The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-29
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.
Safe Arrival of Savannah Steamships
| After the StOrm-The Hatterns
LiEhtship stood the GnIe-SchoOn-
er Julia a. War; In the Hurricane
| on Hatterns-ArriVaI of Three
British Steamers For CottOn-Ex-
ports of Cotton, Naval stores and
Lumber.
The steamships City of Macon from Bos-
ton and City of Augusta from New York
arrived yesterday morning. Both of them
! escaped the storm last Monday. The City
Of Augusta left New York Monday, but
anchored at Staten Island until Tuesday
morning She made good time from Sandy
Hook, and although there was rough sea
running the trip was a pleasant one.
The City of Macon did not leave Boston
on Sunday as was previously reported, but
went to sea Monday morning. She missed
the fury of the storm, and came down the
coast along with a northeast gale and
arrived here in sixty-nine hours.
The dispatch received Wednesday night
from Baltimore, stating that the steam
ship D. II. Miller had not arrived from
Savannah, was an error. The Miller got
to Baltimore Tuesday after a stormy pas
sage which delayed her but a few hours.
The steamship Tallahassee, which sail
ed from Savannah for New York Mon
day, reached her destination at u o'clock
yesterday noon, being about six hours
over due, She had rough passage.
| So far as the weather has tested her to
date there seems no doubt that the estab-
lishment of lightship to mark the Outer
| Diamond shoal off Hatteras will prove a
| permanent success and if so 1t will I'M
| doubtedly prove the salvation of many
vessels and lives. There is no question
that hghtshps rather than shore signals
are the more efficient and satisfactory for
the mariner during thick weather. When
| running in fog or snow shipmaster Will
| try to make a lightship and take a fresh
| departure far more confidently than he
would try to get hold Of the sound of
! shore fog horn, and having made the
| lightship he is perfectly assured of his
| safety and future course In such dam
| gerous location as off Hatteras, therefore,
! the lightshlp is of particularly good SER
| vice. Concerning No. 69s experience in
recent gale the following is an extract
| from the report of Capt. Blom:
| 1--WE had heavy northeast gale and sea
| and l have never seen nor been on board
| of a finer sea boat than this. / see no
| reason why she cannot ride out the heav-
| lest gale that can blow off Hatteras."
| Capt. Blom's opinion seems to have been
verified during the severe storm of last
| Monday. The gale was terrific around
| Hatteras, but the Diamond Shoal lightship
is reported to have held her anchors
| through the blast. She is slightly south
ward of her position before the gale, but
it is supposed that she had merely been
given more cable
The schooner Julia A. War;, Capt.
| War;, from New York, arrived yesterday.
She had cargo of salt consigned to G.
NJ. Gilbert & Co. Capt. War; reports that
his vessel was struck by a terrific storm
| last Monday off Hatteras, in which she
was tossed fearfully upon the sea. There
| is no apparent damage to the vessel, but
Capt War; noted protest yesterday and
will have the cargo surveyed by the port
wardens. The War; is chartered Tor
return cargo of lumber for Fall River.
The British steamship Castle Eden,
Capt. Splatt, eighteen days from Cardiff,
arrived yesterday for cargo of cotton for
Bremen. The vessel is consigned to
Strachan & Co. Capt. Spratt reports hav-
ing had a rough voyage, but the trip was
made without a days delay.
The British steamship Aswanly, Capt.
Barnet twenty-one days from Shields, ar
rived yesterday. She is consigned to j.
f. Minis & Co., and will load with cotton
for Bremen. Capt. Barnet reports that
while no serious storms We're encountered
| the trip was particularly rough, with high
rolling seas during the entire voyage.
The British steamship Weybridge, Capt.
Evans, from Barry arrived yesterday,
consigned to Strachan & Co. She is char
tered for a cargo of cotton for Genoa.
The trip was made In twenty-five days,
though very rough and disagreeable
weather during the entire voyage.
The British steamship Aston Hall hav-
ing discharged her cargo of German kainit
is now loading cotton for Bremen, The
ship is consigned to the Georgia Export
and Import Company.
The British steamship Edgemont Cas-
tie is posted at the cotton exchange to ar
rive Nov. 70 for a cargo of cotton for
Bremen. She has been chartered by W.
w. Wilson.
The British steamship Empress which
sailed from Boston a few days ago, is
due to load cotton al this port for Bremen
and Hamburg. The vessel is consigned to
Strachan & Co.
The iron door through which the divers
Will pass In and out the bottom of the
submarine wrecking vessel, the Argonaut
has been tested and operated successfully.
The trial was made a few days ago al the
Columbian iron works at Baltimore by the
inventor of the craft, Mr. Simon Lake
The bow compartment was charged with
y. air at a pressure of % pounds to the square
inch When the vessel is submerged to
depth of so feet, this interior pressure of
air is TO equal the pressure of water from
the outside. Mr.. Lake and a diver STEP
ped into the compartment and opened the
door in it's bottom, and no water entered
the vessel The two men remained in the
vessel with the door open for ON hour A