White Wings Vol I. Fifty Years Of Sail In The New Zealand Trade, 1850 TO 1900

Contents

• • [title page]
  • Preface
• • Boarding The Ships
    • [section]
    • Dangerous Work
    • On The Look-Out
    • Nearly Run Down
    • Dark Night And Heavy Gale p. 6
    • A Close Call p. 7
    • Fisticuffs p. 8
    • The Cattle Boats
      • With News From Australia
      • Walking To Onehunga
      • The Cattle And Coal Boats
      • Happy Days p. 9
    • The Te Kooti Massacre — How The News Came To Auckland. p. 10
    • A Savoury Derelict — "Scoop" That Miscarried.
    • Clipper Days p. 11
  • Inter-Colonial Clippers p. 12
    • [section] p. 12
    • the Trieste's Record p. 13
    • A Dead Heat
    • The Record From Newcastle
    • Captain Cooper Springs A Surprise
    • A Noted Line
    • Alice Cameron To The Rescue p. 15
    • Rescued
    • An Ugly Story
    • Nevada To Blame p. 16
    • The Brig Moa
    • The Brig Vision p. 17
    • The Huia
  • Records From San Francisco p. 18
  • The City Of Auckland p. 19
    • [section] p. 19
    • Scuttled To Save Her
    • "Star" Pigeons Go To Sea p. 21
    • The Ship Among The Ice
      • A 6500-Mile Race
      • A Glorious Night p. 22
      • A Dead Heat p. 23
    • Cast Away p. 24
      • The Wreck Of The City p. 24
      • Threatened To Shoot
  • Shaw, Savill And Albion Company p. 26
    • [section] p. 26
    • Immigrant Trade
    • Fine Craft
  • The Westland p. 27
    • [section] p. 27
    • Another Rapid Passage
    • The Run Out p. 28
    • A Record Round Voyage
    • Beat Them All
  • Stories Of The Auckland p. 30
    • [section] p. 30
    • The Dreaded Cape Horn
    • Perilous Plight
    • "The Yacht Of The Fleet."
    • A Stormy Voyage p. 32
    • Out Of Control
    • The Race Home
  • The Crusader p. 36
    • [section] p. 36
    • Great Turn Of Speed
    • An Ocean Race
    • Sails Blown Away
    • Passages To Auckland p. 38
    • Sprung A Leak
    • Leak Breaks Out Again
    • Saved By A Fish
  • The Chaudiere p. 39
  • The Lady Jocelyn p. 40
    • [section] p. 40
    • From North Of Ireland
    • To Tauranga Direct p. 41
    • Tough Tow
    • New Chums Welcomed p. 42
    • A Popular Ship
    • When She Was Trooping
    • In Heavy Weather p. 43
    • A Dandy Pilot
    • Clipper Ships
  • The Edwin Fox p. 44
    • [section] p. 44
    • Once a Freezer
  • The British Empire p. 46
  • The Ship Wellington p. 47
    • [section] p. 47
    • Almost On Three Kings
    • Run Down
    • A Miraculous Escape
    • Crashes Into A Berg
    • An Awful Death
    • "Now We Know."
