The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-10
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Belgian Steamship Iris Arrives
Blade LOst-The Revenue Cutters
stu Watching the Steamer Daunt-
less-0nIy 400 Bales of Cotton Saw
ed From the Wrecked Bark HasseI.
Other Ship News Items.
The British steamship Evelyn, Capt.
Horner. twenty-one days from Barcelona,
arrived yesterday, consigned to J. F.
Minis & Co She is chartered for a cargo
of cotton, to be shipped to Barcelona.
Capt. Horner is accompanied by his wife
on the voyage.
The Norwegian steamship Olaf Kyrre,
Capt. Falsen, arrived yesterday, consigned
TO Richardson & Barnard. She is direct
from Fernandina, and has a part cargo
of phosphate rock from that port for Eu-
rope. She will finish loading cotton here,
to be shipped to Bremen.
The presence of two or three revenue
steamers in this port lately seems to in
dictate that the government officials look
on Savannah as a suspicious port for 4li-
busters This is doubtless due to the pres
ence of the famous tug Dauntless, but
apparently that vessel is doing "a legiti-
mate towing business. Yesterday the
Dauntless took tow to sea, and the reve-
nue. steamer Colfax also took a trip sea
ward. The revenue steamer Boutwell, is
anchored in the river off Elba island, so
as to command both the ship channel ard
the mouth of Augustine creek, by which
vessels go to sea through Warsaw sound
The Belgian steamship Iris, Capt Lee
naers, arrived yesterday, twenty-seven
days from Antwerp with a part cargo
consisting of 1850 barrels of cement. Capt.
Leenaers reports having sailed from
Antwerp Jan. 10, had fair weather until
Jan. 1S, when a severe storm was encoun-
tered, in which one of the steamers pro-
peller blades was broken The weather
continued stormy during the remainder of
the passage, and being disabled by losing
the propeller blade, the steamer made
slow progress, arriving here a week over
due. contract has been given John
Rourke & Son to repair the propeller.
The Norwegian bark Hassel, from Sa-
vannah for Warberg, which went ashore
Jan. is in the Aggen. was entirely demol-
ished during a gale on Feb. 2. ont of the
cargo of cotton 400 bales have been
washed ashore and saved, and more can
be seen floating toward 1t, but immediate
salvage is impossible.
The British steamer G. r. Booth, Capt.
Ac11erly, which sailed from Bremen for
West Hartlepool, has returned with loss
of anchor, chain, compass and steering
wheel; also with water in her hold and
her pumps broken down.
mr. cd thv.otl drlI
the foreign Office of British Board of
Trade, two gold watches and chains and
two gold medals to Edward James Pain
ter first mate and acting master of
steamer Hexham David Ownes, second
mate John Christensen, seaman and
Elmer Rund, cook, of the Hexham, in rec
ogniuon of their services in saving the
crew of the schooner Grace Bradley,
abandoned dismantled Sept. g. 1897, on the
passage from Brunswick to Boston.
The schooner Harry Prescott, Capt.
Gray, from Union Island for New York,
with lumber was towed into Southport on
Sunday disabled. She lost her jibboon in
a squall ten miles off Savannah Friday
morning, and Sunday morning off Frying
Pan Shoals she encountered another gale
that took away the iron from the foresIay
and came near sweeping the spars over
the stern. Temporary repairs were made
and the vessel was taken in tow by the tug
Blanche. which carried her safely into
harbor.
The Norwegian bark Solheim, from Da-
rien for Rouen, was picked up Monday off
Sapelo in a waterlogged condition and
with the loss of her rudder and towed
back to Darfen.
Capt NJ. p. Lundth, of the Swedish bark
Sydney, laying at the Central of Georgia
Railroad high wharf. loading naval stores
for Europe. celebrated the twenty-frst an
niversary of his marriage yesterday after
noon. The only disappointing feature of
the occasion was the absence of the cap
tains good wife, who is at present at her
home in Sweden. Capt Lundth enter
tanned his crew in very appropriate and
fitting manner. The crew also furnished
some delightful selections of instrumental
and vocal music, which added to the
pleasure of the occasion. Capt. Lundth
was the recipient of numerous congratula-
lions from his friends in shipping circles
yesterday.
Key West, Fla, Feb. 9.-The steamer
Gardena from New Orleans, ran ashore
on Coal Bin Shoal, near Marquiese. Sun
day. and signaled for assistance to the
cruisers Marblehead and Nashville. The
latter came to Key West for assistance.
The Tugs Childs, Three Friends and Crank
left here Sunday night but the Marble
head had pulled the Gardenia off and the
latter proceeded to her destination.
savannah Almanac.
Sun rises to-day 6:47 and :ets 5;i2.
High water at Tybee to-day 10 a. M
one hour later.