The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-13
SEA AND SHORE.
A British Steamer and Also a
Sailing Ship in Trouble.
Captain Roberts Sights the Wreck of thu sjax
The State of California Lost Blade
OF Her Propeller.

| A dispatch received at the Merchants Ex-
| change yesterday from London says that the
| British steamer Straits of Belle Isle, from
| Yokohama for Vancouver, put back to Yo-
| kohama with her boilers leaking.
The British ship HOLLYWOOD, which left
| here for Co rk on July 26tb. arrived out yes
| terday, but grounded while entering Queens
| town harbor. A dispatch received on
| Change states that she would probably be
off on the next tide.
The weather was hazy at Point Lobos yes
| terday and the wind all day from the north
| east, blowing twenty-four miles in the
| morning and decreasing to sixteen miles an
hour in the afternoon. The barometer read :
o'clock in the morning, 30.3l; noon, 1898 !;
o'clock in the evening, 1926.
THE WRECKED AJAX.
Captain Roberts of the steamer Emily,
| which arrived yesterday from Coos Bay,
| via Port Oxford, reports that on Thursday
| he passed the wreck of the steamer Ajax
Her foremost and yard were floating, but
| were held by the rigging. The mainmast
was still standing about ten feet out of the
water, but nothing else could be seen. The
| Emily had strong southeast winds down to
| Point Reyes.
The steamer State of California, Captain
| Ackley, arrived yesterday. 76 hours from
| Portland, AZ hours from Astoria. bringing
| y cabin and II steerage passengers. On
| the way down she lost one of the blades of
her new bronze propeller, and after she
| locked a cofferdam was placed under her
| stern for the purpose of replacing the lost
blade.
The steamer Signal Captain Bondegard,
| which arrived on the Sd inst from Port
| IQwnGnnd q IN II
Foard, shifted from FolsOm-s.rcet Wharf
| yesterday. Shortly after she locked Customs
Inspector Holmes seized on her and con-
| fscate6 twenty-five five tael boxes Of opium.
| The value of the find is about $500.
4 REGULAR OLD SALT.
Mrs. Meyer, wife of Captain Meyer of the
German iron bark Vsurgis, now discharg-
ing cargo of cement from Antwerp a Berry
| and Third streets, is regular old salt"
She first went to sea in 1866. and has been
| going almost continuously since. For the
| last thirteen years she has never missed a
trip with her husba nd. She is as good a
navigator as her husband. can take the sun
| and work up the ships reck onng, and at sea
is mother TO the mates and sailors. as hun
| dreds Of sailors can testify. On the voyage
| home TO Europe Mrs. Meyer will celebrate
| the twenty-ffth anniversary other going to
| sea.
The steamer Alexander Duncan, which
arrived on Thursday from lower Coast ports,
has been laid up. Captain Hunter, during
the time she is laid up, will make 4 few trips
| in the steamer Al-ki, relieving Captain
| Hale, who will take vacation. Goto Sulli-
van, the sylph, is now chief engineer of the
| Duncan.
The schooner Viking cleared yesterday
and will sail to-day for Acajutla, San Sal
vador., Her cargo consists of 1910 boxes
| cartridges, value $4,000; IA cases firearms,
| value $500, and 1000 cases coal oil. value
$3.50.
FOR THE CALIFORNIA TRADE.
b. Wcncke's Sons of Hamburg, a number
| of whose vessels come TO this port, have
contracted with Blohm & Fess of Hamburg
to build for them steel sailing vessel OF
| 1900 tons carrying capacity, which when COM
nleted will be placed in the California trade.
The same firm has now two vessels on the
stocks in England being built under the SUI
| pervisitn of Captan F. c. Bramslow, who
| IS we'll known here as master of the ship
| EIterpe.
Notice has been posted that on the goth
inst. the steamer Strathearn will be consid-
cred as lost by Lloyds. The Strathearn is
laden with sugar for j. d. Spreckels & Co.,
and her cargo is valued at about $3.50, 900.
1t is insured, as is also the vessel.
| The Queen carried cargo to British Co.
lumba valued at S5000 She also took SO, 000
pounds of borax, to go forward to Chicago
by the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
The w. W. Case has cleared for the Ha-
waiian Islands with a cargo valued at
$1,000. consisting mostly of feedstuffs.
The James Drummond takes a cargo of
wheat 10 Rio de Janero valued at S63, 644,
comprising 46, 700 eentals.
The steamer Coima sailed from Acapulco
for this port yesterday.
The next steamer for Hong Kong will be
the China ON Thursday.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The ship General Knox shifted from
Union street to Long Bridge yesterday.
The Alex McCallum shifted from Pacific
to Steuart street.
The bark Templar shifted from the Roll
ing-mills 10 Main street
The Stockbridge went to Harrison street
and the steamer Alcatraz went over to Oak
land.
The. ship Wendur locked at Oakland
Wharf and the Occidental hauled into the
stream from Union street.
lie bark Jesse Fl. Freeman was towed
from Oakland to the oil works.
The steamer City of Seattle will 90 on the
Hunters Point Dry-dock to-day
The Yorktown and Retriever went to sea.
The Benares will go to sea to-day and the
| CarQaryOQslirp will dacE ar tho Mai1 nool-