The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-02
HARBOR AND
Marine NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS ANc
NOTES OF INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.

NOTES OF INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.
The steamer Belle arrived yester
day with a full cargo OF naval stores
from Vernon, and began taking car
go for the return trip
The Swan arrived late yesterday at
ternoon with a full cargo Of navai
stores.
The steamers Fritz, Eugene and
Geneva left yesterday morning with
full cargoes of merchandise and sup
plies for points on their weekly runs.
The Spanish steamer Wilma, from
Pensacola, has arrived at Liverpool.
The Russian bark Dora was the only
arrival in port yesterday. She will
load a full cargo of lumber.
Shipping Sales.
The steel screw steamer Leasowe
Castle, owned by Messrs. H. & c.
Grayson, Limited, Liverpool, has been
sold to a Cardiff firm, subject to in
spection. at about $1,000 pounds. She
was built by Messrs. Short Brothers,
Sunderland. in 1901. Dimensions, $40
feet by 47.2 feet by PA feet: 3,515
tons gross; carries about $3.50 tons
lightweight. Triple-expansion engines
"a inches. 40 inches and 66 inches, by
45-inch stroke, by Messrs. G. Clark,
Limited
The steel screw steamer Mandalay
owned by Messrs. P. Henderson & Co.,
Glasgow, has been sold at about 49,.
900 pounds She was built and en-
gined by Messrs. Denny Brothers.
Dumbarton, in 1898. Dimensions, $50
feet by As feet by 26.4 feet; 1881 tons
gross; trip, e-expanson engines 26 IL,
AZ and 66 IL inches, by 5l-inch stroke
The iron screw steaner Fairy, own
ed by Messrs. Thomas Wilson's, Som
& Co., Ltd, Hull, has been sold to
Earle's Company, Hull, in 1868. Di-
mansions, 1875 feet by 264 feet by 1873
feet: $50 tons gross; triple-expansio
inch stroke.
The steel screw steamer Glencarn
recently purchased by the Ellerman
Lines. Limited. is to be renamed
Netherby Hall.
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owned by Messrs. Curwen Brothers,
Liverpool, is reported sold to Spanish
buyers at about $500 pounds. She
was built by Messrs. Raylton Dixon
& Co., Middlesboro, in 1878, and had
new boilers fitted in 1892. Dimen.
sions. $50 feet by 80 feet by 1865 feet;
1,137 tons gross; compound engine,
80 and 55 inches, by 36-inch stroke.
The iron screw steamer Victoria.
owned by the Gordon Steam Shipping
Company, Limited, London, has been
sold to Italians at about 11,50G
pounds. She was built by Messrs
Short Brothers, Sunderland. in 1893
Dimensions, 351 feet by As feet by
26.9 feet; 1924 tens gross; triple-ex,
pansion engines 25, 40 and Sc inches,
by 42-inch stroke, by Messrs. w. AL
Ian & Co.
The iron screw steamer Thomas
Haynes. owned by Messrs. A. & A. Y
Mackay. Grangemouth, is reported sold
at about $500 pounds She was built
by Messrs. w. H. Potter & Sons, Liv-
erpcol in 1880, and had new boilers
fitted in 1893 Dimensions, 222 fee.
by 33 feet by 17.2 feet; compound en-
gines, % and 46 inches, by 33-inch
stroke. by Messrs. J. Jones & Sons.
Inspector Generals Annual Report.
The annual report of George Uhler.
supervising inspector general of steam,
vessels, for the fiscal year ending
June 80, shows that 3S2.S66,255 pas
sengers were carried on the steam
vessels of the country during the year,
and that 379 lives were lost durinc
that period. OF this number 119 lives
were lost in accidents incident to the
perils Of NAVIGATION. and forty-one
were due to suicide and other causes
beyond the power of the service to
avert. The report says that only 21e
lives can finally be chargeable to &C.
cident, collision or laundering This
is ratio of one life lost for every
S67,193 passengers carried. The acct
dent to the steamer City of SeaItilio
at Gen Park, Mo-, May II. was the
only fatal accident on the western
rivers. Nearly all other fatalities were
on the Great Lakes and the Pacific
coast.
Arrived.
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