New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-25
Maritime Miscellany

MOBILE. Ala Sept s4-while in the
Crooked Island Pass, route from Gulf
port to Porto Rico, the American schr John
A Beckerman was burned. according to
INCARNATION received in Mobile today The
tain Cook. sailed from Gulfport a few days
ago with cargo of lumber.
NEW. ORLEANS Sept 24-The Italian
str Alacrita, Captain G Schiafrino in com
mand, reported in radio messages to-day
as sunk in mid-ocean, left this port Aug
81 with a crew of thirty The vessel
carried a cargo of 1000 tons Of wheat for
Barcelona
CAPE CHARLES, Va, Sept % = schr
Florence e Lillian. New York fer Nassau
and Nuevitas. previously reported, sank off
Assowoman Inlet Crew saved and landed
At Chincoteague.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 24-The str G C
Lindauer, engaged in the coast wise lumber
trade, grounded late yesterday at Point
and freed herself with loss of the rudder
She was picked up by the str Helen
Drew, which towed her into port here to-
day. Cable adviccs TO the marine depart
reported that the motor ship Australian
(Dan), Puget Sound for Copenhagen, was
aground in Harwich harbor, and that the
motor ship Borgland (Nor), Antwerp for
San Francisco. had broken her crankshaft
and was returning to Christianta for re
pairs Allocated to Struthers & Dixon to
carry 10000 barrels Of fuel oil to Portland
and Seattle. the Shipping Board tank str
Lubrieo was taken off the mudhats yes
pleted two months ago. Bound from
vadivostok for Copenhagen with a
cargo of 1880 tons, the new motor
ship Afrika DAM, said to be the largest
Tomorrow What is thought to be q
record run from Portland Me-, to the
ping Board str Lehigh, which arrived here
yesterday. The run from Portland to san
Pedro was made in IS days and Al minutes
SEATTLE. Sept 24-As the second Ship
mir nv Ia
Line under bare boat charter, the str
Bsarport, now en- route from Kobe to the
wheat at Portland for the United Kingdom
or Europe. The tug Equator. made famous
as a South Sea trader by Robert Louis
Stevenson, in The Wreckers," is being
converted into a Diesel powered towboat
at Port Blakely. OIL developments along
the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands
motorship Comet to maintain regular serv-
ice between this port and the oil districts,
Storm warnings were raised along the
Oregon and Washington coasts to-day,
when it was reported that q violent SOUTH
east oily gale, shifting to southwest, was
approaching.
order permitting Shipping Board steamers
to carry lumber to the Orient at the new
rate OF So thousand feet, the board has
advised local operators that it will supply
bottoms for any amount of tonnage if
$3.50 is offered
pd aosNo d w., Sept r,; a4-The Singing
previously reported at Guam with pumps
disab led, has proceeded for New York
after lying here two months New tur-
pines shipped overland by express from
New York TO San Francisco, were installed.
SAN PEDRO, Sept 24-Ca plain George
Gates, of the schr Chispa. reported to the
authorities here Yesterday that he had
shot member of his crew for attempted
arson during the voyage from Mexico. Two
others of the crew arrested on a
charge OF grand larceny. The Chispa was
formerly a well-l1nown yacht on San Fran
cisco Bay.
VANCOUVER, Sept 24--Treight reduc-
tions announced yesterday by trans Pa
ciiic operators out of the port give the fol-
lowing new rates: Steel cuttings So
nickel. S. light weight paper. s14; fish
meal, SO and COPPER suiphate, So
PORTLAND, ORE-Sept 24-The Dutch
str Ootmarsunl sailed with wheat for the
United Kingdom. The str Mukilteo sailed
for Honolulu via Everett The str Min
nesotan sailed for San Francisco to finish
loading for the Atlantic Coast. The Brit
ish str Ashworth arrived in ballast from
Shields to load wheat for Europe. a new
refrigerator ship service from Portland to
Europe is announced by the Isthmian
Steamship Company. The service will be-
gin in October the vessels assigned being
the North CUMBERLAND and Wiltshire, both
now in English ports.