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

Advance In Coal FreIghts at Eastern
Ports - Charters of More Cotton
ShIps-A Number of Vessels Clear
ed with Naval stOres-Wreck of
the Brignntine Wau Bun-Arrival
and Departure of Vessels.
Coal freights from Baltimore to east
ern ports have made an advance that has
not been experienced by masters Of schoon-
crs for some time. Fifteen cents raise
marked the market yesterday. The schoon-
er Yale was taken for Boston at 80 cents
ton, or $1.05 to the wharf, which includes
bridge money. The schooner c. A. White
got IS cents to New Bedford, an advance of
Is cents on former rates. There are but
two or three vessels in port open to char
ter, and they are expected to receive even
a higher rate than the advance of yester-
day.
The British steamship Ransa has been
posted at the cotton exchange for a cargo
Of cotton to be shipped to Bremen. She is
due to arrive Dec. 8, and will be con-
signed to the Georgia Export and Import
Company.
The British steamship G. r. Booth has
been posted at the cotton exchange for a
cargo of cotton to be shipped to Bremen.
She is due to arrive Nov. 20, and will be
consigned to ]. F. Minis & Co.
Five foreign banks cleared yesterday, all
of which were loaded with naval stores.
-Four are bound for Europe and one for
South America.
The Philadelphia brigantine Wau Bun,
from jamaica for Providence, struck the
coral reefs off Cape San Antonio. western
coast of Cuba, on Oct. %, and with her
cargo of 1ogwood became a total loss.
The crew were picked up by a Spanish
gunboat and landed at Havana. The lost
vessel was entirely owned in this city and
New Jersey. She was built at Machias,
Me-, in 1878 and formerly hailed from Cam
den, Me. The Wau Bun had been fire.
quent trader at Savannah. She was COM
manded by Capt. AVIS who is well known
at this port.
The British steamship Ratio, from Viz
agapatam for Philadelphia, which ground
ed on the Dan Baker shoal, hoated Mon.
day, after discharging 430 tons of man
ganese ore and with the assistance of the
tugs MADEIRA, Startle, Wear, Churchman,
Juno, New Castle and Holton, she arrived
at Philadelphia without serious damage;
but 1t willabe necessary to dock the ves-
sci for an examination. The cause of the
accident will be investigated.
The wreck of the schooner A. D. Lam
son, which sunk five and one-half miles
east-one-quarter-north of Cape Henry
light, has been blown UP by wreckers No
soundings have been made to ascertain
whether any obstruction to navigation has
been caused.
The steamer Endeavour (Br), from Sa-
vannah, with a cargo of phosphate rock
and cotton, in entering the harbor of Ven
ice, a strong current running at the time,
touched the breakwater. No damage Is
anticipated. She will be examined by
diver.
The first mali contract between any gov
eminent and steamship company for the
purpose of carrying ocean mails is that
of July 4. 1899, between the British adj
mlralty and Samuel Cunard, Esq, provid-
ing for the mail service from July /, 1910,
between Liverpool and Halifax, Halifax
and Boston, Plctou and Quebec. The SER
vice began as contemplated and is now on
the active course on the main route