The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-27
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
AND GENERAL NEWS OF
W. SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

IN, of Logs Drifting in the
'Oni -Nev Electric Plant on the
C;,x-ArrivaI of Two More
cotton Ships-Japan's Mer-
,Iarine-List of Vessels
For Savannah-Steamshi
,oo,,ur From Savannah TOws
nisabIed steamer HeXham Into
uenry-Wreck of the SchOOn-
Katie J. IreIan.
- has been some complaint from
- men during the past few days of
Us or logs drifting in the river. The
nun Of one of the tugs reported yes
ne tbst the propeller of his boat
u about a dozen of them Saturday.
hos do not float on the surface, but
bo,t a foot under water. 1t is sup
that they come from the sunken
f-r.s Il, the Central railroads new
w.. where dredging is being done.
u-5ra t7t steamship Gate City was laid
in New York for repairs to her hull,
--..,a was damaged by collision with the
sooner Joel Cook, she had new cleo
ol,nt put in her, and also received
neral repairs and painting in her sa-
\ a., She is now in thorough order, and
,,ots with the other elegant vessels of
,.s ocean steamship Company.
Yesterday was a very good day for ar
.t,,rs Of vessels. There were two British
-,.,r,srips and one Norwegian bark,
,.si.b came to the city to load, and four
.oretpn banks. which anchored at Tybee,
..ti.c, 10 quarantine. No vessels went to
, except the steamship Itasca, which
sailed at o'clock last night for Bati-
more.
The schooner Williams C. Wickham,
Cant. Even, from Philadelphia. bound for
savannah. was spoken yesterday off
Charleston bar.
The British steamship Endeavour, which
sailed from this port Thursday for Ven
s ire arrived at Cape Henry yesterday,
towing the British steamship Hexham in
a disabled condition. The Hexham sailed
from Punta Gorda for Hamburg Sept Is,
and grounded on the bar and remained
there until the next day, when tug and
tighter we're sent TO her assistance. She
afterwards got off and proceeded. No
particulars OF her condition have been re-
ceiyed
The British steamship Strathord, Capt.
Mcintyre from Grimsby, Sept 4, via
Delaware Breakwater, arrived yesterday,
consigned to Wilder & Co. The Strathord
is 2Jg9 tons net register. She is chartered
for a cargo of cotton from Savannah to
Liverpool
Capt Mcintyre of the British steam
ship stanford reports having spoken,
Sept. Is. the British steamship Strathne-
Wis. from New Orleans, bound to Ham
burg in latitude 1878 north, longitude 47:23
west on Sept. 20; the British steamship
Tampisan. from New Orleans for Liver
pool in latitude 1895 north, longitude 65:41
west; on Sept. 10. one of Hunling & Pat
ttsons steamships, of London, in latitude
1913 north, and longitude 60:33 west, bound
east
The second steamship to arrive for the
Georgia Export and Import Company
came in yesterday. II was the British
steamship Sutherland, Capt Proud, from
Shields, and is chartered to load cotton
for Reyal.
BY reference to the list of vessels to ar
rive at savannah, it will be seen that
there are a steamships due by the mid
Ole Of October. The most of these will
load with cotton for foreign ports. There
alf, besides these, twelve foreign steam
e.s already in port loading cotton.
According to the British consul at To-
ko. at the end of last year the japanese
no o. Nr
a5-resaung about 100000 tons, and 113
sailing vessels, with a total of about 800
tons. Among the steamers are three of
7F1 tons, "A of from 5000 to 1900 tons, 43
OF from 200 to 1900 tons, and 81 of from
Io.V to 200 tons. During the year the
N ppon Iusen Kaisha Company has open
az Ines to Europe, Australia and the
'A'ie1 states, and has ordered twelve new
steamers Of II knots speed and large car
rylng capacity.
New York, Sept 26.-The four-masted
schooner Goodwin Stoddard arrived in port
p9-idy from Fernandna, Fla, and re-
poi1eI severe experience during the hur-
H.ihe which prevailed off the southern
coast during the past week. On Sept IS
oAe oil the crew, Nils Svendsen, Nor
"'5-'h' teH from the spanker masthead
~ 'Ae leck, and was instantly killed On
.s.l- r.'N 9N4lOOileI hdlle j. lfeldQ was
s'--.eI living a distress signal She was
c.-A-i-' and had lost all her boats. The
9.'Iiaid took off the crew of the IreIau.
SoDs'stiHs of Capt. Crockett and seven
men ana the Irelan sank one hour and
i' minutes later in latitude S2:55. long
T1Ye 1875. The Irelan was bound from
1,a.uhore for Wilmington, N. c., with
80 OF scrap iron. None of the rescued
4'''N any of their effects The Irelan
was built at Cooper's Point ". T. in
~ aud was owned in Baltimore. Her
tonnage was $50 tons.
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