, 1872-10-22
MARINE ITEMS.


Wlnd-Steady from the southeast.
-Ihe propeller Equinox is now plying be,
/ tween Detroit and Cleveland.
THE bark Sunny Side arrived at Detroit On
!: Friday minus her fore-yard.
The bark Robert GasKin is again in smiling
tim after repairs at Detroit.
--Ihe steam barge Frankfort, which sunk as
Frankfort recently, has been pumped up:
The ecow Juno, upward bound and laden
with coal, went ashore sometime Wednesday
night on the head of Belle Isle and il said to be
| hard on. tug has gone to her assistance trom
Detroit.
| The revenue cutter: Fessenden had about
fifteen feet Of her guard, forward Of the Wheel
| house: stove in during the storm on Saginaw
| Bay, Wednesday last Repairing at Detroit.
..-B} arrivals from the East Shore We learn
that, during the: blow on Tuesday last, The
schooner Island was driven ashore at Frankfort:
latter laden with hay, went ashore at Ludington.
ALI can be got of.
Captain Bob. Wagstaf, who arrived at De-
troit, from Ludington, reports two vessels ashore
at that port the names OF which he did not as
certain They were lumber traders between
Chicago and that place.
Captain Kynaston; keeper of the Milwaukee,
harbor light, has received instructions to dis
play the new outer beacon light on and after the
30th Of October. It is to be 3 dxed red lieht. Of
the sixth order. The third order red light in the
tower OF the keeper 9 residence Tin be DISPLAYED
as heretofore. Mariners will do well to bear thia
in mind.
Captain Smith and Arr. McCauis. former
owners Of the steamer st: Helen, haSo bought
her wreck for 81, 500, from the insurance com
panles, as it now lies in the Rapids Captain
Donnelly Of Kingston, will go down in tha
steamer steamer Plcton, With pumps and diving ap-
is delayed on her down ward trip by an accident.
The iron steamer Alaska, with 3 cargo Of
26 goo bushels Of corn, 20,o00 bushels Of wheat,
and 5000 bushels of barley: is hard On the rocka
near the ime-ki]n, this side OF Maiden. Tha
steamer Dove, with two steam pumps, has been
sent to her assistance from Detroit. The plaza
where she has grounded is one of the most dan
gerous points along Detroit River, being not
only 1.a rocky o bottom, but shoal water.
Colborne on Tuesday morning, but q gale conf
ing on she had to run back. She lost man
overheard, named Henry Byden, OF Kingston
NotWithsta the heavy sea, three men vera
lowered in boat to save him, which proved un-
and the men succeeded in reaching port, passing
unseen by tug sent out to their rescue.
The new propeller Menominee, OF Good
Tieh's line is Of the following dimensions:
depth OF hold, 11H feet 3: breadth Of beam, SO
feet guards, 3 feet total BREADTH on deck, 80
feet. Her model is similar to that Of the Oconto.
Her cabin, when constructed, will be wide,
Menominee exceeds her registered tonnage con-
siderab1H which iusures Captain Goodrich
good business boat. She is also fast. Her en-
gine is that Of the burnt propeller Navarno. It
is as good as new, having been thoroughly over
as length Of stroke, 36 inches; power Of engine,
400 horse length Of boiler, 18 feet diameter,
319 feet. This; boiler. is what is termed tha
return tue, and: = Was built BY the Excelsior Iron
+ Son, Of this city. The diameter Of the wheel
. feet inches, and Is calculated to make
:eyo1ntiona per minute,