The morning call., 1890-04-02
SEA AND SHORE.
Two Deserters From the Schooner
Challenger.
Arrival Of the Bark Bundaleer and Steamer
City of Sydney Bridge-Bound Shipping.
Large Marble Blocks.

The Nicaraguan barkentine Bundaleer,
recently ashore at Dungeness, in Puget
SOUND, while in tow of the tug Sea Lion,
and who was got off after tightening part of
her cargo. arrived in this port yesterday
from Departure Bay with 1886 tons of coal
She came down from Port Townsend in ten
days No serious damage was sustained by
the Bundaleer in going ashore.
The barkentine Lady Lampson goes to
sea to-day.
The ship Centaur to-day will shift from
Oakland to the Rolling-mlls.
The ferry steamer San Rafael has COM
pleted her repairs and will take her regu-
lar place on the Sausalito route to-day.
Yesterdays Point Lobos weather report
is as follows: 6 and o'clock in the morn
Ing, calm, hazy; - o'clock, wind northwest.
eight miles; 3 o'clock In the afternoon,
same, twenty miles.
The City of Sydney. twenty days from
Panama, arrived yesterday with fair pas
sengeT list and large cargo of general
merchandise. The steamers log shows no
record of any item Of interest on the up
triv, which was remarkably nneventful.
The schooner st. Paul. forty-fve tons,
sailed for Kodiak yesterday with supplies.
This is her first trip to sea.
The schooner Tropc Bird sailed for
Tahiti yesterday. She took the French
mails with her
Captain j. f. Bryn. late Of the tug
Transit, was buried yesterday. Many of
of the tug-bOat companies had their vessels
flags half-masted.
Yesterday two large marble blocks weigh
ing twenty-five tons each were landed at
Howard-Street Wharf l from the Catherine
Accame They were the two largest blocks
of the cargo, and it took two donkey en-
gines to hoist each block out of her hold.
The draw-bridge at Fourth street is
broken down, and eighteen vessels, incud-
ing the steamer Crescent City, are bridge
bound by the accident and unable to get
out
The ship Eaton Hall, Captain Lawren-
son, which sailed from this port few
months ago, was severely damaged on the
18th ult., near Huh England
The Board OF Survey on the United States
man-ot-war IroQuois at Mare Island has de-
clded to order her to be repaired and made
ready fer sea again. This determination
pieaSeS the VallejOites, as it will take fully
two months to repair her. and thus give en-
ployment to large number of men. Apart
from this the boards decision to repair the
Iroqu0lS is puzzle to maritime men, as
she is thought to be utterly unworthy of
any repairs and only fit to be broken up.
The Charleston is at Mare Island waiting
for coal and will probably not come down
to this city before Friday.
The schooner Challenger arrived in this
port on Monday from the islands, after a
rough passage of twenty-three days. She
left this port on October 29th for Samoa,
and after long voyage reached Apia on
March 9Th. She proceeded to Karlui to
load sugar for this port The Challenger is
OF 400 tons burden, and has a crew of four
men, besides two mates and her captain.
When preparing to leave Apia two of the
sailors, both negroes took the long-boat
and deserted the vessel, presumably to
enjoy life on a tropical island. Captain
Thompson and a mate made search and
found them In native village, from whence
with some native assistance they were
taken back to the schooner. After long
confab the two men agreed to behave them
selves, and the Challenger left for Karlui.
On March 9th, 373 miles from Apia, the
same two men took the same long beat and
again deserted, and it was impossible to
ind where they had gone. They took
plenty of provisions and water. That same
day storm came up, and it was thought
by the captain that the deserters had been
drowned BY the laundering of the boat.
IL appears, however, that nine days after
they left the schooner the second time they
were picked up by some native fishermen
and taken TO Apia, where they were placed
on the United States steamer Adams. They
told cock-and-bull story about having
fallen overheard to the Adams Com
mauder They are now on the Adams.
IL Is stated that since the Chalienger's
arrival Captain Thompson has sold his in
tereSt IN her.