Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-09
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Captain Sormau went mp 60 Paget
Sound ON the State OF California to
take command of the bark Ella s.
rhayer, Woe Captain Nelson, who was
accidentally drowned.
The bark california comes over from
Saucelito To Pacific street on Monday to
load ballast. for Puget Sound. whence
she viii load lumber for Melbourne,
Australia.
The barkentine Fremont, from the
Okhotsk Sea, with a cargo OF Goldfish,
returned in charge of First Mate Morti-
mer. Captain Timothy Driscoll, who
went out as master, died at sea on Au.
gust 18th. Of consumption, and WAS
buried two weeks later at 9alliRen river,
on the kamschatka coast. He was we'll
known in maritime circles IN this city,
aud wss mate of the Margaret Crock
and whan she capsized OF tue coast OF
Tahiti. lie reosived injaries in that
disaster from which he never fully re-
covered.
The schooner Hera, from the Ok
hotsh Sea-, brings the following report
of the catch of the codhshiug fleet of
this port. The season has been poor
one, although the weather has been
good. All of the vessels have only u
small catch as far as reported. The
catch is stated to be about as follows
Hera. 135.OO0 tish rropic Bird, abous
$1,000: Arago, 1900; Jaue A. Falkin
burg. abons 5000; Glencoe. 3.e0o
Frances Alice. 1900; San Luis, 5000
Constit stion, no report; ". I'll. Meyer,
no report. rne Isabel had gone North,
and would probably have full cargo,
The Fremont brought lls,0ou. and four
cargoes have previously arrived.-dita.
The schsoner Rock Island has been
completed and launched at South San
Francisco by II. j. Irwin. She Is "a
feet long. 10 beam aud 81 depth of
hold, her net tonnage being sI.s9 tons.
The feur- -masted schooner building
az Coos Bay by simpson Brothers has
been housed over, and operations have
been suspended on her for the present.
The great depression in the coastin9
trade is the cause.
The American ship John Currier,
from Liverpool for Wilmington. unex'
pec,edly arrived here yesterday morn
ING. Ii was then found that her appear
anoe here was caused by the spoutane-
Gus combustion of her cargo of coal.
She had on board 27Ss tons. AL went
we'll until August 9th, when smoke WA
observed issuing from the hztches. and
in taking them oa the heat was foupd
to be intense below. Tue crew started
10 work with will, and, after throwing
overheard about 30 tons and pouring
large quantity Of water below, they goi
the Ore under control about September
7th. Three days after the IRE was dis
covered the British ship Cressingtor
hove in sight. and her master kindly
took on board the wife and family oi
Captain Blsthen OF the distressed YES
sci. aud kept company With the shiE
until her safe arrival here. The obiecl
| in coming here was that Wilmingtoa
being an open roadstead, should Caps
Blsthcn kave 10 scuttie his vessel there
she would undoubtedly be a total loss
and by cotaing here he would get extrs
facilities for diseharRing and pottins
| out the fire, should it AGAIN break out
and also be able 60 repair his ship
should she be badly damaged NO ex
animation has yet been made, and II I
| thought that the vessel j. not damaged
| but the officers Are keeping = sharl
watch. a. IL IL impossible 10 tell whei
the FIRE win again break out She wil
| be doeked and discharged as luicsly a
possible. and 10 now At Psoilc stree
wharf for thai purpose. --sas f'zse'se
Ck,vhsels.