New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-25
MARINE AFFAIRS.

Pesse 4 Murphy, Fulton Iron Works, foo. OF
Cherry.st., East River, have commenced to put on
board the steamer C.. Vanderbilt, Stonington Line,
by the New-York Boom Derrick Co., two very large
low pressure boilers and two Low pressure boilers on
board the steamer State of Maine, Fall River Line.
The size of these boilers follows the steamer
c. Vanderbilt 90 feet long, feet front, - feet high,
10 rect diameter in shell; State of Msine 81 feet long,
feet diameter, 10 feet high, and II feet wide.
A collision took place yesterday morning, off the
Battery. between the steamboat John Nelson coming
up the Bay and soop. The latter in the act of
lacking to get clear of the shore and in doing
scross the bow of the steamboat carrying away the
guards and portion of the deck. Several casks
board tho steamboat were knocked into the water,
but were picked up by boats which pat off from the
Battery as coon as the accident occurred. No serious
injury appeared 10 have been done to the soop which
pro eeded on her course toward Jersey City. Had
the soop been larger vessel and heavily laden 1t
would have cut the steamboat across and probably
sunk Der. As it was, the woodwork OF the latter was
demoli1hed as efectuay as if it had been so much
pssteboard. The collision so great that it was
heard by the people standing on the Battery.
The BALANCE Dock LAuNHED.-The Know
Something's declared that the enormous Balance
Dock Just completed by Mr.. VIM. ii. Webb, at the
mouth Of Bushwick Creek, if they did get her off
the woys she would stick in the mud. NOtwithstand-
ing these predictions yesterday forenoon, a few
minutes before - O'clock the Balance Dock took her
earthly departure proceeded on her ways" and
was launched in fine style az could be desire l.
The Dock is 325 feet long; 100 feet wide 80 feet
deep lifting capacity 900 tuns; cost nearly 100000
The iron work is to be put into the Dock by Messrs
Mott Ayres, at the foot of North Eighth-st, Will
liamsburgb, where she was lowed for that purpose.
QUICK PAssAGEs.-The clipper ships Phenix, Capt.
Hoxie and Gov. Morton, Capt. Burgess, arrived at
this port yesterday the former in 10 days, and the
latter in % days from Liverpool. The G. NJ. lost 30
of her passengers by cholera on the passage.
WRECK AT SEA.-Capt. Wheeler, of the bark
Walibam, arrived yesterday morning from Bristol,
reports that when on the Banks, lat. $50, he saw
Ia rge quantity of wrecked stuff, such bulwarks,
painted black, spars, &c. Also what appeared to be
boat bottom up painted black, about 90 or 30 feet
long; 1t was blowing very hard at the time he
could not make out anything further.
The ship American Eagle, while coming up the
bay on Monday night, missed stays and went ashore
on the Knoll, where she struck very hard, causing
her to leak badly. The pumps are kept constantly
going since. The steam-tug Leviathan lowed her
off and anchored her in quarantine. She ashore
three hours.
POLLOCK RIP LIGHT -BoAT.-This boat, from the
shoal from which she takes her name arrived here on
Saturday evening, commanded by Capt Samuel ID.
Clifford She is about 200 tuns burden, and was
built rome three years ago at Somerset. During the
heavy gales Of last winter she severely strained
and she has TO this port for repairs. She is to
be refsstened and recaulked, and to be supplied with
new lantern, similar to the one on the boat at the
South Shoal. She formerly called the "Old
Hickory" but the Light House Board last fall hsy-
ing voted to name light boats from the shoals at
which they stationed, and her name cha nged
accordingly There was no boat at Pollock Rip
Shoa until six years since, when the boat that now
lies at the Shovefull station placed there. The
mOoriDg of the Pollock Rip is about half mile from
the east end Of the shoa which makes out from the
light house Monomoy Point, six miles E. by s.
The bearings of the several lights from the Pollock
Rip boat are follows: Chsh am Lights bears North
westerly; Monomoy Point Light w. n W.. Shove
fun Light Boat Westnortberly; Nantucket Light 5.
w. by s.; SsDkaty Head Light :. by w. The Stone
Horse buoy lies in a direct line West in range the
Shovefull Light Boat. The number of vessels of all
descriptions that passed the Pollock Rip from the LIST
Of July to the LIST Of October was 1914, which shows
how much beat il needed at this station.
New. Bedford Mercury.