EARLY SHIPPING DAYS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17159, 1 October 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 »Tew Zealand are recalled in the series of articles now 'being* 1 published by the " Star ” relating- to the early shipping days. Many people are interested in the subjeot, as there are still many old identities with ns, while thousands of citiiens of the Dominion are descended from the old stoch which braved the voyages in the sailers of the ’fifties, ’sixties and ’seventies. The article printed to-day consists of extracts from the early files. ARRIVAL. OF THE LANCASHIRE WITCH. (From the “ Lvttelton Times,” July 30, 1867.) A rived. —July 29, Lancashire Witch, I ship, 1574 tons, King, from London. : Passengers— Saloon- -Miss M’Donnell, Mr and' Mrs Mi licit. Miss Col ling wood, Miss Donaldson, Miss Hastings, Miss Oshorn, Mr and Mrs J. Penn, Mr and Mrs W ood and nine children, Messrs Graham, Mansford, F. M. Peploe, F. s’.nd G. Sweetland, M. de Lautour, J. H. Philpott, Brunker, Gordon, Ryvott, and Mrs Gainer. Second cabin—Twelve, and Government immigrants in the steerage. Government Immigrants. Families and children— Farm labourers—Hininan Jackson and wife, Lancashire; Joseph Spooner, wife and three children, Norfolk; Thomas Murray, wife and two children, Ayrshire ; Daniel .Grieg and wife, Fifeshire; Thomas Sheehan, wife and two children. Cork. Labourer—Thomas Henderson, wife and three children, Armagh. Cook- Philip Davis and wife, Oxfordshire. Single Men—Farm labourers—W. P. Cross. Emerson Clarkson, Yorkshire; Robert Findlay, Aberdeenshire. Labourers -Thomas and Henry Davis, Oxfordshire; William Walker. Robert Walls. Ix>ndonderrv ; Thomas Quinn, Sligo; William Owens, TipIrerary. Watchmaker __ James Swindell, Middlesex. Baker—William Clay. Warwickshire. Grocers—Robert William Carver, Leicestershire; Frankling Hodges, Cornwall. Single Women—Domestic servants—Jemima W’icks. Oxfordshire; Sarah H. Clay, Warwickshire; Mary Jane W r alls, Londonderry; Maria Quinn, Sligo; Flora George, Elizabeth Alice Small, Theresa Fooley Emily Mudd. Middlesex; Eliza Daniels, Harriet Goddard. Surrey: Emma WilV?™*’ Hampshire; Eliza J. Bradley, Middlesex; Morey Seekerson. W 7 orcesHiire ire ' ■ Emma Lowther ’ CambridgeDomestic servants—-Ann and Eliza Trumper, Herefordshire; Hester Hos- , IV G’ornwall : Jane and Helen Camp- , : ' I ei’ohfehire ; Grahame Syme. Fifeshire r Catherine Gilchrist, Donegal; Rachel Trizell, Jane Kovel Twone • Margaret Meade, Jane Alexander! Kings County; Margaret Burn, W’ioklow; Prudence Williams, Kerry; Ellen Lrodie Maria Eldridge, Limerick: Mary Owens, Sarah Edwards, Ellen J.awior, Mary St John. Tipperary; Hannah M. AV right, Armagh; Annie Bennett, Ann Kelso, Down.

Ccoks—Man- Birmingham, Louisa Warwiekshhe; Elizabeth Smith, Surrey; Margaret Baird, Stirlingshire ; Elizabeth Beswe t her \v ic k Cornwall. Honseleeptr Elizabeth Bant, -Middlesex. -Dairy-women riephzibah Sbain Worcestershire; Mary A. Portion.. An! inni; Sarah Hickey, Tipperary. Barmaid—Emily Wederell, Surrey Dressmakers—Harriet Bussell Sn'rle'Ar i? ,rnry F ° st «>’> Warwickshire, j Milliner—Elizabeth Lewis, '\ViltXurses—,Annie Swift, Lancashire. Matron—Elizabeth Bant Louisa Lowther, Cambridgeshire ; Emma. Colley, Herefordshire Summary—Farm labourers 8, labourei» 8, baker 1, cook 1. watchmaker 3 !smgle_ women—Domestic servants 86. cooks t> housekeeper 1, dairywomen 3. barmaid 3, Dressmakers 3, milliner 1 nurse 1, matron 1. Male adults IS)’ female adults 59', male children 8, f G . male children 2, infant i ; total 89 equal to 83 statute adults I_The 1 _ The Lancashire Witch, Captain ,Mng;, anchored in Lyttelton harbour yesterday morning, about 8 a.m., having arrived off the Heads on Sunday evening. She left Gravesend early in I lie morning of April 2. and was 1 alien ! m tow by the steam tug and towards i evening anchored off Ramsgate. She weighed anchor at 4 p.m. on the 3rd; . landed the river pilot and took or board the sea pilot. During the next .ti reo days expe nenced rer y he av y gales ivhicb continued till the Bth. and the ship was compelled to put back. On the 9th the ship got under weigr again, was clear of the Channel on the l ; Stli, having had 16 days continuoui bad weather. Experienced a stro*.i« galo on the 20th, carrying away for* staysail, smashing one of the boats rfcu filling the second cabin with water. O t •bo 20th passed 60 miles east of tlv Island ,of Maderia. Haring now go into some fine weather; the passenger: commenced to enjoy themselves, ant ou the evening of May 1 a concert vva hold on the main dack. Crossed th< <M£uator on the morning of May In | The 24th being the Queen’s birthday J was celebrated with all due honour

a concert was held. On June 1 there "’as a Jittle wind in the morning:, which towards evening freshened to a gale, carrying awa.v the fore-topsail. From this date to June 5 she experienced very heavy weather. Was off the coast of Australia on July 13. On the morni ing of July 11 Peter Jackson, the sail | maker, was found dead in his bed; rjp * posed to have died of consumption, \./n the 23rd in the morning a heavy thun derstorm came on. with very vivid lightning. The sea got up very high, striking the bulwarks of the ship and breaking them and nearly drowning the first and second officers. The Snares were sighted at 9 a.m.. on the 24th. making the passage 00 days from land to land. The Peninsula was sighted on the morning of the 27th. and the vessel arrived at her anchorage as above. Two births occurred on board. The saloon and other passengers express themselves as highly pleased with the conduct of the captain and bis officers during the voyage, and presented Captain King with a testimonial.