The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.


Sale of the Cargo of the Schooner
Fannie misunderstanding Duchess
of ROxburghe Detained From Sail
ing by An Accident - Arrival of
schOOners With Cargoes of Coal.
The cargo of molasses on the schooner
Fannie Arthur, the vessel which went
ashore on Warsaw Island several weeks
ago. and was pulled off and towed to this
port, was sold at auction yesterday and
| brought 81, 100.
The original value of the molasses. which
was shipped from New Orleans, for Port
Royal, was about $1,000. The purchasers
were Mr.. Healey, the shipper of the car
go; c. NJ. Gilbert & Co. and the Savannah
Grocery Company.
The Propeller Towboat Company had a
claim for salvage of $4,000 on the cargo,
but win not derive much from the pro-
ceeds of the sale, as the freight money
comes out first. The company will claim
salvage on the vessel.
The schooner was "heaved over" yester-
day to have the bottom calked, as she is
too wide to go on the marine railway. She
will take a cargo of lumber to Philadel-
phia, where she will be hauled out on
dry dock for thorough repairs.
AS the British steamship Duchess of
Roxburghe was got into the stream yester-
day morning ready to go to sea, the sluge
hole door of one of the main boilers blew
out and necessitated the redockng of the
ship. She was moored at the lower end
of the Savannah, Florida and Western
railway wharves, where the repairs were
made by the engineers of the ship. There
was no one hurt by the accident and the
steamship was ready to go to the blight
yesterday afternoon, preparatory to going
10 sea this morning.
The steamship Tallahassee arrived yes
terday morning from New York with an
unusually heavy freight. The Grand
Duchess having missed her sailing day.
caused an accumulation of merchandise
at the New York pier which the Tallahas-
see had to take. The freights on all OF
the ships from New York are heavy and
increasing.
The schooner Island City, Capt. Henderson,
from Baltimore, arrived yesterday with
cargo of coal consigned to c. H. Dixon g.
Co This is the first trip of the Island
City to Savannah under her new owner
ship. Particulars of her recent sale were
published in the Morning News.
The Savannah schooner Charmer, Capt.
Johnson, from Baltimore, arrived yester,
day with a cargo of coal consigned to G.
/. Taggart.
The schooner Jose Olavarri from Balti-
more, arrived yesterday with cargo con-
slsting of OIL cement and coal.
The British steamship Kelvin is posted
at the cotton exchange for a cargo OF
cotton to be shipped to Bremen. She Is
due Nov. Is, consigned to the Georgia Ex-
port and Import Company.
The steamer Olivette left New York
Monday for Tampa, Fla, after having
been thoroughly repaired from her in
juries received by the transport Avoca
running into her in Halifax harbor. She
carried upon her decks the small steam
yachts Mary and Gil Bias, which will be
used in Florida waters this winter.
Charles Anderson, an able seaman, has
brought suit in the United States district
court at Philadelphia against John Baiz-
ley, one of the owners of the schooner Min
ME Ann Bonsail, to recover wages which
he claims to be due him for services rem
dered as one of the crew of the vessel
The Bonsall was abandoned in one of the
recent storms off the Georgia coast.