The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
SCHOONER FLEET IN.
NINE COASTERS ARRIVE WITH
FULL CARGOES.

The Savannah river was alive with yes
s.ts arriving yesterday. Besides the regu-
lar coastwise steamships, and the British
sr4amship Netherfeld, there were nine
sc1ooners, ell of which had cargoes. -Four
If Them sailed up the river and i've Were
towed The following were the schooners
to arrive;
FANNIE Reichie, % days from Newport
News. with cargo of pyrites, consigned
n the Savannah Guano Company.
s.dgwick, from Round Point, Ne, with
fish scraps, consigned to the Savannah
Guano Company.
Ida Lawrence, three days from Balti-
more. with oil consigned to the Standard
Oh Company.
Hllda, three days from Philadelphia,
with coal to the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad.
Aaron Reppard, six days from Phila-
delphia, with coal TO D. r. Thomas & Son.
John H. Tingue, eighteen days from
Boston, with old railroad rails consigned
10 smith, Kirby Company.
Rebecca NJ. Walls, four days from Phil
adelphia, with coal to the Central of Geor-
eia Railroad.
Nellie w. Hewlett, ten days from Balti-
more, with iron rails to Central of Geor-
ga Railroad.
Annie T. Bailey, twelve days from Phila-
delphia, with coal consigned to G. 1. Tag
CART.
quickest trips on record from Philadelphia,
She left the Capes at o'clock Thursday
morning and arrived at Tybee yesterday
morning at O'Clock, and on arriving at
the city completed round trip from Sa-
yannah to Philadelphia and return in p
or To,r I,axre
cupied in discharging a cargo of lumber
and loading a cargo of coal.
The schooner Rebecca M. Walls also
made a quick trip, leaving Philadelphia
Thursday and arriving here last night
The other vessels of the incoming fleet en-
countered head southerly winds and made
slow progress until three or four days ago
The schooner Fannie Reichie, for which
there was considerable anxiety, was along
with the other delayed vessels and did not
encounter the storm as was supposed. The
schooner Ida Lawrence kept up her record
as a fast sailer and came in in good shape
IN three days from Baltimore.
The British steamship Netherf6ld Capt
AEeyne, 81 days from Sunderland, arrived
yesterday, consigned to the Georgia Ex-
port and Import Company. She is char
tered for a cargo of cotton to be shipped
to Bremen.
Sunderland Aug. q. When clear of the
breakwater the steamship ran into dense
fog, and had to anchor, but proceeded on
the same day, after the fog raised. From
this time until reaching Cape Buchnaness,
fair and moderate weather was expert
enced. After that 1t became hazy, with
winds from the west and northwest, and
seas running high. After passing Cape
Wrath, moderate gales were encountered
from the west to northwest, until reach
ing latitude 40 north, and longitude 80 west,
after which there was fair weather until
reaching Savannah yesterday
Don Sept. 8, in latitude 40. 20 NJ, longitude
81 .49 W., Capt. Alleyne spoke the bark
Alkaline, of Parisburg, N. S., stearing
east-northeast She was bound from New
Orleans for Gibraltar In command Of Capt.
Houghton, who wished to be reported "all
well" The wife of Capt Houghton stood
on the deck of the bark, waving her hand
kerchief until out of sight, in evidence of
her pleasure in seeing a British flag
Maritime disasters reported during the
month of July to the Bureau Veritas show
total loss of so vessels, "a of which were
steamships and 46 sailing vessels. This is
an increase of q vessels over the losses
reported for June In that month only IS
steamships met with disaster, against "a
for July
July statistics show the following sailing
vessels lost: Seven American, 2 Brazilian,
IS British, l Dutch, 4 German, Italian, 6
Norwegian, . Russian, Spanish, Swed-
ish; total, 46. In this number are included
vessels reported missing.
Number of steamships lost: Two Amer
lean, z British, 1 CHILEAN, 2 French, Ger
man, 6 japanese, / Mexican, 2 Norwegian,
Spanish, l Swedish total, "a.
Causes of loss: Sailing vessels-Strand-
ing 10; collision, A; foundered, A; aband-
oned l; condemned, 90; missing, 2; total,
AZ.
Notwithstanding, %; collision, 8;
fire 4; condemned, 4; total, "a.
Twelve. American sailing vessels were
lost during June, as compared with in
July. No American steamships were lost
in June, while disaster took two off the
list during July.
The Ocean steamship Gate City Is again
in commission and has been put on the
savannah and Boston line She arrived
yesterday from New York and win sail
Thursday for Boston. On her return trip
she viii stop at New York. The Chatta-
hoochee has also been placed on the same
line and viii sail from Boston for Savan-
nan, via New York, on Wednesday. There
VIII be five sailings a week from New York
Tor this port, and four on return; the fifth
steamship going to Boston.
The pilot chart of the North Atlantic
ocean gives the following forecast for Sep
TENDER: Fair, moderate weather will gener-
ally prevail during month over the North
Atlantic, with occasional gales, chiefly
from the western quadfants north of IS
degrees north, most frequent east of the
9v.h meridian and north Of the 45th paralr
lei, increasing in force and frequency
over August. Fog will be less frequent
uan in the past month. Icebergs in the
vicinity of the Straits of Belle Isle and TO
TIE southwark as far as the Grand Banks
may be looked for.
Sail tonnage for the yellow pine trade
Ccastwise is quite anxiously inquired for,
out Shippers meet with considerable diff
clty in covering their wants owing TO the
scarcity of vessels in the proper position,
saws the New York Journal of Commerce
ana Commercial Bulletin. The tendency of
rates Is upwards, owners quoting in most
Instances upon the basis of s. from Bruins
1915.