The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-08
SEA AND SHORE.
Report of Captain Tribble of the
Santa Cruz.
Another Four-Masted Barkentire Launched
Tbs South Coast Reported Total
Wreck at Fort Bragg.

Captain Tribble of the steamer Santa
Cruz, which arrived yesterday morning from
San Pedro and way ports, makes the follow
ing report: Passed wreck of the steam yacht
Undine of San Francisco, between Hueneme
and Ventura; tried to rescue one man who
chung to the wreck, first by throwing him
line, which he was too weak to take hold of,
and then by lowering boat. He sank be-
fore the boat got alongside. The Undine
was owned in Santa Barbara.
The weather was foggy and hazy at Point
Lobos yesterday, and the wind light from
the northwest. The barometer read: s
o'clock in the morning, $3.50; noon. 1928; 5
O'Clock in the evening. 1926.
ANOTHER ONE LAUNCHED.
The four-masted barkentine S,eadfast was
launched at Belfast. Me-, on the Goth ult.
She is the second one ever built in the
United States. the first being the Willie r.
Hume, which was built on this coast, and
arrived here on her maiden voyage a month
ago. Charley White is now building one of
the same rig at his ship-yard in Alameda.
Captain Young has been appointed mas
ter OF the bark Lizzie Troop in place of Cap
tain Parker, who was in her on her last trip
to this port. The Troop Is now loading for
Japan at Philadelphia.
The steamer Corona arrived yesterday
morning, nineteen and half hours from
Eureka, bringing fifty cabin and thirteen
steerage passengers and large list of
freight.
THE WRECKED SOUTH COAST
Captain lie Ballister of the steamer Tilla.
nook, which arrived yesterday from Fort
Bragg, reports that when the steamer South
Coast went on the rocks as before reported,
her bottom was all stove in, and she will
prove total loss. He also reports that the
bar of We ba
storm.
The British shin Earl of Dalhousie, which
cleared On Tuesday last and was to have
sailed on Wednesday. sailed yesterday for
Dunkirk with cargo of wheat. Her delay
was Occasloned by her losing two anchors
during the recent gale. Both were recov-
cred from the bay by the tug Wizard and
placed on board.
The barkentine S. G. Wilder, Captain
Griffith, will sail to-day for Honolulu taking
two passengers and large list of freight.
Among the cargo are thTty-three mules and
a large quantity of lumber that was tram
shipped by lighter from the Inflated steamer
South Coast
HAD TO USE OIL
The bark j. ID. Peters, which arrived last
evening, twelve days from Seattle, had a
| very rough trip. as the following report of
| Captain j. S. Gibson will show: December
| I'd, in latitude 44o % north, longitude 1889
| 30, west, wind southeast, the barometer fell
| from % 80 at A. NJ. to $40 at n0On. AT l
| P. NJ. the wind shifted to southwest in a
| terrific squal, and for two hours blew with
| hurricane force, then settled to light
| southerly wind The barometer fell, until
| at 2 A. NJ, December Sd, it stood 1855. The
weather was clear overhead, but the sea was
| the worst ever saw, from west-soutbwest.
| Kept the ship before the sea for fourteen
! hours, and used quantities of oil to good adj
| vantage. At A. NJ. the wind shifted to
northeast, and gradually hauled to north
west; thence to port fine weather aud mod
| crate northwest winds.
| MAKING LONG PASSAGES.
| The British ship Chrysomene is now out
| "a and the County of Caithness 70 days from
| Java for this port. with sugar cargOes for
| the California Refinery, and are fully due
The British ship Earl of Zetland is making
a similar voyage, but put into Singapore on
| September 9th with sick captain. She is
now 81 days out from the latter port and
| may be expected any day.
The ship Yorktown came down from Ne
vada Dock, Port Costa, yesterday, and
| anchored in the stream.
| The bark Sycamore and the w. II. Dimond
| towed to sea.
The schooner Kitsap went up to Vallejo.
The Manuel Laguna will haul into the
stream to-day and the steamer Haytian Re-
public will go on the Merchants Dry-dock.