The morning call., 1890-12-31
SEA AND SHORE.
Arrival Of the Bark Ferris S.
Thompson in Distress.
The Officers and Crew Protest Against Pro.
cc"ding in Ieaky Vessel More
Trouble for the Ship c. F. Sargent.

Great surprise was occasioned among ship
ping men on 'Change yesterday when the
news was posted ON the black board that
the bark Ferris S. Thompson was entering
the port. as it was known Chat the vessel
had left Nanaimo about a month ago, bound
for Kahului, Hawaiian Islands, with cargo
OF coal. When Captain J. r. Howard came
ashore it was found out that the vessel had
encountered the rough gales that lately pre-
vailed Oft the coast, and being damaged, it
was deemed best to return to port to repair.
The captain made the following report of
the bark's experience after leaving Ma
naimo:
Sailed from Nanaimo December Sd;
passed Cape Flattery December 9th at II 80
at night. At 80 on the morning of the
9Th the vessel sprung a leak and we soon
found two feet of water in the hold; put
both pumps at work, and after three hours
continual pumping got the water out. We
then found that one pump would keep her
Tree aud continued on our course.
A VIOLENT GALE.
On December 18th, 18th and 18th had a
violent gale, beginning at the southeast and
veeriDg to the west-southwest, with tre-
mendous cross sea running. The vessel
most of the time was entirely submerged.
The forecastle, galley and carpenter-shop
were completely flooded. A number of sails
were split, the boats were stove and also
the forward cabin windows. A large
amount of water came into the cabin. The
barometer fell to 2940. The vessel was
leaking all the time at the rate of $500
strokes Of the pump an hour. Since then
moderate, variable winds up to the 26th,
from southeast to south-southwest; the
rum 1
moderate and smooth sea, the vessel not
leaking more than three hundred strokes an
hour.
ION December 25th the officers and sea-
men protested against my proceeding any
further than the nearest port on account of
her leaky condition, so l shaped my course
for this port and came in. Saw bark on
the 10th and barkentine on the 18th, both
bound SOUTH" Captain Howard states that
after the bark entered the harbor she made
no water at all. At sea she was leakiug
round the rudder post
The weather was cloudy at Point Lobos
yesterday. Early in the morning the wind
was light from the southwest AT 9 o'clock
in the morning it hauled around to the
northwest and kept increasing until at
o'clock in the afternoon it was blowing at
the rate of fnrty-four miles an hour. The
barometer read: o'clock in the morning,
1886; noon. 1908; O'Clock in the evening,
1907
PUT BACK TO PORT AGAIN.
A dispatch received at the Merchants
Exchange yesterday from Port Townsend
says: The ship G.. f. Sargent put out and
returned leaking badly. She Is making one
foot Of water an hour.
The Sargent is having very bad luck.
She loaded at Tacoma with coal for this
port and going to Port Townsend to clear,
sailed from there on the 18th inst. Off Cape
Flattery she encountered heavy gales, dur
ing which the cargo shifted, several sails
were blown away and Captain Moore was
dashed to the deck by a heavy sea and had
two ribs broken. She then put back to Port
ages. Now she has had to put back again.
The Pacific Mail Company's steamer City
Of New York, Captain Frank Johnston.
with st" arrived yesterday, IS days from
Panama and way ports, bringing IS cabin