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1899.] MARINE REVIEW. possibility of controlling them. To have waited until there would have been plenty of room to pass farther down the river would not have made five minutes difference in the time of the North Star. This is the aggra- vating feature of all such accidents. It is true, of course, that the captain of the Siemens had the right of way, and from all reports of the disaster there is no evidence of fault as to rules on his part, but it may be said of him that if he found a madman following in his path and could avoid him by checking pace and getting under cover he should do so, no matter what right he might have by law to the roadway. Capt. Thomas H. Sanders of the steamer Hackett passed down from the canal just ahead of the Siemens and North Star. He says that upon U9 feet of her length ahead of the Siemens. Then the steamers became un- manageable and all kinds of whistles were blown, like a launch in a ship yea 'Capt. Sanders said. Soon the vessels were wedged in the channel vanks. It is understood that Capt. Davis of the Sault river patrol, which is conducted by the United States revenue cutter service, has reported the captain of the North Star for gross violation of the river rules. Newspaper correspondents are speculating on the objects of the Cramp Marine Improvement Co. of Philadelphia, recently incorporated in New Jersey with a nominal capital of $100,000. One report is to the SECOND?BLOCKADE OF LAKE CARRIERS IN THE ST. MARY'S RIVER. i iddle view--Looking northwest, directly up the channel; Siemens across the channel and Looking north across the channel, showing tugs to Hie tect pulling on the stranded Siemens and dredge to the right trying to dig her out of the bank on the lower side. 'ow---_Waiting fleet at the Sault on Thanksgiving day. M Suen. EHS shoved over tothe north. Lower vicew-- i i i th Star twice, and turn t the light he heard two whistles from the Nor } : Bath thes they were answered by danger signals from the Siemens. es the North Star first blew two wastes ug wes ree oe ales ee the Siemens was towing. She forged ahead, and when her s of two whistles was answered by a danger signal from the sicnelr cape Sanders was satisfied there was trouble in sight and he kept watc We ae vessels. When rounding the crib light the North Star was probably effect that the new corporation kas for its object the development of a vast territory in the vicinity of the eastern terminus of the trans-Siberian railway and the construction of docking and shipping facilities at the ter- minus of the road at Vladivostock. The principal office of the new com- pany is in the New Jersey Corporation Guarantee & Trust Co. building, Camden, N. J. The incorporators are Edwin F. Glenn, Joseph Gilfillan, Richard C. Eilis, Robert J. McKinstrey and George S. Graham.