The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-06
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Record of Drifting Bottles in the
Ocean-Weather Forecast for Au-
gust-Lfst of Vessels In the Port OF
savannah.
The pilot chart OF the North Atlantic
Ocean for August, issued by the hydro
graphic Office gives an account of the
drifting Of 1903 bottles on the sea. These
bottles were thrown overheard by agents
Of the navy department to test the drift
OF ocean currents. They were adrift from
fourteen to nine hundred days, the ma
iority of them travelling over a thousand
miles, and many journeying from 200 to
1900 miles. one which was cast adrift Off
Nantucket shoal was recovered near
Completion, on the coast of Kintyre, Ar
gyilshire, Scotland, after the lapse of SIP
days, the great circle distance between
these points being 2,5S7 nautical miles,
giving an average daily velocity of 81
miles, shows a close analogy to the travels
of another bottle cast adrift off Cape Cod,
and recovered on the coast Of Cornwall,
the distance traversed being about the
same as In the previous case accurately,
$3.50 miles,. and the interval. eco days the
average daily velocity being thus "A miles
per day. Three We're thrown overheard
from the steamer Dago. Capt. Scroggle,
on the same day and hour. in latitude 80
degrees N, longitude Al degrees w, and
all recovered after a drift of 200 miles
within a short distance of each other, and
during the same week. The fact that these
bottles were all recovered al approximate
ly the same time would indicate that they
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which case the mean of the three would
furnish a good value for the actual yeloc-
ity of the drift in this latitude during the
winter season. This mean is go miles per
day.
The list makes mention of two bottles
which were thrown overheard within the
mid-ocean region % degrees to 40 degrees
n, 80 degrees to 60 degrees w. One Of
them was recovered on the coast of Devon
shire, Eng; the other on the coast of Flor
ida. The recovery of bottles cast adrift
in this region, although it is crossed by
several of the most important trade routes,
is rare the records of the photographic
office furnishing only six cases since 1888.
The track of the derelict Fannie f. VOLS
ton, taken from the North Atlantic Pilot
Chart for March, 1895, shows the char
acter of the drift herea bouts. The Wolston
was reported fortysiX times within a pc
rod of three years and six days, during
WHICH tAIIle Sue covered $3.50 lnlcS
The forecast for August as made by the
United States photographers, in the North
Atlantic Pilot Chart states that fine
weather generally will prevail over the
North Atlantic ocean, notably along the
American coast, and the transatlantic
routes as far as east as 80 degrees longi-
tude. To the eastward and northward OF
this occasional gales from the western
quadrants may prevail, most frequent be
tween parallels 45 and 80 north. Tropical
cyclones arc TO be looked for. Frequent
fog i'm the region Of the transatlantic
routes west of the 41st meridian to the
American coast may be looked for. Ice
bergs in the vicinity of Belle Isle and east
of Newfoundland are to be expected south
of the 50th parallel
Schooner men are looking for welcome
period of prosperity in the opening of the
Cuba and Porto Rico trade. They expect
to reap a rich harvest out of the first rush.
AdVices from London state that the Ger
man bark Singapore, Capt. Voss, which
arrived at Belfast, July 8, from Savannah,
while being taken out of her berth, drifted
against the local passenger steamer Fe-
nella. The latter had malnmast carried
away and received other damage. The Sim
gapore was not injured
The tug Kincora left last night for Da-
rien having been laid up here for several
days, undergoing repairs.