. His loss is severely felt by all who knew him. ARRIVAL OF THE EGMONT. (From the “Lyttelton Times,” December 24, 1856.) Arrived—December 23, ship Egmont, 787 tons. S. C. Gibson, from London, September It). Passengers:— Cabin—Right Rev the Bishop of Christchurch, Airs Harper, Air M. W. Harper, Masters H. W. and G. S. Harper, and Misses Harper (6). the Rev Geo. H. Eyre, Airs Eyre and seven children, Air and Airs R. J. S. Harman, Air and Airs Haywood, Misses Lough, Anderson, To Hesse and de Renzy. Messrs C. Clark, A. Strong, B. W. D. Cook, F. Greeness., M. Sprot, G. F. Lock, W. de Renzy, J. Tomlinson. and T. Cholmondeley. Steerage passengers, all for this port—D. Rankin, T. Brown, W. Cuddon, R. Button, R. Oswald, E. arid H. Archer, Marianne Bogis. C. Hildyard, G. and D. Pierce. AY. H. Lynch, A. AJoilison, wife and daughter, Jano Forsyth, T. Barrett. AY. Penlington, K. Mullroy, Fanny Simmons, J. Alerron and wife. C. Aferton. wife and four children. G. Merton, wife and one child, C. Adler, A. Brench, AY. Rose. Sarah AVilkinson, A. Cole, Charlotte and .Jessy Cole. G. Alexander, wife and daughter, J. Burns and wife, J. Borgfield. AY. Avenge l lv, wife and daughter. G. Gibbs, wife, three sons and four daughters, E. Rocket, wife, one son and two daughters, AY. J. and S. Manning, Ursula and Eliza Alanning, H. Alanning, wife and son. R. Duffell, J wife, two sons and two daughters, G. j Knapp, Susan AYilson. Jeffrey Deal, I wife, son and five daughters.' James i Deal, wife, son and daughter, W. Deal j and son, J. AVinnev and wife, D. ; AVinney. H. AVinnev, wife, son and j daughter. G. Wilson, J. Barford, A. j Blewcll. E. Holmes A. Buekwold, AY. I Head, wife and son, A. AYilson, wife, j daughter and three sons G. Warden, wife, four daughters and three sons, AY. Buck. Hester Bontell. Catharine A U Don aid. Elizabeth Swan, Mary AVilkinson. W. Wheeler and wife, Emma Wheeler, G. Prebble. wife, son and two daughters. J. Smith and son. Margaret Cotton, for sons and two daughters, H. Attchen and wife, S. Merton Summary. Children between Adults. I and 12. Infants.

Total Statute adults, 1184. There were four deaths on board—rne of the crew, two adult steerage passengers (Airs Pvebble and Airs Wheeler), and one infant (A'engelly). The Egmont left Gravesend on Thursday, September 11, 1856, passed the equator on October 12. sighted Tristan D’Acunha- October 31, sighted Desolation November 22, passed the longitude of Hobart Town December eighty-nine days out. Afterwards experienced squally, unsettled weather, principally from the north-east, driving the vessel fro-m as far south as the Auckland Isles. Spoke November !fi ship Red Gauntlet, from London, for Sydney, seventy days out, in lat. -14.42 S.. and longitude S.BE. Spoke November 18, ship Telegraph, from London for Melbourne, sixty-five days out. latitude 45.9 S., and longitude 10.42 E.

English arid German 94 39 6 Scotch . 3 0 1 Irish 2 0 0 Equal to Stat. adults 99 m