The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-20
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
TUG REGIS DISABLED by DRIFT
PILING IN THE RIVER.

Her Propeller Came in Contact with
Bunch of Three PiIes-Blade
Broken OF and wheel Brought to
Sudden stop, Nearly Causing Col
IfsiOn with Revenue Cutter Ham
iIton-SchoOner Yale, Capt.
COOmbs, Arrives From Fernandinn.
The tug Regis, Capt. Paine, is disabled
as a result Of her propeller coming in con-
tact with drifting piling, which of late is
being scattered about the harbor in
rather careless manner The Regis was
towing a barge loaded with cotton to the
Ocean Steamship Company's wharves,
when her propeller came In contact with
three piles tied together but which it was
claimed could not be easily seen in the
water The force of the wheel broke the
bunch, but one Of its blades was broken
off on striking the obstruction. One of the
timbers then caught in the wheel. and
brought he machinery to an abrupt stop,
which resulted in quick turn of the tug
that came near causing her 20 collide with
the revenue cutter Hamilton, which is
anchored opposite the Gordon wharf, near
the place the accident occurred.
The Savannah Lighterage and Transfer
Company has written a letter TO Capt. C.
z. Gillette, calling his attention 10 the
large amount Of rubbish which Is floating
about the harbor. They insist Il is dan
gerous TO navigation to allow careless
loOsing of timbers and other obstruction
in The harbor, and ask that steps be taken
to stop it. Whether Inc contractors in
charge of the dredging are responsible Cor
the drift piling Is not known, but those
interested in keeping the river free from
litter, say more care could be used gem
orally, and thereby save shipping men
from danger and annoyance from this
source When timbers become thoroughly
saturated il is sold they lay just far enough
below the surface Of The water TO be in
visible to approaching vessels. The Regis
will go on Willink's Marine Railway to-
/ morrow, when new propeller will be at
tached in place of the old one,
Thomas Pagan, an old sea captain was
taken i'll in the Custom House at New
York, Wednesday, just after he had con-
cluded arrangements for spending the re-
mainder of his days at the Sailors Snug
Harbor. Pagan, who Is nearly 80 years
old went TO the Custom House to obtain
| proof that he had been in the foreign ship
| ping trade more than five years require
ment for entrance to the Sailors Snug
| Harbor While talking with one of his for
mer customs brokers he sank to the floor
| unconscious. An ambulance was summon
ed, and the surgeon said the old man was
suffering from heart failure and general
debility. He was taken to the Hudson
Street Hospital in a precarious condition.
The Propeller Towboat Company's tug
Cambria will be hauled cut on Willink' 8
I Marine Railway for ire
The bark Schwanden (Nor). bound for
/ London, and the Elmstone (Aust), bound
for Trieste, went 10 sea yesterday,
The schooner Yale, Capt. Coombs ar
rived from Fernandina yesterday. She Is
consigned to E. b. Hunting & Co, and
will finish loading a cargo of lumber here.
The Yale is bound for Washington, D. c.
The schooner A. B. Sherman, is on dry
dock at Baltimore for repairs,
Passengers steamship Tallahassee from
New York, Oct. 17-Mrs. Beckwith. j. s.
Hawkins, wife and son, Meta Wenbrock,
| Meta Geffken, j. p. Neave and brother
/ C. r. Angel, c. ]. Miller Mrs r. Wilson
T. F. Price, w. T. Stanton, Mrs. ]. NJ
Lang, Miss NJ. Hull, T. A. Hunter. j. G.
| Lockwood, +. Y. Hall, wife aud daughter.
J L. Cutter. j. S. Sanders. Mrs J. Tier
ney, c. H. Knapp, c. Goven, B. A. Barrh
and wife, Mrs. B. A. Dansow Eliza Per-
ny, c. Weber, c, Muller, Lena Geken.
Lizzie Schultz, J. Finken, j Talman. F.
Somers, I. Smith, r. Wall, NJ. Bate, c.
/ Belot, w. c. Corser.
Passengers by steamship City of Augusta
I for New York, Oct 19.-Miss Gahnan. j
| e. GreGor, Dixie Hines, H. NJ Izlar Louis
/ Whitfield, j. V. Slaughter, A. n Hogan.
r. c. Gobel, H. L. Toussaint, S. E. Moore.
| j. McKenna,