The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-06
MARINE: INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

savannah River Crew of the
Wrecked Bark Ragnn Arrived at
the CIty-Steamer Maverick Under
yoing An OverhauIing.
About ten days ago. 1t was mentioned
.bat the British steamship RAMA and
Rritish steamship Cleaning were in coils
ION in the English channel. The Cleaning
1yas hound for Savannah and the RAMA
nil he remembered as the steamship which
loaded here last January and sailed for
I}reueu with the largest cargo which ever
LIT This port Capt. Stanhope made a
number OF friends while here, who will be
Interested to read an account of the acct
Gtnr taken from an English newspaper.
TN. Liverpool Echo of Aug. q publishes
the following.
+his morning off the Goodwin Sands. The
steaner RAMA, of Shields. bound from
London for Alden, came into collision with
a cargo boat the name of which is I'M
kuoUn The collision took place just af-
ter midnight in fog which just began TO
clrar The RAMA was struck with i'm
,oense force on the port side of her bows.
fortunately the .Ramsgate fishing vessel
Cbampion came alongside the disabled
ersarper, and took off Mrs Stanhope, the
cantain's wife and twenty of the crew.
including the fourth engineer. one man,
Mr. f. Fenster. was unfortunately
drowned while being transferred from the
steamer to the rescuing smack. The re-
rainder of the crew of the RAMA took
n heir boats, and remained alongside the
shin while Capt. Stanhope and few of
his officers remained on board the vessel.
The rescued persons were brought ashore
and taken TO the Sailors Home, Rams
gate Many of them were very ecantily
clothed The RAMA was prevented from
ba~ NUatar-tiOhf commandments
A tug has been sent and an attempt will
he made to tow her to London The fate
OF the Dundee boat is unknown. The Ran
"a is described in Lloyd's register as
steel screw steamer of 1892 tons, built in
1884 on the Tyne, her port of registry be-
ing Liverpool. Her owners are the Gale
donia Steamship Company, Limited.
"A late telegram says the vessel with
which the RAMA colided was the Gloam-
ing Of Shields. The vessels had been in
close company the greater part of yes
terday, and at midnight the Cleaning APP
pears to have suddenly turned across the
Ranzas bows. The captains wife was
brought ashore in her night-dress. Some
Of the saved have gone in a tug in the
hope of finding the RAMA still afoat."
The RAMA was taken to Tlbury to be
locked and the Cleaning was taken to
London to be locked.
The tug Kate. Capt Berry from <ew
York via Charleston, bound for Key West,
arrived yesterday for coal.
The steamer w. S. Cook arrived yester-
day from Augusta. She had quite an ex-
perience on her trip up the river, having
been struck by the storm about forty
miles from Savannah, in which her smoke
stacks were blown over. Repairs were
made however, and she proceeded against
strong freshet, arriving at Augusta Sat
urday morning. She left on return Sun
day morning with a fair freight from
Augusta, but could not stop at many of
the landings coming down, as they were
flooded.
The crew of the Norwegian bark Ragna
consisting of 16 men, which succeeded in
getting ashore from the wrecked vessel,
which went ashore on Gaskin Bank dur
ing the storm of last Wednesday, arrived
in the city yesterday in a rowboat. The
Norwegian consul at once took charge of
the men and had them made comfortable
Several of the crew will be sent home
While those preferring to remain here to
ship again will do so. The crew lost all
of their effects.
Mr.. c. w. Howard, the ship broker, ar
rived yesterday from Hickory, N. c.,
where his family is spending the summer.
ne Hdu d various anu SAClliHS SApGIlSiCS
Of five days in trying to get back home.
The tug Jacob Paulsen went to sea yes
terday, with Capt Jere Smith of Philadel
phia, and Capt Woodland, of the wreck
ed schooner John S. bearing, were on
board. They went for the purpose of as
certaining if possible the names of the re-
ported wrecks reported along the coast.
Capt Smith is interested in the schooner
Douglass Gregory and E. A. Gaskill. The
Gasklll is known to be lost and the Greg
ory is supposed to be wrecked. The party
who left yesterday to make the search re-
turned about o'clock, and were unable
10 distinguish the names of any of the
vessels which are bottom UP between Ty
bee and Martins Industry Lightship.
Nothing has been heard of the arrival at
Brunswick of the schooner which is said
10 have reported that she had on board
two of the survivors of the schooner
douglass Gregory.
The Standard Oil steamship Maverick,
Which had been engaged in carrying fresh
water from the United States to the
American soldiers in Porta Rico and Cuba,
mas arrived at Wilmington, Del, to be
overhauled and prepared for the coastwise
OIL carrying trade in which business she
was formerly engaged. Fresh water alone
cost the government thousands of dol
-"hE pNAiii5 tiG wall DIS IL was ~
all taken from Savannah. The Maverick,
being a bulk oil carrier, was especially
adapted for the work. She carried about
91WO gallons in her hold, and towed a
barge astern with nearly a like amount
It is said that the contract between the
government and the Merritt Chapman
Wrecking Company for the floating of the
wrecked Spanish warships is for $500 a
day for the use of the big tugs and other
Wrecking apparatus. Complaint is made
OF unnecessary delay in the work, but the
company claims it is doing all possible TO
expedite the raising of the Marie Teresa,
the only one of the sunken ships the gov
eminent will now try TO raise.
During the past year the shipyards of
Seattle have turned out seventy-three YES
sells, fifty of which were steamships,
twelve barges, seven schooners and three
slows. OF this number tifty-seven were
luilt for the Alaska trade. Their total
tonnage, however, did not amount to over
25OO
The telephone line to Tybee is still out of