The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-30
WRECK OF THE SHIPPING.
The Loss Estimated at Over 800,
600


900.
The damage to the shipping on the river
is estimated to be in the neighborhood of
100000 Nearly every vessel in port was
more or less damaged. The most serious
causalties were the the capslzing of the
Norwegian bark Rosenius, in the middle
of the river, the grounding of the Ger
man bark Cuba, loaded with cargo of
naval stores for Hamburg; the drifting
of the Norwegian bark B. D. Metcalf, on
the training wall at the blight, and the
loss of the tug Robert Turner, from
which three men are supposed to have
been drowned near Venus Point.
The bark Rosenius was moored at Cor
don wharf. where she had been towed
Yesterday morning. preparatory TO
taking in a cargo of naval
stores. She was light, her bal
last having been discharged on Hutch
inson's Island during the past few days
The gale was so severe that the vessel
broke from her n1oorings, and drifted into
the river. She came up the river, and
when just opposite East Broad street
her keel struck a shoal on just off the
channel, on the opposite side of the river
and the force of the wind carried her
over on her beam ends The crew were
thrown in the water, but they managed
to scramble on the hull, and held on
until assistance came from the shore
Pilot Fleetwood of the United States
steamer Tybee Secured one of Mr. H .
Logan's White Hall boats and went, with
two of his men. to the rescue The men
were taken off after some difficulty. The
vessel lies in the middle of the river
| and will probably be total loss.
The German bark Cuba had a full cargo
of naval stores and was ready to sail for
Hamburg. She was blown across the
river and grounded alongside the jetties
opposite the Savannah Florida and West
ern railway wharves. The tide fell in the
afternoon, leaving the vessel fast on the
bottom with a list on her port side. Her
cargo will have to be discharged in order
that an attempt can be made to get the
vessel afcat Her foregallant mast and
yard were carried away.
Nearly every steamer and sailing vessel
| along the wharf broke away and drifted
| across the river. The British steamship
Inverness. which was loading phosphate
rock at the Savannah, Florida and West
| ern railroad wharves, parted her lines
and drifted into the stream. She cast her
anchors and by the aid of her steam, was
held in position and did not receive any
| damage further than the blowing away
| of her awnings and other movable OBJ
| jects on her decks.
| The steamships Corona and Nab, lying
| at the phosphate wharves, moved only
| slightly away from the wharves.
! The Belgian steamship Iris weathered
| the gale at the Savannah, Florida and
| Western whaves better. perhaps. than
any vessel in that vicinity. She did not
move an inch from her moorinFs
The Italian bark Aline, which was along
! side of the bark Cuba, followed her over
| the river and remained there until late
| in the afternoon when she was towed
! back to the wharf. The Aline's maingal-
! liant mast and top mast were blown away.
| The Norwegian bark Amor. which was
/ lying a the end of the Savannah, Florida
| and Western naval stores wharves, was
! considerably damaged by a part of the
shed blowing on board and covering her
cabin. She broke a rift soon after this
/ occurrence, but was successfully anchor
/ ed in the middle OF the stream, and sus-
/ tanned no further damage
! There were two vessels at Gordon
/ wharf, besides the unfortunate bark Ro-
senius, which capsized Both of them, the
Norwegian barl1s Decima and MiZpa,
( were blown across the river and landed
: against the jetties. These were damaged
/ considerably the Mizpa having lost her
main topmast,
J The schooner Douglas Gregory was
blown out in the stream, where she an
chored opposite the far end of the Sa-
, vannah, Florida and Western wharves.