The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.


The Schooner Ida Lawrence DamaG-
ed I'm the Recent GnIe-Tug Gym
thIn on the Marine Railways for
Repnirs-Lightsh 90 on DinmOnd
ShOal-Other Items of Interest.
The only vessels reporting any damage
from the late gale while in the Chesapeake
bay, says the Baltimore Sun, were the
schooners Annie r. Kemp Capt Gray,
from the Spanish Main, and the schooner
Ida Lawrence, Capt. Campbell, from Sa-
vannah. The Kemp came in the capes last
Saturday, and went 10 anchor under Wind
mill Point. During the storm Sunday the
starboard anchor and eighteen fathoms of
chain were lost, and Capt. Gray sought
another harbor under New Point. The
jibs were washed from the jibboom by
the seas sweeping over the vessel. At one
time the ship was submerged with water
from forward to the stern.
The Ida Lawrence split foresail and car
ried away bobstay while making for Black
river for harbor on Friday night.
The Propeller Towboat Co.'S tug Gym
thia No 2, was hauled on Willink's marine
railway yesterday TO undergo repairs Of
the damage sustained while towing the
transport Chester.
Tuesday the Hghtshlp No II, which has
been on the station on Diamond Shoal, eff
Hatteras, arrived at Baltimore. Capt.
Sparkling and officers and crew of the
lighthouse tender Maple took lightship No.
So from Baltimore to Diamond Shoal, and
after placing her on the station returned
with No. II, which is to be thoroughly
overhauled for use on any other light
ship station
The barge Joseph Souther of the Savan-
nah Lighterage and Transfer Co., did good
service in assisting to get the transport
Chester afloat day before yesterday The
barge and a lighter were sent to take off
the soldiers, but the lighter was not need
ed All of the soldiers, amounting to 1900
men, were transferred to the barge while
the transport was being pulled off
A recently compiled return shows that
there are now forty-one submarine cable
vessels, with a gross tonnage of 64,615 tons.
and engined with S,971 nominal horsepower,
in the fleets of the different telegraph COM
panies.
British ship builders have launched dur
ing the ten months just ended the total
of 607 vessels, representing in all 1T15,0OO
tons, which compares very favorably with
the sol vessels, of S27,773 tons, launched
during the first ten months of last year.
Passengers on steamship Nacoochee for
New York, Dec. DIR f. Amabile John
Nicolson, Jr., Robt. w. Hardee, H. f.
Clifford, MIR. Spiro. Erastus B. Gritiths
Mrs. NJ. B. Smith, Miss M. L. Doak, Miss
f. Biddulph, VIM. d. Hughes, Harry
Brown, Tom Baehe, r. Gensen, A. An
derson.
Passengers by steamship Tallahassee
from New York Nov. 29.-J. Hochsheimer,
Miss ]. Sullivan, Rev. T. Beattey, Sergt.
Clarence Field, w. Anderson and wife,
Thos. Cooney H. C. Hickerson, Miss j.
Rodridues, l. Levy, ID. Lynch, a. Boylan,
M. Cachau. p Donnell, j. Horton, J. An
derson, +. Brown, ]. Loughlin, w. Tuttle,
r. o. Coggshell, j. Gwaltney, G.. A. Jack
son, e. Rodriques, J. Boylan, 10 Italians.
The following passengers arrived yester-
day on the Allegheny from Baltimore
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. James, DR.. ]. A.
Hvdegar, Capt. ]. Smith, J. c. Workman,
T. r. Workman, w. M. Wallard, Mrs. l..
Wallard, Miss NJ. Beauchamp, Miss M.
Hudson. F. Forbes and wife, c. Riggs,
Miss Alice Riggs, J. Jones, Eva Bishop,
A. often, Francisco Campanen, Nichoio
Frlbato. N. Cummings, c. McCarty, j.
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