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TAE MARINE REVIEW DATE. NAME OF VESSEL. NATURE OF ACCIDENT. Dec. 1: 'Str Alfred. Mitchell (035 coe Ran aground, owi : ine ee Dec}. 2 Sir. Fo Le Robbins, es, Stranded wate tg tae low water; released, uninjured. .......+...+4, Bar Point, Lake Erie. Str 5 owing to low water; floated when water rose t d i Sri Deccc.., Str. Lyman .G. Sinith. 2. . Stranded owing to low water; released, uninjured re Se ies ie ae Dec. a Str. Thos. Shaughnessy........ Stranded owing to low water; released, cnieares ee OMA aes ae Point, Lake Erie, Dec. 2 Str. Tempest No. 2...........Hit by barge King, which was torn from her moorings by the steamer ar Point, Lake Erie. pe 4 Sa fe Juniata; ae considerably damaged; leaked badly..............- Erie : Str. ICtOry se eee eee sees eee ering gear broke; stopped at Port Huron for repairs........... Clair 4 Dec. 4. Str: Sinaloa <o..3 a Ran aground in thick snow storm; released after Siahterti 300 Aes re a3 pees, Poe ee Of coal; uninjuredis iced eae ol ec Bar Point, Lake Eri Dee. 4 Sch. Houghton) ..5 c.ce0as oe: Sprung a leak and sank: total loss. ::3.15 25.004... Lake St cl i ne ec... Stre= Dv oM= Clemson a Wreckage found on lake indicating that steamer was lost during : os Sie oo of 23 lost; cause unknown, but thought to be : amaged machinery 1.0... tees eect ees tee tees estes ens Lak i Dee 6 See Crashed into Taylor Street bridue; aw Teg) Homes oa $ out Of commission: for a-timiesi...6:1..05 Chica i ' 3 piste 5 0 see lee go river. Dec 6 Str.. Davidson tereeteeeeeeeee Ran aground in 'heavy. snow) storm? 3.4... 12. ..5... 10s ee ee ee Bois Blane Island, Straits: "of Dec. Str. John. Stanton ta. 0. aces Ran ashore in heavy weather; No. 1 tank full of water; leaked very aes badly; lightered 35,000 bu. of grain; stopped at Detroit; will. be repaired at luordin is. 002.0 este eet sce Nis Ligne ee Iroquois Island i Dec. Strep larlem ees...) ee Stranded in heavy weather owing to low water; released herself, Te ee ae WNINJ UTE | ies vbw wee he ee oe eee eek ols bie 60 6 oi 6 cen eee Bar Point i Dec. Seow. iiss oe Broke away from tug L. P. Smith; lost. ....2.0..0sescereevsewcersss Lake Erie. ee a + oe Sir: Vivian ian. oc Sank sees so celia ets le ce ets ek Ore Waddington o bt Penne eee e teen ete teen e eee cence ne aes ding 5 : Bas = eee ee -- Pees os Ran aground; released, uninjured ......eseeeeee eee eee etter eee eeence Bar Point light, Lake Erie. Neos Hee ee ok Picked up in disabled condition and taken to Sheboygan............ Lake Michigan, off Sheboygan. Dee. 11 -Sche Belle. 03. get ae ak -Tow line parted; towed by Str. F. W. Fletcher; drifted on beach; crew had narrow escape; probably total loss..........seeeeeerees oe Michigan, near Big Point ' able. Dec. 13. Str. Wissahickon ....-.....-.. Grounded at entrance to harbor, owing to low water; released........ Erie, Pa. Dec. +. Str Jas. Bh. Davidson... 6... Ran ashore in heavy snow storm; forward compartments full of wa- ter; No. 2 and 3 tanks punctured; released on Nov. 16 after hard pulling and lightering 50,000 bu. of cargo; reloaded light-. ered cargo and went to Buffalo to unload; will go to Toledo FOL. TEPAITS Soe os ees oe rice woe ooo oso oe ole ble epee viele ee «sie ne ce te et Lake Huron, Kettle Point. Dec, doc hue Vales wis i see ss Turned turtle while pulling a steamer; fireman drowned; sank to bot- tom of riser; to be raiSed..... cece ee eset ee ee teen tt tecreens - Buffalo river. SHIP YARD NOTES. The Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows' Point, Md., has nearly completed a rock drill barge which is to be taken down and shipped to the Isthmus of Panama in knock-down condition. The barge is 112 ft. long, 36 ft. beam and 8 ft. depth of hold, and is to be used by the canal commission for drilling submerged rock. The Wallace Ship Yards, Ltd., Van- couver, B..C., have recently added a marine ways and machine