Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-07
SHE CARRIED BONES
The italian Bark Anita S. Arrives
in Distress.
Eight Montha From sIontevidco An,
other Whnlcr Arrives with n Rare
Specimen Tho Kcnucbce's Long
voyngc- Failed TO stop.

The italian brig Anita S. Captain
Rosa, with crew and cargo of bones.
Chose of the cargo bare and phosphor-
escent. those of the crew scantny COW
cred with flesh and skim, arrived in
Hampton Roads Sunday night, being
towed in by the tug Hughes, which
found her. aimlessly sailing northward.
some rs miles northeast ofiCape Henry.
She was out from Montevideo Cat the
mouth of the Rio de la Plata) since Oc-
tober IL, 1898. nearly eight months,
and every man aboard was sick with
scurvy, and only five of the crew of nine
able to be about the decks. and these
looked as though they had been ship
mates OF Yc Ancient Mariner" Her
last port had been Psaynda, which she
lett on Christmas day for her run to
Baltimore. Head winds and Gains did
the rest. Over month ago their pro-
VISIONS ran low, and since that time,
save for some oranges, with which a
spoken schooner supplied them, their
principle diet had been dried salt meat
faVorite Scurvy breeder at sea- and
even this was failing them, while either
from ignorance OF the coast or lapse OF
memory, through his physical condi-
tlon, the captain had failed 10 make the
Capes, and was sailing on north without
knowledge of his whereabouts
me brig was stopped at quarantine
though not put under isolation rules
and as soon as the men are able will
push on to Baltimore. The bones com
posing the cargo come from the PAM
pas, or treeless plains of the La Platte
and are ground for fertilizer.
Another whaler made port here yes
terday. This was the fine schooner e
h .tnif
from cruise In the South Atlantic AID
last from the Bahama Islands, with 200
barrels OF oil. She Will probably fol-
low the example of the whaling bark
Bertha, Captain Avery, which has Just
nnished discharEinE and shining 10 600
gallons of oil via the New York. Phil
ede!phia and Norfolk railroad at Port
Norfolk, and discharge cargo here for
New Bedford. Captain Gomez has n fine
specimen of ambergris secured from one
OF his cetacean captures. 1t is but five
pounds I'm weight. but as II Is worth
some $500 per pound. the lump is not TO
be lightly thought Of
The American ship Kcnnebec, Cap
tain Lewis, from San Francisco via
Table Bay (South Africa to Hampton
and will probably either go to Balti-
more or come to this port. The voyage
she has made is no light one, and she
is n fine looking shin.
me schooner Fred Cover. with Cap
tain Cover, her owner. in command ar
rived here yesterday from New Bruins
wick with plaster and. through lack of
knowledge of port rules passed the in
ner quarantine without stopping but on
being Informed of his unintentional de-
rejection nut hack to the pier She Will
come M 'av
The barge Maryland and one of IIud-
son & Bro harres are on Graves rail
way for overhauling and repair.
Schooner Thomas l.. James will go on
hts railway this morning.
The tug Rescue Is repaired and off
IMPORTANT TO MARINERS.
Philadelphia, June G.-The Philadel-
phia Maritime Exchange was to-day
advised by the L. 5. Engineer in charge
of the construction Of the national har-
Dor OF refuge entrance to the Della
ware Bay. that the rcd lantern mark
Ing the lower end of he breakwater of
the harbor Of refuge. has been trans
ferred from its former position to n
point In the line Of the brcakwater
which Is l,4o0 feet below the angle. The
lantern rests on a platform secured to
n post and is % feet above high wa
ter.