Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-14
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SCHOONER NORTH CAROLINA
SINKS IN DOCK HERE.
Accidents to- Wel1-Known Vessels
Repairing at the Boatyards-Per-
sonal and General.

The two-masted schooner North Carolina.
haiiing from Crisfeid, Md, arrived here
Thursday with cargo of pine lumber
aboard from the Rappahannock river and
was berthed at the wharf of T. w. Smith,
on the Eastern branch, to unload. Thurs
day night she developed leak in her hull,
and, in spite of all efforts to keep her afioat,
she sank until only the upper part of her
deck load was showing above the water.
A diver has been employed and will make
temporary repairs, so that the schooner can
be raised and pumped out. As soon as her
cargo is unleaded she will be taken to a
marine railway. to be hauled out to have
necessary repairs made to At her for FUR
Their active service. The North Carolina Is
vessel of seventy-eight tons burden, is
lightweight feet long and was built at Dor
chester county Md. about thirty years ago.
The demand for fresh fish at the whole
sale fish market on the 18th street wharf
was brisk this morning. but the supply on
hand was very light and prices Keep up.
The dealers are expecting full supplies by
Monday. as the fishermen, who were kept
from working by the blow on the coast are
able to return to work
There was a fairly large supply or oysters
in the she'll aboard the vessels lying at the
I1th street wharf this morning, but the de-
mand for them was light.
Hard crabs were on sale. but the demand
is very light and they could De bought ioi
rsba schooner Thomas s. Dennison, which
unloaded a cargo of ice here couple OF
weeks ago, was caught IN the recent saie
on the coast, while on her way from Dai.i,
more to Boston with cargo OF coal. anu
lost several of her sails, but escaped Iur-
Their damage. The schooner Edward Briry.
another well-known visitor here. lost her
foretopmast in the gale that roppeo the
Rennison of her sails.
Philander George. mate of the steamer
Harry Randall, who has been on leave mas
returned to duty aboard his steamer.
Mr. J. H Trower chief engineer or the
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Com
pany, has gone to Wilmington on business
connected with the completion OF the new
ferry steamer Woodbury..
Capt. Raymond Lambdin Is In charge or
the tug Agnes Miller. employed as a tender
to the mud-dredging machine at work ABOUT
the harhor.
and lumber freighting business on the
river, has gone to Aqua creek, to be fitted
with new mainmast and to receive
general overha uling, to TIT her for service
on the river during the fall and winter
months It Is expected the Perl will be
ready to return to service during the lat
ter part, of the coming week. and Will at
once load a cargo for this city.
The barge Kate N. Latta started a plank
in her side above the waters edge day
or two ago. and has been hauled out on the
marine railway at Alexandra, to have gen.
era1 repairs made TO nef null and 10 De
painted. The Latta has been employed
in the transportation of coal from the rail-
way dumps ON the Eastern branch above
the bridge TO thiscity and Georgetown
General River Matters.
The two-masted schooner Sidonia Curley,
which was hauled outs the marine rail-
way at the Alexandria shipyard. has been
launched. and will sail for Quantico to load
cargo of poplar wood there for Eikton.
Md While on the railway the hull of the
schooner was given an oyerhauling and she
was painted from stem to stern. The Cur
ley is owned by her master. Capt. Curley.
and is kept in the best of order.
The work of overhauling the hull of the
schooner Uriah Homer at an Alexandra
boat repairng yard was completed early
In the week, and the schooner has gone TO
a point on the lower river to take ABOARD
cargo for this city.
The fertilizer-carrying season on the Po-
tomac is now on, and the river steamers
on every trip are filled with the stun going
to river points in Maryland and Virginia.
where it is used In the raising of tobacco
and grain. Much of the fertilizer Is brought
from Baltimore by steamer, and is trans
ferred at Alexandria to the river boats,
but a larger quantity is shipped direct from
the Observation-Disclosures plants at Alex
anfiria to the consumers on the river. Many
hundred bags are carried on the river boats
during the course OF a season.
During the heavy blow and high water
wednesday, last an old and half -sunken ark
owned by party residing over in Virginia
broke from It's mooTngs near the railway
bridge and drifted into Reagan.s boatyard.
where It was caught and made fast, await
Ing its owners arrival. M
The tWo-masted schooner Catawamteak.
laden with polished granite from Blue HILL