The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-02
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Damage at the Quarantine Station.
4 Vessel Loaded with Naval stores
In the Shortest Time on Record.
More Steamers to Load Cotton for
EuroDe-ExpOrts of Naval stores.
Vessels In the Port of Savannah.
The tug Dauntless got in some trouble
Thursday afternoon and the quarantine
station suffered considerable damage at
the same time. The Dauntless was NOV
ing the Norwegian bark Ragna from the
wharf when. through some miscalcula-
ton, the vessel collided with the ballast
run and derrick. carrying away a part
Of each. The damage was considerable,
and it will delay other vessels from dis
charging until repairs are made. The af-
fair was reported to the health officer.
who called upon Mr.. ]. ]. Cummings,
the agent of the Dauntless, with com
plant that the tug had caused the DAM
age to the station. Mr.. Wilson, the rep
resentative of Mr.. Cummings, assured DR..
LeHardy that the expenses of the repairs
would be settled by the owners of the
tug and that settled the matter.
One of the quickest dispatches on rec
ord was The loading of the Norwegian bark
Ar, which cleared yesterday for Har-
burg with 1883 barrels of rosin. The
vessel arrived from Tybee late Monday
night, and entered at the custom house
Tuesday morning. She had on board $50
tons of rock ballast, which had to be
discharged, after which she was trans-
ported to a loading berth, where she took
in part of the cargo, and was afterward
moved again to finish. She finished Load
ing early yesterday morning and cleared
for her destination. In all, the discharg-
ing and loading occupied only little more
than three days, which is, perhaps the
quickest dispatch on record. The vessel
was consigned to Dahl & Andersen and
the cargo was furnished by the S. p.
Shooter Company.
The German steamship Wolfburg, Capt
Phieffer, was yesterday added to the list
of vessels to load cotton at this port. She
arrived yesterday, consigned to Wilder &
Co., and will take cargo to Bremen,
The schooner Grace Andrews, Capt
Brown, from New York. arrived yester-
day with a cargo of bulk guano, CON
signed to Charles Ellis & Co.
The steamship La Grande Duchesse ar
rived at New York Wednesday from New
port News. and will sail to-day for Sa-
vannah on her first trip since having had
repairs done to her boilers. She is due
10 arrive Monday afternoon, and will sail
Wednesday on return to New York
The British steamer Feronia was posted
on the Cotton Exchange yesterday by j.
T. Minis & Co. to load cotton for Bre-
men. She sailed from Penarth Sept. Is,
and is due here Oct. 6.
The British steamship Elfrida was post
ed yesterday at the cotton exchange by
Strachan & Co. She is due to arrive here
oct y from Swansea to load cotton for
Havre.
The British bark Lorraine, which arrived
at Tybee some days ago from Santos, was
towed to the quarantine station
10 be fumigated. She is chartered by
Paterson, Downing & Co. to load naval
stores for Europe.
Jacksonville, Fla, Oct 1.-The schooner
Charles S. Davis, Capt. Sooy arrived in
port to-day from Philadelphia, from which
port she sailed Sept. 49, The Davis was
overdue. She struck the storm while off
Hatteras and was blown past Jackson
vile, having to heave to for several days
on account of the high seas. The schooner
was uninjured.
Washington, Oct. IA telegram was re-
ceived to-day by Commander Wilde, naval
secretary of the lighthouse board. stat
ing that the new lightship No. 50 was
placed on her station on the Diamond
shoals, off Hatteras, at / o'clock yester-
day afternoon.
ST. Augustine Fla. Oct. 1.-Quantities
Of lumber and wreckage, including yellow
painted ships rail, bulwarks stanchion
cabin stairs, four steps covered with sheet
brass, a ships large yawl, cans of lard
ETC., with no marks of Identification, have
come ashore. The lumber coming on An
astasia beach and the wreekage on North
beach, with northeast wind, indicates
wreck north of St Augustine.
Charleston, s. c., Oct 1.-The tug Ce-
celia picked up the abandoned and dis
masted barkentine Carrie L. Tyler. from
Savannah, bound TO New York, with a
cargo of lumber.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises to-day at 6:10 and sets at $50
High water at Tybee to-day 1874 a. m.
and 1874 p m. High water at Savannah