The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-19
SEA AND SHORE.
Terrible Fall of a Sailor Oh the
Ship ClaverdOn.
Return Of the Madrono From Cruise-A New
Four Mas.er for the Coastiog Trade.
Probable Loss Of the Hsrmoine.

The British ship Claverdon. Captain
Adams, arrived yesterday, 135 days from
London, with cargo of general merchan-
disc for j. d. Spreckels & Bros. She had on
the whole an uneventful trip. Captain
Adams reports though that on July 9Th, in
latitude 49, So north, longitude 80 "a west,
John Armstrong, seaman, fell from the
mZzen royal yard onto the lee side of the
half-round aft, and received injuries that will
cripple him for life.
The steamer Madrono, Captain Davies,
| tender for the Twelfth Lighthouse Dis
trict returned yesterday from an eight days
cruise to the stations on the southern coast
Commander Perry, U. S. n, inspector Of
the district, went in the tender on his
! quarterly inspection, and the stations at
Point Montana, Pigeon Point. Ano NueyO.
Santa Cruz, Point Pinos, Point Sur, Pedr as
Blancas and Point Conception were visited.
AT Point Conception 5000 brick, new
boiler and smoke-stack were landed, and at
Point Plnos the automatic buoy was raised,
cleaned ard painted and supplied with
new wire pennant.
Whitelaw's new wrecking steamer. the
Samson, is being fitted up at Section of
the sea-wall. She was built by Alexander
Hay from Captain Whitelaw's designs, and
will be very powerful boat She will be
able to raise seventy tons Of dead weight
with her derrick
PROBABLY FoUNDERED.
The Victoria %. c. Times of November
14.h says that boat has been seen in pos
session of some west coast Indians which
has the names " Hermine, Southampton"
on her stern. The only vessel on the regis
ter to correspond with that name is the
schooner Hermoine of southampton, an iron
vessel OF 1920 tons. She is owned by MesSrs.
Shaw, Savili IL Co. of Southampton, and
was built at Aberdeen in 1876 by A. Hall 81
Co. 1t was reported some time ago that she
was bound Tor Puget Sound 10 load lumber,
but 10 news Of her has of late reached here.
Possibly she may have been lost.
About six weeks ago every paper in the
city published full account OF the loss OF
the Whaling tender Thomas Pope up north.
A contemporary yesterday rehaShed the
story with flaming headlines and added the
following:
The ON Pope sailed from here In June last to
receive the catches of the New Bedford feet OF
whaiers. Within few days after her departure
what would have been I fatal accident was mar
| rOwly aVerted. A sailor named John Reynolds
went I'D TO the foretopsail-yard u loosen sail.
| There was no one OH deck at the time but the
! man at the wheel aud sailor forward. Sud
| Hated sail struck Reynolds. He lost his footing
aud fell striking rope during his descent. He
| struck heavily against the railing and t0ppled
| overheard His cries attracted ali hands from
| below. boat was lowered aud lie was taken
! aboard in an unconscious condition.
The sailors who spun the yarn to the gul-
| lible must have laughed in their sleeves
when they told him OF the tOpSails being fured
and only two men mo officer on deck, and
one man being sent aloft to loosen the top
| sail, when generally four or six are sent. If
| the topsails were furled there must have
been pretty bad weather. and yet, according
to the report, all hands except three men
were below.
A NEW FoUR-MASTER.
From a dispatch received on Change it is
learned that the new four-mast schooner
was launched at Port Blakeley yesterday
| for Pope 81 Talbot of this city. She will be
called the Spokane, and her dimensions
are: Length 10 feet, beam IS, depth l35
Her builders now have two other four-mast-
ed Scho0nerS for the coast trade on the
| stocks.
The barkentine Discovery will sail to-day
| for the Islands with a non-uniOl crew. 1t
was expected that there would be trouble
| yesterday on board and members of the
| Harbor Police were sent to the dock, but
| their services were not needed.
The weather was hazy at Point Lobos yes
terday and the wind all day from the north
east, blowing from sixteen to twenty miles
an hour. The barometer read at o'clock
in the morning 30.05. noon 30.03, 8 o'clock
| in the evening 29.99.
Notice was received yesterday that sunk
en- rock, over which the sea breaks at very
low water, has been discovered to the north
ward Of Rocky Point. near Cape Oxford,
Oregon, and about four miles north FIVE
eighths west from Cape Oxford light.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The ship Glenalvon went up to Port Costa
yesterday.
The ship Yosemite docked at Beale
| street.
The ship Roland went to the gas works.
Tie Emma Claudina towed 10 Oakland
| Creek
The Annie Larsen came from Oakland
| Creek and went on the Merchants Dry
| dock.
The ship Alaska, banks Rufus f. Wood
and General Fairchild and barkentine Dis
| covery will tow TO sea to-day.
| The Earl of Dalhousie will shift to-day
from the sea-wall to Fremont street
The Ben Douran shifted from Main to
| Spear street.
The Fl. C. Wright and the Novelty will go
| to sea to-day.
The British ship Cape of Good Hope, for
this port, was spoken on October 9TH, in
latitude s. south, longitude go west.