    • Captain Cowan
  • The Forfarshire
  • The Barque Glenlora p. 51
    • [section] p. 51
    • Runs On Rangitoto
    • Floated Off
    • Eventful Run Home p. 53
    • Her Best Run
  • The Margaret Galbraith p. 54
    • [section] p. 54
    • Among The Ice
    • Only Just In Time
    • Queer Shapes
    • An Ice Continent p. 57
    • Enormous Icebergs
  • The Oxford p. 58
  • The Sam Mendel p. 59
    • [section] p. 59
    • Her Seventy-Five Day Passage
    • Loses Some Spars
  • The Antares p. 61
  • the Cospatrick Tragedy p. 62
    • [section] p. 62
    • Terrible Suffering
  • The Caduceus p. 64
  • The Invercargill p. 65
    • [section] p. 65
    • Under Tom Bowling
    • Washed Overboard p. 66
    • Another Stormy Voyage
    • On Her Beam Ends
    • Saved the Ship
  • The Wild Duck p. 67
  • Loss Of The St. Leonards p. 68
    • [section] p. 68
    • Mate's Thrilling Story
    • A Doomed Ship
    • High Praise
    • First Visit to Auckland p. 69
    • Captain Richard Todd — A Popular Shipmaster. p. 70
  • The Canterbury p. 71
    • [section] p. 71
    • Terrific Gale Encountered
    • Voyaging In 1877 p. 72
    • Washed Off The Poop
    • Random Memories
  • The Halcione p. 74
  • The Little Celaeno p. 76
  • The Dallam Tower p. 77
    • [section] p. 77
    • All Hands To The Pumps
    • Jury-Rig p. 79
  • The Robina Dunlop p. 81
  • The Trevelyan p. 82
  • The May Queen p. 83
  • The Lastingham p. 85
    • [section] p. 85
    • On A Ledge
    • Little To Eat
    • Rescue
  • The Christian McCausland p. 86
    • [section] p. 86
    • A Smashed Wheel
  • The City Of Dunedin p. 87
    • [section] p. 87
    • The Steamer City of Dunedin p. 88
  • The Merope p. 89
    • [section] p. 89
    • Captain Rose's Career p. 90
    • Great Changes
  • The Soukar p. 91
    • [section] p. 91
    • A.B.'s Drowned
    • Foot Of Water In Hold
  • The Mary Shepherd p. 94
  • The Hydaspes p. 95
    • Captain Babot p. 95
    • A Fine Old Vessel
  • The Jessie Readman p. 97
  • The Ship Excelsior p. 99
    • [section] p. 99
    • The Saloon Of Fifty Years Ago
    • Homeward Bound p. 101
  • The Gladys p. 102
    • [section] p. 102
    • Dragged Her Anchors p. 103
  • The Schiehallion
  • The Nelson p. 105
    • [section] p. 105
    • Touched a Rock
    • £2000 Salvage p. 106
    • Roaring Forties
  • The Zealandia p. 107
    • [section] p. 107
    • The Collision
    • Tempestuous Voyage p. 108
    • The First Zealandia p. 110
  • The Lutterworth p. 111
    • [section] p. 111
    • Steering Gear Breaks
    • Other Narrow Escapes
    • A Lively Passage p. 114
  • The Sea King p. 115
  • The Marlborough p. 116
    • [section] p. 116
    • the Marlborough Mystery
    • Another Story p. 117
  • The Wild Deer p. 118
    • [section] p. 118
    • Sails For New Zealand
    • Ship Ashore
    • The Rescue p. 119
  • The Dover Castle p. 120
  • The Alcestis p. 121
  • Two Sister Ships p. 122
    • The Timaru p. 122
      • [section] p. 122
      • Bad Weather
    • The Oamaru p. 124
      • Made 24 Round Voyages p. 124
      • Succession of Gales
      • Bad Buffeting p. 125
  • The Rob Roy p. 126
  • The Euterpe p. 127
  • The Conflict p. 128
  • The Speedy Turakina p. 129
    • [section] p. 129
    • A Wild Scene
    • "She's Gone!" p. 130
    • A Battle Foe Life
    • Perished Before Their Eyes
    • Death Of Captain Mills
    • Under A New Flag
    • Off The Cape
    • Washed Overboard
    • Sail Beats Steam p. 132
    • Her New Zealand Record
  • The Pleiades p. 133
  • The Maori p. 135
  • The Tweed p. 136
    • [section] p. 136
    • A Sailor's Memories p. 137
  • The Calypso p. 138
  • The Himalaya p. 139
    • [section] p. 139
    • Stormy Passage to Auckland p. 140
    • Miles of Ice
  • The Glenmark p. 141
  • The Hermione p. 142
  • the John Temperley p. 143
