The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-03
MAINLINE MISCELLANY.

Washington, April 2-The life saving
service Is advised that the barge Imperial,
from Boston for Newport News. Va, went
ashore on Cedar Creek Station, n. j., at
ii O'Clock last night The crew OF FIVE
was saved I'm the breeches buoy
New York March 8.-Capt. Wakeman
OF British steamer Lowther Castle from
Calela Buena, reports. March % lat. 80.
ion. q. passed spar standing upright.
about six feet above water, painted pine
colors 9th, lat. 80 49, lon. u 30 passed a yes
sells deck house and other wreckage.
Steamer Old Dominion from Norfolk.
etc, which arrived S0th, reports, March
30, at ] a. m, between Chlncoteague and
tity of lumber.
Steamer Arapahoe Q3r). for Cape Town.
StcY ready Tor sea, dragged anchor OF
Bedloe's Island, Monday night. and fouled
steamer Felbridge (Br). damaging a plate
OF the Felbridge; also damaged rail. The
Arapahoe is not damaged.
Bermuda, March Shark Melchiorre
(lta), Angels, from Pensacola for White
haven, has put in here leaking badly.
Boston, March H.-Schr Lottie, from
Thomaston for New York, which put in
here leaky, and with cargo OF lime on fire.
was taken to Marquand's shipyard to-day
for repairs. The fire in the cargo has been
extinguished.
Bridgeport. March 3O.-Tug Luther c.
Ward sprung a leak off this harbor to-day
while en- route from Amboy to Hartford.
Tug Confidence went to her aid and towed
her here. She will be pumped out and
repaired at once. lr
Gloucester. Mass, March Si.-Fishing
schr Josie Johnson Of Boston, while COM
ing into the harbor to-day went ashore
on Ten Pound Island ledge, where she
lies in bad position.
Schr Lady Ellen from Boston for Var
mouth, with salt, put i'm here leaking yes
terday morning and was towed to the
flats at the head of the harbor, where she
was grounded in order to discover the
leak
Chatham, Mass, March a.-Steamer
Charles f. Mayer. Hand, from Baltimore
for Portsmouth, with cargo of coal,
went ashore this morning on the west
side of Handkerchief Shoal, but fioated
at IL a, m, without assistance and ap-
parently uninjured, and passed north by
Handkerchief at noon.
Halifax, March S1.-Schr Menendez Br).
now over fifty days out from Lunenburg
n. s., for Trinidad, has been given up as
Philadelphia, March si.-schr Sophia
Godfrey hence for Norfolk returned,
with loss Of fore and main topmasts.
Schrs Emma c. Middleton, Hgbee, from
this port for Gardiner. Me, and Katie
G.. Robinson, Mozart, hence for Norfolk
have returned here In distress, having
been in collision.
Rockland, Me, March 2S.-Schr g. j.
Lindsey, which was recently in Glouces-
ter harbor, while on the passage from
Rockiand to New York, with cargo on
hre, was unable to sell cargo, and con-
sequently returned here.
st. Johns, n f., March 31.-Steamer
Windsor Lake (Br), is total loss in the
Ice.
Steamer Ranger Br), has been badly
squeezed, and steamer Hope (BD had
shaft broken in the ice
st. John, N. b., March 31.-Steamer Lord
Charlemont (Br), from Belfast, arrived
to-day, and reports when three days out.
during a heavy blow at night, saw a
vessel showing signals of distress; bore
down, but before reaching her saw flare
Of flames and the vessel disappeared, prob
ably blown up.
Vineyard Haven. March 31.-The sails,
running rigging, etc, were taken from
schr Belle Hardy before reported) to-day,
the sea being too rough to place a steam
pump on board. She has settled consid-
erably in the sand, but with moderate
weather may be saved Her cargo of
plaster will be total loss.