The morning call., 1890-10-07
SEA AND SHORE.
Damages Sustained by the Emily
Reed From This Port.
Arrival Of Another Vessel From the 0khotsk
Sea-Quick Passage Made By the Brit
ish Ship Thessalus.

From dispatch received at the Merchants
Exchange yesterday it is learned that the
snip Emily Reed arrived at Rio de Janeiro
on Saturday last with the loss of boats and
Lighthouses, besides having sustained other
damages about decks She is an American
ship and left here on July 18th with cargo
of 46,S49 centals of wheat, valued at S63, 245.
shipped by Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
The barkentine Fremont arrived yester-
day from cOdfishing cruise to the Okhotsk
Sea. She brought down III, 000 fish and went
direct to California City to discharge. Cap
tain Falkman said he had no news Of the
sealerS or Whalers TO report; he had only
seen two sealers during the whole cruise.
The Fremont made good catch after the
Falkinburg left the sea.
STEAMER FROM SIBERIA.
The Russian steamer Alexander II, which
arrived Sunday night from Petropaulofski,
brought GEO sealskinS, 1900 sables, $50 bear
skins and a few foxskins. From those on
board it is learned that when the boats
crews from the c. G. White were fired upon
for illegal sealing the fire was returned, also
that the crew of the J. Hamilton Lewis
killed seals and was skinning them on
Copper Island when discovered; that the
ander wanted boats crew to go out and
arrest the offenders, but the men refused
to 60.
Captain Henderson of the British ship
Thessalus, which arrived yesterday after
good passage of IA days from Swansea,
with a cargo of coal and coke for Girvin,
Baldwin Il Eyre, reports having experienced
fine weather during the whole trip except
little boiSterous weather and considerable
snow off the Horn. Had very light winds
in the North Pacific and no northeast trades
The German ship Roland is now out lab
and the British ship Chinsura 129 days
from Swansea for this port.
The vessels that have been bar-b0und at
Coos Bay have at last succeeded in getting
out. A dispatch received yesterday says
the schooners Orient, Nora Harkins, G. IL.
Merchant, Laura May and Marion left there
on Saturday.
FoGGY AND HAY WEATHER.
The weather was foggy and hay at Point
Lobos yesterday. In the forenoon it was
cal N, and in the afternoon there was light
breeze from the west. The barometer read:
o'clock in the morning, 1907; noon, 50.O4;
o'clock in the evening, 1901.
George Ross. the shipwright, set force
of men TO work yesterday to make repairs
on the British ship Queen Victoria, which
was badly damaged, and put into this port
in distress, while bound from Tacoma to
Europe.
The British ship Argonaut was spoken on
August 10th, in latitude 81 10 south, lOngi-
tude II q west, and the Edward May on
August 2Sth in latitude % north, longitude
so west.
Work was commenced yesterday on the
new section Of the sea-wdll that will extend
from the foot of Powell street to Van Ness
avenue. \ large number of men is engaged.
The iron bark Annie johnson has aboard
for Liverpool 1900 cases Of salmon, valued
at SIS, 215
Up to this date the arrivals of Alaska sal
mon at this port, by vessels, have been 3A,-
GA cases.
The ship Palmyra will 60 to sea, and the
steamer MaripoSa to the sugar refinery to-