The morning call., 1890-12-29
SEA AND SHORE.
The Norwegian Ship Struan Aban.
doned Off Cape st. George.
News Brought Down by the Steamer Scotia
Nothing Known Yet Of the Fate Of the
Crew-The New Schooner Sadie.

On Tuesday last Geographic advices re-
ceiyed here from Tacoma stated that Cap
tain Reed Of the ship Ericsson had on De-
cember 10Th passed an abandoned ship.
with main and miZzen masts gone, thirty
miles off Cape st. George She was stand
ing in shore on the starboard tack.
When the news was received there was
considerable uneasiness and speculation in
shipping and insurance circles as to the
identity of the vessel and the safety Of the
crew. A number of vessels were overdue
from ports on the sound for here, and a
number Of vessels were due at the sound
and coast ports from here and from foreign
ports.
On Thursday further details were received
from Captain Reed regarding the vessel he
had seen He said it was lumber-laden and
looked like the ship Dashing Wave. That
vessel had, however, come into port. Then
it was thought it might be the ship India or
the bark Seminole. but both of these after
ward arrived safely after long passages.
The bark Northwest, which arrived on
Saturday, reported that she, too, had sighted
the abandoned ship, and as near as the
the Herman. There is no ship Of that name
now on the Coast.
IT WAS THE sTRUAN.
Reports received yesterday by the steam
ers Scotia and Truckee prove conclusively
that the abandoned vessel seen by Captain
Reed was the Norwegian ship Struan. The
following is the interesting report furnished
by Captain p. A. johnson, master of the
Scotia:
"Qn December oath at o'clock in the
afternoon, when in latitude 45o g. north,
longitude 1919 TO- west, Cascade Head bear
Norwegian ship Stiuan. Captain L. II. Skog-
land, of Herngesund, Norway. He rudder
was gone and her mainmast was broken Oft
close to the deck. The mizzen and fore
topgalant masts and jbboon were also gone
and the ship looked as if she had been on
7herbeam ends. All the matches were off nd
the vessel was water-logged. She was
laden with pine lumber bound from Port
Discovery Tor Melbourne. Australia.
SHE WAS ABANDONED.
ave boarded her and found that the Off
| GERS and crew had abandoned her. We
| found dog locked up in the captains room.
We got hawser on board Of the abandoned
| ship. and, making fast. started to tow, but
| she was too heavy for US, and the hawser
| parted. Darkness set in, and another south
| east gale setting in, with heavy sea and
| rain, the barometer being down to 290 IA (,
we had to let her go.
IL think she would go ashore in
| Nostuggah Bay that night, as the heavy
westerly. swell set her III very fast. The
| vessel was built in st. Johns, New Bruins
| wick, as found from papers on her, and is
| owned in Herneesund. Norway. Her di-
I mansions are: Length 211, beam 50, depth OF
| hold "a feet, registered tonnage 1878. Her
| cargo in the hold consisted Of 1,157.062 feet
| of pine lumber, and her deck load. which
| was washed OIL, consisted of los, 429 feet OF
the Sifra carried fWpufV-fwo III
told"
| CAPTAIN CRAwFoRD's REPORT.
Captain j. S. Crawford of the steamer
| Truckee, which arrived, 81 hours from
| Tillamook, with passengers and a cargo OF
| lumber. consigned to the Truckee Lumber
| Company, reports:
| ION December oath at o'clock in the
| afternoon passed an abandoned and water
| logged Norwegian Ship called the Struan.
| She was twelve miles off shore and twenty
| miles north Of YaQuma. Her rudder was
| gone and her mainmast at the deck. Her
foretopmnst, foretopsail yard and jibboom
were standing forward and her mizZen top
| mast, tcpsail yards and crossjack yard off
" The houses were badly stove and the
| boats all gone. l did not go on board as
| on board and said he was going. TO Try and
| tow her down to San Francisco. The
weather turned out very bad and think he
| would have to let her CO."
The crew of the StrIan may have been
| picked up by passing vessel or landed on
some point on the coast, but the general
impression among seafariDg men is that
they have been lost
HAD GALES ALL THE WAY.
The British ship Chrysomene, Captain
Hogan, arrived yesterday evening after a
long passage of 1G2 days from Java. with
1865 bags OF sugar for j. ID. Spreckels IL
Bros. The captains report shows that the
vessel encountered a succession of gales
nearly the whole ppssage.
The weather was haZy at Point LObOs
yesterday, and the wind from the northeast
until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when il fell
calm. The barometer read: o'clock in
the morning, 80 IA; noon, 30.15; 8 o'clock in
the evening, 30.0S.
The steamer Pasadena, Captain Hamilton,
has arrived at Eureka from San Pedro, and
will be laid up there two or three weeks for
thorough overhauling and repairing.
ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE.
The new schooner Sadie, Captain Smith,
sailed from Humboldt for this port on
Wednesday last on her maiden voyage. She
has cargo Of 352, coo feet of lumber. shipped
by John Vance.
The steamer Lakme, Captain Carter, ar
rived yesterday five days from Naniamo
with cargo OF 100 tons Of coal for George
Fritch.
The steamer Corona arrived Yesterday
1SR hours from Eureka, bringing so cabin
and 10 steerage passengers; the Santa Rosa,
81 hours from San Diego, with so in the
cabin and 16 in the steerage. and the
steamer City of PneDla, 67R hours from
Victoria and Puget Sound ports, with 81
cabin passengers and rs in the steerage
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The ship st. Mark locked at Fremont
street yesterday.
The barkentine Fremont will come from
Oakland Creek to-day and go to the Union
Iron Works.
The steamer Mariposa will go to the sugar
refinery to-day.
The bark Visurgis came down from Ne
vada Dock, Port Costa, and anchored in the
| stream.
The steamer Australia will 20 TO Folsom
| street to-day.
The ship Dashing Wave will 90 to sea to-
day.
The Ida Mckay will come from Oakland
| Creek to-day and dock at Howard No. g.
The American Girl will dock at Main
street to-day, and the ship Fort George will
dock at Howard No. q