The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-12
FROM WATER FRONT
RRITIsH STEAMSHIP ACACIA AR
RIVEs FROM PHILADELPHIA.
HAD ROUGH VOYAGE ACROSS.
PICKED UP GERMAN STEAMER
AUG. KORFF DISABLED.

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but Encountered Rough weather
and Lost TOw-steamship CIematis
Nearly Loaded for Antwerp-Mat-
ters of Interest to shippers.
The British steamship Acacia, Capt.
Evan Thomas, arrived yesterday from
Philadelphia, and was locked at the
Central Railroad wharf, where she will
load a solid cargo of cotton for
Bremen.
shortly after the Acacia was made
fast to her wharf, Capt. Thomas
was seen aboard his vessel, and spoke
interestingly about his voyage. He said
the Acacia loaded a cargo of coal at
Nddlesborough, England, for Phil
adelphia, and when about eleven days
out fell in one evening with the Ger
man tank steamer, August Korff, in
a disabled condition. The Acacia stood
by the Korff all night, and the next
day she took her in tow, intending to
take her to Queenstown. She was in
tow four days, but the weather being
bad. gales and hurricanes blowing con-
tnually, she lost several hawsers in
towing the Korff and finally had to
abandon her. The Korff was after
wards picked up by a German steamer
and taken to Falmouth.
The Acacia is practically a new ship,
being only about six months old. She
was built in West Hartlepool by Rich
ardson & Son, entirely on new princi-
pies She is 1,S4S tons net registry,
and has already carried a cargo of H.
ha1a n In for
n. c. Her engines are of the latest
make, being installed by we'll known
engineers. Her engines are 1900 horse
power, and she steams ten knots per
hour when loaded, and about twelve
knots when in ballast. She is 315 feet
long and 45 feet beam, and when load
ed TO her marks she draws twenty-four
feet Of water. The Acacia belongs to
a fleet of vessels owned in West Hartle-
pool by Lilly & Co. All the vessels in
this firm are named for various plants,
their old steamer AcGHia having been
recently sold to the Wrecks and her
named changed to Leon. The Acacia
has full compliment of efficient off,
GERS and engineers. They are Chief
officer E. FARMLAND, Second officer
Tregarthen, Chief Engineer Thomas
oliver, and Assistants Moffett and
Ransom.
The British steamship Celtic Princess
that loaded several times in Savannah,
sailed from Charleston for Bremen last
week with 1929 bales upland cotton,
LOO barrels rosin, 9,400 feet lumber and
Is drums rice.
The American bark Amy, Capt.
Vaughan, which loaded naval stores in
Savannah several months ago, has ar
rived in Charleston with a cargo of
coffee from Rio Janeiro for Wholesale
grocers of that city.
Capt. Peter Moe and Mr.. Berry of
the Antwerp Naval Stores Company,
are pushing the loading of the steam
ship Clematis with rosin and turpen-
tine, despite the very bad weather.
eapt1'Moea says the Ctematfs will prob
ably be loaded by this afternoon, SO
that she may sail tomorrow morning.
The schooner George Taulane, from
Savannah for Philadelphia, and fleet
OF other craft are at anchor in the
Delaware Bay awaiting an opportunity
TO proceed when the wind shall have
moderated and render towing safe.
The recent fire which DESTROYED the
Offices of the Savannah Line at the foot
OF Spring street, New York, has not
caused any interruption to the traffic
Of the line nor to the use of the pier
itself The only damage done was to
the office. and until new quarters can
be provided-which will take about
three months-the Offices are for the
present at Beach and West streets. Mr.
W. H. Peasants, vice president and
general manager Mr.. E. II. Charlton,
general freight and passenger agent,
and Mr.. p. e. LeFevre, superintend-
ent, are now at these offices. Mr.. ].
W. Connell. port agent, is on the Peo-
pies Line pier, two piers further down.
town.