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dame, 1910 AN ODD ACCIDENT. There happened in Chesapeake bay off the coast of Virginia a decidedly odd accident, as the accompanying photograph shows. A particularly dense fog had settled down on the bay, making' water traffic a very hazardous undertaking. The schooner Asbury Fountain, of New York, loaded with lumber (providential- ly, as it turned out afterwards, for the schooner) had anchored in the lower part of the bay. Bound southward from New York came the steamer Jefferson of the Old Dominion fleet. Suddenly and without any warning the steamer TAE MarRINE REVIEW pitch. The vessel was then towed bow on up to New York, to which port her cargo had been consigned. Fortunately no lives were lost. SUCTION DREDGE SHUNIAH. The suction dredge Shuniah, which was launched from the yard of the Polson Iron Works, Toronto, on May 14, for the Great Lakes Dredging Co., is said to be the largest dredge built in Canada. The dredge is 125 ft. long, 40 it. beam and 9: ih deep, It 16 de. signed to dredge to a depth of 35 ft. It is of steel construction throughout THE ScHooNER ASBURY FOUNTAIN loomed up on the port side of the schooner. Before her headway could be checked to any appreciable extent she had struck the schooner a blow on the port bow at about an angle of 60 de- grees. As will be seen from the photo- graph that part of the schooner forward of the foremast from the keel clear up to the deck was completely cut away. But for the fact that the foremast was stepped as it was, it would have been carried away, and might have resulted in loss of life on board of the steamer. The deck house abaft the foremast can be seen in a very settled position. After the accident the schooner was towed to the yard of the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., at New- port News, Va., and docked. Another curious feature, as seen from the photo- graph, is the fact that the schooner was docked stern foremost instead of bow first, as is the usual practice. Owing to the character of the cargo, lumber, the schooner sank only to a lit- tle above the deck line. The ragged ends of planking were cut off square and the opening boarded up and made watertight with oakum and In Dry Dock AFTER THE COLLISION. with deck house 96 ft. by 32 ft. by 9 ft., having accommodation for a crew of 25 persons. According to the Railway and Marine World, the machinery in- cludes dredging pump with 22-in. inlet, and discharges and runners 78 in. diam- eter, pump shaft 8 in. diameter, made in two parts to facilitate removal, coupled by large clamps, and supported external to the pump. The pump is connected to a marine type, vertical triple expan- sion engine, with cylinders 15, 22 and 36 in., by 18 in. stroke, capable of run- ning at 200 R. P. M., and of developing 700 I. H.. P., with steam supplied at 190 lbs. pressure. The boiler is of the safety water tube marine type, equipped with mechanical stoker and _ forced draught. The cutter head consists of a single steel casting, 70 in. diameter by 56 in. long, with eight extra heavy spiral blades, adapted for hard digging. The cutter shaft is driven through three sets of gears by means of a 10 x 14 double reversing steam shovel type of engine in the hold. The gear driving consists of, for the first and third pairs, pinion and spur, and for the second pair, mitres, mounted on a single steel casting base Zoo to prevent spreading. The suction pipes consist of lap welded steel tube, 20 in. diameter, connected through cast steel swivel elbows. A five-drum winch, driv- en by 8% by 8 in. double-cylinder re- versible engine, is also provided. Two drums 16 in. diameter will be used for raising the spuds and one similar drum will raise the digging ladder; two 24-in. drums will be used to operate the bow swinging lines. The drum shaft is of hammered steel 6 in. diameter, connected to the engine by two gear reductions. The spud and ladder hoist clutches will be operated by hand, and the swinging clutches .by compressed air. The two spuds are of wood, heavily reinforced with steel bars and previded with a wing pointed steel casting point about 54 in. long, and are attached to the hull by circular keepers to prevent rotation when the dredge swings. A _ steel gantry is also provided to raise the spuds to the level of the bottom of the hull. The auxiliary pumps include two 744 x 5x 6 duplex feed pumps, and one 10 x 6 x 12 simplex pump for general purposes, op- erated by compressed air, supplied by a Westinghouse 11-in. air compressor, with the necessary tubes and flanges. A _ sur- face condensing outfit is also provided on account of the muddy water to be dealt with, to protect the boiler, etc. The dredge is equipped with a 15-k. w. turbo generating set for electric light and for the 14-1n. searchlight. There is also being supplied with the dredge 3,500 ft. of piping and pontoons for transport- ing and discharging the dredged material at one operation without the use of scows. ADOPTS OIL. AS FUEL. -. The Metropolitan Steamship Co., op- erating the turbine steamers Yale and Harvard between New York and Bos- ton, has adopted oil as fuel for these | steamers. The Yale underwent a trial test on May 19, running to the Ambrose Channel lightship with a party of guests. The test was successful in every way, though no attempt was made to force the steamer. The adoption of oil fuel was prompted by the. short time in port in which to do coaling and by the in- cessant troubles with the firemen. In adopting oil fuel, the company used the Lassoe Steam Atomizing' System. burn- ers, manufactured by H. B. Lassoe, and the installation was carried out by the W. & A. Fletcher Co., Hoboken, N. J., the builders of the vessels. While burning coal, the steamers av- eraged 235 tons for the round trip and carried in the fire-room 30 firemen and 18 coal passers. The company antici- pates that it will burn about 47,000 gals. of oil on the same trip, employing 12 men in the fire-room, which number may