The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-03
SEA AND SHORE.
Rough Experience of the British
Ship Ardmillan.
Report Of the Nicaraguan Bark D,n Carlos
Strike Of Calkers on the Ship Ventura.
Hasken's Claim for Salvage.

The British ship Ardmillan from this port
had rough experience on the passage, ac-
cording to dispatch received yesterday
from London at the Merchants Exchange
The dispatch says: The Ardmilan reports
that ON August 4th, in latitude 52' south,
longitude 500 west, she encountered heavy
gale and careened until some of the rails
were submerged, remaining in that position
eight hours, the sea making clean breaches
over her, carrying away everything NOV
able, also smashing boats and dting other
damage. Part of the cargo was jettisoned
to save tho ship. The Ardmilian is COM
manded by Captain Mclean ard left this
port on June 9th last with a cargo If wheat.
The weather was hazy at Point Lobos
yesterday and calm prevailed up to noon,
when breeze sprang up from the north
west, which was blowing at o'clock in the
afternoon twenty-four miles an hour The
barometer read o'clock in the morning,
3o.o6; neon, 30Q2; 5 o'clock in tile evening,
-29.9S.
DAN HAsKELL'S GOOD WORK.
CAPTAIN Dan Haskell of the tug Relief did
coed work for the underwriters and insur-
ance men, when he rescued the Lurllne and
the j. d. Spreckels from their parlOus
position. When he went down the bay and
saw the Lurline holding on with three
anchors. he went at once 10 the Sprtckels.
and. making bargain for $500, tow her
into place of safety, and then went to the
Lurline and bargaiped TO tow her for
$4,000 But for his prompt action, probably
both vessels would now be at the bottom.
Quite large quantity OF the sugar, cargo
of the Lurline is unchanged, and the I'M
derwrilers will realize on it. 1t Is under
stood that the Spreckels' have no interest in
either vessel, and, even if they had, 1t makes
no difference to tug boatman. lie knows
no insurance meG, no owners, nothing but
his tug and what she can do, and, when he
does a plucky deed as Haskell did, he Is
fully entitled TO all the salvage he can
secure and to the thanks of all concerned.
The insurance men are satisfied with his
action. ald so is Captain Watson, the Luz
lines principal owner.
John Stump, the lucky man who won the
coal prize offered by Charles II. Allen, agent
here for the New Wellington coal, hauled
his prize load away from Howard-street
wharf on Wednesday afternoon. lie was to
have all he could haul off the dock wthtWo
horses and he drove away with l., 80
pounds 1t was learned yesterday that he
will donate the whole of it to the poor of
South San Francisco.
HAD A ROUGH TRIP.
The Nicaraguan bark Don Carlos, Captain
Tobey, arrived yesterday eighty-one days
from NtWCdSllt, N. D. W.. WIFI lu-D lUllS VI
coal for n. Blizzard. The vessel encountered
very rough weather on the trip. The cap
lain reports: Sailed on July 18th aud On
July 23d lost jibboom and head sails In an
eaSterly gale, during which the vessel was
hove TO Tor thirty-six hours. A hurricane
was experienced ON August Sth in latitude
800 81 south, longitude 1892 81 west, and the
barometer fell to 2S.40. The vessel was be-
fore the wind for twenty hours until the
glass started to rise; terrible sea was run
ming ard the small boat was stove in.
Crossed the equator on September 9TH and
thence to port had northwest winds and
ealms.
The British ship Chinsura was spoken on
August ID in latitude 10 orth, longitude 30
west; the Clarendon on August 18th in lati-
tude 1Oo north, longitude 26' west; the Glen
brech on Setemb 7 18th in latitude ID north,
longitude 25o west, and the Forfarshlre Oh
September 14th in latitude 15o north, l0ngi-
tude 24o west.
CALKERs ON A STRIKE.
Yesterday morning calkels went to work
on the British ship Ventura, lying at
UniGI-street Wharf. They had not been at
work long before they found out that the
work was being done on contract by the
boss, William Kelly. As this is contrary to
the rules of the association they belong to,
they at once quit work, but 1t is expected
that the trouble will be settled to-day.
Tie American bark Annie Johnson sailed
for Europe in command oil Captain 4. }.
Miller, an Englishman, who obtained his
naturalization papers by alleged fraud. One
of the witnesses who SwOre fraudulently
when he secured his papers in Judge Hunts
department is still here, the other Is now
said to be in Europe.
The steamer Umatilla left yesterday morn
ing for Puget Sound ports with 147 passen-
gers and a full list ut freight She will con-
meet at Port Townsend with the steamer for
Sitka.
90.