The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-25


ed for transmission to the navy depart
ment.
The following notices are published in
the Photographic Bulletin:
April 20.-Cape Henry bearing WSW u w
(mag), u miles, passed a wrecked vessel
with one mast standing out of water and
another floating alongside The hun was
almost submerged. only some of the tim
bers being above water.-Durango OR ss),
Evans. Probably Sunken.
April l6.-Cape Henry bearing W NV, %
miles, passed a sunken schooner showing
the upper part of two lowermasts above
water, and surrounded by floating timber.
-Prodano Or So. Jackson.
April 15.-Barnegat Light bearing n NV
Il w, q miles, passed a submerged wreck,
apparently aground, with bowsprit show
ing out of water at an angle of so degrees.
j. J.. Colby (ss), Laverge.
March 2S.-Lat IS Is, Ion A 10, passed
berg apparently 1900 feet long and 200 feet
high; lat 46 43, lon 43 IS, passed berg 500
feet long and 100 feet high; also two small
bergs.-Scipio ISL, Sturdy.
March A.-Sunken schooner S Sc from
Cape Roman, with two masts out of wa
ter.
April 16.-Lat 4s. lon 40, to lat AZ IS. lon
40 49, saw ten enormous bergs.-Lsa Gas
cogne Qer ss) Baudelon.
Masters of vessels are cautioned that
the ice and fog TO the northwestward of
the Gulf stream is particularly dangerous
this year. Ice bergs may be encountered
in the northern edge of the Gulf stream.
New York, April 22-The inspector of
l.
that on April 10 the East Haddam Mea-
dows Post light, fixed red, on the east side
of the channel above East Haddam land
ing, Connecticut river, was temporarily
discontinued on account of the freshet.
Due notice will be given of the relighting
of this post light.
Rocks Post light, fixed white, on the west
side of the channel, Connecticut river, was
temporarily discontinued on April H. The
station will be relighted as soon as practic-
able, due notice of which will be given.
The black spar buoy, without number,
which was established to mark the wreck
permanently discontinued on April q. The
wreck has been removed.
Quarantine, April 22.-The attention of
consignees and masters of vessels is call
ed to the following extract from the laws
of this state relative to the inspection of
coastwise vessels between May l and No
vember /: Every vessel from a domestic
port, in the ordinary passage from which
they pass south of Cape Henlopen, arTiv-
ing between the first day Of May and the
first day of November, shall on their ar
rival on the quarantine grounds be sub
jeet to the visitation 3fvt the health nt1 Of
Health officer, Port of New York
Washington, April 22.-Notice is given
by the Light house board that on or about
April 80, 1885, the chara cteristic of the Da-
boil fog trumpet on Portland Head, south
west side of the entrance to Portland hdr-
Dor, Me-, win be changed to sound, during
thick or foggy weather, blasts of two Sec
onds separated by silent intervals of IL
seconds duration.
Notice is also given that on or about
April 3d. the Characteristic of the Daboll
fog trumpet at the Whaleback light sta
ton on the northeast side of the outer en-
trance to Portsmouth Harbor, NH, will
be changed to sound during thick or fog
gy weather, blasts of three seconds, sepa-
rated by silent intervals of seventeen sec
onds duration.
Boston, April 22.-Tyhe wreck of schoon-
err William Wilson has been removed off
Chatham and is no longer an obstruction
to navigation, as there is IS feet of water
at mean low water over such portions of
her as remain