The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-09
MONEY IN SAVING VESSELS.
Marshal BuCkner Gone to Seize a Nor
WG6ial Bark at SapelO.

The Hosten, Capt. Githmark, Saved
From Going to Pieces by the Tug
Dandy-The Tugs Owners File a
Libel for Salvage in the United
States Court-Other Salvage Suits
Likely to Follow-Vessels Saved
From Wrecking Have to Pay Dearly
for 1t.
The United States court will no doubt
have good deal to do for some time
now handling cases in admiralty, which
are liable to accumulate for several
weeks, since the recent storm has put so
many vessels in danger of being lost and
from which some of them were rescued
by other craft. The rescuers will no
doubt appeal to the court for good
share for salvage.
One of the first of these is the case
of the Norwegian bark Hosten. Capt.
Githmark which was on the way from
Cienfuegos to Wilmington, n. c., when
she struck the storm On Aug. 2S, the
day after the storm, the Hosten was
sighted in the south breakers off Doboy
bar, about eight miles from the Sapelo
a.
RESCUED BY THE DANDY.
The Dandy went out TO see what assist
ance she could render, and found that the
HOsteL was lying on the breakers in five
feet of water at low tide The Dandy
lay around until the tide rose, as the yes
sci was III ballast and drawing ten and a
half feet of water and nothing could be
done until that time At high tide Capt
Githmark notified the tug that he wanted
aid and the Dandy went out and pulled
the bark off the bar and towed her up to
Sapelo. The Hosten was said to have
been in great danger and might have gone
to pieces but for the assistance rendered
by the Dandy.
Messrs. August Schmidt, William H.
Payne, John Brown, +. X. Douglass,
JnO Rourke & Son audOthers, the owners
of the Dandy, through their attorneys,
Lester & Ravenel, filed a libel for salvage
in the United States court yesterday.
setting forth these facts and asking THAI
salvage be granted them in proportion to
the value of the tug which is set forth at
S25, 900, together with two hawsers which
had to be obtained for the purpose and
which cost $500, as well as the value of
the bark, which is put down at $40, 900 in
her present condition.
WENT TO ARREST THE BARK.
Deputy Marshal Buckner of the United
States court, lett for SapelO yesterday to
put the H0sten under arrest. He W ill
take her in charge in the name of the
United States court, and she will be re-
tanned until the matter is settled, which
may be at the next term of the court or
may be later. This is only one suit
of many which are liable to be fled
at any time now, as there are numbers of
vessels which have been towed into port
here by other craft, and some of which
have been saved outright from actual and
total loss. There are other cases, too,
where suits are liable to arise in the same
way as the result of the work of the
storm on the sea.
GOOD CLAIM FOR SALVAGE.
A case in point where the rescuers of a
vessel will have a tirst-class claim to a
good portion of the property rescued is
that of the Joseph SOuther the schooner
from which the Birmingham rescued a
crew and which was itself towed into
port by the DeSSoug Gf the Ocean Steam
ship COmpanys line. The Souther was
entirely deserted at sea, and would have
become a derelict had she not been res
cued by some passing vessel.
When a rescue such as these is eff
fected the amount granted for salvage is
not often a small one. The work of saw
ing wreck is sometimes a dangerous one,
and that fact is taken into consideration
as well as the fact that just so much
property is saved from total loss. For
these reasons when q rescue is effected
courts usually grant good sum to the
rescuerS, if the facts in the case itself 90
to show that they deserve it.