The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-24
ITEMS FROM
SEA AND SHORE.
Stormy Voyage of the Ship Eu-
reka From Baltimore.
She Had to Jettison Some of Her Cargo-Ds-
psrture of Four Ocean steamers-Ton-
mage on the Way to the Port.

The American ship Eureka. Captain
Dinsm0re, arrived in port yesterday after a
passage of III days from Baltimore, with
cargo of 1900 tons of coal for John Roseu-
feld's Sons. The vessel met with an acct
dent while leaving Baltimore and ex-
perienced unusually rough weather on the
voyage, as the following report Of the cap
tain will show:
son March Sd, while lying at anchor in
the Chesapeake. was run into by an un-
known schooner and had our jibboom and
all head-gear carried away. On March 9Th
passed out by Cape Henry.
ION March 9th, when in latitude $50 90
north, longitude So 20 west, took heavy
gale from east-northeast, backing into north
northeast and blowing furiously. Shifted
cargo. Blew sails out of the gaskets and
sprung the lower main trestle-trees and
fore-topsail yard. The ship lay with her
lee rail under water for thirty-siX hours,
and we had to jettiSon some cargo. Had
moderate northeast trades to latitude 200
north and crossed the equator in longitude
800 20 west, IS days out.
A SUCCESSION OF GALES.
Had very light southeast trades to lati-
tude 25o south. Was 81 days from latitude
3Oo to latitude 400 south, with a suecessio n
of heavy southwest gales. Was % days
from 800 south in the Atlantic to go south
in the Pacific, with usual Cape Horn
weather and strong current setting to east
northeast. Took southeast trades in 2)0 80
south and carried them to latitude 80 80
north. Crossed the equator in 1l2' 80 west,
$40 days out. Thence had light northeast
trades aud light northerly winds to port
"0n June 10Th, in latitude 81 south, l0ngi-
tude 750 SO west, passed small quantity of
wreckage. painted white.
TONNAGE ON THE WAY.
The total tonnage of vessels now on the
way to this port is 293. $50, AT the same
time last year it amounted to DO, 426 tons.
OF that now on the way $685. tons comes
from New York, 1878 from Philadelphia
IL, 307 from Antwerp, $3.50 from Cardiff,
20,549 from Liverpool, 81, 46o from London,
51,357 from Newcastle, New South Wales,
1927 from Newcastle-on-Tyne,l 0,9iS from
Nanaimo, 6696 from Glasgow, 1868 from
Hamburg, l75l6 from Java. 1922 from
Swansea and 1927 from Yokohama.
Tie weather was hay at Point L0bOS
yesterday, and the wind all day light from
the west The barometer read: o'clock in
the morning, 30.02; noon, 1896; o'clock IN
the evening. 1890.
The steamer City of New York sailed
from Acapulco on the 10th inst, and the
steamer San Bias sailed from Panama on
2lst inst, both for this port.
WILL SAIL TO-DAY.
The British ship Buteshre, on which
Charles j. Fair will be a passenger to Liv-
erpool, did not sail yesterday, as stated by
an evening paper. She will leave her an
chorage at o'clock this morning. The
Buteshire, which is fine new four-masted
iron vessel, has on board an unusually yalu-
able cargo of general merchandise, valued
at S2Sl, GOO. 1t includes barley, wheat,
canned fruit, canned salmon, cotton, honey,
etc. OF canned salmon alone she has IS, S41
cases, value Sl6S, 1862.
The Pacific Mail steamer City of Rio de
Janeiro. which was in collision with the
steamer Bombay in Hong Kong HarbUr and
was detained there for Il few days obtain
ing needed repairs, sailed thence for this
port on Friday last.
The schooner Abbie arrived yesterday
with load OF lumber from Caspar and pro-
ceeded direct TO Port Costa.
THE CRUISER CHARLESTON.
dispatch received at the Merchan is
Exchange states that the United State
cruiser Charleston arrived at Port Tow H.
SEND at o'clock yesterday morning.
Four large ocean steamers left port YES
tertiay mornine-the 7yalla Wa'Ia Zealci--
dia, City Of Picking and the San Juan. The
Walla Walla carried 80 cabin passengers
and 50 in the steerage. The Zealandia car
red 81 passengers in the cabin and 70 in
the sleerage. She had full list of freight,
including over 5000 boxes of apples, $4,000
pounds Of broom corn, 1860 pounds OF
coffee and large shipments Of vine, canned
goods, hops, dried fruit, whale oil and ma
chinery She also had three thoroughbred
Clydesdale horses en- route for Mauai.
Among the arrivals yesterday was the
Hawaiian bark Lady Lampson, with pas
sengers and II. 1876 bags OF sugar for WEIGH 81
Co. She was % days on the passage.
ONLY ONE FREE SHIP.
At the present time there is only one free
ship available for the wheat trade on the
whole Pacific Coast from San Diego to
Sitka, and that is the American ship ST.
Paul. which arrived here ten days ago an
will be ready for loading in day OF two.
There are now % ships in port under en-
gagement to load wheat. These repre-
sent 49, 51 tons net, with carrying Ca
pacity OF 5000 tons of wheat. -Four. OF
these are loaded and ready TO clear, and
five are loading at Port Costa. Some are
chartered as high as 46s 81.
Two cOal-laden vessels arrived in port
Yesterday the steamer willamette and the
Ship Eureka. The former brought 2700 tons
from Seattle, and the latter $500 tons from
Baltimore.
in the Hawaiian line, and the Hawaiian
brig George II. Douglass will go to HllO IN
the Oceanic line.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The ship John w. Mari has completed
loading wheat for Rio de JauelrO, and is
anchored in the stream.
The barkentine G. y. Wilcox shifted
from the refinery TO the sea-wall.
The ship John A. Briggs and the bark
Ceylon towed to sea.
The ship Conqueror will go up to Porl
Costa to-day, and the bark C0rryvrechaI
will come down from there and anchor IN
the stream.
The ship Province left Green street ant
went up to Nevada dock.
The bark Forest Queen shifted from the
sea-wall to Mission street.
The bark Iton docked at Fremont street
The bark Z. d. Bryant will dock at the
| sea-wall to-day.
The barkS Seminole and Shirley and ship
Buteshire will tow to sea to-day.