The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-01
STRANDED SAILORS.
The Acapulco Brought Up Two
Shipwrecked Crews.

Among the passengers on the steamer
Acapulco, Captain Pitts, which arrived yes
terday from Panama ard way ports, were
the shipwrecked crews of two vessels, the
British ship Francis Thorpe and the Ameri-
can bark Caibarien.
The crew Of the Francis Thorpe consisted
of the chief officer. Charles Boyle; Norman
Donald, second mate; Steward Poison and
fourteen seamen. On arrival they were
taken in charge by the British Consul and
sent to Munro's Tavern, on Stanford street.
porter, to whom they told the following
story:
The Francis Thorpe left Middlesborough,
England ON October 26th last for Bahia
Blanca in the Argentine Republic. On ar
irving there she lost her anchors and chains,
and stuck on the bar and was damaged
somewhat. After dischargng she went to
MOnteyideo and was placed on the craving
dock. After repairing she was chartered
to take to Salina Cruz, Mexico, a cargo of
railroad iron, the freight of the Holland ship
Enamel, that had sprung aleak. Three
days after leaving Monlevideo the chief mate
had lis leg broken, and has been laid up
ever since. There was no man named Ed
ward Stevens on board as stated by some OF
the evening papers.
When the vessel arrived at Salina Cruz
and anchored. she was too close in shore.
pilot came off 10 take her further out;
sail was set, but before the anchor was
holsted SHE drlited ashore. The crew lost
some of their effects, but all reached tho
shore safely. The United States Consul
at Tehuantepec, Mr.. James w. Jeffers, took
charge OF the shipwrecked crew and at
tended to their wants. The four appren-
tces were sent on the Starbuck to Tonala,
and there placed on board the ship kircud-
biightshire. which is bound for this port, and
the crew was sent on the Clyde 10 Acapulco,
where they took the steamer for this port,
and Captain Morris remained by the wreck.
The vessel and cargo were fully insured.
Captain Nichols of the bark Caibarien,
whose shipwrecked crew arrived on the
Acapulco, told the following story of her
loss: Welelt San Francisco July 10th for
Santa Rosaila, Lower California, with a
general cargo, where we arrived safely and
discharged. From there we proceeded to
Baja Colorado and Alfalfa for dispatch. We
arrived off Altata Bar August Doth, took a
pilot on board and came to anchor. While
l was ashore to enter and clear the vessel, a
gale sprung up and parted the chain. and
the vessel went to sea'ln charge of the mate
September LIST she9 came back off the bar
again. r.
i boarded her with pilot, and seeing the
condition the vessel was in, l determined to
go to A ltata to procure an anchor and Chain,
OF TO MaZatlan. Well, TO make loag story
short, the pilot rau her ashore. / lost all
my clothes aud saved only one Instrument.
We made the shore after some difficulty aud
were in hard straits for food on the day we
landed. The day afser, the second mate,
while in a canoe, was capsized and drowned.
His name was William Farmer, unmarried
and quite a young man. He was.a native
of Pennsylvania. We buried him at Alfalfa.
! The: German iron bark Cornelia. vent
ashore at the same time and Younded on the
SOUTH bank for six hours, when the. tide
came in and lifted h5roff. Had she been Of
weed 4 le WOuld have been n total loss -.
The Caibarien was owned by y; q Il. e..
Steele, los California street, San Franciseo.
Ten linen, including The captain, composed
her crew. ;: