Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-25
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
TUG TEMPLAD HDUND TO HAVE
BEEN CoMPBEf,RkY WRECKED.
Vessel Which Blew Up In Baltimore
HarbOf-Gen&ra1.N News Gathered
ut tie Wharves.

Mt TIE Wharves.
Upon raising tie tug Tenaplar Of Alex
| andria. which blew up in Baltimore harbor
| early In this month, when two OF her crew
were drowned, ID was found that the ex-
| plosion had completely wrecked the boat
The hull was broken in half and one side
had been blown out. The boiler was blown
out of the boat and was found some dis
| lance away. The smoke box had been cut
off the boiler as If with a pair of shears
| and landed on top of the, cylinder. The
| frame Of the engine was broken and other
interior damage was done.- As yet the ex-
| perts have been unable to make a sufficient
| ly close examination to assign any cause
for the explosion. Steamboat men who have
| seen the renplar say the-wonder Is that
any OF her crew should haNe escaped aiiVe.
| The heavy gate of wind from the west
| ward during the thundert storm yesterday
evening caused the nyinE machine house
boat of Prof.'ls. p Langley, secretary Of
! the Smithsonian institution, to break loose
| from Its mornings adjoining Hhey.s ium-
Der wharf. foot of 9th street, and swing
| against the steamer Estelle Randall, lying
at an adjoining wharf. and break the for
ward Flagstaff and awning pole OF the
| steamer. A portion. OF the rail Of the house
boat was also broken by striking against
The schooners Mary ]. Bond. with 1000
| melons and the Andrew j. Bradshaw: with
$500. from the eastern shore. and the
| Mama. with 1900. from river points have
| arrived at the fish wharf since Yesterday
| for Messrs. Richardson & Co. and Frank
| Evans. Melons sold slowly this morning
and brought, for selects. s. to s12 per hun
dred: primes. $3;to Sc per hundred, and culls
1:25 to $3.50 per hundred
The schooners Rebecca Smith and the
Northumberland, Belvedere, Ella Hill and
Law ,1rfo
wharves with cargoes of melons. Prices
there are about the same as here
The dealers at the wharf were well stocked
with fish this morning. the Norfolk boat
| bringing up forty barrels from the shores
about Old Point and Virginia Beach. There
were some slight changes in prices. trout
selling at 80 to 81 per barrel: bluefish and
| tailors. &c. per pound, and mackerel 15c.
per pound
River fish are scarce. but two barrels
coming IN the steamers from down the
| river Rock and white perch sold today at
1oc to 12c. per pound.
Twenty-Five barrels Of crabs were re-
| ceived, but no changes in prices are to be
noted.
Vessels With CarGoes.
The schooner George C. Travers has ar
rived at Alexandria with a cargo of fer
tlizing material from New York for Her
bert Bryant.
The ]. D. Bell, S. s. Jones. Father and
Julia and Annie have all arrived since
yesterday with cord wood for Carter &
Clark.
The schooners Emma F. Angel, D. H
Rivers and H. L. Peckham. with ice for the
American Ice Company, and the Childe
Harold, with ice for1 the Purity Company,
are all at sea, bound for this port. The
Alice Holbro0k is also at sea, but whether
she comes to this part or goes to Balti-
more is not known.
The schooner Smith H Martin is at the
wharf Of VIM. A. Snffsot & Co, Alexandria,
with cargo of feruAzer materials.
The schooner Chafies Lawrence sailed
of the tug Minerva, for Norfolk or Balti-
more to load coal for Boston.
The steamer 0ccOGnan is at Alexandria
taking on miscellaneous cargo for Deco
guam and points on 0ccoquan bay.
The tug Camilla sailed yesterday evening
with the schooner Estele kaplan in tow
for Newport News. Hwhere she will load
for an eastern port. =
cargo Of lumber from Norfolk for johnson
q W1msatt arrived ia port yesterday even
ing.
The tug Maud H. sailed Yesterday evening
for Baltimore and two Hight bafges for the
St. Mary's river to load railway ties for
Philadelphia. -
The pungy ginning Light Is at Emerich's
mill in Alexandria discharging a large
cargo OF wheat 49,
The steam barge Annie Wilson cleared
from VIM. A. Smoot & Co.'S yesterday even
ing with a cargo Of fertilizer for points on
the Georgetown canal
The schooner Edward E. Berry, Captain
Ross, sailed this morning for Baltimore for
cargo of coal to Boston.
The schooner Woodland Abrahams now
discharging a cargo of ice at Alexandria,
has been chartered to load coal at BaIti-
more for Boston.
Tha lrpor ilH,or
cord wood. has arrived for Johnson Bros
The Norfolk line steamer Newport News
this morning brought up an unusually large
freight from New York and New England
for the local dealers.
General and Personal
The steam launch Blue Wing, belonging
to DR.. Ray. and Banks steam pile driver
were both inspected this morning by the
United States steamboat authorities. The
examination in both instances was salts
factory and their papers will be renewed.
Captain Kintz Of this city has recently
purchased from parties in Baltimore the
pungy Julia and Annie, and is now in port
with his vessel on her first trip under his
management. The Julia and Annie is sixty-
fCui feet long, twenty-one and a half feet
wide. and has six feet four inches depth of
hold. She Is of forty-two tons burden and
was built in Talbot county, Md, in 1859,
but has several times been rebuilt She
will be used Dy captain kintZ In the river
trade.
Captain Taylor of the tug Mitchell NJ
Davis reports that when off Point No Point
in Chesapeake bay, Wednesday last, he
discovered schooner's yawl boat adrift
and the Davis took 1t In tow and brought
1t to this city.
Messrs. j. H. Carter and C. A. Price will
leave on an extended trip to New York and
Niagara Falls tonight.
Mr. w w. Riley Is confined to his home
by Illness During his absence his son is
in charge of his business at the 11th street
wharf
&1.OO to HarpeE's Ferry and Win
chester from b. and o. station, at IN.
Sunday August rs. Returning, leave Win
chester at . and Harper's Ferry at pm
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