Joe wrote:
wrote:
Thanks for this tip!


Check out http://www.jsjohnston.org/~feiseen.htmlfor instance - What
was the Feiseen?

She a fast Yacht
PS

Wood / Steam Powered Express CruiserYear Built: 1893LOA 78'9" x
Beam 9'8" x Draft: 3'1"Designer: William Gardner/Charles
MosherOwner: William B. Cogswell (Syracuse, N.Y.)Feiseen was
commissioned by William Cogswell to beat the express yachts Norwoodand
Vamoose and set a new world speed record. William Gardner and Charles
Mosher were chosen to design the yacht and engine, respectively.The
yacht was built in a shroud of secrecy and called Still Alarm before
launching.Completely planked in mahogany, the yacht displaced 13 tons
and was powered by a600-hp quadruple expansion steam engine.Although
this was an early effort in yachtbuilding by B. F.Wood, he clearly had
complete confidence in his work, indicated byhis quote in a newspaper
article published during the yacht's building: "I am will-ing to
rest my reputation as a shipbuilder on her. Just see, she is built of
mahoganythroughout, but with 30,000 wooden rivets in her frame I think
that she is any dayas strong for seafaring purposes as if she were made
entirely of steel.... She will bepolished like a piano and will not
only be the swiftest but the most beautiful andsymmetrical craft
afloat."Feiseen was all thatWood promised she would be.OnAugust
25,1893,she set a new world speed record at 31.6 mph.Within a few
months, and after serving her purpose,the yacht was sold and rebuilt by
Wood for the Brazilian Navy-extending the hull by 12' and adding an
armored deckhouse and deck-mounted guns.

Joe

Joe


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41.
The bombardment of Rio Janeiro by a rebel fleet
was begun on September 13th, and resumed on the
18th. Hostilities continued through October. On
the 25th Rear-Admiral Stanton, of the United States
Navy, was deposed from the command of the South
Atlantic Squadron for saluting the flag of the rebels.
The Brazilian government, late in October, purchased
at New York the steamers El Rio and El Girl for
use as cruisers, and the fast yacht Feiseen for use
as a torpedo-boat, and proceeded to man and equip
them for service.
Thirty radical leaders in the Argentine Repnblic
were arrested September 2 1st, for conspiring to
overthrow the government.
The Spanish garrison at Melilla, in Morocco, was
attacked, October 3d, by 6000 Moors, and a battle
ensued. Skirmishing continued during the month.
The Matabeles, under King Lo Bengula, marched
on Fort Victoria in South Africa early in October.
The dispute originated in the cutting of telegraph
wires belonging to the British South African Com-
pany and the theft of Lo Bengulas cattle. A strong
British force was sent out to meet the blacks, and
in .a three weeks campaign Lo Bengula was routed,
his capital was captured, and his men driven out of
Matabeleland into the wilderness.
On October 13th a fleet of Russian war-ships ar-
rived in Toulon, where they were received with cx-
travagant demonstrations of joy. Later the officers
of the fleet were entertained in Pails by the most
brilliant fete of recent times.
The third race of the series for the Amen ccs Cup
was won October 13th by the T7igilent, defeating
the British yacht Valkyrie, keeping the interna-
tional trophy in the United States for another
year.
Masked robbers, on September 12th, held up the
Atlantic express train on the Lake Shore road in
Indiana, and obtained $20,000. On September 15th
$75,000 was taken by robbers from a train on the
Mineral Range Railroad in Michigan.



Thanks again!

C


thunder wrote:
On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:23:18 -0800, Joe wrote:

Varuna:

Eugene Higgins (1860-1948) was heir to his father Elias's New York City
carpet manufacturing fortune--an estimated fifty million dollars--and
according to the society pages, he was not only the wealthiest bachelor
in New York, but also the most handsome. (12) Higgins sold the family
business shortly after assuming control of it in 1889, which allowed him
to devote his attention to more leisurely pursuits. (13) He was a
devoted golfer, cross-country rider, fisherman, hunter, coach racer,
yachtsman, and fencer. In 1890 he won the American fencing championship,
and his yacht, Varuna, named for the Hindu god of the ocean, was
declared the most modern vessel of its kind. (14) A celebrated host,
Higgins planned "sumptuous pleasure campaigns" in advance of each season
for his elite circle of friends, and his town house at Fifth Avenue and
Thirty-fourth Street, and country estate in Morristown, New Jersey, were
regarded as "meccas of high society."

Also, "The Varuna was wrecked off the coast of Madeira on November 17,
1909, and although all but one of the crew was saved none of the contents
survived. "

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...n16068356/pg_2