The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-12
Shipping Notes.


| The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer Ocean
Queen 27l5 TONS the large Erie Basin dock
Hook repairing keel, damaged while ashore 9th ut
reef off Watling's Island.
The other dock is occupied by the Sound steamer City
of Lawrence, replacing two or three iron plates.
The docks foot of Market have up
| ing the week.
On the large dock brig Florence (Br) TONS painting
bottom, and propellers Ell Cid 52 tons, adjusting new
wheel and caking, and Blue Bonnet for slight repairs
On the central dock, propeller Spray, adjusting
Wheel brig Gusavo DOM, patching metal and repairing
SHOE and schr Waite 100 TONS of Calais, Nc painting
| bottom and slight repairs.
On the small dock pilot boats Ezra Nye, and Wild
! geon, cleaning bottom.
| Steamboat Mnnehannonck owned by the city, and
running to Backwells and adjoining islands, is on the
balance dock foot of Pike street. undergoing her usual
annual overhaung
Steamer Electra 1867 TONS belonging to the New York
and Providence Steamship Company largo bal
ance dock adjoining, adjusting a wheel.
Ship Robert L Lane. 1919 tons, of New Bedford was
lowered from the large sectional of Rugcr
street Thursday after having been stripped calked
and remealled Her place is occupied by steamship
Saratoga 800 TONS being calked and metaled Sara
toga has Just been purchased from the Old Dominion
Steamship Company by Spanish house. who intend to
run her the coast OF Cuba
On the small sectional dock adjoining have been
during the week bark Tejuca 1924 TONS to patch metal
schr Kate Wentworth 800 TONS repairing soe and briggs
tia, 1917 tons, repairing keel and orefoot
On the sectional dock at Clinton have been banks
Sharpsburg, Cos TONS of Stockton Me- Golden Land
r, SIT TONS both patching metal and Csi QtaD cleaning
bottom.
Bark Gcrmana port, s95 TONS was lowered from the
mammoth sectional dock at Hoboken Thursday, after
patching metal and her place is occupied by ship
Ben Nevis (Br, 1898 tons, painting bottom. ''
The Peoples dry DOCK foot of Gouverneur street. have
had brig Paquete de Nova Terra Span 2O2 TONS to
ototV ~.
26 TONS to cak and paint and towboats Mary adjust
Wheel and President and starbuck clean and paint
bottom.
On Messrs Merritt Sparks dock adjoining have been
towboats Rescue and II Hammil, both fitting new rud
ders, and ballast lighter to calk.
On the Erie Basin sectional dock, at Red Hook, have
been brgs Hoard and Adea, and schr Ellen Perkins
all to cak and paint Also schooner Henry Cole repair
damage received by striking on rock at He'll Gate
This latter vessel was raised without discharging her
cargo of coal
There is being finished in machinery and joiner work.
at the foot of Pearl street. Brooklyn large and commo.
dous steamboat for the American Steam Navigation Co
of Providence, RI watch is designed between the
latter place and Rocky Point She has been the
River Belle, and her dimensions follows Length
on deck 30 fect breadth of BEAM 32 feet inches;
breadth guard So feet depth of hold feet inches
The keel stem and stern Of white oak the of
white oak white chestnut hacknatack and the out
side planking of inch white oak Watertight
and with thoroughlyironed hog Frame together with
heavy posts and rods the River Belle very strong and
substantial steamboat She designed built by Mr.
Van Deusen, and her engine of the beam description
AZ inches diameter Of cylinder and 10 piston
was constructed by Messrs Hubbard & Whitaker, of
Brooklyn.
Marine Disasters.
smr v5SUs 4s ~, while being towed up the Savannah
During the night she made abont op ee
p that M se be
n 9Tag to her 6aSs and the large expense incurred
dephia reported by cable to have put back inst dis
snrp SHARON CBr, Wilson, from New York for Liver.
pool before reported e 81 Thomas In distress under
time e ~ '''' '""''
, BARK Esu..s Dan), oanssen from Boston for Ant
had ps caqs o 81 with oss
making repairs on the 10Th ult
BARK AMIrY, OF sackvlle NIB, which was stranded on
Rchbucto bar last fall condemned and sold to Mr. Geo
Mcleod for $1,000 has lately been got off, it believed al
yorable she win sail with her cargo Of lumber for Eng
phia is reported Ly crble put back leaking hav
ing been damaged by collision
Brio STARTLED FAwN, (Br), Barting from Crab Island
for Nsw York w u, Of put into - Thomas
charged and the vessel condemned.
BsIG ST JOSEPH Br Bernier, from Malaga for New
aey a J e
ult for repairs
ScHR CARRIE (Br)-Fshing schr Onward. which arrived
ut Gloucester 9th inst from Georges Bank brought in the
captain and three Of the crew Of the Br schr Carrie
18th ult The Carrie experienced heavy squall when
about 80 miles south Of Mt Dessert, and capsized
dismated and filed with water AT the time of the dis
aster the mate and two men deck and the cap
tain and two others In the cabin The captain succeeded
in getting out Of the cabin after the vessel on
her beam ends and had to walk along bulwarks 10
the boat to which he took with mate and two men on
deck the other two men being unable TO effect
The names OF the men who drowned were Alfred
Thimo and James Canning hc above the vessel be
fore reported fallen In with by the schr Ove Halifax
with two dead bodies in the cabin)
ScHR AMOS FALKEHBuRG, Philadelphia for Sag Harbor
with some 300 tons Of coal Wednesday last arrived at
Orient and after brief stop sailed for Sag Harbor
on attempting to 10 that port found her
damned under her 40 that 1t could not be moved and
Bishops ways and after taking part Of cargo the
hoard was removed and made while the vessel
proceeded to her destination and discharged her cargo
scnR NELLIE tof Calais, from New York for Boston, coal
laden while going down the Sound night of 9th inst
jibing mainboom carried away mainmas below eyes Of
rigging, and put into New London 10th for temporary
pairs Would proceed 10 her before procuring
mast