The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-31
SEA AND SHORE.
The Schooner Mayaower Run
Down by The Wilmington.
Captain Cavalry Of the Pacific Mail Gem oany
Premoted-The Humboldt Strikes on
Rock Near Point Bonita.

The steamer Wilmington. which was re-
Gently chartered by the Oregon Coal and
Navigation COn.pa to take the place of
the lost steamer Ajax, arrived in port at an
early hour yesterday morning from Coos
Bay Captain Marshall reported that about
10 80 o'clock on Wednesday night the
steamer ran into the schooner Mayfower,
about eight miles off BOlnas Bay, during
thick fog, and cut her down to the waters
edge.
He said that the steamer struck the
schooner amidships and the latter filled and
turned on her side, but that the crew was
saved. The Mayfower, Captain Evenson,
was outward bounl to Fort Ross in ballast.
Captain Marshall and his chief officer re-
fused, however, to say anything regarding
how the accident occurred, bat virtually they
lay tie blame on the schooner. One of the
steamers officers declares that the schooner
gave signal showing that she was going
in a certain dire, ton and then changed her
course.
Captain Evenson and his officers maintain
that the necessary signals were given by the
schooner, but that the steamer paid no heed
The crew of the schooner escaped with Just
what they had Oh. The steamer Point
Arena, which arrived from the north yester-
day, reports having passed the tug Monarch
with the schooner Mayh wer in tow, bottom
up, OFF DuXbury yesterday morning The
Mayflower is owned by James Sparks Of l
Mission street
STRUCK ON A ROCK.
The steamer Humboldt, Captain lessen,
arrived yesterday morning alter a passage
of tweDty-tMO hours from Eureka, with "a
large list Of assengerS and fieght. While
feeling her way into The hart or during the
thick t9g that prevailed the steamer struck
on a rock err Point Bonita. She backed
of and it is thought she is only slightly dam
aged. She leaked somewhat though and the
pumps were KEEP; going all day yesterday to
keep ner free. Purser Kalischer states that
none of the cargo was damaged. The Hum
bodt will 90 ON the dry-dock today to aScer-
tain the extent OF her injuries.
The British ship Pericles sailed for Lon
don Yesterday with cargo of general mer-
chandiSe valued at Sl74,623. 1t includes
500 centals of barley, 1879 gallons of
brandy, $3.50 cases of canned fruit (value
SAL, 500. 5000 pounds of pumbaGo, 549S
pounds OF pepper, 1880 cases of salmon,
72SS centals Of wheat and 77ll gallons of
wine (value $780, 1n transit she has S499
Cases OF salmon, value S37 ,34j
From dispatch received at the Mer-
chants Exchange it is learned that the
schooner w. 5. Bovine is ashore at the
Guayaquil River, and would have to tighten,
but would probably get off There is no in
surance on the hull, but there is on the car
go. The Bovine is owned by l.. Leon and
her cargo, consisting of flour, provisions
and lumber, valued at $50. SOS, was shipped
by FreSe ~ Phillips.
CAPTAIN CAVALRY PROMOTED.
Captain j. M. Cavalry the od-time, we'll
known commander Of the Pacific Mail Com
pauy's employ, has been appointed port or
Picking leaves tomorrow she will 90 out in
command OF Captain Searle, late Of The COM
pany's steamer City of New York. The
Mail Company has long felt the need of hav-
Ing a competent captain on hand here in
case of emergency-as for / stance, cap
tain being sick or wishing to take a yacs-
ton. Before the City of Peking arrived
here the Board OF Directors considered the
matter and determined 10 appoint Captain
Cavalry as slight appreciation of bis long
and faithful services to the company. While
the berth is no siuecuIe and carries with it
full pay, Captain Cavalry will be glad of the,
change, as it enables him to be home with
his wife, who has been very i'll for some
months
The United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey steamer Macarthur, after being off
Humboldt bar for several days, entered the
harbor on Tuesday After taking in sup
ply of coal from the bark Royal Tar she
will sail again. She is at present engaged
in survey Of Port Oxford reef, off the
coast of Curry County, Oregon.
From Captain Jessen Of the steamer Hum
bodt 1t is learned that the British bark
Royal Tar, which was off the Humboldt
bar for thirteen days, succeeded in entering
on Tuesday last, when the fog lifted aud
763 tons of coal from Newcastle. N. S. w.
INSURANCE ON THE HAZELBANK.
The insurance on the cargo of the British
ship Hazelbank, reported grounded on
Goodwin Sands, was e16,3Oo, as follows:
Thames and Mersey Insurance Company,
eS000; British and Foreign, $500; Canton,
f3300. A dispatch received yesterday says
that the vessel is submerged and the salying
of her gear is progressing slowly.
The weather was thick at Point Lobos
yesterday and the wind light from the west
until noon, when it hauled to the southwest.
TIE barometer read s CLOCK in the morn
ing 30.oS noon 1905, O'Clock in the even
ing 3002.
John Rosenfelds Sons have chartered the
ship Henry Falling, now on the Sound, to
load coal at Nanaimo for this port, and
Husband & Brooks have chartered the bark
Rufus Z. Wood to bring coal from Seattle 10
this port.
The German ship Renee Rechmer has
cleared at Astoria for Europe with cargo
valued at over S227,000. 1t includes 20, 70l
cases salmon, ZO,zoO SACKS hour ana ZZ,JbO
sacks wheat.
Captain w. F. Mills, of the firm of Henri
man ~ Mills. stevedores, has returned from
a six months vacation spent in New En-
gland.
TWO MORE COAL CARGoES.
Two c0a,-ladcn vessels arrived yesterday
the steamer Wilmington and the ship
Alaska. The former brought 600 tons from
Goes Bay and the latter 1900 tons from Ia
coma.
The steamer Gaelic. hence, arrived at
Hong-Kong on the 9th inst, and the steamer
China arrived at Yokohama on the Goth.
Steam was raised yesterday on the new
ferry-boat Ukiah, and her engines were
turned over at the dock, foot of Main street.
The j. c. Potter aud the Don Carlos
towed to sea Yesterday, and the British ship
Helga went to the sugar refinery to dis
charge.
The ship Argonaut will go to Grangers'
Wharf, the Myomene to Balfour's and the
Macdiarmid to Nevada Dock, Port Costa,
to-day.
The ship Colony will come off the Hunt
er's Point Dry-dock to-day and dock at
Long Bridge.
The clipper ship Willie Rosenfeld sailed
from Liverpool for this port ON the 2Sth
inst