The morning call., 1890-07-04
CAPSIZED AT SEA.
The Schooner Napa City Turns
Over Off Point Reyes.
Captain Thiemann and the Cook, William New
man, Drowned-The Mate and Sea-
man Rescued by the Ester Cobos.

The schooner Napa City of this port was
capsized off Point Reyes about o'clock on
Wednesday evening, and Captain Henry
Thiemann and William Newman. the cook,
were drowned. The remainder of the crew,
Robert Samariter, the mate and Oscar, q
seaman, managed to Chamber on the keel of
the schooner when she turned over and
were rescued by passing schooner.
The news was brought to this city by
the schooner Ester Cebos, which arrived
yesterday morning from Bowens Landing
with load OF posts. Captain Craugh Of
the Cobes states that he left Bowens Land
ing Cd Wednesday morning, and at dusk in
the evening, when the vessel was just
to the northward of Point Reyes, an object
was discovered in the water off the star
board bow.
The schooner was headed toward it, and
it was found that the object was capsized
vessel, and that there were two men cling
ing to the keel. The Ester Cobos was hove
! to and boat put out. which rescued the
two men from their perilous position, and
| brought them to this city. Mate Samar-
ritter was seen at the residence of his late
| captain, at 209 Steuart street. yesterday af-
! tern0on. and gave the following a ccount Of
( the accldent
THE MATES ACCOUNT.
''We left Point Arena at o'clock yester-
| day morning. The schooner had cargo of
posts in tile hold and bark on deck. There
| were four OF US on board, the captain. my
| self, Newman. the cook, and a sailor named
| Oscar. Shortly before dark / went below
| and turned in. l had about just got
asleep, when | heard a noise on deck. l
heard the captain giving some order about
| the sail.
II jumped out of my bunk, intending to
| go up on deck. and as l went up the COM
| panon-way water began to pour down the
| scuttle. closed the cabin-doors, but the
| pressure OF water burst them open. / man.
| aged to get on deck, and just then the
| schooner went over. Captain Ihlemaun
and the cook went over with her, but Oscar
| and l grabbed the side of the vessel which
| was out OF water and managed to get on
| the keel. There was nasty sea on and
| we had hard job to maintain our posi-
| ton.
after the schooner went over, we saw
the captain and the cook and spoke to
them. The captain tried to get on the keel,
but could not. We pulled off our sus-
penders and threw one end to him to help
him, but he was heavy man, weighing
about 200 pounds, and had on big rubber
boots and heavy clothing, and after few
moments he sank. The last we saw of the
cook he was clinging to piece of bark, but
IL was insufficient to retain his weight, and
he, Zoo, went down. L cannot tell now long
we were on the keel before we were picked
up by boat FROM the Ester Cobos.'
HIS LAST IN FACT.
Captain Thiemann leaves a widow and
four children, who reside at 209 Steuart
street. he belonged to beneficial society,
from which it is understood the widow will
receive death benefit of $1,000 He had
been for the past three years in command
of the Napa City and it was to have been
his last trip in her, as he was about to take
charge of a new schooner about completed
al Alexander Hays ship-yard.
The Napa City is a schooner OF forty-siX
tons gross register built at Little River
Cal, in 1872. Captain Howard Jarvis of
Union City, Alameda County, is her prin-
cipal owner. The cargo was owned by G.
l.. Dingley. Neither vessel nor cargo was
insured. When the news of the disaster
reached here. Spreckels' tug, the Vigilant,
and the red-stack tug Sea Queen were dis
patched to try and pick up the derelict. Up
TO midnight neither had returned.
Captain Christopherson of the schooner
Jenny Ward, which arrived late last even
from Humboldt, reported: when eight
miles southwest from Point Reyes saw a
small green painted schooner bottom up. !
met tug and gave her the bearings and
distance of the schooner" The schooner
will probably arrive here in tow this morn
ing, and, after being righted and pumped
our, will be none the worse for her unfortu-
nate experience.