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8 former went ashore in fog and heavy weather on the outside of Vancouver Island, while the Jeanie was wrecked. last week in Queen Charlotte Sound, going aground in fog and becoming a total loss with her valuable cargo before assistance could reach the scene. Among the mishaps which hit the underwriters heavily were the loss of the coastwise lumber carrier River- side and the mishaps to the British steamer Robert Dollar, the Norwegian steamer Thode Fagelund and German bark Thielbek. Careless navigation put the Riverside ashore on the Cali- fornia coast, while carrying about 1,- 500,000 ft. of lumber. The vessel and cargo were a total loss. The River- side was a fine steel vessel of the type especially adapted for lumber carrying. She was built at Seattle at a cost of $200,000, and was well in- sured. The Robert Dollar cost $60,- 000 to repair after being picked up at sea with rudder gone and stern post _ cracked: The Thode Fagelund and Thielbek were in collision in the Co- lumbia river and it required $40,000 to repair the extensive damage done to each. The year witnessed the usual num- ber of strandings, loss of deck cargo in heavy weather, collisions and other mishaps. Altogether it was a_ bad twelve month for the mafine insur- ance companies, and they will bid it farewell with no trace of regret. Following is a summary of the im- portant marine mishaps on the Pa- cific during 1913: PACIFIC COAST CASUALTIES DURING e1913, - AMARANTH, Am, Bktn., bound from New- castle, N. S. W., to San Francisco, with coal, wrecked on Jarvis Island, Aug. - 30; crew saved; vessel and cargo total loss. AMERICANA, Am. schr., from Columbia river March 3, with lumber for Sydney, miss- ing; supposed to have foundered in South Pacific with all hands. : ALOHA, Am. schr., waterlogged and aband- oned at Destruction Island, off Washington coast, bound from Navua to Grays Harbor; later taken in tow but broke loose and disap- peared; supposed to have gone ashore on Van- couver Island: total loss. BOREALIS, Am. schr., with lumber from Mukiltoe for Samoa, wrecked Feb. 10 on Ton- ga Island; vessel and cargo abandoned and sold for £580. BALBOA, Am. schr., bound from Callao to Grays Harbor, wrecked off Grays Harbor spit, Dec. 1; total loss; crew saved. BENDER BROTHERS, Am. power schr., burned and practically a total loss in Seattle Harbor, Dec. 1. CORDOVA, Am. ss., ashore for' 48 hours in Wrangell Narrows, Alaska, Jan. 17; some dam- agé; again ashore at Karheen, Alaska, April 23; considerable damage. CHARLES NELSON, Am. steam schr., laden with 750,000 ft. of lumber, burned at Field's Eee Cal., April 24; vessel and cargo total oss. CURACAO, Am. ss.,. aground- on Fish Egg Island, Alaska, May 1; little damage; wrecked June 21 at Warm Chuck; Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, and with valuable cargo a total loss. CLAVERLEY. Br. ss., bound from Portland, Ore., to United Kingdom, with cargo of wheat, ashore near Punta Arenas, Oct. 31; Part. of THE MARINE REVIEW cargo salved:; vessel 'floated and later beached for survey; heavy damage. CORONADO, Br.' barge, laden with coal, foundered in Gulf of Georgia, B. C., bound from Vancouver Island to Vancouver; vessel and cargo total loss. DOLPHIN, Am. ss., ashore in Alert Bay, B. C., June 30; considerable damage. ELVIRA, Am. whaling schr., wrecked in Arctic ocean. ; ELDORADO, Am. schr., bound from Co- lumbia river for Antofagasta, disabled in gale and abandoned .in latitude 30 south, June 13; crew saved and landed at Easter Island; cap- tain and three of crew landed at Papeete Nov. FULTON, Am. ss., seriously damaged ashore in British Columbia waters, in April. GLENESSLIN, Br. sh., wrecked at - Neah- kahnie Mountain, Oregon, Oct. 1, while bound from Montevideo to Columbia river; total loss; crew saved. H. J. CORCORAN and SEMINOLE, Am. ss., in collision in San Francisco harbor, Feb. 14; both vessels practically total loss; valuable cargo salved. HERAKLES, Nor. fiver, "B. C., July 16; quired extensive repairs. IKALIS, Br. ss., aground at Mororan, May 8; lost part cargo and was later floated; costly repairs required. J. D. SPRECKLES, Am. fishing schr., ram- med by STATESMAN, Br. ss., off San Fran- ss., ashore in Fraser later floated but re- cisco, March 27; schr. total loss with cargo of | codfish. JEANIE, Am. ss., aground in Bellingham Harbor, July 14; some damage; wrecked at Clark Point, Calvert Island, B. C., Dec. 19, and with valuable cargo is total loss; vessel valued at $35,000, and insured for $26,000. LATOUCHE, Am. ss., struck submerged rock in Icy Straits, Alaska; some damage. J. H. LUNSMAN, Am. schr., rammed _ and sunk in San Francisco harbor by FRANCIS H. LEGGETT, Am. ss., July 12; schooner's cargo and vessel total loss. Z LYMAN D. FOSTER, Am. schr., bound from Bellingham for Levuka, with 900,000 ft. of lumber, abandoned April 30: off Suva; towed into Suva and abandoned; cargo sold for £4,- 244, LADY ELIZABETH, Nor. bk., bound from British Columbia for Cape Town, with lumber, put into Port Stanley, disabled in heavy weather; heavy damages. . LORD DERBY, Br. ss., struck rock in Rosario straits, Puget sound, April 4,° and damaged to extent of $60,000. MACKINAW, Am. ss., struck breakwater at San Pedro, April; badly damaged. MIMI, Ger. ship, aground off Nehalem, Ore., bound from West Coast for Columbia river; while salvors were working aboard after float- ing vessel she turned turtle and became total loss; six lives lost; went ashore Feb. 13. MINNESOTA, Am. ss., fire in sulphur cargo in March; returned to Seattle Oct. 1 with machinery out of order; ashore in Inland sea, Japan, in November, but floated and _ pro- ceeded undamaged. MARY SACHS,.Am. schr., of Stafansson expedition, reported lost in Arctic. MERCED, Am. ss., total loss at Point Gor- da, (Cale Oct:< 16. NECANICUM, Am. ss., BEAVER, Am. ss., off California coast, in collision with Oct. 31; both seriously damaged. -OPHIR, Br. ss., total loss by fire in Fraser river, B. C., May 9; six lives lost. OSCAR, Br. ss., fire and explosion aboard, at Nanaimo, B. C.; total loss. POLERIC, Br. ss., arrived at Seattle Jan. 23, after having serious bunker fires. POINT ARENA, Am. ss., total loss at Pig- eon Point, Cal., Aug. 11; vessel insured for $20,000. REBEADES, Am. ss, and THOMAS = L. WAND; Ain. ss., in collision off San Fran- cisco, Nov. 9; both damaged. RIVERSIDE, Am. ss.; with 1,500,000 ft. of lumber, total loss aground at Blunt's Reef, Cal.; vessel valued at $200,000; abandoned to underwriters ROBERT SEARLES, Am. schr., with lum- ber from Columbia river for Astoria, arrived at Kahului, Oct. 4, totally disabled; lost part eer cnds abandoned to underwriters and sold. ROBERT DOLLAR, Br. ss., with lumber from Columbia river for Shanghai, struck Co- lumbia river bar March 13, lost rudder; towed ae Puget sound disabled; repairs cost $60,- 0. January, 1914 SEWARD, Am. ss., from San Francisco for Balboa with general cargo, lost rudder off Cape San Lucas; went into Mazatlan and towed back; costly job for underwriters. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Am. ss., struck uncharted rock in Gambier bay, Alaska, Aug. 17; total loss with part cargo; 32 lives lost; insured for $175,000. SAMOA, Am. ss., Reyes, Cal., Jan. 28. S. C. ALLEN, Am. bk., with lumber from Port Ludlow for Honolulu, went ashore at. Diamond Head, Hawaii, Oct. 13; abandoned 'te underwriters and sold for $4,000. STANLEY DOLLAR, Am. ss., partly laden with lumber, ashore on _ Viti rocks, _ Puget sound, Oct. 24; cargo lightered; extensive re- pairs required. THODE FAGELUND, Nor. ss., in collision with THIELBEK, Ger. sh., at Astoria, Aug. 24; both vessels badly damaged requiring re- pairs costing about $40,000. TRANSIT, Am. schr., wrecked at Barrow, Arctic ocean, in September. TEMPLE' E. DORR, Am. ss., and YEL- ILOWSTONE, Am. ss., in collision off Point Arena, March 29; both damaged. WEIDING BROTHERS, Am. fishing ss., wrecked on Frederick Island, B. C., July 23; total loss. WASHTENAW, Am. tank ss., and SIMLA, Br. tank barge, ashore off Point Gorda, Cal., Sept. 24; both damaged; repairs cost about $75,000. WASP, Am. power schr., wrecked and _ total loss, Aug. 24, off Kuskokwim river. YUKON, Am. ss., aground. near Unimak Pass, Alaska, and total loss, June 11. total wreck off Point Point Transport and Supply Ship The navy department opened bids on, Dec: 20 tor the construction otf a transport and supply ship. The trans- port is to be 460 ft. long, 61 ft. beam and 20 ft. draught, and the supply ship 400 it. long, 55 ft. beam and 21° ft. draught. For the construction of the transport the following bids were re- ceived: New York Ship Building Co., $1,752,000; Fore River Ship Build- ing Corporation, $1,804,000; Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co., $1,931,- 000; Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., '$1,730,000; William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Build- ing Co, $1,832,000. For the construction of the supply ship the bids were: New York Ship Building Co., $1,399,500; Fore River Ship Building Corporation, $1,419,000; Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co., $1,404,000; William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co., $1,401,000; Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., $1,350,000. The Clooney Construction & Tow- ing Co., Westlake,. La., reports that it has about $75,000 in contracts now on hand, consisting mostly of work for small gasoline tug boats and barges ranging from 90 to 200 ft. long, all of which will probably be completed and delivered before the end of the year. The barges are for use principally in towing oil at Tampico, Mexico, and some few log barges. The tug boats range from 45 to 65 ft. in length, two being for the Texas State Quarantine Service, one for Mexico, one for Hous- ton ship channel, and the Calcasieu river. two for