The morning call., 1890-11-10
DROWNED IN THE BAY
A Skiff Run Down by the Whal-
ing Steamer Orca.
Unfortunate Termination Of Fishing Excur-
sion-Gross Carelessness Claimed for
Those on the Steamer.

Another was added to the long list Of acct
| dents that have occurred on the bay during
the present year, yesterday, whensthe whal-
| ing steamer Orca ran into and sank fishing
| skiff, and one of the occupants was drowned.
| Every Sunday number Of enthusiastic
| fishermen go out in small boats to what is
| known as the Middle Ground, which is a
reef of r, cks in the bay, off the Oregon dock,
| and where the rock cod is always plentiful.
| Quite fleet of boats were out there yester-
day, among them being flat-bottomed skiff.
| owned by Joe YammiIt in which were two
of his friends. Fred Friedel and D. F.
| Cameron. Friedel and Cameron got the
skiff about o'clock in the morning and
pulled out TO the reef, where they dropped
anchor and commenced fishing, meeting
| good success.
CARELESsNEss CHARGED.
Between 10 and II O. clock in the morn Inc
the steam whaler Orca, Captain Garvin, in
charge of Pilot George johnson, came in
! from the Fox Islands and passing up the
bay to her anchorage off the Arctic Oil
Works, ran into the skiff and capsized it,
| and Friedel was drowned. Fir ON what could
be ascertained from eye-witnesses of the &C.
| currence, it was pure act Of carelesSness
: on the part of those in charge Of the steamer.
The boat was at anchor when the steamer
ran into her, and there was ample room for
| the latter to sheer on either side without
| striking her.
When the Orca passed up along the front
she had towing behind her the usual fleet OF
boats containing officials, boarding house
runners, etc. Boarding Officer Joseph M.
| f. Hooker of the Custom-house boarded the
steamer off Meiggs Wharf and having cUnl-
| pIeted his dnties was just getting into his
| boat to go ashore when the accident &C.
| Cured.
HoCKER's STATEEENT.
He says: Il had just got into my boat
| when we saw a boat bottom up drifting TO-
| ward us. We sheered off to avoid it and
| then saw that the Two men who had been in
it were hanging on to line hanging from
| the pOlt bow OF the steamer. We hallooed
| to those on the steamer to reverse the en-
| gnes, but they all seemed to be ratified.
| The men got exhausted and let 60 the line
| and f1Oated down, one on the StarbOard side
| OF our boat and one TO port. My boatman,
| Daniel O'Connell, looked out for the man on
| the starbOard side while | tried to get
the man to port. The man on my side
had just his hands and the top of his
| head above the water. | threw the sheet
be did not grasp it. Another boat let go
| from the Orca and picked him up. He was
then put into n boat in which were ext Com
modore Thomas Kendall and John Carter.
| got in their boat, and while Kendall and
/ Carter tried to resuScitate the man pulled
| their boat alongside the steamer, which had
| stopped in the meantime. A line was
| lowered from the steamer and the man
| hoisted on board. He was tlen conscious.
| The man who went on the starboard side
| of mry boat sank before any one could get
| to him and was drowned.
THE RESCUED MAN.
The man who was saved was seen last
| evening ut 629 Valencia street by CALL
reporter. His name is Daniel +. Cameron,
and he is an employe Of the Gas Consumers
| Association. He said: " Friedel and
| went out fishing and were anchored on the
| middle gioundS when the steamer came
| along and ran into us. We, and the men in
| all the fishing boats near us, shouted out.
| There were about five men on the steamer S
| forecastle, and some shouted port and some
| .StarboaTd,' but she ran squarely into US. l
| remember nothing distinctly after that.
| do know that after j was taken on the
steamer neither the pilot, nor captain, nor
| officers came to see me, but +. Is. Walton
and the crew did all they could. Fred was
| good fellow, and his death was nothing
| short OF murder"
THE DROWNED MAN.
| Fred Friedel, the drowned man, was n
machine hand in the employ OF Miller u
| Hamilton, over MacDOnald's MILL 221 Spear
street. He had been with the firm for five
| years, and was spoken Of as sober, indus
| trious man. He lived at 2207R Mission
| street, near Eighteenth, where his wife con-
| ducts a small bakery. She was told last
| evening of the sad calamity and was nearly
| heart broken. She said her husbands full
name was Charles Frederick Friedel. He
was native of New York and ~ years of
age. They were married four years ago and
| have one child, boy, years OF age.
| Freiders parents live at 1874 Dolores street,
where his father, Fred Freide, has shoe
makers shop.