The morning call., 1890-06-20
SEA AND SHORE.
A Schooner's Topmast Lost by a
Captains Carelessness.
Slight Accidents to the Steamers Humboldt and
Willamette valIey-Captain Hayden Will
Retire From the S.a on Arrival.

The Dark RufUS T.. NOOu uOckeu dl bOWdTu-
street Wharf yesterday afternoon TO discharge.
The slip was crowded with vessels at the time,
and Whalfinger Mckinney ordered the schooner
Mabel and Edith, which was lying outside the
schooner Abbie and directly in The way OF the
incoming bark to haul up out of The way.
The captain of the Mabel and Edith hauled up
few feet only, and there awaited developments,
which soon came. The iibboom Of the bark
caught in between the schoonet's backstay, the
mast buckled and then the topmast snapped Of
and came down with crash. Then the schooner
captain did what lie should have done before-
moved out of the way
The weather was hazy at Point Lobos yester-
day, and the wind all day from the northwest,
blowing In the forenoon aud the afternoon
twenty. four miles an our. The barometer read:
O'Clock in The morning, 1898; noon, 5000: D
o'clocA in The afternoon, 3O.07.
HAD HER STEM DAMAGED.
The steamer Humboldt, Captain Jessen, ar
rived yesterday 81 hours from Eureka, bringing
AZ cabin and 20 steeIage passengers. Among
her cargo were 1877 sacks wool, 20 packages
redwood doors, 776 sacks oats ana SHIP treas
ure. When the steamer locked at Clay street
Wharf IL was noticed that the stem band was
denIed and the stem split. Thanks to the lib
eTai coat OF paint IL could hardly be noticed. IL
appears the vessel was carried against lie
whaIf 1T Eureka by the strong tide.
lie steamer UmalilIa lett yesterday morning
crowded with passengers and had 2OOO tons OF
fieiEht She Will connect al Port Townsend
WIN the George W. Elder Tor Juneau, Silka and
WranGel. lie VI ALA Walia lett Victoria lor
this port yesterday morning, and Is due LeTe 10
morrow. She has on board 1o5 passengers, SUI
tons OF mel chandise aud $50 tons OF coal.
" hen the steamer " illametle Valley dQcked
at the sea-wall she fouled the bark Forest Queen
aud bad portion OF her Htter rail Carried away.
The Catherine Sudden, which left here on April
9TH, arrived safely at Nlcolaelski, Siberia, on
Nedne sddy.
WILL RETIRE FROM THE SEA.
Captain William o. Hayden, master OF the
ship Palestine, now on the way here coaI-lauen
from The sound, has determined 10 reilre, after
life On The ocean wave OF thirty four years, anu
VIII leave Ihe vessel When she arrives here. Cap
tain Hayden has been Tor fifteen years IN the
employ of Sa m Blair, owner of Tie Palestine,
and las sailed as captain Tor neatly thirty years.
The schooner Mary +. Kus>, which took
235, 400 feet OF redwood lumber from Eureka 10
Tacoma, vii 20. when finished dlscharglng, 10
PuTi Biakeley and there load pine lumber ior
San Diego.
The slip indiana, from Baltimore, was char
tered pri0r TO arrival TO load wheat Tor The
United Kingdom, nayre or Antwerp. rate 81
o. Sd, or Tor Rio de JaueirO, rate 81 lis. 81.
The revenue cutter Richard Rush Is now at
Seattle awaiting sailing orders Tor The behrng
Sea, where she Will cruise until relieved by Inc
cutter Bear.
Tie Alicia is having her topsdes calked at
Harrison street and tie bark Columbia is Iecelv-
ing Lew manmast al Fremont street
TURNLD Up ALL RIGHT.
dispatch received states that Tie Norwegian
bars Ocean, winch MAS reported as having been
wrecked on dorado reel, of Tie coast OF Cuba,
prIot 10 June "a, Willie bound fIOm Clenlnesos
10 lie Delaware b!eakwaer Tor orders with a
cargo VI sugar, has alIlNed sdltIy al Tue UIeah-
Tie old ship General Mcclellan and the bark
| David Crockett lave been sod 10 Petei Wright
sons, the former for S24,uOO ana lhe latter LOT
! $I7,UUu. They Will be cut down and transformed
INTO coal b2Tges.
lie clipper ship Francis Is now Oh the way to
r. fr,u KIM /
Tie ship Henry Failing CAPTAIN Nierrimani Is
loading lea at Yokohama Tor Inc same port.
The ship Charles L. Moody Is now due al Fair
haven IRON New YORK. She has eaigo oI rail-
road ron Oh board.
Tie sleam,h hip Ohio received $4,000 for help
ing lie Cily OF Paris back 10 Queenstown last
INCREASE OF SHIPPING.
The increase of the shipping trade during the
last Tour years is as follows Italy, 40 per cent
France u PEI cent; Germany, 20 per cent;
lea, per cent. Great Britain has buht The
rieater Hnmbei Of vessels. though her Der cent Is
lower than some Others. sue AAu greater NUM-
Der In Tie tIst place.
latituGe I7Oo south, longitude "a west. and The
ship New Aolk, on ApIH lStD, IN latitude oo0
SOUTH longitude CSC west. Bolh are bound for
or lie 10. 200 steamers in the world OF over
! 100 tons register 1914 are British and only 40
belong 10 the United States.
he suips Elizabeth and sierra Parma. hence,
have arrived al iDtll destinations.
The steamer san Bias arrived at Panama on
lie 18th inst.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Tie barkenIine Kare Fckinger and the
schooner Allen A dOcked al the sed-wall yesieT-
day 10 discharge sugar.
lie baik Forest Queen shifted from The sea-
wall 10 Mission No. l.
he foui-mdsteT Bdston Hill went around
from Mission 10 Pacific street WhaTI.
lie snip Lord Cairns VIII low 10 sea to-day.
lie bark Calilrrhoe went over 10 Oakland TO
discharge.
Tie Detroit locked at Mission No 2.
The bark Rufus h. Wood locked at Howard
MOL.
The C. D. Bryant shifted from the rolling
| mills 10 Harrison steer.
| lbe steamer Newborn left The Union Iron
| Works ana locked al b. oadwdy.
The Snip Indiana locked at Green street.
The Micronesia Will 20 10 Port Costa to-day
| aud lie ship Spartan Will 90 to sea.