The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-03
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL, AND GENERAL NEWS of
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Capt. DaaGett of Steamship City of
Augusta Reports Irregularities IN
Lights and Buoys In savanaah
River Another British steamer
and SaiIings Steamship Luigi
Goes TO Sea Drawing Twenty-Four
Feet.
Capt II. C. Daggett of the steamship
City of Augusta has a series of COM
plants of Irregularities in the Savannah
river. The City of Augusta arrived here
night before last. Capt. Daggett says
that at o'clock the front light of Venus
Point ranges was not lighted. He mis-
took a bright light on the dredge at the
mouth of Wright's river for the range
light, and barely escaped running into the
jetty before he discovered his mistake.
He also states that the buoy at the "Oys-
ter bed is entirely too small. and cannot
be seen at night, and that the turning
buoy at Cunningham's spit is gone entire
ly. The north breaker bell buoy has
ceased to ring.
These are serious complaints, and ships
passing in or out of the river during the
night are apt to be damaged unless the
Irregularities are remedied.
The steamship City of Augusta was
perhaps the first vessel to pass Hatteras
after the Diamond shoal ligntship was
placed in position and lighted UP to desig-
nate the Graveyard of the Atlantic"
The lightship was anchored on the point
of no at I n Thursday
Daggett passed the ship just after the
lights were lit.
The light shows simultaneously from
three lens lanterns, encircling each mast
head, a fixed white light for twelve Sec
onds' duration, followed by an eclipse of
three seconds. In each lens lantern there
is a 100-candle-power incandescent electric
light. The focal plane of the lights are
fifty-seven feet above the sea, and the
lights are visible thirteen nautical miles
in clear weather the observers eye fifteen
feet above the sea.
The light vessel has a flush deck, two
masts, schooner-rigged, and has no bow
spirit; she has a smokestack and a fog
signal between the masts. At each mast
head, under the lens lanterns, there is a
circular gallery.
During thick or foggy weather a Pinch
steam chime whistle will sound blasts of
five seconds duration. separated by silent
intervals OIL uIty-IVe SECONDS.
The British steamship William Balls,
Capt Binks, from Las Palmas, arrived
yesterday, consigned to Richardson & Bar
nard She is chartered to load cotton for
Reval.
The Norwegian barkentine Sola was
yesterday hauled on Willink's marine rail-
way to have her bottom examined and re-
paired The vessel had been leaking.
Mr. John Daniels was yesterday APP
pointed as a fourteen-foot pilot by the
board of commissioners of pilotage, to fill
the place made vacant by the death of
Capt. Michael Lyons.
The Italian steamship Luigi was piloted
to sea yesterday by Capt. w. H. Fleet
wood, drawing twenty-four feet. This is
the deepest draught of any vessel ever
leaving this port. Several vessels, how
ever, have gone to sea recently drawing
twenty-three and one-half feet. The
Luigi was loaded with cotton and rail-
road iron and Is bound for Genoa.
St. Augustine, Fla, Oct. 2.-The stern
of a large schooner came ashore this
morning, bearing the name Precilla Scib-
ner This vessel was built at Summer
Point, N j., in 1874. She was of 450 tons
register The wreckage reported to the
Morning News last night was from her
There have been no indications of the
crew found.