The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-16
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
al AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

SHIPS AND SHIPPING.
49,, New York Dredging COmpany's
nrcdsc Port Royal Nearing COM
nIetion-Increasing Freight BUSH
n,,s of the River Steamers-Dan-
a.rous DereIicts sighted Along
the Coast.
rbe mammoth dredge Port Royal, of the
N York Dredging Company, which has
,.sa constructed here. of which mention
s.s been made in these columns before, is
rsariug completion.
srperintendent Fields says that he ex-
oo,ts TO be able to start for Port Royal on
saturday, with the dredge.
Her machinery is of the latest improved.
ss. has two Heine safety boilers for OPP
erat.ne her entire plant, also an auxiliary
boiler 10 operate her machine shop and
.lectrie light plant. which consists of a
,owerful search light, and system of in
candescent lights. There is also three sets
n engines. the main one being a triple
evanston. to run the main pumps: one
s.rble engine to run the rock digger, and
,0a double engine to hoist the spuds, which
hold the dredge in place. This engine is
oso to be used, for hoisting engine, to
had material and supplies on the dredge.
The steamers, w. S. Cook and IL. 6.
nav which left for Augusta last night
lad more freight offered them, than they
could carry. Both were forced 10 leave a
Int of guano, on their docks.
The steamer Clifton was delayed yester-
5ay morning until IL o'clock, by the big
freight she received at the Baltimore
wharf. which was consigned to Button,
Port Royal and Beaufort.
The barge Joseph Souther, with cargo
of phosphate rock consigned 10 the South
ern Fertilizer Company, arrived yesterday
from Port Royal in tow of tug.
A scrapping match took place on the deck
nj the British steamship Homewood yester-
d7y morning, between James Brennan, the
boatswa:n of the ship and one of the sail
ors in which Brennan came out victorious,
according to the decision of Mr.. E. r.
Butcher. the chief officer, who arrived in
rne to bring the fight to a close Bystand-
ers who saw the fisticuff, say that Corbett
and Fitzsimmons were not in it, as regards
scientific sparring points. The men had
some personal grievances which they pro-
posed to settle in a sportsmanlike manner,
which was done, barring the regulation
gloves.
Two derelicts were seen at sea by Capt
Cleghorn, of the British steamship Whick-
man. which are liable to cause serious dis
aster if struck On Feb /, in latitude 3S.49
longitude 43.19, the iron huh of lost YES
sell with a gray top with black beneath
was seen 1t was impossible to make out
the name of the craft The other derelict
was within one days sail Of New York. The
hull was far under the water, only about
ten feet of one mast being visible.
The British steamship Yucatan, from
Galveston, which arrived at Liverpool or
Saturday, reports that she passed the
abandoned British steamship Dago on Jan
o. in latitude Al, longitude 81. Her por
side was submerged. The Dago was aban
doned on Jan. q, in latitude AZ, Longitude
g. and the crew landed at New York as
before reported.
The clipper ship Great Admiral which
was recently sold to Hutchins Bros, O.
New York. for $4,000, is one of the mos
noted sailing vessels under, the Stars anC
Stripes. She has frequently sailed from
Hong Kong to New York in IS days and ha.
made many equally quick voyages to th'
Indies and elsewhere. She was built
East Boston in 1869
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: Mr.. d. I
Lawson is said to be the only man wh'
ever succeeded in blowing up boiler in
teutionaly. Mr.. Lawson claims that boil
er explosions are never caused by low wa
ter Neither are they the result of genera
ton of gases in the boiler, nor do they re
suit directly from carrying more steam
pressure than is judicious. Mr.. Lawson
claims that water is the explosive in boil
ers, and under proper conditions the great
er the amount of water the more terrih
h viii be the explosion. There are but feV
steamboat men who agree with Mr.. Law
son in his theory of steam.