The Republican journal., 1889-05-02
Stories of the Sea.
THE USE OF FISH OIL IN A STORM.

The use of fish oil in storm at sea has again
come under discussion here and there is dis
position to make the keeping on board of a
| good supply of oil, one of the conditions of
marine insurance. This is now talked of, and
/ may be adopted.
). b. Kelsey, of the firm of Ryan & Kelsey,
| says he has for some time enforced the rule on
his captains, and as a result saved two vessels
| within a very few weeks. The schooner
| Carrie +. Long went through a hurricane of
| three days without 50 much as starting a rope,
simply by keeping the oil dripping out on the
waves. Other SchOoners Were badly handled
by the sea. but oil saved the Carrie +. Long.
| and left her to sail through What was about
the same as calm water.
Still more remarkable was the test applied to
the John Z. Chase. They encountered a storm.
and a> the captain wrote home to his owners.
"lt would have been all over With the oli
John +. Chase if we hadn't had the oil on
board. 1t stopped the waves from boarding
Us. and all we could behind US was the
track Of the oil on the water. The oil saved
Us"
The surcess of the oil in these two eases was
so marked that Portland vessels will hardly he
allowed to 90 to sea again without supply of
oil. and a> one owner said, 1T Will be one Of
the tests Of a good captain. the keeping of The
oil bag. in good order aud ready fer storm"
Portland Express.
4 BIG CARGO SHIP.
new steamer for the Johnston Line. be-
tween Baltimore and ports on the Continent,
was launched AT ItyeruooI saturday at the
ward, Of Rovden X Sons. She waS rLristrutJ
the RossmoYe and is The largest ,argn .hiu
ever built on the NerScy. She i 400 feet lon@
Is feet beam and 81 feet ,leptL Of hold. H4r
draught, when loaded, will be 4G feet Size
has a long foreca>tIe. bridge and poop-,lerk for
the protection of cattle. Her motive power
VIII consist of a triple expansion engine of 300
horsepower nominal and > 500 hor,r-noI,..r
- ii'' ''"'', @ ''" 'a'l,' On iltl upper
.1' ~ ny WA 'i'ahe Il Sl'ifah'trd average "l
atl or a'I',i 'n' Nl'' Nt'it = "i,i .i'0
r." I ~ III ~ H'I - "liINe hcIt anout we
!>l o. June. ne '!"tchlnore, Il SISTER >hil' TO
Ing NV>SWoIg: n = benz punt at Belfast 10y iiar-
I'M !, XII 'e my o,'I i-ht ,"I''S.
,,g y ',e an eAafl REPRODUCTION q thr h">>-
'''0'' "a o'''E pa ~ "''i'
OVER YEAR on a DESERT ISLAND.
The British lark WANDERING, Niu,,rol ,,li,l,
sailed from IIouolulu Derrnbrr n ~ H..
been heard from. She nrriypd n Ni}w'y
Island January 9. lSSS. rernaiI,iu" at 9nrhn. i,
W Nrlies h1rbor until Fphrn,ry Al VIVIAN ,ba
wi> driven ashore hI -, fu,'inu. ,tn,.m, .u,,I
wrecked. The crrw r~ra9rl Thpy f",nI :,
man named .Inracn>rn wr.rt.I i, ia. ,,.hnnn.
er General ~ipurI and left on tha i>InuJ ~, ii.
>hipmatc, because >usI,n'.tnd Of XII Nix, ir
the death Of two of fh. -ir,,rTs ,.r.v On
Drtoh.r 1Stb +h. ,,.,t,. I'M, I,I7., ~
bnv ANA Tortnu.nn If+ f iI,iI
onGu boat so.,rnau din a., th .i,,, ~ ,,'i 'i
another durino the n..>s,[. Il, IIn1oi,,j,, Th,.
schooner Nornia arrived ~ NiI,v4y .I,,,i .,nd
couyryed the balance nt tla ,.rrv +, !Inm,I,ti,
During the fourteen unnth., s,i.urr ~, th,
i>landthc ca.tawoy. siLsi~ftI n, J... I,irI.,n'I
1ish auI wrr, rn.t .+.'r rI, ,.,,I ~ "a,
Gap;ain walker II tbn W.,n1.,il,.@ lIi,,+r,I
decided several times 10 >I,nut fin. man Inr',,.n,
s4,ti =