Port of Riverton.

Western Star, Issue 132, 18 March 1876, Page 4

Port of Riverton.

ENTERED OUTWARDS. March 11—James Paxton, 61 tons, Bowen, master, for. Dunedin. Whittingham. Brothers and Instone, agents. EXPORTS. Per James Paxton —35,000 feet timber, Whittingham Bros, and Histone. Whittingham brothers and Ins.tope, agents. Poet op Invercargill. ARRIVED. March 15 —Comerang, p.s., 152 tons, Best, from Port Chalmers. Passengers : Mrs Shepherd and child, Miss Galloway, Mr and Mrs George Darrell ap.d dramatic company Port op Bluff Habbouk. arrived. March 10 Ringarooma, s.s., 623 tons, M‘L?an, from Melbourne Passengers Mr Ross ; and 4 steerage March 16: —Express, s.s., 136 tons, Fraser, from Dynedin, Passengers : Mrs Steward and daughter, Mrs Boon, Misses Wilson and Beddow, Messrs Adamson, Longford, Cordon, Keith, Cross, Mason, Cunningham, Low, Moffett; and 6 steerage. March 16r Arawata, s.s., 623 tons, Underwood, from, Dunedin. Passengers Messrs Denniston, Turnbull, Knight, J. G. S. Grant, Rev £. G- and Mrs Penny, Miss Bain ; and 1 steerage. IAtIiED, March 1-1 —Ringarooma, s.s 1 ,623 tons, M‘Lean‘ for Dunedin. Passengers : Messrs Henderson, Cuthbertsop, Topi and son, Moses, Simpson, Gordon, Denuiatop and 3 steerage March 11—Express, s.s., 136 tons, Fraser, for Dunedin. Passengers Mrs Firth, Msssrs M‘lntosh, Thomas, Masters Morton (3); and 2 steerage. March 16- -Arawata, s,s., 6£3 tons, Under.Wopd, for Melbourne Shortly after midnight on Saturday last an accident occurred on board the Comerang as she was about starting from Dunedin jetty on her trip, to Invercargill. It appears that just as she was leaving the wharf, the boiler burst, but fortunately without doing any very serious injury to any of the passengers, although one of the firemen had his, foot severely scalded. Amongst the passengers were various members of the Circus Troupe, who had with them a number of the horses, one of which, Abd-el-Kader, was very severely scalded;. Another, of the horses was likewise injured through a. rush of steam getting into the fore-hold, where they were confined, and we. understand that the loss has been estimated by ifr Wilson, the proprietor of the Circus, at something like £I,OOO, Mr- and Mrs George Darrell, and a full company, were also passengers, for Invercargill, where they had made arrangements to oppn for a, season, on Tuesday evening (14th), The Comerang left Dunedip on Monday afternoon, and arrived at Invercargill next day, hut started on Thursday op. her return journey,without coming to Riverton.