The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-16
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Swedish Bark Livingston Put IntO
This Port in Distress-BuOys Re
ported Adrift in the Ocean-SchOn-
err II. :. Lanfair Safe at Baltimore.
Disasters in April.
The Swedish bark Livingston, Capt.
Nygren, which sailed from Brunswick
June l, for Bristols arrived at this pert
yesterday leaking inches of water IN
hour. Capt. Nygren reports that he sail
ed from Brunswick with cargo of spirits
turpentine and rosin. On June 5, FIVE
days out just east of the Gulf stream,
his vessel encountered a severe storm.
which started her to leaking. He con-
cluded to put back to the nearest port
and succeeded in reaching Tybee yester-
day. A consufs survey will be held on
the vessel to-day, and 1t is likely that
she will have to be discharged and repair
ed.
Capt. Nygren. of the Swedish bark Liv-
ingston, reports having passed two buoys
adrift. p miles southeast of Tybee, June
a. One was cone buoy painted with
black and red rings The other was a
round top buoy painted black.
The report Of the capture of the schooner
Fl. 5. LAMAR, by Spauiards. which WIS
brought to New York by Capt Aarhuus
of the German steamship Schleswig, turns
out to be untrue. The vessel arrived at
Baltimore Monday from Bonaire, Dutch
West Indies, with 1900 bushels of salt.
She left Bonaire on May Z. on the pas
sage Capt. johnson dropped into Inagua,
an English island, where he learned from
the American consul of war between the
ri tod e. rwa
irving a Spanish feet appeared off the
port and for several nights lighted Up
the anchorage with their electric lights.
After this guarding of the port ceased,
Capt Johnson decided to sail for Balti-
more. and left Inagua on May "A. From
the port of departure of Capt. Johnson
made a careful course. Coming through
Crooked Island passage he took west
cry course. and Rugged the British Bahia
mas until he was far away from cap
ture Land was always in sight and his
determination was if any suspicious yes
sci hove in sight to make a harbor under
a neutral flag.
The Merchants and Miners Transpor-
tation Co. have chartered the steamship
General Whitney from the Metropolitan
Line and she viii be used in the Balti-
more service, between that port and Prov
dence. The Whitney is commanded by
the steamship Gloucester.
The Bureau Veritas statistics. of mari
time disasters reported during the month
of April, concerning ala flags, are as fol-
lows:
Sailing vessels reported lost: American,
Il; Brazilian. !; British, IA; Gillian 2;
Danish, 8; Dutch, 2; French. 10; German, 2;
Greek, l. Italian, s; Norwegian, 7; Portu-
guese, g.; Russian 2; Ewedish, G; total 49,
In this number are included vessels re-
ported missing.
Steamship reported lost-American, g.;
Austrian, l. Belgian, l; British, 3; French,
2; German, 8; Italian. i; japanese, 1; Nor
wegiau, / total, IS. In the number is in
cluded l steamShip reported missing.
Causes Of losses sailing vessels-Strand-
ing, a. collisions, 4; fire, !; foundered, A;
abandoned, 7; condemned, 20 missing, 8;
total, rs. teamships-Stranded, Z; col
lision, A; foundered, l; condemned, 3; miss
ing, /; total, 49,
Vessels surveyed and classed by bureau
Veritas, from April q to May 20, 1898:
Sailing vessels. 2O3; steamships, 1O9; TO-
tall 3O2