    • [section] p. 143
    • Among the Ice
    • Marvellous Escape p. 144
    • Nearly Ashore
  • The Coromandel p. 145
  • The Bulwark p. 146
    • [section] p. 146
    • Broken Limbs p. 147
    • Women At The Pumps
  • The Dunedin p. 148
  • The Lochnagar p. 149
  • The Lyttelton p. 151
  • The Adamant p. 152
  • The Peter Denny p. 153
  • The Gananoque p. 154
  • Two Sister Ships p. 155
    • The Otago p. 155
      • [section] p. 155
      • Ship Otago's Passages p. 156
      • A Smart Namesake
    • The James Nicol Fleming
      • [section]
      • Change Of Name p. 157
  • The Indian Empire
  • The Helen Denny p. 158
  • The Ironsides p. 160
  • The Pleione p. 161
  • The Aboukir p. 162
  • The Anazi p. 163
    • [section] p. 163
    • Finding of the Court
    • Alarm of Fire p. 164
  • The Avalanche p. 165
    • [section] p. 165
    • An Ocean Race
    • The Collision in the Channel p. 166
    • How the Accident Happened
  • The Smart Ship Norwood p. 167
    • [section] p. 167
    • The Royal Irish
  • The William Davie p. 168
  • The Ben Nevis p. 169
    • [section] p. 169
    • Well Buffeted
    • Put into Melbourne
  • The Taranaki p. 170
  • The Dragon p. 171
  • The Famenoth p. 172
  • The Bebington p. 173
    • [section] p. 173
    • A Bad Start
    • Typhoid Breaks Out
  • The Akaroa p. 174
  • Chariot Of Fame p. 175
  • The Parsee p. 176
  • The Messina p. 177
  • The Barque Hudson p. 178
  • The England p. 179
  • The Mermaid p. 180
  • The Langstone p. 181
  • The Cossipore p. 182
  • The Countess Of Kintore p. 183
  • The Wave Queen p. 185
  • The Glenhuntly p. 186
  • The Chile
  • The Silver Eagle p. 187
  • The Robert Henderson p. 188
  • The Matoaka p. 189
  • The Lancastria p. 190
  • The Dauntless p. 191
    • [section] p. 191
    • Death of Captain Moore
    • Burning of the Fiery Star
  • The Star Of Tasmania p. 192
  • The Loch Awe p. 193
    • [section] p. 193
    • Great Sailing
    • An Unpleasant Trip
    • Battened Down
  • The Merwanjee Framjee p. 195
    • [section] p. 195
    • Seventeen Days To The Line
    • A Friendly Call
    • Driven Mad p. 196
  • The Vanduara
  • The Weathersfield p. 197
    • [section] p. 197
    • Afloat Once More
    • A Perilous Moment p. 198
  • The Pladda
  • The Bombay p. 199
    • [section] p. 199
    • Welcome Help
    • Another Dusting p. 200
  • The Geraldine Paget
  • The Warwick p. 201
  • The Ballarat p. 202
    • [section] p. 202
    • "Kill or Cure."
    • Starvation Fare
    • Carried Out to Die
  • The Gareloch p. 203
  • The Light Brigade p. 204
    • [section] p. 204
    • Troops for the Maori War
    • Rough Weather p. 205
  • Loss Of The Killochan
    • [section]
    • A Heap of Wreckage p. 206
    • Puts in at Melbourne
  • The Coronilla p. 207
  • The Lancashire Witch
  • The Helenslee p. 208
  • The Water Nymph p. 209
  • The Electra p. 210
    • [section] p. 210
    • Succession of Gales
  • The Samuel Plimsoll p. 211
  • The Asterope p. 212
  • The Ship Portland p. 213
    • [section] p. 213
    • Trouble With The Crew
    • Lonely Strangers
  • The Saint Vincent p. 214
  • The Siam p. 215
  • The Four-Master Hinemoa p. 216
  • The Pegasus p. 217
  • The Ship Berar
  • The Ida Zeigler p. 218
    • [section] p. 218
    • The Wreck
  • The Ganges p. 220
  • The Queen Of Beauty p. 221
    • [section] p. 221
    • A Narrow Shave
    • Maori War Days p. 222
  • The Miltiades
  • The Star Of India p. 223
    • [section] p. 223
    • Ship on Fire
  • The Elizabeth Graham p. 224
  • The Columbus
  • The Asterion p. 225
  • The Troopship Robert Lowe
  • The Victory p. 227
  • The Queen Bee p. 228
    • [section] p. 228
    • Trying Time
    • Laid Down to Die
  • The Charlotte Gladstone p. 229
  • The Countess Of Seafield p. 230
