The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-27
HARBOR, RIVER
AND MARINE
NEWS
Shipping Transactions and
Notes of Interest Along
The Bay Front.

All of the river steamers were TAX
ing cargo during yesterday, prepare
tory to sailing this morning. Among
the vessels to sail will be the Fritz
and Eugene for Freeport and way
landings and Belle and Vernon for
Vernon and way points
The tug Simpson, which reached
port Tuesday nignt with barges in tow
from Mi1lvilIe, sailed Immediately at
forwards for Mobile. where she Is to
be locked for slight repairs. The tug
is to return to Pensacola in time to
sail Saturday for Miilville.
The tug Nellie returned yesterday
morning from Biloxi, towing three
which is to be used in constructing
the sea wall at Fort Pickens-
The steamer Belle with $50 barrels
of naval stores and the Vernon with
265 barrels were among the arrivals
yesterday. Both came from Vernon.
The schooner Magnolia entered yes
terday with a cargo of 172 barrels of
naval stores.
IL possible the steamer J. p. VIII
liams, which has Just been rebuilt,
will take on cargo during the day and
make her first run TO Blackwater river
points
The Hamburg-American Line steam
ship Prinz Sigismund, which left New
York on Friday for Jamaica, passed
when of Barnegat on Friday night
the wreck of a schooner with two
masts projecting above the water and
directly in the path of southbound YES
sells. She signalled her find through
wirei7-s equipment to the Ward liner
Vigilance and the Old Dominion liner
Jefferson, which were some distance
astern of her, so they might not stun
BILE across the wreck in the darkness.
They gave thanks by wireless and
promised to keep a sharp lookout
Philadelphia Record, Aug. %.
Three stowaways were discovered
on the Norwegian steamship TroId
yesterday, on her way from PhiladeI-
phia to Norfolk. She stopped at the
State quarantine station at Marcus
Hook for disinfection, and while the
fumigation process was under way the
stowaways made their appearance on
deck, more dead than alive.t The sur
geons at the station were compelled
to use restoratives to bring the men
back to their normal condition. They
had slowed themselves away to get a
free ride to Norfolk. The entire party
was landed at Marcus Hook.-Phila-
delphia Record, Aug. 2S.
Lloy's Register of Shipping for the
quarter ending June so, 1908, contains
the returns of vessels totally lost, con-
demned, etc, from Oct. I to Dec. 81,
1907, as follows: Abandoned at sea,
%, tonnage 1874; broken up, con-
demned etc, 50, tonnage, 1899;
burnt. 1, tonnage, 1922; collisions, 90,
tonnage S72S; founderej 10, tonnage,
16,439; missing 5, tonnage 5543;
wrecked SO, tonnage ,637-Marine
Journal.
Reports from the Pacific announce
that there is a large supply of tramp
steamer tonnage in those waters, all
of which are anxiousIy awaiting and
expecting a good American grain crop
so that they may be able to leave port
with a cargo under deck, which has
not been a possibility for some time
past. These conditions will make it
hard shedding for sailing vessels. as
steam nowadays has a preference
over them by long odds.-Marine
Journal.
Arrived.
Aust SIS Ida, Dominak, 3093, PniIa-
delphia to Gulf Transit Co
Brit SIS Winnie. Shatton, 1883, Tam
pa to ]. A. Merritt & Co