The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-10
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Captain Edward Lofholm of the
smack Virginia recently passed a most
creditable examination before the II
s. Board of Inspectors in Mobile, for
masters certificate. Capt. Lofhol. !.
not only was given a masters GER
tificafe. but he Is also entitled to pi-
lot sailing vessels on all the oceans
OF the world, and was also issued
on any ocean.
The 4-masted Norwegian motor
motor schooner Astri I, which left the
local harbor Friday afternoon, after
having been delayed for several days
In having her engines repaired
grounded at No. buoy, off the en-
trance to the bay. and remained help
lessly stuck in the sand for several
hours. until the tugs Simpson and
Nellie succeeded in getting her off. The
schocner's engines were damaged. and
she will likely remain here for a con-
siderable time undergoing repairs IL
is said that she became unmanageable
through defective steering gear She
was lowed back into harbor. and
survey will be held to determine waa-
disposition to make of her cargo.
Less than one hundred thousand
pounds OF fish were brought into Pen
sacola during the past week Receipts
for the week are as follows: Yakima.
1857 snappers and $3.50 groupers;
Ida s. Brooks, S.S93 snappers and s.
$50 groupers; Washakie, 27,04S snap
pers and 3,424 groupers; William
Hayes. 1880 snappers and 1900
groupers.
The barge Holliswood went into
Muscogee wharf Saturday to take a
cargo of lumber. The tug Nimrod and
the barge City of San Antonio will
not get to sea for several days, on ac-
count of the Caribbean hurricane.
The Shipping Board steamship Daca
Is in the stream, having moved from
railroad wharf and. although ready
Tor sea. will not go for few days, on
account of part of her crew having
quit.
The cabin launch Priscilla owned
by Capt. John Rogers, has been over
hauled and repaired at a local wharf |
and will soon be placed in service.
The tug Sea King and the barge
Avio Of the Aiken fleet arrived yes
terday from Cuba
The American steamship Cruso of
New York. consigned to the Stearns
Lumber company, arrived Friday
night.
he Dit itch,
Galveston, came into the harbor late
yesterday evening for a cargo of bun
ker coal, being consigned to Merritt
& Company.
A three rlasted schooner was due
to appear on the bar last night for
q supply of stores on which she IL
short. and on taking supplies here. is
due to proceed to Mobile. |
The steamer Bound Brook was
moved to the east side of Tarragona
wharf yesterday to begin loading a
cargo of lumber and timber for a Eu-
ropean port.
The coastwise steamer Tarpon came
into port yesterday morning on her
regular run.
The Spanish schooner Maria Teresa I
is expected here soon from Cuba.
An Italian steamer will be here this |
week from Texas port for bunker /
coal.
A large British steamer from Ger /
many is expected here this week with /
a cargo of KANT, consigned to the Gulf |
Transit company.
A five-masted sister ship to the |
Astri L is now nine days out of New
arrive at any time.
A number of ships chartered by the
Italian government, that formerly took
bunker coal here, but have been TAX
ing coal at Norfolk, are to be brought
here again for coal, it is learned. A
of British ships chartered by
the Italian government are expected
here from Texas ports for coal.
The Saunders smasks Flora J. Sears
and the Sheffield are expected in tnis
week, together with the Warren
smack Silas Stern. and others.
The u. s. Shipping Board vessel
Moss Point left Gulfport yesterday for
Pensacola on her trial trip. The in
spectors will be taken off here Sun
day morning by the Hyer Launch
company. Another vessel. the Louis
Vile Bridge, will be off the bar Sun
day on her trial trip out of New Or
leans, the inspectors to be taken off
by Capt. Bonnie Edmundson.
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