The morning call., 1890-10-26
ITEMS FROM
SEA AND SHORE.
Two Sch0oners in Collision off
the North Heads.
Departure Of the Ludlow in Tow Of the Wiz.
ard-A Dangerous Rock Discovered-Sale
Of the Bark w. B. Godfrey.

The schooners Ivy and Helen N. Kimball
| arrived yesterday, each being three and a
| half days from Humboldt. AT an early
| hour yesterday morning the schooners were
| in collision on the bar and each was dam
AGED. An inquiry will probably be held to
| determine which was to blame for the acct
| dent, as each captain lays the blame on the
other Captain EngelbrettSen cf the Ivy
reports:
October 25ih, at 1 80 OF clock in the morning.
while anchored on The bar the schooner helen
n. KimbaIl dragged her anchor and drlrted foul
of us, carrying away our jbboom and portion
OF our bead-gear.
Captain Gruner of the Helen n. Kimball
says in his report:
We arrived of the North Heads at o'clock on
Friday afternoon. The wind dying out calm, we
let 60 The ked2e anchor with seventy fathOms OF
line in fourteen fathoms OF water. AS there was
no strain on The line | came to the conclusion
it would hold the vessel ahead. Had both an
chOrs on the bow ready to let go. AL o'clock
IN the evening the schooner Ivy came sailing
down on us. We burned flash lights, as We
thought she did not see US. AS soon as she saw
our lights she anchored not more than three
ships lengths from US. We kept sea watch aud
the vessel laid ahead until O'Clock Saturday
morning, when she dragged her anchor, and by
The time the watch got forward was Oh top OF the
IVY The vessels came together and The lib
boom OF the Ivy hung in our main lit. The KIM
ball had her main boom and a part of her monkey
ran carried away and her mainsal torn 10 pieces.
DEPARTURE OF THE LUDLOW.
The barge Ludlow, which put into this
port in distress couple of weeks ago,
sailed again last evening for the sound, in
tow Of the tug Wizard. This is the vessel
that the gullible made famous by saying
that "she had on board 6C00 tons of btumi-.
nous coal from Port Hartford, had put into
Port Oxford, and from there was lowed
down by the Coils" The Ludlow was on
her way from Port Hartford for Seattle in
70 of thp tup Calls and Sprany alna L al
put in here for repairs. She had about 1000
tons of bituminOuS rock Oh board, Half of
her deck-load has been placed ashore, con-
siderable calking has been done in the wa
terwsys, the hull strengthened by iron cross
bars and Dreakwater constructed IN the
bow. Captain Wheeler went in command of
the Wizard. If any head seas are encoun-
tered she will have hard time.
Captain Hunter, late commander of the
steamer George W. Elder, made many
friends while in Alaska with that vessel.
Since the CAPTAIN came down here and took
command of the steamer 1aquna his
Alaska friends took up subscription and
sent Mrs. Max Pracht down here to pur-
chase a suitable gift, and on Friday evening
she presented the captain with 5000 set Of
silverware.
Word was received yesterday that the
Mercantile Marine Service Association,
British Ship-masters' and Officers Protec-
tive Society, Ship-maSterS' Society and the
Sc0tllSn OUlp-lllaSItTo ASSUCidIlUH have leu
Grated until the title of the Federated As
sociations of Ship-masters and Officers I'm
der the British Flag" Captain James Sen
nett, the stevedcre, has been appointed agent
for the federation at this port.
DANGEROUS ROCK.
Notice has been received from the Branch
photographic Office that dangerous rock
not indicated on the charts has been dis
covered on Taltenham Ledge, Buccaneer
Bay, southeastern part of Ma!aspina Strait.
British Columbia Tie rock dr:es at low
water spring tides. The approximate posi-
ton is latitude 49o so, So north. longitude
1919 90 10" west.
Piper Alden & Co.'S new steamer Sunol
will go on trial trip to-day TO Vallrjo She
is splendid model and is expected to make
very quick time. The Sun0l will leave La
Rue's Wharf at o'clock this morning and
return about dusk.
The Hawaiian bark W. B. Godfrey. which
has been plying Tor years between here and
Honolulu, has been purchased by j. j.
Moore d Co.; terms private. On her return
to this Port she will be turned over TO her
new owners, and will probably be placed in
their Australian line of packets.
A SPECIAL AGENT SENT.
Captain S. Il. Hughes, formerly master Of
the steamer Wilmington, has gone to San
Diego as special agent for the Underwriters
to take charge of the Chilean bark Pastoriza,
which put in there some weeks ago in dis
tresS while bound from the Sound, lumber
laden for South America.
The weather was hay at Point Lobos
yesterday, and the wind all day from the
northeast blowing from II TO 20 miles an
hour. The barometer read: o'clock in
the morning, 5000: noon, 1898; o'clock in
the evening, 1886.
The schooner Alcalde, now on Puget Sound
will load lumber there for Honolulu, and
the bark Ceylon will load coal at Departure
Bay also for Honolulu
The ship Fascadale will go to Port Costa
to-day, the G. C. Chapman will go over to
Oakland. and the barkentine North Bend
will tow to sea.
The ship Fort James went up to Port
Costa Yesterday to load wheat for Europe,
and the ship Queen Victoria went to sea.
The steamer st. Paul shifted FROM Long
Bridge 10 Mission street, and the bark
Highland Light locked at Lombard street.