The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-21
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
sHIPs AND SHIPPING.

Report ,pf Wreckage by Steam
ship Iris-The Revenue Cut
ter Coal5ax Arrives Mt baltimore.
Arrival of British Steamship for
PhOspha te RocI<-Other Items.
Capt. Ieen aers of the Belgian steamship
Iris. arriving yesterday from Antwerp, re-
ports:
June s. attitude 1880 N. longitude 1902
W.. $50 p. IL, passed a waterlogged
wreck Bark fore and main lower masts.
with rigging attached: mizzin and bow
spirit gone; after part OF vessel broken up;
cargo consisting of boards; name not Wis
ible.
June g. lattltuCe 1925 NJ longitude 1851
W., at 1880 .. M, passed large spar, forty
to fifty feet long, apparently some time in
the water.
June 10, latitude 44:1l N. longitude ss:47
w, at 5 y. M, passed whisrlng buoy;
whistle stiil blowing; red painted. with
black, horizontal stripes, apparently long
adrift.
The Belgian steamship Iris. from Ant
werp, arrived yesterday with a cargo OF
cement. She will load nayal stores Oh re-
turn for London and Antwerp.
The British steamship r. f. Matthew,
Capt Hershey. from New York. arrived
yesterday, consigned TO Strachan q Co.
She WIZ load phosphate rock for Europe.
The steamship d. H. A1iik.r of the Mer-
chants and Miners, Transportation Com
pany arrived yesterday from Baltimore
and is scheduled 10 sail on return 10 Bal
umore to-day. The Miller is an addition
TO the line, making four steamers now on
the route.
The schooner Carrie Strong. which came
to the city day before yesterday. quickly
DISCHARGED her cargo OF hardware and
proceeded yesterday for Jacksonville
where she win load lumber for a Northern
port.
The steam pilot boat ]. H. Estill was
launched from Willinks marine railway
yesterday. after receiving new coat IF
paint on her bottom.
The tug Forest City was hauled on the
marine railway yesterday for an over
hauling.
The bark Essex. Capt. Bierman, from
Philadelphia arrived yesterday with a car
go OF coal consigned 70 the agent of the
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway.
The schooner Sedgwick, Capt. Hagerthy.
from Philadelphia, arrived yesterday with
cargo of coal consigned TO Bond, Harri-
son * CO.
The tug VIM. #. McCauiey. Capt Van
Il. Avery arrived at quarantine yeste rday
towing the barge Joseph souther, Capt
Havana, where a cargo Of lumber was
taken on the barge for the United States
quartermasler department.
The United States revenue cutter Col
fax, Capt. Mitchell, has arrived at Balti-
more, from Wilmington, ~. G. Capt
Mitchell has as his aids Lieut. r. NJ. Stur-
devanL Lieut.. w. c. Blaisdell and Chief
Engineer J. T. Upper. The ship has
crew Of thirty-seven petty officers and
men and carries five guns. Ii is under
stood that the Co.fax goes TO Baltimore. 10
end her days as an active cruiser in the
revenue marine service by becoming a re-
ceiVing ship at the newly acquired prom
erty in Curtis bay. which is TO be used as
a storehouse add rendezvous for the de-
partment.
The CofaX Is a sde-wheel steamer of 500
tons displacement, built at Camden N j.,
in 1871 She has performed almost contiu-
uous cruising since built. The modern
man-of-war like cutters are displaoing the
old vessels in the service