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

4 Large Number of Vessels Arrived
Yesterday-Successfu Fishing Par
~ to the BIacI1fish Banks-Steam-
shin Gate City With Broken Pro-
heller BIade-List of Vessels Bound
for Savannah.
favorable northeast wind yesterday
brought in several coastwise schooners,
which had been several days out from
Northern ports. The Propeller Towboat
Company's tugs We're kept busy, two of
,hem towed two vessels each from the
sea to the city. In all. there were seven
arrivals, including a ship from quarantine,
besides two coastwise steamships.
A large party of gentlemen spent yes
terday at the Blacklist banks. on the tug
CYNTHIA. A strong northeast wind was
blowing and the sea was rough. Several
of the party were seasick, but those who
vithstood the rolling succeeded in catch
ing about 1000 fine fish. Capt Haines
was in command of the Cynthia, and he
knows the exact spot where the blackfsn
dwell at the bottom of the sea.
The steamship Gate City, which arrived
Yesterday from Boston, via New York.
had one of her propeller blades broken
bv having come in contact with
sunken obstacle on her trip. The stern
of the ship was tipped yesterday and ma
cbfnists from the Central of Georgia Rail-
road shops were engaged in placing new
blade on the wheel.
The excursions to Daufuskie yesterday
were very successful in point of num-
bers of visitors to the island and the pleas
ant time they spent at the seashore. The
Clifton left at 10 o'clock with large
crowd and the Alpha went down an the
afternoon. Both boats returned at $50
p. m,
The Norwegian bark Saeheim, which was
purchased here by the American Towing
Company of Baltimore, has arrived at
Newport News, where her cargo of 100000
feet of lumber, owned by E. b. Hunting
& Co., will be discharged. The Saeheim
will be taken to Baltimore to be converted
into a barge for sea service.
Capt ]. T. Jacobs, after a leave of alb
sence of a month from the service of the
Propeller Towboat Company. which he
spent at his former home al Wilmington,
n c., returned yesterday and will take
command of one of the tugs to-day.
A German bark of sos tons and two Nor
wegian banks of 500 and $50 tons have
been chartered for cargoes of naval stores
to Cork for orders or the Baltic at IS Sd
for rosin and As Cd for spirits turpentine.
The British steamship City of Newcastle
has been chartered TO load phosphate at
this port for Europe. She has sailed from
Alexandria, Egypt, and is due to arrive
June 20.
The Danish bark Pandur, Capt; Schmidt
from Client, arrived yesterday with d
cargo of cement. The vessel will load on
return to Europe with naval stores. She
is consigned to Paterson, Downing & Co.
The schooner John G. Schmidt, Capt
Norbury, from Philadelphia, arrived yes
terday, with coal for Bond, Harrison &
Co.
The schooner Douglass Gregory, Capt
Woolman, from Philadelphia, arrived yes
terday, with coal for Bond. Harrison &
Co.
The big four-masted schooner w. Wal
lace Ward, registering 1,145 tons net, ar
rived yesterday for a fun cargo of rail-
road crossties 10 be shipped to New York
by John A. Calhoun.
The new floating dock for the Vulcan
TO accommodate vessel of 1900 tons
burden, will be ready the latter part of
this month. The dock was built by Messrs
Swan & Hunter of Newcastle. It's cost is
$442,610
After having refused assistance from
several craft, the Norwegian steamship
Drot, from Baltimore, for Havre, still con-
tinues to drift abouT the North Atlantic
ocean in a helpless condition, at least
1000 miles from her destination She was
last seen on May % drifting about in Iatl-
tude 40, longitude p. Her shaft is broken
Vessels continue to be chartered to carry
coal from Philadelphia to the Philippine
Islands and Honolulu on account of the
United States government. The ultimate
destination of these vessels is believed 70
be Manila and Iloilo. Five sailing YES
sells have been closed on the above ac-
count, the list having been increased by
the fixture of the British bark Dominion
The steamer Eulalia took a large crowd
to Warsaw yesterday. The boat left Thun-
derbolt at 1890 o'clock a. M. returning at
7:30 p. m. The trip was delightful and
the weather superb. The fish dinner and
refreshments al the pavilion were excel
lent and the surf just right for bathing
Altogether the Sunday excursions to War
saw furnish a days outing that is very
pleasant and enjoyable.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises at 4:51 and sets at 7:06
High water at Tybee to-day at 9:O1 a.
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