The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-29
SEA AND SHORE.
Description of Fine Vessel
Named After This State.
Loss of the British Ship Hez lbank and the
Yacht Nyanza Accidents Reported to
Vessels on the Sound

Vessels on the sOuuQ.
No finer sailing ship ever entered the port
than the British four-masted steel ship Cali
fornia, Captain Thomas Dickinson. which
arrived on the 18th inst from Liverpool, and
Is now dIscharging cargo OF general mer-
chandise at FrenOnt-street Wharf.
with the exception of the Palgrave, she is
the largest sailing vessel that has ever entered
this harb0r. She brought here over 5000
long tons of cargo. Her dimensions are:
Length over all 345 feet, on keel $780, beam
40, depth Ut hold 26.6; net tonnage 5000.
These mammoth proportions can only be
properly seen when one stands on her deck.
Although so large the California has not by
any means an unwieldy appearance; both
allow and aloft she looks as trim as a yacht,
and her paintwork and everything about her
Is scrupulouslv clean. Her main and miZzen
masts are 100 feet in height from the deck
to the truck and her main yard is eighty
eight feet long. The lower and topmasts
ana all the yards, excepting the topgallant
and royal, are of steel. The iiggermaSt is
all one piece. When all sail is set the YES
sci spreads nearly 10000 yards of canvas.
HOW SIZE Is FITTED.
This new vessel, which Is named after
this State, has on board all the latest i'm
provements known to modern marine archi-
lecture and ship-building. She has three
patent winch with triple purchase of cogs
by which tn topsails can be easily hoisted
by four men and lowered by one. She has
three double action capStanS and windlaSs
forward that is a marvel of ingenuity. She
Is fitted with large donkey engine, boiler
and C ndenser capable Of condenslDg 1000
gallons of water day.
1t will be noticed by seafaring men that
the ship has no catheads, there being no
need Tor them owing to device of Captain
Dickinson, which consists of a daVit in the
bow, from (which tackle hooks on to the
anchor shank amidslfps its length and
hoiSts it up to the rail or inboard if needed.
Then the quarters for the officers and crew
are exceedingly roOmy and well fitted The
sailors petty officers and apprentices quar-
tiers are superior II those that many officers
had twenty years ago, being fnrni> he'd with
tables, seats and lockers, washstands, metal
water tanks. etc. a bathroom is also pro-
ylded for the men.
The captains private suite Of rooms on
the starboard side is spacious and hand-
somely fitted and carneted. The main
saloon is 15X16 feet in size anu fitted with
Spanish mahogany, satinwood, teak, black
walnut and bird's-eye maple, and uphol-
stored in red plush The officers rooms
and their bathroom are on the port side.
On the poop the captain has fine chart
house and lounging-rOOm. From the poop
telephone wire leads to the forecastIe head
SO that the officer on watch can converse
with the man on the lookout The Cali
fornia belongs to the famous White Star
line, and In lieu of a figure-head has the
cOat-of-arms of this State displayed. She
carries crew OF forty all told including
four mates and two carpenters. This is
CantalD DleEinSOD'S first the Stale
his gallant vessel is named after.
THE LOST ST. MARY.
Advices from Port Stanley Falkland
Islands, dated August 21St, says the Cum
mercial News, report the ship ash re at
kelp lagoon, August 10th, and that she will
be total wreck Captain dead. Arrange
ments had been made with two schonners to
save the cargo for 40 per cent of the value re-
covered. The vessel was lying in an exposed
position and salvage difficult. The SHIP had
been in COLI sion with painted port ship
when off the Horn. She was run into with
some violence, and the col ding vessel lost
bowSprit and iibbOom besides other dam
age. The ST. Mary was also baily damaged
and was running back for repairs when lost.
The Magellan did not have painted ports
nor did the DumbartOn Rock, which was in
collision III that vicinity, 50 that the mystery
is still to be solved.
News was received yesterday from Port
Townsend that the steamer Premier had
run into the bark Oakland, carrying away
her bowsprit and attached goar also that
the tug s. l.. Mastick struck on Stewards
Island, and returned leaking badly.
The weather was haZy at Point Lobos yes
terday. and the wind from the no theast UNI
til 3 o'clock in the afternoon, wren 1t veered
to the northwest. The barometer read:
O'clock in the morning, 1910; noon, 1905;
O'Clock in the evening, 9.99.
The steamer San Jose arrived at Panama
on the 18th, and the Acapulco sailed from
Acapulco for Panama on the 2itn.
ABANDONED AT PoNAPE
Information was received at the Mer-
chants Exchange yesterday that the British
yacht NyanZt went ashore and was aDan-
dOncd at Ponape on August Sth. The Ny
ANA was here about eighteen months ago.
She was on a cruise around the world, and
stayed here some weeks. The owner had
some trouble with the captaiH and discharged
him and placed Captain Darlington, we'll
known British shl cantain, i'll command.
After Leaving, Darlington wrote frequently
TO Captain Leale, so that the vessels move
ments were followed. From here she went
to Victoria, thence 10 Yokohama aid Maya
saki. and when last heard from was in ST.
IBERIA. The owner had gone home TO
England, leaving Darlington in full charge.
The Yacht must have gone on cruise to the
Caroline Islands and there met her tate.
Australia dates to October 1st report the
departure OF the bark Arkwr1ht on Septem-
Der 2Stn for San Diego, and eleven ships en-
tered out for San Francisco, one for Will
minston, two for Puget Sound, one for AGA
pulco and one for Honolulu.
The Occidental has arrived at Port Towns
end. thirty days from Yokohama. She is in
ballast, and was in the San Francisco bound
list. Possibly she will load this way with
coal.
The ship Forfarshire was spoken on Oc-
tober I'D in latitude 90 north, longitude l50
west.
LOSS OF THE HAZELBANK.
A dispatch received at the Merchants Ex-
change yesterday from London states that
the British bark Hazebank, from Tacoma
for Hull, stranded on Goodwin Island and
that the crew landed at Dover. The Hazel
bank was a steel British ship of 1860 tons
register, built at Glasgow in 1889 and owned
by A. Weir & Co. of Glasgow. Her dmen-
sions were: Length 25S, beam IS, depth %
feet. She started from Tacoma for Cork on
May 3lst with a cargo of IS, 637 centals of
wheat, valued at S7S,13S. shipped by the
Northern Pacific Elevator Company.
The following vessels sailed from Coos
Bay Yesterday: Willie r. Hume, Glendale,
Emma Utter, Argonaut, Annie Gee and Jen-
ME Thelin, and irom Eureka the Howard,
Laura Pike, Occidental, Edward Parke, Re-
becca, Uncte John, Scotia, Maggie Ross and
North Fork.
The City of Puebla carried merchandise
to British Columbia valued at $1,000. She
also took $50 cases of champagne and 81, 600
pounds of beans for Eastern points, to go
forward by the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
The Glencairn left Newcastlr-on-Tyne on
the 10Th for this port, making eight ships on