, 1872-10-26
MISCELLANEOUS MARINE ITEMS.


Nlnd-FroEn the southeast, light.
Inc schooner H. a. Richmond, reported to
be a total loss, has been raised and taken to
Traverse City. She is not seriously damaged.
-Ihe st. Panl locks OF the Sachine Canal
we're seriously damaged BY the steamer Picton,
day before yesterday. It will require several
days to repair the damage.
The scow D; 6. Wright has been got of tha
The schooner Narragansett, once abandoned. has
been rescued BY the steamer Magnet and towed
to Detroit. She has sustained severeinjuries.
MIR. George y. Pontine, sbip~builder at Port
Bnrwen, reports the schooner Grace Sherwood,
which was ashore there, of and undergoing re-
pairs st that port. The barge Saginaw has also
been got off, and inside. She leaves westward
Immediately. The Robert Emmett, at Port
Bruce, is still On the beach.
-John i! Ransom, ESQ., publisher Of the No.
sonsc 11d@ngs, at lockport, writes in regard to
paragraph, extracted from the Erie Dispatch, no.
ticing the finding Of q body by the tug Til1ing-
hast. He says the body ia undoubtedly that Of
Captain Timothy McEwen, VINO Was lost with hig
He lived at Pelin, Niagara County, and was q
member Of Niagara Lodge No. 375, f. and A. II,
1t is known that he had the Masonic ernblemk
and number Of his lodge tattoed On his left arm.
far from whore his vessel is supposed to have
been wrecked.
"A Few lamp has been invented by French
chemist which is intended to be used at sea, and
is peculiarly adapted to the purpose because il
cannot bo extinguished by wind OF water. Il
consists Of q cylindrical vessel of tin, with
conical point, provided below with tube eis
inches in length. Tho vessel is filed entirely
with fragments Of phosphide Of calcium, and
the tube so1deredup air-tight, so that the prepa-
ration can be kept many years without change
When the lamp is to be used the tip Of the coma
is to be cut off, and IN opening made at the end
OF the NARROW tube referred to, aud the lamp in-
serted il q wooden float and thrown into tho
"a
end Of the tube, and comes into contact with
the phosphlde Of calcium, and is decomposed
with the formation Of phosphuretted hydrogen
gas, which is developed il great quantity, and
which, escaping through the open tube OF tho
cone, becomes ignited and burns in contact with
the atmosphere.
The new propeller Mcnominee, of Good
rich's Lake Michigan line Of steamers, called
at Detroit, day before yesterday afternoon home-
with cargo Of grain She vas built for tho Chica-
go and Green Bay route, and is very well got up
She is propelled by the engine formerly in the
Navarino,. which steamer was burned shortly
after coming out, BY the great fire at Chicago
lows: Length Of keel, 1877 feet; depth CT hold,
LIZ feet; beam, including guards, 96 feet. Her
engine is 400-horsc power, with cylinder 30S36
inches, and length of stroke So inches. Har
is commanded BY Captain JOIN Gilman, q De-
troiter, who has long been connected with lake
navigation, and is well posted IN the whole chain
OF lakes.
Captain J. Keith, Of this city, will build
three-masted schooner in Detroit. this winter
She will be 165 feet long, 80 feet beam, and Il
feet in depth of hold. She is to be wire-rigged
Captain Lewis Ives has ;aken the contract
for getting OF the beach atLeamingto1 the
schooner Ned Robinson, and which he expects
to accomplish in q few days. The plan OF
operations will be upon q new principle IN the
Wrecking line.