Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-05
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Thirteen vessels and lis lives vere
lost in the Gloucester, Massachusetts,,
hsheRies this year, more than any recent
year except 1879, when . vessels and
10 lives were lost.
The schooner Annie F. Briggs, form
eriy the old U. 8. Coast Survey schoOn-
er &. II. Fauntleroy. has been sold in
San Francisco to James Wrightman,
Jr., two-thirds, and Captain Kustel,
one-third, for $500.
For the month ending November Goth,
but i've vessels left Australian ports for
San francisco with IL ,253 tons Of coal.
There remained at Sydney onlthe date
mentioned three vessels loading for hero
with . capacity for the carriage of SAY
400 tons. At Newcastle there was moth
ing on the berth.
The Bureau vsrita has issued its list
Of vessels lost during October, as fol-
lows: Sailing veesels-6 American, 4
Austrian, 81 British, 5 Danish, 10
Dutch, IL French, II German, 6 Greek,
8 Italian, II Norwegian, / Russian, 8
Spanish and Swedish. Total, 142.
6teamerD-1l British, French, Ger
man and 2 Spanish.
Statistics officially collated show that
there are owned in the United States
That there are licensed 5i98 masters,
1158 mates, z41O pilots, and 9lO6 enoin-
eeFs, . total of 90 68 licensed officers,
and allowing an average Of eight men
on eaoh boat there are about 80 900 men
in round numbers employed, exclusiye
Of licensed officers.
The Bolivian bark Don Nicholas,
which arrived in San Francisco last
week from Departure Bay, shows evil
dences Of . severe handling. Her fg-
ure-head is Rone, having been washed
away, and her bulwarks are stove in.
We are informed that ON the passage
abe was boarded by several heavy seas
which stove in the water casks ON deck,
and the second mate was injured in en-
deav0rs to secure them and save the
contents. II man will risk 90 much
for barrel of water, what will he not
do for barrel Of whisky? :,
Capt. Matthew Turner, the shipbuild-
or, I. Cutie, g. Nisbaun and John
ECkley have formed . partnership and
have purchased 4S acres Of land oppo-
site Port Costa and q little below he
nicia. It Is their intention to start q
ship building yard on the ground, and
from all appearances it will be q splen-
did place, az there is fine water there
and the land ID we'll adapted for the
purpose, while the cost for Transports
tiGu Of material will b trifling. It is
tho intention Of the parties mentioned
to launch at once into the venture and
build vessels that will sastonish the ma
tives."
Tha American ship Tacoma, Captain
6hsldon, lying at Howard street wharf,
deserves moro than . passing notice.
She was built in 1881 by Co.'s & Sawyer
OF Bath, Maine, and Il fine specimen
length OF keel, 40 feet beam. Is feet
depth Of hold, with q carrying capacity
OF 1778 tons. Hnr cabin and saloons are
wainsootted With curly maple and ma
hoRany. She has nix staterooms aside
and baths. and Il - elegant in hsr APP
She has an engine With . double eylin-
OF water; It 10 also oouneoted with the
windlaas. She made the round trip to
Liverpool and back in $50 days. Her
cargo homeward consisted Of i740 tons
Of wheat, evsry sack Of which was dis
charged in perfect order. Her return
cargo, consisting Of coal. was taken in
twenty-six hours. Neither is she de-
ficient in sailing qualities, twelve knots
many Christmas callers, who were
highly pleased with their inspection and
her genial captain. She il we'll worthy
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