The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-01
SHIPPING DAY
Marine Matters, Here, There aid
Everywhere.

The crowa Of nine vessels will npgnc
Now YehTH Day IN Astoria.
Tho F0ffarrhiro has forfeited hrr char
Ter II n Improbable that sic has YET
lcft Puget Sound
The American bark Title " Hiarbnok
has Just len New York for this city with
. full cargo Of miscellaneous goods con
signed 10 Sutton 4 Beebs.
Early yesterday morning the ADdrsia'a
anchors dragged a dozen yards and swung
her too close "a the sand bank at the
edge 0f tho inside channel She rosumed
her former anchorage al noon,
10th tugs went down 10 the m0nt Of
the river yesterday but neither Of them
creased out All day there was a heavy
wlndhtorm In tho vicinity Of the Cape
ana tho ocean was roughrr than II has
been for some weeks.
The American bark Paotolus leaves up
Tor Portland this morning In tow 0f the
Harvest Queen. Bhn Will unload her car
go 10 Flanders wharf II II probable that
nho will leave for Honolulu In ballast for
a load Of sugar next month.
BhowAn & Co. OF Hopghong. under date
Of November ID. state; For Ban Fran
cisco. We are IN want OF a vessel. but
owners ideas are altogether too high for
business Cargo IL scarce and long lay
days are required to get sufficient cargo
together for large Hailern."
Tho bark sighted outside on Monday
al.NV 49, ..stl.aVI4 "a atNaV from The
gallo on shore az she was nowhere within
reach Of the glasses yesterday. she Il
supposed to be- the British bark Lortoh.
81 days from Liverpool Her charter cH-
pired at this city at 6 o'clock last night.
and IKE the ForfarHhiro. she has lost H.
-
W. r. 3. Thorn. who was for years
connected with the shipping nrm OF
Meyer. Wilson g. Co. die az his home
In this city yesterday. lie had been III
for some time. 70 his death was not UNI
expected. lie was known TO nlmos every
master Of "A British ship that comes 10
San Francisco. and was a universal IA
yorite on the water front. lie was -
years old. and a native OF Pcnrith. Eng.
~iand.-CaiL
Early yesterday morning IL. NJ Z.
Pheasant went out for the disabled Satel.
lite. which bad. as previously stated. mr..
rived In the Straits. Friday evening after
a stormy passage under sail from Mania
Milo. She was forty-nve days on the
voyage. an fast progress could not be
made without the use Of steam power.
SO soon az the dry dock IN ready for her
accommodation she will at once enter II
for repairs -Colonlst
Five thousand tons OF coal were turned
out by the Beaver iIil Coal Company In
the last month OF 1895 They are sink
ing n slope from the i00-foot level and
arc driving two gaugwayp from a 3o-foot
lev 81. and when this IN finished the out.
put will DO 1900 tons per month Tit
company has completed a road from
Marshhcld. their shipping point. to Myrtle
Point. and viii extend u TO Roseburg TO
tap the southern Pacific.
The Marine Review. Cleveland. an
nounecs that orders have been placed
among six lake shipbuiiding concerns FOR
fourteen steel freight vessels. eight Of
which are stoRmcrH and six tow harges.
Zach OF these vessels il 10 carry 400
gross tons on G.foot draft. The total
cost approximRtcs 100000. and the whole
fleet In TO bc In commission not later than
August 10. 1856 The orders were given
by Pioklhnds. Mathcr q Co. representing
John y. Rockefeller n the Minnesota
Iron Co.
There was almost a fatality .on the tug
Active yesterday, says the Examiner.
First Mate W. Olsen was struck by the
end OF u flying hawser and was knocked
unconscious, Blood flowed from his
mouth. nose and ears. and for a few min
utcs the crew thought he was dead. The
tug at once made for the wharf at fun
speed. and when medical attendance was
procured Olsen was found to be not as
badly hurt as at FIRST was supposed, lie
was taken 20 the hospital and everything
possible done for him.
News reached here yesterday from Lyt-
Teton. n. T., that the British ship Holm
wood had put into that port with her
cargo heated and that probably she would
have 20 discharge. The HOLLYWOOD left
Newcastle, N, S. W, for San Francisco
sixteen days ago with a cargo OF coal.
She IL In command Of Captain Kild and
Is Consigned TO ]. ID. Spreekels & Bros.
Company. Of San Francisco. She prob
ably had coal OF board that was put In
when wet. and the working OF the ship
caused II to heat, TIL chances are that
II will be several weeks before the Holm
wood gets away from Lyttleton.
The steamer Signal arrived I'm yester-
day morning from British Columbia with
Ave hundred tons OF cargo and fourteen
Chinese passengers. She Is discharging
30 tons OF coal at the O, II. and n. dock
and Will probably leave up for Portland
with the balance OF her load tonight.
Captain B~endergard reports n fair pas
sage down until reaching the mouth O.
the river on Monday night. He will not
forget his experience IN laying outside
for twelve hours In the middle OF a bliad-
Ing gale. Crossing In yesterday morning
was about as bad. Two OF the steamer
deck houses were carried away and her
aft rails smashed to pieces. She shinned
dozens OF seas before reaching the je.ty.
Repairs will be effected in Portland,
An old gentleman came down from PEN
dleton yesterday to spend Christmas with
the family OF his daughter In his city.
During the afternoon he strolled out past
the waterfront and noticed the Bedford
shire alongside the docks. Her Christmas
trees are still standing at the top OF her
broken foremost and mainmast. "why,
what's them things" he asked. A by
stander volunteered the information:
You see this Is the Bedfordshire's first
voyage, Her masts haven't finished grow
Ing yet. They prune them every few
weeks, but the salt air brings the leaves
on again very quickly" The Old man look
ed In wonder, and wanted TO know how
long II took the masts TO get to the right
height. Three years" replied his in
formant, That ship out there. pointine
to the Mowhan) has them full grown"
The stranger said something about 1.-The
longer WI live the more we learn" and
wandered or somewhere else.
j. w, Harrlson's coal circular contains
the following: During the week there
have been ten arrivals from the Northern
mines, carrying %, 1903 tons. from Lelth
LOGO tons, from Swansea 16.S99 tons, from
Newcastle, N. s, w, 1853 tons, from
Nj ZOO tons. Tho axcpaqiya arrivals