The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-07
SEA AND SHORE.
The Louisiana's TempestuOus
Voyage From Philadelphia.

The ship Louisiana, Captain Oliver, ar
rived in port yesterday after a tempestuous
voyage of 1863 days from Philadelphia. She
sailed from the capes on February 18th,
and crossed the equator on March 18th,
twenty-eight days out. On April 14th she
encountered a terrific hurricane in latitude
46' south, during which she stove in her
after-house, lost her quarter boat, blew
away her sails and sustained other damage.
During this storm a portion of her cargo
shifted. She crossed 500 in westerly
gale, which carried away her maintop-
mast and backstays and did other damage.
She crossed 500 south in the Pacific on May
22d and carried strong northerly winds to
800 south; thence with fair eastery winds
TO the equator. On June 26th, after having
been out 129 days, she met light southwest
winds, which she carried to 14o north !;
thence to $50 north light north winds, and
from thence to port strong breeze from
the northwest, with heavy seas. During
bark Charlotte Padbury on March
18th, in latitude 10 20 north. longi-
tude 23o 40 west, from Swan River for Lon
don; on March 18th, in latitude 80 south,
longitude 23o So west, an English bark,
showing flags K. G. R. o." from New
tude 60 OF south, longitude 250 IS, west, the
Emily Waters, from Swansea to Coquimbo,
tbIrty-five days out; on April 18th, lati-
tude $50 49, south, longitude $50 81 west,
bark Portland Lloyds. from New York to
Valparaiso, and on July 18th, latitude 90
So north longitude 1919 IA west ship A. j.
Fuller, from San Francisco for Liverpool,
seven days out.
No word had been received at the Mer-
chants Exchange at late hour last night
regarding the British ship Lord Raglan,
which sailed from this port for Cork, Ire
land, on February 10Th, loaded with wheat.
She was a splendid vessel and ship
owners here laugh at tine idea of her being
lost. There are many instances of vessels
having Consumed $50 days in making the
trip, and all things are in favor OF her
bringing up safe before long In the port for
which she is bound.
The cOncrete work on Section of the
sea-wall will be completed in ten days,
there being but one more joint to put in.
AS soon as completed, Messrs. Antonelle 81
Doe, the contractors, will give a banquet in
honor OF the occasion, to which the men,
bers of the State Board of Harbor Com
missioners will be invited.
The steamer Al-Ki is out In the stream,
and far enough away from the shore to re-
lieve timid ship-owners OF their fears. She
is loading with powder and other COM
bustibles for Alaska.
The signal observer at Point Lobos re-
ported the weather yesterday as follows;
II o'clock noon, foggy aud calm; o'clock
in the afternoon, foggy,. wind southwest,
eight miles an hour; & o'clock in the even
ing. thick. wind eight miles,
The British ship Dumfriessilire is out 152
days to-day from Antwerp, bound for San
Francisco. During that time she has not
been spoken or heard from SO far as re-
ported.
a dispatch to the Merchants Exchange.
received last night, announces the arrival
out at Port Blakeley Of the schooner
Charles E. Falk and the bark Southern
Chief.
The Oriental and Occidental steamship
Gaelic was reported yesterday at the Mer-
chants Exchange as having arrived at
Yokohama on her way to Hong-Kong.
The steamer Australia is due at this mort
tomorrow from Honolulu.