The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

/ The Schooner Roger Moore, Which
Put Into sapeIO in Distress, to he
lowed TO This City-Charters OF
Steamers for Cotton Cargoes.
Training Ship for Gun Captains.
Passengers Saved by HOgs-Yacht
Republic at Southport in Distress.
Collision of Schooner c. II.
spraSue and bark Vara.
Capt. I. Miller. owner of the schooner
| Roger Moore, from Wilmington, N. c.,
for Savannah, which put into Sapelo yes
terday with two masts gone, arrived in
the city yesterday. His vessel was in
command of the mate on her trip, Capt.
Miller remaining at Wilmington. The
vessel which is loaded with pyrites con-
| signed to the Savannah Guano Company,
will be lowed to Savannah.
The British steamship Sidra is posted
| at the Cotton Exchange for a cargo of
cotton to be shipped to Bremen. She is
due to arrive Nov %, consigned to ]. F.
Minis & Co.
Ire British steamship buckingham is
posted al the cotton exchange for a cargo
of cotton to be shipped TO Genoa. She is
due to arrive Dec. IS, consigned to Rich
ardson & Barnard.
The steamship Kamuruaka, while on
voyage from Eden to Sydney struck upon
a rock about $50 yards from shore, at a
point known as Pedro Reef. Oct 1G. The
passengers were all in their berths at the
time but fortunately the sea was calm
and all were rescued by means of a trav-
cling cage. In the absence of rockets,
lines were taken ashore by several pigs
which swan when thrown overheard
with signal halyards attached to their
hind legs. The vessel was a total loss.
The United States ship Lancaster will
be sent to Port Royal, S. c., as a training
ship for gun captains. She will become
gunnery vessel like the ,Amphitrite, and
attached to the new dry dock station. The
Amphitrite is used for instructing seamen
gunners while the Lancaster will be used
TO educate future gun captains in the du-
YES YES OF working the ordnance. She leaves
Boston for the south soon after some
repairs have been completed.
A dredge has begun work in digging out
channel to the stranded schooner Emma
L. Cottingham, ashore in the Delaware
river above Delaware City. She was driv-
en- en- up high , and dry during the October
when the accide,, te f97waS n ID Tpallast
been for stone wall along the river
field.
Capt. P. f. Jordahn. who was in com,
mand of the floating dry dock conveyed
from england to Havana, was a passen-
ger on the steamship Martin Saenz, arr.v-
ing here yesterday. Capt. Jordahn, while
born in Denmark, is now an American cit
~ H. ana Is mas been, prior TO his late visit
20 the Old country, resident of Mobile,
Ala, where he is now bound.
He reports very pleasant voyage from
England to Havana. The dry dock had
the steamship Peronia in front and, steam
passage.
on arriving at Havana a test was made
of the dry dock. 1t was sunk and raised
in three hours. The dock used her cleo
trical appliances, all of which proved sat
isfactory during the test. The dock is
built in five sections, measuring 400 feet
long 1903 feet breadth, 107 feet in hight,
q az O. can be sunk forty feet. 1t can lift
This dock cost $2,5OOO0O, and was built
for the Havana Floating Dock Company,
and will be christened the Alphonso
The builders of this dock have secured
a contract to build similar dock for the
Canadian government and also one for
parties In Siam, India.
Wilmington, N. c., Nov. 2O.-The pleas
ure yacht Republic, Capt. Randlette.
bound from Mobile to New London and
was towed up to the city to-day in a thor
oughly dismantled condition. She encoun-
tered heavy gale in sight of Cape Fear
came to anchor. All night and the
following day she waited for the wind to
abate. 1t grew more violent instead and
at To O'Clock, on the night of the 18TH it
swept the vessel fore and aft, snapping
or the masts on level with the deck.
None Of the crew were lost or injured
Capt. Randlette put his men to work
cutting away the wreck and getting up
jury masts. He was spoken by the
oil md
for New London, and advised to abandon
the vessel: This he steadfastly refused to
do, but allowed the schooner to go into
Southport and get assistance. The tug
Isabel was secured and the Republic was
towed into Southport and from there TO
Wilmington, where she lies awaiting or
ders from her owner
Wilmington. N. G. Nov. 2O-The
per, for Georgetown to New York, with a
cargo of lumber, is in the harbor at South
port with her port rigging torn away as a
result of a collision at sea Wednesday af-
ternoon. When nine miles from Frying
Pan lightship the master of the Sprague
saw, bark bearing down upon him with
yards squared. The bark was the Nor
wegian Vara, Capt. Terjesen, which clear
ed from Wilmington for Manchester. Eng,
thought the other would change her
course, but neither did so and they came
together under full sail. The Vara suf-
fered most, having a great hole knocked
in the bluff of her bow All of the crew
jumped aboard the schooner except the
captain, and cabin boy who We're taken
off soon afterwards. The schooner an
chored nearby. and the bark was last
sighted at dark Wednesday night She
sank during the night. The captains of
both vessels are here to-day, and have
filed their protests. Capt. Teriesen with
the Norwegian consul Alex s. Hide and
Capt Harper with his agents, Messrs
George Harris, Son & Co The cargo of
the Vara consisted of 409S barrels of rosin
shipped by the Shooter Company.
Savannah Almanac.