Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-11
SHIPPING NOTES
The Ida Belle Lowndes Gets Lost
at Sea.
4. Found nnd Assistcd-CnttIo From
Newport Ncws-Tho tug Commo-
dore Dnryca Sink.-The Isoniton
Port summary for woek.

Royal corners will remember the pref
ty little sloop-rigged gasolene yacht
Ida Belle Lowndes, of New York, which
arrived here from Baltimore last fall
on her way TO Cuba, her captain being
in the fruit trade between New York
and the West indies, q plantation
owner in Cuba and lIeutenant-com-
mandcr in the United States navy dur
ing the late war. The yacht repaired
here, replacing her broken main boom
and putting in other small addi-
lions, She LETT here after a stay of
four days via the Dismal Swamp canal.
and has been running, since reaching
her destination, between Matanzas and
Southern Georgia and Florida ports
Captain Uribarri, of the Spanish
steamship Niceto. which coaled here
Friday. reported sighting the yacht in
distress off Charleston, S. c., on lhis
way up the coast from Galveston He
sent lifeboat to the yacht, which
proved to be out of oil for lights, and
had lost her bearings in the prevail
ing fogs. Her captain was put right In
his bearings, given four gallons of oil.
and thanking Captain Urfbarrl made
course for Charleston.
The Ida Belle Lowndes Is a staunch
seaworthy little craft, and her crew of
three were probably In no especial dam
ger except that, not knowing where
they were. although $50 miles at sea,
1t was possible for them to be run
down. being without lights, or they
might have hit up on Hatteras.
The Phoenix Line steamer ST. Leon
ard left Newport News Thursday with
n general cargo for Hamburg and 500
head of Ohio cattle for London. We'd
nesday the Albano will take 210 head
of cattle to London and a general cargo
for Hamburg.
The Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany's tug Commodore Duryea sunk
at her wharf early yesterday morning
(a'bout 3:45 o'clock. nearly carrying
down her crew, who were alarmed by
the Waterman and escaped in their
night clothes. The cause Of sinking is
unknown. She now lies with only her
stack and top OF pilot-house out of wa
ter. Captain w. H. French has been
employed to raise her.
The British steamship Honiton, Cap
tain Sery. which was released by the
extra high tide from her dangerous DO
sition on the sheals-off Paul GaanieEs
Hill, Friday, arrived here yesterday.
was surveyed, pronounced all right to
complete her voyage, bunkered and
sailed for Glasgow, her cargo's desti-
nation. Her escape was n lucky one.
She was on the Ghoal four and a half
hours.
Captain w. H. Frenchs wreckinc tug
brought in the barge loaded with rail-
road ties which was sunk recently in
the upper James river. cut in by the
ice. She arrived yesterday and will re-
pair here before proceeding TO New
York.
Tug captains complain of the heavy
fogs of the past week or two One
stated yesterday that no boat left Bal
timore Thursday night on this ac-
count
The port summary for the week past
shows eighteen steamships arrived, of
which eight to load-all save two were
foreign: one bark (American) to load.
nineteen schooners and nineteen tugs
and barges, a total, foreign and coast
wise. of fifty-six. Besides these, thir-
ty-six via canals brings the grand total
up to ninety-two.
The clearances were twelve steam
ships. of which FIVE cargoed here.
twenty schooners and twenty-five tugs
and barges, total of fifty-seven in
foreign and coastwise. which, with
fifty-five via canals, made a grand
total Of 112.