The morning call., 1890-04-30
SEA AND SHORE.
A Bark Bound to This Coast in
Distress at Port Stanley.
The Ship 81. Mark Makes Quick Passage,
Accident on Board the Montserrat-An
Ocean Race to Honolulu.

A dispatch received at the Merchants
| yesterday gives information that the British
bark Astoria, bound from Maryport to New
Westminster, put into Port Stanley, Falk-
! land Islands, with decks strained and leak
ing, matches and skylights washed away, and
stanchions lost. The bark sailed from
Maryport on February Goth last with a gen.
eral cargo for New Westminster, B. G.
The bark Southern Chief, which arrived
from san Pedro in tow of the Vigilant, will
probably go on the dry-dock to undergo sur
vey. An interested party stated on Change
yesterd ay that she is not leaking drop,
| and that her leakage at sea was caused by
the fact that when on the dock here hole
was bored in her bottom to let the water
out, and that it was not afterward plugged
up.
The weather was foggy at Point Lobos
yesterday, and the wind fresh from the
south until o'clock in the afternoon, when
it hauled to the southeast, blowing then
twenty-four miles an hour. The barometer
read: O'Clock in the morning, 1898; noon,
1895; o'clock in the afternoon, 1884
STEAMER FROM CHINA.
The British steamer Gaelic, CAPTAIN
Pearne, arrived in port at o'clock yester-
day morning, after passage of twenty-four
anu Il Nail udyS HUN 11CuE-hUuR ana TOUT
teen days six hours from Yokohama. The
purser reports that she sailed from Hong
Kong on April 9Th; had fine weather and
variable winds to Yokohama. Sailed from
| Yokohama on April 18th, and to April 2Oth
| had westerly winds with heavy rain On
April oath had eastery winds and heavy
| swell; thence to port, westerly winds and
| fine weather.
The Gaelic brought SO cabin, and 20 Eu-
ropean and 25S Chinese steerage passengers,
1887 tons cargo and IS packages United
| States mails. Among her cargo are a. 454
mats rice, 30 chests tea, 166 packages raw
| silk. 63l Of oil, 40 of opium, 200 TASKS Of
| quicksilver and 213 packages Of gambler.
The Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship
| COmpany's new steamer, City of Seattle,
now being built ut Philadelphia, is APP
| preaching completion, and will probably be
| launched in about three weeks. Captain
Melville Nichols, who brought out the City
| of Kingston, will go East to bring her 10
| this coast.
A QUICK PASSAGE.
The ship st. Mark, Captain Work, which
| sailed hence on January 18th, with cargo
OF general merchandise for New York,
| arrived at her destination on Monday last.
| after quick passage of 100 days. Shortly
| before the st. Mark left this port her then
master, Captain Nichols, fell down an ex-
cavation on City Hall avenue and died
| from the injuries received.
Hb SltdLubI AldLUGud, hence, ulu not
! arrive at Auckland yesterday, as stated in
an evening contemporary She arrived
| there at o'clock on Monday afternoon, as
reported in this column yesterday She
| was detained In this port four days on ac-
| count of delay in arrival of the English
mails, and made up two days of the lost
time on the trip.
The ship Henry B. HYDE, which stuck In
the mud has been examined by the sur
veyors and found to be uninjured. They
sealed up her pumps Tor number of hours
| and found that she made no water.
The steamer Whitesboro sailed from
! Mendocino for this port yesterday. She is
| due to-day, and on arrival will go alongside
the barge Wide West, on Mission flats, to
| discharge.
| The steamer China sailed from Yoke
! hama for this port on Sunday.
ACCIDENT ON TIE MoNrs ERRAr.
i The NlcaraRuan steamer Montserrat went
over to Oakland Long Wharf yesterday to
| discharge her cargo OF coal from Departure
| Bay. While the steved0res were rigging
their gear to discharge. the foretopmast
| snapped oil and came down on deck with
crash. Although large NUMBER of men
were on board at the time, none were in
| jured and the resulting damage was COM
| paratvely trifiing.
a new barge or float built by Crawford
| at Sausalito was launched yesterday with
| all the ceremonies attending the launching
| of full-rigged ship or Iban-of-war Miss
| Helena Schnell broke bottle of champagne
! over the bow, or rather one end of the
barge, and christened her the " Maid of the
Mist"
The ship Robert L. Belknap for this
| port was SPOKEN on March 18th in lat tude
10 south, longitude 2So west; the Saranac
for San Diego on March 4th in latitude $50
| north. longitude 10 west; the Admiral
Tegetthoff on March 10th in latitude l30
south, longitude &c west, and the DOchra
| on April 18th in latitude So north, longitude
| 4So west.
= The cruiser Charleston was again open
| to inspection yesterday, and although the
weather was anything but inviting, about
| 800 people paid visit to her. Quite a num-
| Der OF the visitors were evidently from the
country. Owing to having a capacious
cabin and covered promenade. deck, the
| steamer Caroline seemed to be the best
patronized. The other boats running we're
the Robarts, Ethel and Marion, Relief and
| Active. The cruiser will be open az iin to-
morrow. and being May day il is expected
that large number will visit her.
AN OCEAN RACE.
The barkentine Planter, Captain Dow,
and the bark Andrew Welch, Captain Mars
ton, sailed at s o'clock yesterday morning
| for Honolulu. Both are known as quick
| fliers, and an exciting race is expected, as
both shippers will crack on for all they are
| worth.
The new barkentine Irmgard, Captain A.
| w. Paul, will sail to-day for Honolulu,
carrying full cargo and a number OF pas
sengers. Bets were freely offered and some
wagers made yesterday that the Irmgard
would arrive at the islands before either the
Planter or the Andrew WEIGH.
The steamer Rio de Janeiro has on board
| for China and Japan cargo valued at SS6 600
the principal item being II, 200 barrels Of
flour The barkentine Planter takes to
Honolulu a general cargo valued at $50, 900,
the chief single item being 17lO barrels Of
flour.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The Argomene went up TO Bafour's
| Wharf, Port Costa, yesterday to load.
The bark Vidette came over from Oak
land and docked at Green street.
The steamer San Pedro went to the Union
Iron Works to be overhauled.
The ship Benicia came down from Ne
vada Dock and anchored in the stream.
The E. b. Sutton shifted from Green street
to Long Bridge.
The Gardiner City locked at Howard
street on arrival.
The.ship Galatea shifted from Wheatport
to Vallejo City.
The brig Lurine was taken to the sugar
refinery.
Tie steamer North Fork went to Mission
fats.
The Grace Harwar will 20 up to Port