The morning call., 1890-10-15
SEA AND SHORE.
Arrival Of the Ship Tacoma After
a Very Long Passage.
Vessels Bar-Bound at Coos Bay-Launch Of a
New Coasting Stsamer-Heavy Gales En-
countered Off Cape Horn.

The American ship Tacoma arrived yester
day after very long passage of 2O4 days
from New York, with a cargo of general
merchandise for Williams, Dimond &c Co.
The following is taken from Captain Shell
don's report of the passage:
Left New York March oath. In latitude
$50 80 south, longitude 4S0 20 west, expert
enced heavy gale from the southwest, last
ing three days and accompanied by ter
rifle sea. Was sixty-six days from the
equator to latitude 500 south in the Atlantic.
Passed Cape Horn ninety-nine days out.
Was sixty-three days from 50o south in the
Atlantic to 500 south in the Pacific. and dur
ing that time had nothing but northwest and
north-northwest gales. On July 4th, during
terrific gale, lost the lower fore-topsail and
on the 18th lost 4 second fore-topsail, also
fore-topmast-staysail both new.
The ship was thrown on her beam-ends,
and at the same time WIS struck by an cleo
trio ball, which made loud report as it fell.
We thought the vessel had been struck by
lightning by the way the fire was flying
around. Afterward had moderate winds
and weather TO port.
NEW CoAsTING STEAMER.
A new steamer, named the Sunol, was
launched yesterday from Alex Hays ship
yard at Alameda, being the first vessel built
there. She is owned by l.. Z. White and
others and will have placed in her the ma
chinery ken from the steamer Mend0cinO,
wrecked at the entrance 10 Humboldt Bay
soMe months ago. The new vessel is five feet
longer than the Mendocn0 and will carry
5000 feet Of lumber.
When the British ship City of Hankow
was towing to sea yesterday morning the
bay scow-Schooner Hart ran into her. The
ship received no damage, but the schooner
had her main lift carried away and her main
boom came down by the run
Yesterday afternoon Customs Inspector
Hill made a seizure of eight 5-tael boxes of
contra band opium on board the ste amship
Umatilla.
VESSELS BAR BOUND.
Captain c. Nelson of the Oregon Coal and
Navigation Company returned yesterday
from trip to Coos Bay. He reports that
the c0mpauy's three steamers, Arago, Ar
cala and Wilmington, are lying there, laden,
ready for sea, but are unable to cross the
bar. There is only about fifteen feet OF
water on the bar, a heavy westerly swell is
running and the par IS very rough. One
brig he says, has been bar bound there for
seven weeks. Eleven steamers and sailing
vessels are bar bound there altogether.
When the Wilmington, which was re-
Gently chartered by the company from Frank
Barnard, went up Barnard put only small
supply of coal on board. The steamer put
into TWO ports on the way up, and WHEN she
arrived at Coos Bay had only half ii ton of
coal in the bunkers.
The weather was hazy at Point Lobos yes
terday. A calm prevailed in the forenoon,
and in the afternoon there was q moderate
breeze from the west. The barometer read:
o'clock in the morning, 1904; noon, 500l;
D o'clock III the evening" 29.q
ENCOUNTERED HEAVY GALES.
The ship James Drummond arrived yes
terday. 1872 DAYS from Philadelphia, with
cargo OF general merchandise for Sutton IL
Be6ee. Captain Curtis reports that on
August 9th, in latitude 5lo 80 south, long!-
tude go so west, experienced heavy cy-
clone with a terrific sea, during which two
lower top>ails storm staySalis and jb were
lost. Tue cargo WIS adrift, and for twelve
days the crew did little else than try and
save it. The vessel drifted back to lOngi-
tude 64' west. Afterward off the Cape the
vessel encountered heavy gales, veerIng from
southwest to west aud northwest.
Captain Granger of the British bark Inch
Keith which arrived 15l days from Ham
burg, reports that he hal strong northerly
gales through the Straits of LIE Marie. of
Cape Horn had heavy gales from northwest
to west, with very heavy croSs-seas for
thirteen days. On August Goth had heavy
northwest gale and snow-storm.
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Crawford, from Antwerp, reports that OFF
the Horn the vessel encountered a success
siun of heavy gales from southwest to north
west On September 22G, in latitude 10o
north, longitude 11S0 II west, spoke the
British bark Brodick Csst e, bound to
Vancouver
CHANGES OF CAPTAINS.
Captain William A. Clark has been ap-
pointed to the command of the Pacific Mail
Company's steamer San Juan, vice Captain
Friele. Captain j. 5. Gibson has been
placed in command of the bark J. ID. Peters,
vice Captain Humphreys, and Captain Bjur
dan has resumed command of the ship
Merom.
The steamer City of RIO de Janeiro ar
rived at Yokohama Oh the 1lth inst, the San
Jose left Acapulco on the 18th for Panama,
and the City of New York sailed FROM
Panama for this port on the 18th inst.
The schooner Beulah arrived yesterday
eighty days from klawak, Alaska, with 10,-
1S5 cases of salmon for the North Pacific
Trading and Packing Company.
Up TO dark Inst evening fifteen vessels
had entered the port for the day. The list
comprised four steamers, three ships, one
bark and nine SchoonerS.
The British ship Chinsura, Captain Will
Jams, arrived last evening after passage
Of 136 days from Swansea, with cargo of
coal for the RentOn Coal Company. The
captain reports: Sailed May 3lst; crossed
equator in the Atlantic on July ID. On
July 25th exchanged signals with the ship
4. McCallum from Baltimore for San Fran
cisco. in latitude 450 AZ north, longitude
co. OF west Passed Cape ST. John. Staten
Island, on July Goth, 50 days out; was y
days from 50' south in the Atlantic to go
south in the Pacific; had heavy westerly
gales from Cape St John TO longitude 770
west, and were ID days making 30 miles to
the westward, the barometer ranging from
1926 to % 80. Crossed the equator in the
Pacific September 14th, in longitude 1120 so
changed signals with the American ship
Alex Gibson, from New York for San Fran
cisco, in latitude 36o 6 north, longitude
1872 $50 west
VESSELS SPOKEN.
The ship NJ. =. Grace was spoken on Sep
TENDER 18th in latitude 100 80 south, loUgi-
tude SO 20 west and vessel supposed to
be the Gientnart on September 4th, in lati-
tude % 40 south, longitude 25o 061 west
The new schooner j. n. WeatherwaX ar
rived yesterday oil her maiden voyage from
Grays HaIbor. She made the trip in four
days and brought $4,000 feet of lumber
The British ship Port Crawford arrived
yesterday from Antwerp and tile City of
Benares from l. ndon. Each made tie pas
sage IN 122 days.
Commencing on Monday, the Stockton
steamers will leave here at O'Clock in the
afternoon instead of / o'clock.
The schooner John g. North went yester-
day 10 the Union and the schooner Melanc-
thon to the Merchants Dry-dnck.
The brig Lnrlipe came off the Merchants
Dry-dock ard docked at Folsom street.
The British sloop-of-war Nymphe sailed
yesterday for Honolulu.
The bark EIpt.tra will on nvar In n l,laud