The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-30

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Reports of wrecks and derelfcts received
for transmission to the navy department.
New York. May N.-Capt. Bragg OF
steamer Manhattan, reports that the Pot
lock Rip lightship whistle is inadequate;
can be heard only a short distance, and is
indistinguishable from steamers chime
The following reports are published in
the last issue of the photographic Bulle-
tin:
May 15-Schooner Enterprise, sunk in
Vineyard sound, one-eighth mile east
southeast of buoy la, eastern end of Nor
ton shoal, and one and three-ouarter
miles west-southwest of Cross Rip light
ship, with fifteen feet of water over her
May pa, fixed red lantern light has
been established twenty feet above water
on the mizzenmast of sunken coal barge
andrew Jackson, and will be maintained
until the obstruction is removed. The
barge lies in a west by north and east by
south direction, ip the middle of Gedney
channel, between buoys E and e 8, with
her three masts and top of cabin out of
water, Romer beacon bears northwest
one-half west and Sandy Hook lightship
southwest ive-eighths west.
May 15.-Sunken wreck, with stumps Of
two masts and bowsprit standing a few
feet out of water, twenty miles east-one-
half-north from Cape Henry.
May 15.-Latttude 46 degrees so minutes,
longitude 80 degrees Is minutes, toward
sizes north of our track as well as a large
quantity of drift ice. On reaching the
cape, we were surrounded by ice in all
directions as far as the eye could see; lat
itude IS degrees, longitude "a degrees is
minutes, passed three small bergs and a
large one; and in latitude 45 degrees 10
minutes, longitude So degrees o. minutes,
saw two small bergs about fifty feet high
Marian CBr. ss.), Martin.
May l5.-Saw an immense quantity OF
bergs along the southeast coast of New
foundland to Cape Race Off Cape Bal
lard the field ice was heavy and extended
10 to Is miles to northeastward. May l5
latitude 45 degrees Al minutes, longitude
IS degrees 02 minutes, passed a berg 100
feet high-Prussian (Br ss.), Gunson; re-
port of Third Officer McKillop.
May 16-Latitude AZ degrees 81 minutes.
longitude 50 degrees 80 minutes, passed
three very large bergs, visible five hours
before we reached them.-Lady Palmer
OBJ $50, Smith; report by Second officer
Harris.
May IS, 19-Latitude AZ degrees As min
utes longitude 40 degrees 40 minutes. TO
latitude &c degrees Oh minutes, longitude
81 degrees a minutes, passed thirty huge
burgs. Our course took us three miles
south of Cape Race.-Halifax City Or.
ss), Newton.
May M.-Steamer Guy Colin Br) Part
ridge, from Algiers for Pilleys Island. n
F., put into st. Johns for shelter, being
unable to proceed north owing to the ice
blockade. She narrowly escaped being
crushed in the ice off the harbor
May 15.-Passed four bergs whose post
tions and apparent sizes were as follows:
latitude 43 degrees 03 minutes, longitude
AZ degrees 81 minutes, a berg 400 feet high
and 600 feet long; latitude a degrees 90
minutes, longitude 48 degrees 30 minutes,
a berg 10 feet high and goo feet long;
latitude AZ degrees - minutes. longitude
40 degrees % minutes, an enormous one
coo feet high and 1900 feet long; and in
latitude a degrees 80 minutes, longitude 30