The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-28
BY THE WATER SIDE.
The Small But Mighty Teredo
Still at Work.
THE POINT ARENA GOES BELOW.
Smiths wharf Crashes init II Caused
by tho Teredo-Large Receipts
OF Lime.

xno.t., ,oua crash occurred on the water
frort esr1v vesterday morning. Smiths wharf
and new warehouse at the loot OF flke street
collapsed under q load of many tons OF sewer
pipe, part of which fell into the water OF was
crushed No one was hurt. as the faii nap
pened shortly before daylight before anyone
was mon the wharf. The part which feii was
sfopt efxeO feet in Dimensions and formed the
greater portion of the dock. warehouse 2ox4o
feet stood upon it where the principal
piles gave way, and that. too IS . totai
wreck. About 400 tons OF sewer pipe was Piled
unon the wharf when il gave in, the damage TO
that amounting to about 1850 The loss Alto
vether is about $500 Clarke & Son, the
wharfngers and agents for the pipe, were COM
pletely unhoused. and had yesterday 20 90 pusl-
meas over their desk in the open air. The acct
dent was caused by the teredo, as the principal
piles were entirely honey-combed 10 make
matters worse the schooner Guide, winch ar
rived from San Francisco, is loaded with more
sewer pipe, and has no wharf ON which TO
unload Ii.
DIVERS AT WORK
Alarmed by the many wharf disasters the bus
mess men on the water front have set divers at
work examining the piles of the various
wharves Many OF the comparatively new
structures have been found to be very badly al
fected by the small but destructive worm The
piles of the Oregon Improvement:coal bunkers
were found In very fair condition. as also were
those of schwsbacher's wharf. Other divers will
soon be set TO work. Three collapses have oc-
CURED within many weeks.
WATER FRONT NOTES.
The three-masted schooner Guide, which ar
rived from San Francisco Tuesday morning,
was anchored of Smiths wharf ali day yester-
day awaiting wharf room to discharge her
cargo consisting of 20 tons of sewer pipe. She
viii load lumber for San Francisco.
The ship Dora Bluhm goes to Port Discovery
\ otxorf Ear Qar Eror, a
flashed discharging at Schwabacher's yester-
day afternoon.
The bark Aureols arrived from San Francisco,
and after discharging her ballast will load Cedar
mountain coal for the California market.
The ships Spartan and Ivanhoe and the steam
ship City of Topeka were loading coal at the
Oregon Improvement bunkers yesterday.
The Point Arena Is loading coal for San Fran
CISCO where she viii go upon the dry dock TO
receive extensive repairs.
1.-THE Hornet was on the jackson street beach
yesterday having her shaft repaired She will
be off on the tide
The J. r. Mcdonald went to whatcom with
forty-ton cargo including drove of eighty two
hogs.
The Mabel went to the skagit river yesterday
morning with large cargo OF general merehan-
disc.
The Lucy Lowe arrived from Esquimalt with
700 barrels of lime for Carkeek d Nicholas.
The Wasp took the Hornets place towing coal
20 the flag ship Charleston yesterday.
The Clara Brown took q cargo OF stoves to
Olympia yesterday morning.
The Biz will tow q boom of logs from samish
TO Port Townsend today.
The Ship Blue JACKET is on her way from San
Francisco to load coal
The tug Rainier left for down Sound ports
yesterday morning.
The City OF Topeka arrived in port yesterday
morning.
The walla walla arrived from San Francisco.