    • [section] p. 230
    • In Storm Fiend's Grip
    • Passengers Man Pumps
  • The Devonshire p. 231
  • The Laira p. 232
    • [section] p. 232
    • Voyages to New Zealand
    • A Race Home
    • Visiting at Sea p. 234
    • In a Squall
    • Lucky Discovery
    • Met the Oban in a Fog p. 235
  • The Norham Castle
  • The Caroline p. 236
  • The Camperdown
  • The John Duncan p. 237
  • The Earl Granville
  • The Flying Foam p. 238
    • [section] p. 238
    • Under Arrest
    • Smashing Things
  • The Helvellyn p. 239
  • The White Rose p. 240
  • The Routenbeck
  • The Douglas p. 241
  • The Lanarkshire
  • The Spray Of The Ocean p. 242
  • The Alice
  • The Strathallan p. 243
  • The Alastor
  • The Northampton p. 244
  • The Crownthorpe
  • The Taunton
  • The Queens p. 245
    • [section] p. 245
    • Queen Of The Deep
    • Queen Of The Mersey
    • Queen Of India p. 246
    • Queen Of Nations
    • Queen Of The Age
    • Queen Of The West p. 247
    • Queen Of The North
    • The Warrior Queen
    • Queen Of Cambria
    • The Iron Queen
    • Queen Of The Avon p. 248
    • The British Queen
    • Queen Margaret
    • Fairy Queen
    • Queen Mab
  • The Telegraph
  • The Resolute p. 249
  • The N.Z. Shipping Company p. 250
    • [section] p. 250
    • Broke The Camel's Back
    • Amalgamation
    • Small Beginnings p. 251
    • Into Steam
    • Control From London
  • The Waimate p. 252
  • The Rangitiki p. 254
    • [section] p. 254
    • Fast Sailing
    • An Unlucky Voyage
    • Run Of Rescue Work
    • Doctor Wanted p. 256
    • Trip To Port Chalmers In '75
    • Change Of Rig And Name
    • Captain Pottinger's Death
    • Passages To New Zealand Ports p. 257
  • The Hurunui p. 258
    • [section] p. 258
    • A Favourite Ship p. 259
    • Good Average Passages
    • Feat Of Seamanship
    • A Boiling Sea
    • Providential Rescue
    • She Makes Amends p. 260
  • The Waipa p. 261
    • [section] p. 261
    • An Over-Christened Babe p. 263
  • The City Of Glasgow
  • The Otaki p. 264
    • [section] p. 264
    • Another Ocean Race
  • The Orari p. 266
  • The Wairoa p. 267
  • The Mataura p. 268
  • Ill-Fated Piako p. 270
    • [section] p. 270
    • Man Overboard
    • Ship On Fire
    • A Welcome Sight p. 271
    • Gallant Captain Boyd
    • Another Fire Experience p. 272
    • Captain Boyd's Career p. 273
    • the Piako's New Zealand Runs
  • The Algoa Bay — Picturesque Chanties. p. 274
    • [section] p. 274
    • Quite an Adventure
    • Sailors' Songs p. 275
    • Long-Winded
  • The Carnatic p. 276
  • The Waitara p. 277
  • The Jessie Osborne p. 278
    • [section] p. 278
    • "Star's" Carrier Pigeons p. 279
  • The Invererne p. 280
    • [section] p. 280
    • Re-Married
  • The Ann Gambles p. 281
    • [section] p. 281
    • Struck by a Squall
  • The Grasmere p. 282
  • The Fernglen p. 283
  • Loss Of The Surat p. 284
    • [section] p. 284
    • Confusing Accounts
    • Ran Her Ashore p. 285
  • The England's Glory p. 286
    • [section] p. 286
    • A Trying Passage
    • A Total Wreck p. 287
  • The Assaye
  • The Rakaia p. 288
    • [section] p. 288
    • Good Land To Land Passage
  • The Waitangi p. 291
  • Haul Away, Joe p. 292
  • Wanganui (Or Blenheim) p. 293
  • The Waikato p. 294
  • The Waimea p. 296
  • The Pareora p. 297
  • The Opawa p. 298
  • The Wanlock p. 299
  • The Baron Aberdare
  • The Ben Venue p. 300
    • [section] p. 300
    • Fast Sailing p. 301
    • The Ship a Total Wreck
    • Fearful Seas
    • Captain Mcgowan
    • Ship Of Same Name p. 303
  • The Stracathro
    • [section]
    • Dirty Weather p. 304
  • The Spirit Of The Dawn
  • Leave Her, Johnnie
  • The Loch Liners p. 305
    • [section] p. 305
    • The Loch Fleet
    • Loch Dee And Loch Fyne — Lost On The Homeward Voyage.
