The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-16
Shipping Notes.

Ship repairing still continues very dull
Steamer Bolivar 500 tons the Vermont Central Rail
road line lowered Thursday from the large bal
dock foot of Pike street. after repairing wheel The
steamship Niagara 800 TONS owned by the Old Dominion
Steamship Company, is being calked and recev
ing other repairs.
Propeller Fall River, $50 tons of the New Jersey Cen
trail line, is the smaller balance dock adjoining
patch metal and repair stern bearings.
Ship Sea Serpent, g4 tons, owned by Messrs Grnnel
Mnturn CO. was lowered on Tuesday from the large
sectional dock Rutgers street. being stripped
calked and remetalcd Ship Edith ll73 TONS owned by
Messrs Geo Howes Co, lowered yesterday, after
undergoing the same process.
On the small sectional dock adjoining have been brig
Alice DID, ll6 TONS to patch metal and bark Unon 1878
TONS owned by Messrs Benner Pinckney also to patch
metal.
On the Clinton street sectional dock have been schrs
Nellie Bowers 96 tons to patch and repair SHOE
and + j Palmer, 1877 tons, tor slight repairs.
The new Hoboken erryboat Secaucus has been on the
mammoth sectional dock at Hoboken put on copper
sheathing
The Providence propeller Electra. 1867 TONS has been
on the Erie Basin dry dock at Red Hook put copper
sheathng and do other repairs OF general nature.
On the Erie Basin sectional dock have bark Mary
Pratt asa tons to patch metal propelers Coming for
new keeson, and Starbuck for slight REPAIRS Coast
Survey steamer Peru for examinations barges Columbus
and Advance. to cak, and brig Bonita, also to calk.
On dock foot OF Market street have been-On
the large dock schrs Emma Porter tons and Mar
tha paint propelers Thurber for new sleeve and
Tenor, for general repairs ana brig Wesley Seymour
B 1853 TONS TO calk butts and repair STEM On the mid.
die dock schr Ada, to cak and put new shoe pilot
boat II Marshall to patch, and propeers Francis Ring
and Mnnie for repairs of general nature On the small
dock propeller Clara for general repairs and schr EN-.
press to repair keel and forefoot.
Marine Disasters.
STEAMSHIP MIDWAY QBn, Harris, from London Jan %
for Boston, mas put back 10 London with loss of ruddc
TRos Norl rom lcs for btt.J.
fore reported sS about hat al, ms north wasnpreg
lost her radder but ocrws INJURED .e On V the s, s a Ss
wrecking steamer Baker went to her assistance,
gone TO philadelphia declined 70 receive any aid On
shrs % nss SaP were s1s 'hR sna hs
Baker which in the meanwhile remains by the ship
crew Of the ship, with exception Of the and two
only two old ana sianch the vessel in no
great danger unless an unusually violent storm should
d saay "a o wHsSy obj, spesr days out from s.
oo nsen Breas h &c got ashore Jan
board deckload. noated off and put into Nassau 18th
%' "sF q na iss s as a to
rived at Havana
ed wrecked at Panama registered 49, tons commanded
Rev Sna ses Sg S s sw G
and was valued, with outfits, at $1,000 and was insured
soo the Office Reports that she @as A de-
stroyed III the gale of Goth u which disastrous
Aspinwall unoundcd, letters from Panama of The
10Th ult do not mention her
BARK D sr9yss 8. rerse, at Havana Feb from New
York. reports Jan - lat 30 Ion II 30, while lying 10 In
gale was boarded by tremendous sea- carrying away
bulwarks sanc HONS BOBBY matches ator hate hes sky
light stavng In starboard side OF after house flooding
cabin, completely cutting II destroying stores charts
books &c; lost and split sails, casks and washed
everything movable away also broke pump
BARK SAVANNAH, Robinson. from Philadelphia. bound
20 Barbados with cargo OF slaves totally wrecked
on the Grand Caymanas at about O'Clock on tho after.
noon of the 18th Jan. All hands were saved but the
vessel and cargo were totally lost Eight OF the crew
have arrived at Kingston ia Crhe registered s2 tons
was built At Richmond, Ne, in 1916, and hailed nom
Philadelphia
BRies Mcfarland and raugh.a Ballagh, wrecked on
Surrituck beach have been sold 10 Is. a j. Baker Co.
Both have broken mp considerable quantity OF Iron
Will be saved from the Mcfarland.
BRIG SECRET (Br). Fraser, from Demerara for Halifax
(bcore rcpored went ashore Spanish Wells on the
18th ult and became n total loss
SMALL BRIG, Of about so tons apparently British,
laden with white pine lumber, drtcd ashore the NE
point n watlings Island Bahamas the OF Jan. She
was waterogged and abandoned. Her spars had been
cut away and there were no anchors ON board. The
cargo OF lumber has been saved by people Of the
district
Sem HELENE before reported ashore near Point Alder
ton below Boston,. renamed Friday, as before
p02q The sea wa toy heavy Ior Lighters " work An