shop to the repair facilities at this busy port. The company is at present able to dock vessels up to 250 ft. in length and is also. prepated. to execute tfe- pairs to machinery and boilers. Sloan Bros., Seattle, Wash., launch- ed the passenger steamer Vashonian on Dec. 12. The Vashonian is build- ing for the Vashon Steamboat Co. and is 125 ft. long, 22 ft. beam and 9 ft. deep. She will run on the island route between Seattle and Tacoma and is expected to be in service early in the new year. The Vashonian will probably prove one of the fastest boats of her size on the sound. The Willamette Iron & Steel Works, Portland Ore., launched the steel pas- senger steamer H. B. Kennedy re- cently. The Kennedy is a fine ves- sel, being designed for the Port Or- chard route, and was built to the or- der of Capt. Kennedy. She is 190 ft. long over all, 28 ft. beam and 12. ft. 6 in. deep, having a displacement of 500 tons. The contract calls for the completion of the vessel by Anrir 1, 1909. She is to be fitted with triple- expansion engines of the four-cylinder type, the cylinders to be 17, 28, 34 and 34 in. diameter by 24-in. stroke. The engine is to develop 2,000 H. P. and is expected to give the vessel a speed of 20 miles per hour. The Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows' Point, Md., is rushing work on the three naval colliers Venus, Mars and Vilean. The open weather prevailing has been very advantageous and the keels, center keelsons and deep tanks are in place as well as some of the bulkheads, the stern posts and a few of the scantlings. Wiork is also pro- gressing satisfactorily on the engines and boilers. The Gas Engine & Power Co. & Charles L. Seabury & Co., Cons., Morris Heights, N. Y., have recently been awarded a contract for the con- struction of the largest power yacht ever built, It is to be 115 ft. done, will have a speed of 26 miles an hour, and is'to the order of Julius Fleisch- man, of Cincinnati. The same com- -pany has a contract for building a twin-screw steam yacht 133 ft. long for M, Co. Dy Borden. The -Tebo.Yaeht Basin' Co. of Brooklyn, N. Y., is to build a vessel for the Carnegie Institute, in which neither iron or steel will be used. She is intended for use in magnetic survey work and is to be of 800 tons burden, 155 ft. long, 33 ft. beam and 12 ft. draught. The craft is to be barkentine-rigged. and will be sup- plied with auxiliary power by a gas engine capable of driving her at a speed of six knots. The construction is to be of wood, copper and bronze exclusively, no steel nails, wire rig- ging or electrical apparatus being al- lowed. Delivery is to be made in July, 1909. R. L. Bean, Portland, Me. has been awarded contract for the con- struction of a three-masted schooner for Capt. William Nelson, of Boston, Mass. She is to be of 800 tons ca- pacity and will be launched early in the summer. The three-masted schoon- er which is being built at this yard for Capt. W. H. Pheall, of Chetsea: Mass., is to be launched some time in February. oe Thomas McCosker, the well-known Baltimore ship builder, is closing up his business of building wooden ves- sels, in which he has been engaged with singular success for the past 38 years. The last vessel to be built at the yard was the Albatross, the largest wooden tug ever built in Baltimore, which was launched last May for the P. Dougherty Towing Co., of that city.. She is 141 ft. 9 in. long, 26. ft. 3 in. beam and 14 ft. deep. Crawford & Reid, Tacoma, Wash., are about to launch a large and well- equipped steamer for use in halibut fishing in northern waters. Her name has not as yet been announced. She js to the order of Capt. W. J. Weid- ing, of Richmond Beach, Wash., and is 120 ft. long, 22 ft. beam and 14 ft. deep. She is being fitted with triple- expansion engines of 600 H. P. which are expected to drive her at a speed of 12 miles per hour. She will carry a crew of 30 men.