The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-10
SHIPPING

oHlPPlN0D AYbYD AY
Marine Matters, Here, There ard
Everywhere.
The coIumblne left out Yesterday morn.
ing for Destruction iAlanl
Tha Britiah bark BnnnOckburn camc
down the river yesterday morning from
Portland IN los Of the oklahama,
The State u California left out for
Ran Francisco yesterday morning with
2l2 passengers and a fun cargo ~ freight
The british ship Mowhan viii cave the
. H. & n. dock ana so out into the
stream today. Bhc sails tomorrow morn.
Ing for England.
The bnrkoniinc Marion. which arrived
In Han Francisco Tuesday from Port
Binksley with q cargo OF lumber, had 10
iotllson her dcchload on December "a
during q heavy southwest gale.
Tho japanese government has promised
to Huhsldizc a line Of steamer 10 ply boz
tween Kobe aud Yokohama ard the Re-
public OF Mexico, The vessels are 20 be
specially constructed aH cotton carriers.
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The harkeniine Modoc had n very
squHily voyage from HRkodntc 20 Han
Francisco. ON November 18Th the vessel
was struck by a hurricane and for a
while things were quite lively on board.
The nrnt mate wa washed overheard.
but managed TO get on deck again.
The steamer Faraiion arrived from va.
duina hay yesterday. says Tho Cane after
being bar bound for about three weeks.
l/rho captain Gays II blew harder during
the time ho was detained than he had
ever seen before on the coast The waves
were mountain high and II would have
boon folly to attempt 70 take The steamer
over the bar
Tho Adams In nearly ready for sea, her
guns having been placed on baord aud
her rgorur laid out ready for hosting on
Saturday morning. She vas hauled
from under the shears 10 above the berth
oftho Monadnock In passing by the
| Mondanock. the tied being strong. the
ship yrercd alongside Of the. monitor ana
one Of the after beats. suspended from
tho dAyita Of tho Adams. caught tho line
Of iron Ftanchlona and e. and broke
some twenty OF them like reeds Report
In the French navy n test has recently
been made OF a submerged toprdo hont
of two.h horse power. which has "A speed
OF seven miles an hour, When the hont
~ started In the direction Of an enrmy'F
ship Il h SUM 20 the required depth hy
an automatic arrangement which regu-
late. ts weight TO an ounce. and Il can
h- brouhRt TO the surface Instantly by
detAehinR a lead keel weighing a ton.
The angel that sits hloft Tor roor Jack
viii abdicato when torpedocs begin 10
play under tho ships hull, with no trace
OF an enemy In sight.
The cargo Of the big steamer Afridl S.
not turning out as well AZ was expected. |
She was busy discharRing all day ycEter-
day. and over 1900 chests OF tea were
found 90 he damaged. says the Can. tn"
steamer was caught Ia "A hurricane be-
tween Annoy In China and Kobe. Japan.
She laborrd heavily. and some OF the
lashinE gave way. The tea was thrown
broken. In the aerond batch yesterday
tho i0ngrhorcmcn wcro working up to
their knees In tea which had been spilled
all over the deck. Some one win have
TO pay for tho damage. and the chances
are that the steamship company and the
underwriters will have a rquahble over
the settlement.
There can be 40 doubt hat In these
lines OF dynamite aud submerged tor
pcdo boats n hattleship VIII have TO use
extraordinary caution IN the vicinity OF
"A hostile port Intense vigilance must be
exercised at night to discover the loca-
ton OF torpedoes. and the crcw viii get
very little rest under such circumstances.
when Lieutenant Cushing Junk the Con-
fcdorato ran AlbcmArlc hc stole past the
river picket boat In the darkness ana
drove over the Gordon OF logs with which
the AlbcmRrlc was surrounded. The wire
netting and EcarchliEhts now used are by
no means a certain protection against
torpedo boats. The latest experiments
In our navy indicate that they are dan
gcrous to a startling degree.
The old monitor Comanohc has been
AAsAAAAAhA III AANAiH HihAf w hAAf NAAA anu W I
the coming week the engines will be-
turned over. frightened up and oiled,
states tho Examiner, She Is now lying
w near the coal wharf. which means
tia considerable coal VIII be Put ON
hoard, In fact a little more than that
viii probably be necessary TO give her a
days steam trial. In all respects the
Old monitor is ready for service. She
has L good crew aboard, plenty Of coal
aboard. an dthc old lj-inhc guns would
do n great deal OF damage TO a ship at
close range. The little cheesebox-look-
ing AFFAIR. should the monitor be ordered
commissioned and steam down to San
Francisco, would attract considerable
more attention among the water frontiers
than the Philadelphia or Boston, now ly-
ms on the water front,
The Mondanock during the coming
week wiz have her aftcr-turret guns
hoistod a,.ayd at San Francisco, They
AVE been partially unhouse and men are
engaged in getting the guns In READINGS
to hoist. There Is quite m army o.
men at work ON the monitor, and though
the officials state there Is nothing UNI
usual gpiEg en-, yet to half an ohservar
eye one can se that work on her Is /,
ing pushed TO have her completed just
a. soon as possible. There Is not an
idle man ON board. and though not rush-
ing. all are ~lntently engaged In their work
OF putting In place the steel pieces OF the
coming tower, the turret s~upcrstructure
of this almost ~lmpregnable lighting ma
chine, which intended to guard the
Golden Gate, There IL yet much to do.
and the work Is being done exceedingly
We'll, and will. It is expected, be COM
pletcd by March.
The cruisers Boston and Philadelphia
were thr1wn open to the public yesterday
and large crowds availed thmselves OF
the opportunity. The tug Mile ran