The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-16
SEA AND SHORE.
The st. Mary Probably Total
Wreck at Port Stanley.
News From Alaska Brought by the Percy
Edward-The Ship Willie Rosenfeld Dam
aged in Collision.

The following dispatch was received at
the Merchants Exchange yesterday from
London: The ship ST. Mary, from New
York for San Francisco, is stranded at Port
Stanley, Falkland Islands, and will pro ba-
bly be a total wreck. She was in collision
with vessel supposed to be the British
ship Eaton Hall, from Newcastle, England,
for San Francisco
The st. Mary is new vessel of 1912 tons,
on her first voyage. She left New York 100
DAYS ago with cargo of general merchan-
disc, consigned to Sutton q Beebee. Cap
tain Cover is in command.
The weather was thick and foggy at Point
Lobos yesterday, and the wind light from
the southwest until o'clock in the after
noon when it hauled to the west, blowing
then twenty miles IN hour. The barometer
read O'Clock in the morning. 1880; noon,
1886; o'clock in the evening. 1882.
NEWS FROM KAYAK.
The brig Percy Edward, Captain Wick
berg, arrived yesterday. eleven days from
KAYAK, Alaska, with $3.50 cases of salmon
for the Peninsular Trading and Packing
Company. The captain reports that the
salmon catch at Kayak. as elsewhere in
Alaska, has been light. The schooner Pre-
mIer aITlNeu dt Nd! dh Ou -AuSuot -tdf anu 10
shortly expected here with the balance Of
the CATCH
The Percy Edward had ON board twenty
passengers, men who had been working IN
the canneres. One of them was a China
man, who was sick and paralyzed when he
went on board He died on the 10th inst.
On her last trip down the Percy Edward
brought down the body of a Chinaman who
had died at the cannery at Kayak.
DAMAGED IN A COLLISION.
A dispatch received yesterday from Lon
don states that the ship Willie Rosenfeld,
hence, whose arrival at Liverpool was noted
Sunday, was damaged by collision with
pilot boat.
The steamer Wilmington was offered for
sale OF auction at the Merchants Exchange
Yesterday The highest bid was $1,000 and
The ship was withdrawn. During the after
noon the steamer was taken to Mission No.
l, where she will load for Seattle and Port
Townsend.
A schooner ran foul of the steamer Una
lila as she entered the port from Victoria
and did about $40 worth of damage.
The steamer Newbein. Captain Won
Helms, arrived yesterday afternoon after
passage of ten days from Guaymas and way
ports. She brought nine cabin and six
teen steerage passengers and among her
cargo were: 1886 salt hides, 10 bundles
fish fins, 1900 boxes oranges, 81 boxes lemons
and bullion. sulphates Of silver and coin
valued at S14S, 306
VESSELS SPOKEN.
The ship Crown of India was spoken on
August 18th, in latitude . north, longitude
26o west; the ship Solitaire Un August 18th,
in latitude 14o north, longitude 20 west;
the Crown of Scotland on August 23d, in
latitude 15o north, longitude % west, and
the ship ClockmananShlre for this port, on
August 9th, in latitude l2o north, longtude
270 west.
The steamer Gaelic is due from China to-
day. She is reported to have on board POS
Chinese for San Francisco and 81 in transit.
The Pacific Mail steamship City of Rio de
Janeiro is due from China tomorrow. She
comes via Victoria and should have arrived
here ten days ago, but was run into by the
steamer Bombay in HoDg-kong harbor and
had to lay I'D for repairs.
Captain George Langhorne, chief officer of
the Oregon Coal and Navigation Company's
steamer Arcata. will take command of that
vessel to-day. vice Captain Marshall.
BURsTED BOILER.
The steamer Cleone lying at Howard
stree Wharf 3 yesterday had her boilers
tested by the United States Inspector
While the test was being made the boilers
burst Chief Engineer Low said the assure
made was only small one, and workmen
were at once set TO work tn put on patch
At the office of Pollard Il Dodge, owners Of
.he Cleone, a clerk stated that the accident
would probably delay the vessel, which was
scheduled to sail yesterday, about ten days.
Since April 1st eight vessels laden with
Goldfish have come into this port from the
North Pacific. Four of them were consigned
to Lynde & Hough. The combined cargoes
of the eight vessels amounted to 726500 fish.
The steamer Tillamook has sailed for
Mexico, via San Diego, carrying cargo val
ued at $1,000.
The City of New York has sailed for
In iaI co. N..,t T.
valued at $4,000, including $1,000 gallons
wine. 100 bales rags and 1000 pounds glue
For Central America she had a value of
$50, Geo. the leading items being 5000 barrels
flour, 1000 centals com, 1000 centaS wheat
and 5000 pounds rice. Her Mexico manifests
footed up $4,000, including 90 TASKS quick
silver, 36l barrels -four 276 packages malt
liquors and $500 gallons wine. Her Panama
and South American manifests footed up
$1,000 in value, including 1856 barrels flour,
5000 pounds beana, 80 tons malt and guam
tity Of machinery.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The ship Spartan went up to Port Costa
yesterday.
The Lapgdale shifted from the rolling
mills to Harris0n-Street.
The Vega docked at Main-street
The Wilmington went to Mission No. /.
The schooner Dare docked at Howard No.
The ship Charles Dennis will dock at
Fremont-slreet to-day.
The Province will come down from Port
Costa to-day.
The correspondent who signs his name
Roger Sprague is informed that the
British ships British Merchant and w. J.
Pirrie were the best decorated vessels in
port Oh Admission day and were given due
credit. All quick passages of vessels are
mentioned in this column, whether they are
British or American. The quick trip made
A. g.
noted She is an English built vessel,
burned at Port Costa, partially rebuilt and
from here to Europe made her first voyage
under the American flag.