The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-08


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Reports of wrecks and dereIcts received
for transmission TO the navy department.
New York Dec. 5.-Notice is given by
light house board that the electric buoys
in Gedney Channel, New York Lower Bay
have been temporarily extinguished, ow-
ing to the damage sustained in the storm
of the 4th inst. The buoys will be rehghted
as soon as the weather will permit the ne
cessary repairs to be made.
Sandy Hook, Dec. 5.-The lights in Ged-
ney Channel are extingulshed tonight.
Boston, Dec 5.-The Handkerchief light
ship was replaced on her station yester-
day (Sunday0
Plymouth, Mass, Dec. 5.-Buoys in this
harbor are out OF position and very unre.i-
able.
Washington, Dec. 3.-Notice is given by
the lighthouse board that on or about Dec
10 the following named lights will be es-
tablished to mark the northerly ends of
the dredged channels from Tampa bay in
TO Old Tampa bay:
South Cut (lpper) Light.-A fixed white
,eus-lantern light on the structure recently
erected, in p feet of water, about 80 feet
20 the eastward of the eesterly side of the
northerly end of The dredged channel, IN
place OF the wooden day beacon, No. s.
The focal plane of the light will be about
IS feet above mean high water The struc-
ture consists of an iron column, from
which the lantern is suspended. and a
lamp house, on a triangular plai form on
three ron-cased piles. Excepting the lamp
house, which is white, the entire structure
is HrOvVn Tho afa
position OF the structure is latitude go (20
n, longitude 81 81 (2D w. Bearings and dis
tances of prominent objects from the struc-
ture are: Outer end Port Tampa wharf.
by + 5-l6 e, 80 miles; tangent TO Gads-
den Point, ENE 1916 E, SIS miles
North Cut (upper) Light.-A fixed white
lens-lanteru light on the structure recent
iy erected in p feet of water, about so
feet to the eastward of the easteriy side
of the northerly end of the dredged chan
ne'. in place of the wooden day beacon. No
p The focal plane of the light will be
about IS feet above. mean high water. The
structure consists of an iron column. from
which the lantern is suspended. and a
lamp house, on a triangular pla form on
three iron-casedl piles, excepting the
lamp house, which is white The entire
structure is brown. The approximate geo-
graphical position of the structure is lati-
tude q 30 (3S) ", longitude 81 80 (5D w
Bearings and distances of prominent OBJ
Jects from the structure are: Outer end
Port Tampa wharf. y by r u f. III miles.
tangent to shore w of Gadsden Point. EsE
q e.
Bearings are magnetic; miles are nautl-
cal miles.
Notice is also given that day beacons. as
follows. have been established In Mobile
bay, ia line with and about midway be
tween adjacent Mobile ship channel lights.
on the easterly side OF the dredged
channel: Beacon A. between Middle
Ground light ana light No. .. beacon %.
between light No. , and light No. 4; beacon
c. between light No and light No. G:
beacon ID, between light No and light
No s: beacon +. between light No. 8 ana
Mobile bay light house; beacon r, between
Mobile bay light house and light No 10.
beacon G. between light No. 10 and light
No u; beacon n, between light No. Y and
light No. "a: beacon T. between light No.
"a and lghr No. lG Each beacon 4 q
structure OF three piles bound together al
the top. surmOunted by a laiticework bas-
ket, above which rises post with cross
arm. The entire structure Is brown. The
distinguishing letter on each beacon Is Ia
white on a board secured 20 the channel
face Of the beacon iusl below she heads