The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-08
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.


NentOne with "A Cargo valued at
Nearly S5O,OO0-Steamer Doretta to
BE Laid Up Few Dnys-TOnnage
of the Port for ISO7-SchOOner Is
land City Sold to Parties at Rock
land, Me-List of Vessels in Port.
A cablegram from Amsterdam dated Jan.
), stated that the Norwegian bark Men
tone, from Savannah for Hamburg was
ashore on the Island of Texel, in the north
sea, coast OF Holland. Thirteen of the crew
landed, but Capt Valderssen. remained on
board. She was afterwards pulled off. A
later cablegram, which was published in
yesterdays Morning News stated that the
Mentone capsized while being towed to
Nieuwe dep. and is a total loss.
The bark Montone sailed from Savannah,
Dec. Z, for Hamburg. with 1,5OO barrels of
rosin, and 1854 casks Of spirits turpentine.
The cargo was valued at 1880 and was
shipped by the Antwerp Naval Stores Com
pany.
The steamer loretta will be laid up for
few days She is to be inspected early
next week. In the meantime she will be
hauled on Jones Marine Railway 20 receive
some necessary repairs. The Z. $. Steam
yacht Chere Anne, which has been on the
ways for several days, will probably be
launched to-day, when the Doretta will be
hauled out.
The schooner Alfred Brabrook, which
was hauled on Willink's Marine Railway
to have a leak repaired, came off yester
day, and went 10 her loading berth where
she will take on a cargo of lumber to be
shipped to Boston. by John A Calhoun.
The schooner Joel Cook, Capt Fraser,
| from Philadelphia, arrived yesterday with
a cargo of coal consigned to c. II. Dixon
& Co. This makes the fourth cargo of coal
received this week by these consignees,
and 1t is reported that they have several
others due to arrive.
The harbor masters report of the statis-
tics of the port for 1897, shows that dur
ing the year 1913 vessels visited the port
as follows: American steamships 3jS,
American sailing vessels, 309; foreign
steamships, 1902; foreign sailing vessels, 240.
The total tonnage for 1897, was 1,164918,
against 1114,069 for 1895. The arrivals an
1896 were 9S1.
The schooner Island City has been sold
on private terms to Perry Bros. of Rock
land, Me-, who will place her in the lime
trade between thai port and New York.
The British steamship Arthur Head from
Barry for Savannah, put into st. Michaers
Jan. 5, with her decks damaged and loss of
her boats.
The Norwegian bark Undine, Capt. Han
sen, which sailed from Newcastle, Eng,
Dec. II for Table Bay, was abandoned at
sea. The derelict was sighted Jan. g. in lat
titude Al degrees north, longitude 9 degrees
west.
The bark Ella, recently purchased by
Capt. Avis, of Woodbury., n. j., has been
chartered to load cargo of lumber at
Philadelphia for Buenos Ayres and Rosa
rio The Ella was formerly owned at Port
land, Me, and will in the future hail from
Philadelphia. Capt Avis was formerly
master of the brig Wau Bun, recently
wrecked on the west coast of Cuba, and is
well known in Savannah where he has
made frequent visits for many years.
The Norwegian banks Crown, Capt He
berg, from Ardrossan and Glitner, Capt
Marcussen, from Glasgow, both bound for
Demerara, collided off the Skerries, a
group of small islands about II miles east
erly from Dublin, and the Glitner was
sunk. The Crown has been towed to Liver
pool with her bows stove. No lives We're
lost. Both of these vessels were frequent
traders at this port and recently took car
goes of naval stores from Savannah to Eu-
rope.
The brig ArcOt. at Boston, from Jamai-
ca lost foresail Monday night off Thach-
er's Island and split foretopsail and lib
during heavy NV gale. On the passage
out from New York to Canary Islands
with general cargo, the vessel struck a der
elicit in mid-ocean when Is days out. The
vessel struck it a glancing blow, the iron
bolts on the wreck cutting several planks
ON the Arcot nearly half way through