The morning call., 1890-09-28
ITEMS FROM
SEA AND SHORE.
Damaged Flour and Wheat On
the Ship Seafarer.
Probable Loss of Vessel From This Port
Arrival Of the Mariposa = Captain
Donaldson Appreciated.

hlbltion some samples OF wheat ana Hour
shipped from this port to Liverpool by the
British ship Seafarer. The wheat was all
black aud shriveled up, while the hcur was
in sol id cakes like blocks of porous sand
stone, and portions of the sacks in which
the goods Lad been packed were the color
of mahogany. The following extract from
letter received here from Liverpool with
the samples mentioned shows that the dam
age occurred from having zinc dross from
the smelling works among the cargo:
The cargo of tie Sealarer from your port TO
Liverpool has been damaged by evaporation
from zinc dtOss. The moisture passed through
and damaged, In The trst instance, nVe tiers III
bags OF wheat, and then reached the hour
(Starrs Bakers ExlraD; samples per parcel
uost Will show you tile result: ~ 10 wheat, " 10
flour (Siarrs). The drainage WAS excellent and
the beams, parcelins or wrapping extra goou.
About 5000 bags OF wheat and-or -four were
damaged, the droSs being stored In one part
only OF The vessel; IL otherwise stored the cargo
DANA re would have been (protento) Increased up
10 the whole. here was no sea or other water
in The hold. The above information is important
both 10 shippers Of cargo Insured free OF partlcu-
lar average aud 10 underwriters who may insure
whole average or even free of particular aver
age, II the vessel strand on her voyage.
The weather was thick at Point Lobcs
yesterday and the wind light from the south
west until noon, when it veered TO the north
west, blowing then twenty miles an hour.
The barometer read: o'clock in the
morning, 1926; noon, 1893; O'clock in the
evening, S0.04.
ANOTHER VESSEL GONE.
The British bark Noddleburn, which ar
rived at Astoria on the 10Th inst, reports
having sighted and picked up some wreck
age, evidently belonging to an English ship
The vessel, whichever it may be, must have
encountered the same hurricane that was
met by the British ships Queen Victoria and
Ventura. II is generally thought here
among shipping men that the wreckage is
that of the British ship Malaysia, Captain
Kirkbride, which left here on August 9th,
the same day that the Ventura did, for Cork,
with cargo of 62,742 centals of wheat, val
ued at $4,000, shipped by Eppinger & Co.
The Ventura's cargo was chiefly flour, and
that would tend to make her more buoyant
than the Malaysia. The NOddleburn'S re-
port, which is taken from the Commercial
News, is as follows:
Left London dock April 2l 1890. at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon. On Friday, August 22d, al
O'clock iu the morning, in latitude l5o OF north.
longitude 1882 ST. west, during fine weather
ana smooth sea, fell in with some small floating
wrec kage. Backed main-yard and put out the
mate al0it with glasses for directing boat.
Picked up portion vi The staTboard alter part OF
Il ships double-ender boat, painted white, with
Liverpool" painted in black; also lockwood
interior fittings apparently Partition OF alleyway
OF SHIPS cabin, being paneled ana nodded, ana
having guard-rail on the one side. while the
other side appears 10 have been berth. A
berth docr With light sraluins inside also piece
OF deck plank (brokcnl, painted white under
meath and tie seam white-leaded evidently
poop. A feather pillow, hye-gallon coal-oll
can, partly full, with aper label as follows;
Beacon Light on. The safest light for family
use. Nathan. agent. 324 Front street, S. T."
Also part OF small patent log box, with 1872 IN
pencil on the bottom, and il teak capstan bar.
The above had evidently been but a short time IN
the water CIutsed around the vicinity until
O'Clock in the afternoon with l0okouts aloit, but
failed 10 pick up anything with clew 10 name OF
ship.
STEAMER FROM AUSTRALIA.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's steamer
Mariposa, Captain Hayward, arrived yester-
day, a days from Sydney, days from Hon
oluiu. She encountered fair weather during
almost the entire passage and brought up
large list OF passengers and freight. The
latter included very large amount OF tres
ure and 2l0 cases of opium, the duty on
which amounts to $4,000.
Captain Memore of the British ship Both
well, which arrived yesterday 145 days from
London, reports that off the Cape he ex-
perienced q succession of gales tor six
weeks, and on September 7th, Sth, 9th and
10th, from latitude II north to latitude ~
north, had succession OF gales from all
points of the compass, with very heavy cross
sea and much rain.
Commodore Thomas Kendall of the Bilge
Water Yacht Club is building new White
halt which is said to have the prettiest
frame OF any ever seen here. Her dimen-
stems are: Length 1872, beam q feet, depth
81 inches.
REPORT OF THE THISTLE.
The whale-b back tug Thistle, Captain Wag-
ner, arrived yesterday twelve days from
Cooks Inlet, Alaska, in ballast TO George
& ~ ,tnir nrtS hot
he left KussIlof River on September 18th
with the schooner Antelope in tow, and
t0wed her half way down the inlet. On
September 23l, In latitude Al 81 north,
longitude 1852 80 west, passed the bark
Germania from Seattle for San Francisco,
and on Saturday morning passed the ship
Eleanor Margaret, from Yokohama for San
Francisco, % miles west-southwest of Point
Reyes.
Ii was stated yesterday on good authority
that on Friday, the underN rlters who had
risks on the Gretna offered her-hull and
cargo-for sale for $4,000. The offer was
not taken, and shortly after nishtfal the
vessel came in with flying colorS after one
OF the longest passages on record.
The steamer Silver Spring, Captain Hig-
gins, bound from San Diego for Humboldt,
put into port Yesterday afternoon for coal.
tons on board at MissiOn-street Wharf, and
AT O'Clock in the evening the teamer left
for her destination.
CAPTAIN APPRECIATED.
Captain Donaldson of the Oregon Coal
and Navigation Company's steamer Ajax,
which was lost on the 18th inst off Shelter
Cove, was yesterday presented by MesSrS.
Parrot d Co., agents Of the Canton lnSur-
ance Company, with a valuable gold watch,
accompanied by check for $500, in appre-
citation of the services he rendered at the
time of the wreck 1t is very probable
that Captain Donaldson will be given COM
mand of the Wilmington.
From private letter received yesterday
by John Sloan q Son it is lie rned that
the British ship Glencaird has arrived at
New York, dismasted. No particulars were
given. The vessel left Antwerp for New
York to load for Calcutta and Captain Eng
lisb, formerly of the Reliance, Is in COM
mand.
The steamer Bertha went alongside the
ship Lucille at Mission No. 2 yesterday to
take on 300 tons of coal. The loading will
go on all day to-day, and Captain Anderson
expects TO be away on Tuesday.
The British slip Iredale, for Queenstown,
was spoken on September 4th in latitude
80 so north, longitude $50 80 west.
The steamer Colma, hence, arrived at
Panama on the Ath inst.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The barkentlne w. II. Dimond locked at
Folsom street yesterday.
IuC blotia, NHlCu maui ouSh u ion5 pas
sage from London, locked at Union street.
The City of Athens came down from Va
llejO City ana anchored in the stream.
The Bertha came off the dry-dock and
locked at Mission No. l.
The Lucille came over from Alameda and
locked at Mission street.
The Charles Z. Moody Will go from Oak
land to Port Costa to-day.
The Lord Templeton has gone to the roll
ing-mils.
The steamer Haytian Republic will sail
for Puget Sound on October I'd.
The Mary Winkelnan has gone to the sea-
wall to load for Honolulu III the Hawaiian
line.