The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-12
SEA AND SHORE.
The Bark Electra in Distress
off Point Reyes.
Return Of the Schooner Parkersburg With
Her Masthead Gone--Ecoideat on the
British Ship Langda.e.

A DISPATCH was received at the Merchants
Exchange Yesterday afternoon from Point
REYES. stating that the bark Electra is in
distress ten miles north of the point. AS
soon as the news was received the tug Relief
of Sprecke,' line and the trg Sea Queen OF
the "Red Stack" line went out to try and
pick the vessel up. The Electra is bound to
this point from Nushagak, Alaska. No par
tfculars were given as to what her distress
consisted of, but the expectations are that
| she ran ashore moth of Point Reyes during
fog and sprung leak.
| Yesterday forenoon one of the appren-
tees on the British slip Langdale, which IS
lying at the Rolling Mills, fell down the
hold, a. distance of over twenty feet. lie
was brought on deck, when it was 1ound
| that although he was severely bruised, no
bones were broken.
| Captain Thorson has taken command OF
the schooner Berwick and Captain Wort
mann of the schooner Ada McCune.
ANOTHER RAFT OF LOGS
Tie steamer Noyo. Captain Drisko,
! brought down another raft OF logs from
Noyo, this time making the trip in three
days She had over 1.0JO.0O0 feet OF logs III
the boom raft and did nat loose single log,
| The raft was 200 feet in length ana tHe
| tow-lin 1000 feet long. The Noyo Was met
| off the port by the tug sea Queen, WHEN
took hold of the taft and towed 1t into port
the Noyo after letting go her tow proceed
| ing to Redondo.
! The ew steam launch Hazel broke her
shaft when of AlcatraZ Island willie max
Ing her trial trip on Wednesday. She was
picked up by tug and tohed 10 folsom
The steamer Suffolk came off the dry-dock
at the Union Iron Works yesterday and Will
anchor eff Vallejo street to-day
Tie steamer City of PekIng, hence, arrived
| at Yokohama yesterday.
STEAMERS BARBoUND.
The steamer Emily White, on her way
| from Coos Bay to Redondo, put into TINS port
! yesterday for coal. She recoaltd at beaIe
| street and then preceded on her voyage.
She reports having lett barbound AT COOS
Bay the steamers Ajax and Araso and the
schooners John L. Miller, c. Ii. Merchant,
| Laura Nav and Orient Among the paSsen-
gers by tie Emily was Homer Fitch, the
mighty hunter who has been staying deer
and elk up north, ana who brought down
| goodly supply for his friends.
The weather was hazy at Point Lobos yes
teriav ard the wind light, yeering from
southwest to west. The barometer read:
| Eight o'clock in The morning, 29.9S; noon,
1886; o'clock IN tue evening 2994.
Tie schooner j. \. ingalls, will go on The
Merchants Dry-dock Tomorrow TO clean
and repair preparatory TO making trip to
Mexican ports.
CLOSE TOGETHER WHEN SPOKEN.
The British ship Drumrittoa, which sailed
| from this port on the 29ih OF April Tor DUO
lin, was spoken in latitude IL north, longl-
| tude go west the FoIt George, from Car
| diff for San Francisco, on the 3lst OF August
| in latitude 81 north, longitude Is west:
the Font James. which lett London for san
Francisco on the 18th Of June, in latitude
15o south. lolgi ule 81 west, and the Wray
| I iN.rnnAl san francisco.
on the 18th of July in latitude IL north,
longitude 90 west. All four vessels were
close together when spoken.
Tie schooner Parkersburg, Captain Lund,
which left here on August 22d 1or Coquil'e
| River, returned to port yesterday, having
| carried away her masthead on Septem Der
| Sd in latitude 4l' So north, longitude l2O0 IS
| west.
The Oceanic Steamship C0mpany's Mari
| posa sailed from Auckland, New Zealand,
| Tor san Francisco on the Sth inst She Will
! be due here on the 9th inst.
! Five vessels are new on the way to this
| port from Glasgow, and three for here are
| LOADING at Newcast!e-Or-Tyne.
! GOING TO PUGET SOUND.
| The steamer Mexico will leave at noon to-
day for Puget Sound, where she will take
| the place OF the George ". Elder, which, as
reported by telegraph, was damaged by an
iceberg, and will GENE down to this port for
| repairs
Tie United States steamer Ranger has
| been ordered 10 Panama, and tie Ihetis,
now at San Jose de Guatemala, to San Fran
cisco. The Ranger will await at Panama
the arrival of craft of sailors sent from
the East for the cruiser San Francisco.
Among the arrivals yesterday was the
schooner Sadie f. Caller, fifteen days from
Jhignik Bay, Alaska, with 12,2l3 cases of
salmon for 5. b. Peterson.
| The British ship Cockermouth entered out
at Liverpool for Astoria on the Goth ult.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The ship Star of Russia went up TO Gran
| gers Wharf, Port Costa, yesterday, TO load
| a cargo of wheat for the United Kingdom.
The barkentne Irmgard has locked at
Section Of the sea-wall 10 discharge her
cargo of sugar.
The ships Glencaird and Pericles are load
ing here for London direct.
The Dovenby Hall has arrived at Queens
town, 135 days hence.
The Englehorn sailed for Queenstown
with cargo Of S3,566 centals of wheat,
valued at $4,000
The ship Two Brothers Is dscharging
coal at Alameda Wharf.
The San Bias is not due from Panama to-
day, as has been reported. She only left
Acapulco on Monday morning.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Captain A. Hansi of the German bark
Levuka reports that the fixed and flashing
light ON Point Santa Elena (Veintemilla]
coast of Ecuador, shows as follows: Fixed
u seconds, obscured seconds; fash sec
onds, obscured seconds, and so On. Also
that the light is only visible from a distance
of ten or twelve miles.
On or about September Is. 1890. the fol-
lowing changes will be made in the buoyage
of the approaches to Port Hartford, San
Luis Obispo Bay. CAL:
The whistliDg-buoy near Souza Rock will
be discontinued and bell-buoy, red and
black horizontal stripes, placed 2G0 yards
south 3So west, true south southwest, mag J,
from the rock. on which there Is only six
teen feet of water. This buoy marks the
entrance TO Port Hartford, and should be left
10 the eastward in passing.
The buoy is moored on the following ap-
proximate bearings: Pecho Rock north 500
west, true northwest by west, seven-eighths
west, nagl. distant four and three-eighths
miles; Bird Rock north $50 east. true north
east three-quarters east, mag), distant
three miles; Hartford Wharf north 16o west,
true (n0rth northwest seven-eighths west.
magl. distant two and three-eighlhs miles
San Luis Obispo Lighthouse north 290 west,
true northwest, mag.), distant two and an
eighth miles.
Also whisting-buoy, black and white
perpendicular stripes. will be placed off
Point Buchon, in twenty fathoms of water.
From the buoy Point Buchon bears about
south 40 eJst. true Southeast by east,
mag.), distant one and a half miles, and Lion
Rock is in range with the land to the south
ward of the point. The whistle will be
sounded by the action Of the sea, and will
give from twenty to thirty blasts every
minute.
Also, on the same date, the whisting-buoy
off Point Sur will be discontinued