    • Washed Overboard
    • The Loch Cree — A Handsome Craft. p. 307
    • The Loch Urr
    • The Loch Ken — Astray In Hadraki Gulf. p. 308
    • The Loch Fergus p. 309
    • The Loch Doon
    • Other Loch Ships p. 311
  • The Monarchs p. 312
    • [section] p. 312
    • The Eastern Monarch
    • The Western Monarch
    • The Northern Monarch — Wrecked Off Egmont. p. 313
    • The Monarch p. 314
      • [section] p. 314
      • The Navy Takes a Hand
      • Passengers at the Brandy
  • The Ocean Mail p. 315
    • [section] p. 315
    • Race to London p. 316
    • Struck French Reef
    • Perjury Charge
  • The Carisbrooke Castle p. 317
  • The Star Of Erin
  • The City Of Dublin p. 318
  • The Thurland Castle
    • [section]
    • Caught Red-Handed
  • The Duke Of Edinburgh p. 319
  • The Hindostan
  • The Ashmore p. 320
  • The Hereford
  • The Asia
  • The City Of Agra p. 321
  • The Endymion
  • The Dilpussund
  • The Carona p. 322
  • The Palala
  • The Brahmin
  • The Lebu p. 323
  • The Dilharee
  • Dunfillan p. 324
  • The Cariolanus
  • The Rooparell
  • The Cardigan Castle
  • The Maraval
  • The Sydenham p. 325
  • The Fontenaye
    • [section]
    • Scottish Lassie
    • The Tythonus
    • The Buckinghamshire
    • The Salisbury
  • Ships Of Various Lines p. 326
  • The Blue Jacket
    • [section]
    • In The New Zealand Trade p. 327
    • A Wild Goose Chase
    • Fast Sailing p. 328
    • Tragic End
    • Days Of Agony
    • Picked Up p. 329
    • Fate Of Other Boats
  • The Red Jacket p. 330
    • [section] p. 330
    • Remarkable Round Voyage
    • Sailing Among the Ice p. 331
    • Huge 'Bergs
    • Comes To Auckland
  • The Famous Antiope p. 332
    • [section] p. 332
    • Turned Into Hulk
    • Beat the Steamer p. 333
  • The Fifeshire p. 334
    • [section] p. 334
    • Fashions Astonish Maoris
    • Annoyed the Acting-Governor
  • The Northumberland p. 335
    • [section] p. 335
    • After The Rum p. 336
  • The Prince Of Wales p. 337
  • Paddy Doyle's Boots p. 338
  • The City Of Cashmere p. 339
  • The Nimroud p. 340
    • [section] p. 340
    • A Versatile Sailor
  • The Celestial Queen p. 341
  • The Thomas Stephens p. 342
  • The Cashmere p. 343
  • The Lurline p. 344
  • The Janet Court
  • The Josephine Willis p. 345
    • [section] p. 345
    • Scene of Horror
    • An Awful Ordeal p. 346
    • Survivors and the Lost
  • The Egmont p. 347
  • The Simoon
  • The Chapman p. 348
  • The Empress
  • Loss Of Pitcairn Island p. 349
    • [section] p. 349
    • A Fine Weather Start
    • Death of the Boy
    • The Steward Succumbs p. 350
  • The Deva
  • The Joseph Fletcher p. 351
  • The Chrysolite
  • The Don p. 352
  • The Sir Edward Paget
  • The Mennock
  • The Donna Anita p. 353
  • The Caribou
  • The Rhea Sylvia
  • The British Trident p. 354
  • The Agnes Muir
  • The Earl Of Zetland
  • The Ulcoats p. 355
  • The Elizabeth Ann Bright
  • Salt Horse
  • The Anne Longton p. 356
  • The Green Jacket
  • The Allahabad
  • the Inconstant, Or Noah's Ark p. 357
  • The War Spirit
  • The Golden Sea
  • The Brothers' Pride
  • The Oliver Lang p. 358
  • The E. P. Bouverie
  • The Accrington
  • The Hylton Castle p. 359
  • The Thomas Daniels
  • The Captain Cook
  • The Talbot p. 360
  • The Michael Angelo
  • The British Crown
  • The Aldergrove
  • The Clontarf p. 361
  • The Glentanner
  • The Mystery
  • The Blairgowrie p. 362
  • The Sussex
  • The Cartsburn
  • Homeward Bound
  • Life On An Emigrant Ship p. 363
    • [section] p. 363
    • Getting Our Sea Legs
    • In Stays p. 364
    • Our Floating World
    • The After Guard p. 365
    • Auckland Fifty Years Ago
  • Albertland, And Other Ships
• • Index p. 366
  • Windlass Chantie p. 368

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