The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-16
SEA AND SHORE.
An Accident Delays the Sailing
of the L. Schepp.
Chinese Passengers by the ocsanic-The Ep-
pinger Loses Part Of Her Deck-Load.
The Eyer Micronesia.

The wheat-laden American ship L. Schepp
was scheduled to sail yesterday for Queens
town for orders. The tug Active, Captain
Marshall. took hold of her as she lay in the
stream, the anchor was raised and the tug
started down the stream with her tow. AS
soon as the anchor was at the hawse-pipe
aud the vessel got under way the mate
started to cat the anchor, using the fish
tackle from the foretopmast-head for the
purpose. When the fish-hook was hooked
on the chaln-compressor was raised to
allow some slack chain to pay out.
AS soon as tine weight came on the fish,
tackle the masthead lashings carried away
and the pennant and tackle came down by
the run. Two of the sailors, who stood on
the forecastle-head at the time, we're in
jured, one being badly bruised on the head
and the other receiving internal injuries.
They were treated on board the ship.
When the fish-tackle carried away, the
fsh-hook was lost and the anchor fell
into The mud, the compressor being open.
AS it would take some time to hoist it aud
the tide would not serve at the expiration
OF the time. Captain Gates determined to
stay in port until to-day.
CHINESE BY THE OCEANIC.
The total number of Chinese who arrived
on the Oceanic from China ON Saturday
evening was 154. OF the number 121 Q15
males and females) are for this city, for
Honolulu, IL for Panama and 10 for Hava-
ma. Nine having proper certificates were
landed yesterday afternoon.
vi the six females on the Oceanic 4 are
reported in tile official passenger list as on
the way to join their husbands, one is girl
with her mother and one is woman with
her husband. OF the lis males for this
port, all with the exception of one. who is
designated as a druggist, are called grocers,
and all those for Honolulu, Panama and
Havana are similarly designated.
The weather was hay at Point LobOs
yesterday and the wind moderate all day.
veering from south to west. The barometer
read o'clock in the morning 90 SO, noon
29.SS, O'Clock in the evening 29.S7.
LOST PART OF HER DECK-LoAD.
The schooner j. Eppinger arrived yester-
day II hours from Fort Bragg with a cargo
of lumber and posts for the Fort Bragg Red
wood Company. Captain Lundquist reports
that on Saturday night, during a northwest
wind, he lost part of his deak-load over
board.
John Sloan & Son, the ship-store dealers,
moved their quarters few days ago to 3l6
Battery street. Yesterday afternoon when
John Sloan, the senior partner, visited the
store to get some papers for ship that was
going away, he fell down hatehway that
had been carelessiy left open and had the
tendons of his left ankle severely strained.
The steamer Corona. Captain Hannah,
arrived at O'Clock yesterday morning.
nineteen hours from Eureka, bringing forty
i've cabin and seven steerage passengers
and large list of freight.
RAN INTO THE WHARF.
The ship Arabia came down from Port
Costa on Saturday afternoon laden with
wi ao for I al
anchor in the stream. As the tug was tow
ing her out from the dock at Port Costa the
vessel took a shear and ran into the dock
shed carrying a portion of 1t away. The
damage to the ship was very slight, but the
dock and shed were damaged about $500.
The shipping arrivals yesterday up to
dark comprised six coasting steamers, two
barks and three schooners.
The Hawaiian bark Alicia, Captain
Broadhurst, which put into this port in
distress June LIST, while bound from Cham
pericO for the Sound, has been chartered to
load here in the Australian Dispatch Line
for Sydney, her previous charter having
been cancelled. The vessel has been sur
veyed and found perfectly sound. only her
copper being chafed little. The captain
was In distress, not the ship.
A PROUD PILOT.
When Captain Stephen Castle, the pilot,
returned to his home at 1928 Jones street
ON Saturday last he found that during his
absence Oh O cruise outside his wife had
given birth to boy. This is the first boy
in the family, and the captain is proud of
it. 1t is little beauty, and weighs eleven
pounds
ARRIVALS OF COAL.
Two coal-laden vessels arrived yesterday
with cargoes aggregating $3.50 tons. The
Nicaraguan steamer MOntSerrat brought
1900 tons from NanaimO for Jonn Rosen-
fields Sons. and the bark Templar 1000 tons
from Seattle for z. b. Cornwall.
The British ship Wisconsin, Captain
Greig, which is now GiScharging her cargo
of coal from Australia at Howard No. 2, is
flyer. She left here last year wheat
laden for the United Kingdom. She was
ordered TO Hull, where she stayed four
weeks dfscharsing. From there she went
to London, where she remained five weeks
loading for sydney. She made the passage
to Sydney i'll eighty-two days. From there
she went to Newcastle, n. S. W., making
the trip in fourteen days. AT Newcastle
she loaded 2466 tons of coal for this port,
and arrived here after q passage of sixty
eight days, making the trip around the
world, including detentons, in exactly one
year and ten days.
The British ship Queen Victoria has ar
rived at Victoria, TO days from Cardiff.
thus relieving anxiety that has been felt on
her behalf.
The bark Newman has arrived at San
Diego, 50 days from Australia, with coal.
The Majestic is IA days out on a similar
voyage, and the Charles b. Kenny and
Iton each "a days. All three are liable to
arrive at any day.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The steamer Australia came down to Fol-
som street from the refinery yesterday.
The ship 5. p. Hitchcock locked at Union
street to discharge.
The British steamer Sussex went to the
sugar refinery
The Dashing Wave sailed for Lynde 81
Hough's station, Sand Point, Alaska.
The ElnOrah hauled into the stream from
Beale street.
The Crown of Italy came down from
Port Costa and anchored in the stream.
The Gotama went over to Berkeley and
the Occidental to Oakland.
The bark Templar locked at Main street
on arrival.
The ship Buteshire will dock to-day at
Beale street and the Bryant will 90 to the
Rolling Mills.