The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-09
SEA AND SHORE.
Arrival of the Steamer China
After a Long Passage.
Hew the Propeller Undine Was Lost in Santa
Barbara Channel Precautions Taken
Against Fire at Mission Rock.

passage of 81 Y days from Hong Kong and
16k days from Yokohama. This is very
long passage for her and was occasioned by
the heavy weather encountered on the trip
The captain reports that in longitude 100
east to 145' west the ship met heavy gales
and high seas from northeast to east south
east; thence to port had southerly winds
and fine weather
The China brought twenty-pine cabin
passengers and nineteen European and
sixly-eight Chinese in the steerage, 1887 tons
cargo and siXty-seven packages United
States mails. OF the Chinese on board
forty-seyen are for this port, eleven for
Havana and ten for Panama. Among those
for this port are thirty with papers and
seventeen without, of whom five are women
Three Chinese died on the passage. Among
the steerage passengers on the vessel were
Yick Lee, President of the Ming Yung Com
pany, and four men of a boats crew re-
ported missing from the whaling bark
Charles W. Morgan.
The weather was clear at Point Lobos
yesterday and the wind all day from the
northeast, blowing fresh in the forenoon and
light in the afternoon. The barometer
read: Eight o'clock in The morning, 1922 :;
noon, 30.31; 5 O'Clock in the evening, 1925.
LOSS OF THE UNDINE.
few days ago word was received here by
telegraph that the steamer Undine had been
lost in the Santa Barbara Channel and her
crew of three drowned. Captain Tribble of
the steamer Santa Cruz which arrived on
Sunday, reported that he had sighted the
wreck and had endeavored to rescue one of
the crew " no was clinging 10 the vessel, but
was unsuccessful.
Captain Leland of the steamer Bonita,
which arrived yesterday, states that on the
passage up lie called at Santa Rosa Island,
and Captain Moore, the superintendent
there, told him that on Tuesday evening last
he saw schooner-rigsed vessel, with main
sail and two Jibs Set, blow up aud take fire.
! his was Undoubtedly the Undine. She was
run by means of an electric motor, the rover
being generated by means of naphtha or
gasoline, and this, no doubt. exploded. The
undune pied between Santa Barbara and
Santa Cruz Island.
The schooner Lily L, which sailed in De-
tobtr last Tor Cooks lulet, Alaska, with sup
plies, returned yesterday IN bAllasting after
passage of eighteen days.
capt, IN Thomas, formerly of the Karuk
has taken command Of the sealing schooner
Z. II. White.
FLAGS AT HALF-MAsT.
A number of vessels and business houses
on the 'front.' displayed their flags at half
mast yesterday out OF respect to the memory
West Coast, who died yesterday morning
lie was Tor long time in command of the
Electra before joining the West Coast and
was well known along the front as the best
sailing master that ever had charge OF
yacht during regatta.
Captain Bruce, surveyor of the Firemen's
Fund Insurance Company, sailed yesterday
on the Rival for Caspar and Fort Bragg 10
care Tor the interests OF the companies nav
ing insurance on the steamer South Coast
and schooner Abbe.
A long string Of carts were in liue yester-
day afternoon waiting for new Wellington
coal, which was being discharged from the
steamer Lakme at Howard No. /.
The whaling schooner Alexander and the
steamer Greenwood went on the Merchants
DIy-dock yesterday to be cleaned aud
painted.
SUGAR AT MISSION ROCK.
j. ID. Spreckels & Bros. have now a large
amount of sugar stored at Mission Rick,
ana Keep tug on watch there every night
to be on Land in case of a fire breaking out.
Yesterday the tug Relief took a large bell
over to the rock, which will be rung in case
OF fre, and give warning to the fire-boat in
the city.
Captain George Weis,erhas been appointed
master OF the sealing schooner City Of san
Diego. This is his first command. Last
season he was head hunter on the j. Hamil-
ton Lewis, and maze tie best single day's
catch, ana cameinear being high liner for
The schooner Tampa is discharging her
cargo vi pine lumber at Fremont-street
Wharf. Among it are some large tmbers,
Is inches square and 40 feet long.
TRIAL TRIP OF THE sUNoL.
The new steam schooner Sunol, recently
completed at the ship-yard of Hay & Wright
at Alameda, made trial trip on the bay on
Sunday which proved satisfactory in every
respect. Her machinery worked perfectly.
without n hitch of any kind. The new
steamer is owned by l.. L. White and James
Townsend and is one of the largest of her
class on the coast Her dmen sions are:
Length 12S, beam 80, depth Of hold 1913 feet,
gross tonnage 25S, net 1874 Her cost was
$4,000.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The bark Amazon will come down from
Port Costa to-day
The ship Oriental went up to Port Costa
and the bark Tidal Wave to Mission Flats
The bark George +. Manson went to the
gas works on arrival.
The whaling steamer Balvena went to
Oakland to lay up for the winter.
The Lily l. locked at Green street.
The Mervin will 90 to sea to-day and the
Annie Larsen will go to sea.
The ship Manuel Laguna hauled into the
stream yesterday from Spear street.
The steamer Haytian Republic went on
the dry-dock at Hunters Point.
The st. Paul shifted from Howard street
to Mission.
The j. NJ. Griffith went over to Oakland.
The bark j. ID. Peters locked at Howard
street.