The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-29

Reports of wrecks and derelicts re-
ceived for transmission to the navy de-
partment.
Notice is given by the Light House
Board that, on or about Nov l. 1896, light
vessel No. 1, now moored in 81 feet of wa.
ter off Port Royal entrance, outside of
Martins Industry shoal. South Carolina,
and about Is miles ENE. 7s e. from Ty-
bee light house, Georgia, will be perma-
nently withdrawn from this station, and
temp 1rily replaced by relief light yes.
sci n 80
Relief light vessel No. % will show two
fixed white reflector lights, but during
thick or foggy weather she will sound
bell struck by hand instead of a pinch
steam whistle. Is ,,ttg s..-
The vessel has two -masts, schooner rig
ged, but differs from light vessel No in
having a white hull with RELIEF in
black on each side, mo. %" in black on
each quarter, and in not having a smoke
stack between the masts.
On or about Dec 1, 1896, steam light YES
sci No. SO. now off Frying Pan shoals.
North Carolina, will be permanently es-
tablished at Martins Industry station.
and light vessel No. 20 will be withdrawn.
Light vessel No. SO will show, the same
as light vessel No. 1, two fixed white re-
flector lights, but each at q hight of 37k
feet above the sea, and the lights will be
visible nA miles in clear weather, the OBJ
servers eye Is feet above the sea- She
has two masts, schooner rugged, no bow
spirit, mastheads black with a black cir
cular iron cage work at each. The huh
will be red, with MARTINS INDUS
TRY on each side in large white letters,
and mo. So in white on each quarter
A black smokestack and the fog signal
are between the masts.
During thick or foggy weather the fog
signal will be the same as on the present
light vessel, viz, a Pinch steam whistle,
sounding blasts Of seconds duration
separated by silent intervals of "a sec
onds, thus: Blast, 6 seconds; silent inter-
val, "a seconds; blast, 6 seconds; silent in
terval, 54 seconds.
This notice affects the List of Lights
and Fog Signals, Atlantic and Gulf
Coasts, 1896, page 112, No. 654, and the
List of Beacons and Buoys, Sixth Light
house District, 1895, page Is.
Notice is given by the Light House
Board that, on or about Nov. g. 1895, light
vessel No. SO, now moored about 21k miles
to the southwark and eastward of the
outer 1S-foot spot of Frying Pan
shoals, making off from Cape Fear. sea-
coast Of North Carolina, will be with
drawn from, and permanently replaced
on this station by light vessel No. /.
Light vessel No. ! will show, the same
as light vessel No. 3d. two fixed white re-
Hector lights, but each at hight of A
feet above the sea, and the lights will be
visible IL miles in clear weather, the Oh
servers eye Is feet above the sea. She
has two masts, schooner rugged, mast
heads black with black hoop-iron cage
work day mark at each. The hull will
be yellow, with the words FRYING PAN
SHOALS in large black letters on each
side, and mo. T. in black ON each quar-
ter. A black smokestack and the fog sig
nal are between the masts.
During thick or foggy weather the fog
signal will be the same as on the present
light vessel, viz, 12-inch steam whistle.
sounding blasts Of seconds durations,
separated by alternate silent intervals of
10 and 40 seconds, thus: Blast, s seconds.
silent interval, 10 seconds; blast, sec
onds; silent interval, 40 seconds.
This notice affects the List OF Lights
and Fog Signals, Atlantic and Gulf
Coasts, 1885, page LOG, No. COL, and the List
of Beacons and Buoys, Sixth Light House
District, 1895. page 2.
New York. Oct. 26.--The inspector OF the
Third light house district gives notice that
on Oct rs the position Of the anchorage
buoy off the northerly entrance to Eris
basin, New York Upper bay, was changed
to point about 300 feet SSW from its
former position, and Is now moored in
about IS feet mean low tide and about Oh
feet WNW 4 w from the entrance to erie
basin. Bearings: Governors Island post
lights, N by e; Liberty statue NV X N:
Robins Reef lighthouse. WSW * w.
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