Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
ICE CARRIES AWAY BU0YS.
Damage Caused Described in Notice
by Lighthouse Authorities.

The ice drifting up and down the river
is shifting buoys and extinguishing
lighted beacons. and more trouble is ex-
pected when the thaw becomes general
and the big MASSES OF ice begin to move.
A general d1sarrangement Of buoys then
is looked for. The lighthouse authori-
ties. in a notice to mariners. state thai
the light beacons on Persimmon point
and Port Tobacco flats. which were dis
continued January on account Of ice.
were relighted Monday last, but Tues
day the heavy ice began drifting again
and extinguished both lights.
The lighthouse authorities have also
issued a notice regarding buoyage in all
sections Of the fifth district as follows:
Chesapeake Bay.-Main channel to Bal
timore: Thirty-flve-foot channel gas buoy
No. la. reported extinguished. has been
relighted.
Thirty-fve-foot channel lower end gas
buoy No. ?, reported extinguished. has
been relighted.
Thirty lve-foot channel buoy No. 3,
first-class can, found missing. has been
replaced.
Thirty-dve-foot channel gas buoy No.
II, reported extinguished and damaged,
will be repaired and relighted as soon as
practicable.
Thirty-five-foot channel gas buoy No.
49, found out Of position, has been re-
placed.
Main channel to Baltimore-Craighill
channel buoy No. 2. spar. reported broken
of. and the spar marker to Craighill
channel bell buoy No 4, reported miss
Ing will be replaced as soon as practi-
cable.
irginia.-Hampton roads: Buoys have
been replaced as follows:
Newport News middle ground thirty
foot channel gas buoy No. 4 reported
dragged out of position.
Newport News middle ground thirty
foot channel gas buoy No. 6. found
dragged out Of position by ice.
Newport News middle ground thirty
foot channel buoy No. 10. f1rst-class nun,
reported carried away by the ice.
Newport News middle ground east end
buoy, HIS spar. found missing.
Newport News middle ground west end
buoy: HIS spar M reported a out of position, ,
class nun, reported out of position.
Chesapeake bay. Hampton roads ap-
proach-WillOughby spit ball buoy, IL. ie-
ported capsized by the ice, has been re-
placed.
Elizabeth nver-Craney Island flats
north end buoy. 4, spar. found broken
off. has been replaced.
Channel buoy. 10. spar. found adrift. has
been replaced.
Channel buoy, II, spar. found missing,
has been replaced.
Channel gas buoy, No. 12A, found drag
ged out of position by the ice. has been
replaced.
CHduucl gas DuOyp NO. Cd, IOuuO
ged out of position by the ice. has been
replaced.
Channel buoy. IA. spar. found missing,
has been replaced.
Channel gas buoy. No. 5. found dragged
out Of position by Ice, has been replace 4.
Channel buoy, "a. spar. found adrlft.
has been replaced.
Lambert Point buoy. Ill. spar. found
adr1ft, has been replaced.
Channel gas and bell buoy. No. 8A,
found ORA 0go6 nf ylnCff{0n nv ho fco
has been replaced.
DISTINCTIONS buoy. 49, second-class nun.
found missing. has been replaced.
Maryland.-Little Annemessex river.
rarily discontinued January %, naviga-
ton being closed by ice: will be relighted
on the reopening OF navigation.
Vfrginia.-James riyer-Harrison Point
Bailey Creek fats lower buoy, 80. second
class can, reported carried some distance
up the river by the ice. will be replaced
as soon rs practicable.
The following lights. reported tempo
rarily discontinued on account OF ice
January II. have been reliShted: Chaffin
bluff light, Falling creek light. Warwick
bar light, Goodies rock light, Albro creek
light.
James river, Pagan creek, Gap Shoal
light-The structure supporting this light
has been overturned by the ice. January
%; light will be temporarily discontinued
York river, Goff Point Shoal buoy 1S
second class nun, and cut upper entrance
buoy %, second-class can, reported moved
out Of position by the Ice. ana VIII be
replaced as soon as practicable.
Rappahannock river-Tobago bay Light:
The structure supporting this light was
destroyed by the ice January "A, and the
light win be temporarily discontinued.
Rappahannock rtverCarters creek:
Spinhouse Point Shoal nght-Thts Lg.t
was extinguished on account OF the ice,
but has been relighted.
Galley Hook Point light-This light was
extinguished on account Of the ice, and
has been relighted.
North Carolina.-North river-North
river entrance buoy, No. 2. second-class
nun. reported carried away by the
ice, will be replaced AZ soon as prac-
ticable.
Croatan sound-Blockade Shoal light
This light was exttnguished. being mac
cessible on account OF the ice. but has
been relighted.
AIbemarie sound-Chowan river: Holi-
DAYS Island lght-The structure support
Ing this light was carried away by the
ice. January q. and the light is tenn
porarily discontinued.