The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-08
THE GOOD SHIP
NVERNESS-SHIR
-aa
Makes the VOYAGE From Liverpool In
Ono Hundred and Thirty
0ne DAYS.
RECORD OF THE LOG BOON
Good Ncathtr Nearly All ct the Nay-Aect-
dsat FIRST DAY \eCeNSi;a,cd ruttiog
BACK to Re->toN Cargo her
Discharge Commenced,
RECORD OF THE LOG BOON

Tho tour-mastcd british bark lnvcr'
ucSs-shtrc, nov lytns At The bonded ware
house dock. Is one n the newest steel
shn,s In the scryt.h ,hts being her soc.
,pd trim out she Mas bUilt by Roland,
Duncan 4 Co. Glasgow, IN 1894, and
made her maiden roy rsc 20 this port
last y,ar She Is " stool throughout,
hull decks. mAsts. spIrs and rigglrg
Her length aver an is rs feet, hrrOdth
OF beam. 81 feet = inches, depth Of hold
a feet , Inches r'StStercd Tonnage, Sioi
Her cabins are % the latest design,
trimmed IA walnut and birds eye maple,
The captains private quarters arr lux
urious. With hath loom, open gratcs. and
every modern convenience, There arc
state rooms OF the maia saloon witch
will Accommodate tiSht or ten pasac1.
gers. The chart house is p,tchvd by a
private stairway trom the captains cabin
and commands a complete view ~ tho
entire ship.
\. glance at the log book ot tho pres
rnt VOYAGE shows that the vessel LEFT
Liverpool November md. lNo At nom
the next day the tug .ctt them soon.
however. heavy seas Ncrc encountered
and the cargo. wht,h had not hccn prop.
trly slowed, shifted. mis- became u ser
ions matter. as tho ,asEu consists of
lNo tons OF tin plate and loco tons or pig
iron. Captain PcatUc determined 10 put
back TO Qu,cns;,Nn TO have hts cargo
rc-stowri tie made .iols head On Mon
day. the ;,h. and had MS cargo rc.sJowrd
th,rv. On Friday. the ssud. he got TO
sea the second ,imc Tn northeast trades
were gained on December 18th. Out wcru
lost again "A few days later. No unusual
events occurred on the NoyNgc until after
passing Cape Horn The line was cross
ci on December d. twtnty-stN days u
from Liverpool The sou'hrtst trades
were encountered January Il aud lost In
80 degrees south. Christmas vas cclchrSt-
el In good Old English style. AMI New
Years calls we're exchanged amongst
The members ot the crew.
on january = IN ~ icgr 'cs south. 20
west. q very peculiar Incident occurred
During "A thunder squat. q tremendous
swarm of mosquitoes took possession OF
the ship. All lands wrrc kept scratch
ing Tor a number OF days. Il Is sup
posed that the insects were blown on the
South American shore by the yalr. on
January IS the German ship Naipo was
spoken bound FOR Valparaiso. hity.tour
days out from Hamburg An weir
was IN. greeting exchanged. on January
Is Cape Horn was passed. fair W,ather
prevailing and a fair wind. hcinE the
dfty-Hfth day from Liverpool on the
18th. &C. south and VI west. heavy gales
were encountered. hut no damage done.
February s the tour-mast a lark Tai, va
n was spoken from New castle, bound
TO Valparaiso. all well From that time
on moderate weather was encountered,
and the line was again crossed In loo
west. an even To days from thc port
~ sailing Gales were encountered again
about q north. but no Inconvenience was
experienced The ship arrived on the
Columbia river April !. md took a nllot
aboard just l3i days from Holyhcad.
An understanding was arrived NJ yes
terday between all parties concerning the
extra charge occtsioned by the shifting
OF the cargo, aud At / o'clock the vessel
commenced dlscharging TIN AZ the bonded
warehouse. She will proceed up the river
shortly. and will load wheat for the
United Kingdom. Messrg. Meyer, Wilson
q Co. being her agents.