The morning call., 1891-09-05
SEA AND SHORE.
Maurice Bernhardt Waiting for
His Mamma to Come.
a Vessel Burned at Sea-Collison on the Bay.
Departure Of the acknowledgements
Of Vessels.

The tug Active, with flags flying, left
Folsom-street Wharf soon after 8 o'clock
yesterday morning with Maurice Bernhard
and wife. Henry E. Abbey and wife aud a
few Invited guests on board and steamed
out to the heads to watch for the mail
steamer Marposa, on which Sarah Bern
hardt is expected from Australia. The tug
returned to the city about o'clock, having
run out of provisions, but the much-needed
supplies were procured, and the party made
fresh start about noon. The steamer not
having been sighted by O'clock the party
landed and returned to the hotel in disgust.
When the steamer Humboldt from Eureka
was coming up to her berth at Washington
street Wharf on Thursday afternoon she
collided with the steamer san Lorenzo.
The latter was lying snug at her berth at
the wharf when the Humboldt crashed into
her. tearing away part of her fantail and
dung other damage.
BURNED AT SEA.
From dispatches received in this city
yesterday, it is learned that the British steel
ship Carr Rock has been burned at sea. The
vessel was bound to this port from Dundee
with a cargo of 2504 tons OF Scotch spilnt
coal, which is believed TO have taken fire
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Rock was built in 1889 at Glasgow for j.
Crawford 81 Co. of that city. She was 1859
tons register, 249 feet long, 50 feet beam and
y feet deep. She was consigned to Meyer,
Wilson Il Co. of this city, and sailed from
Dundee on June 26th, and up to date would
have been seventy days out The entire
crew were saved.
The very formidable San Salvador n aVy
tripped its anchor aud left for home yester-
day afternoon. The CuScatlan has bad
new deck built on her since she came here,
and has mounted battery Of two Gatling
guns. In addition to these she has pair OF
ancient brass pOpgunS in her lore hold.
1t is stated that the Dutch bark Kher-
sonese, laden with splint coal for this port,
vas burned at MUntevideo on July 22d.
FOR THE FISH COMMISSION.
The new steam launch Arrow, one of the
fastest boats of her size on the bay, made
her maiden trip to this city yesterday from
SausalitO. She was built by the California
Launch Company. and has been chartered
by the Fish Commissioners for work on the
various rivers, for which she is well adapted.
The new craft is 45 feet long, 8 feet wide
and has depth Of " feet.
The little steamer George E. Starr, be-
longing to the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany, was seized at Port Townsend on Sun
day by the United States authorities. At
the time of the seizure she was engaged LII
smuggling Chinese into the United States.
Outside the heads yesterday the weather
was foggy with a west wind blowing eight
miles an hour. he barometer stood 20 SO.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves Yesterday were the Two
Brothers to the Union Iron Works, Eudora
from Port Costa to the stream. Gwala TO
sea-wall and the w. b. Flint to Howard
street.
To-day the Nellie Troop will go to Port
Costa, Rene Rickmers to the refinery and
the Mount Washington to sea.
The arrivals were the Umatiila from Vic
toria, Columbia from Portland, Farallon
from NOyo and Pomona from San Diego.
The schooner Gem came in from Bristol
Bay via Karluk with 1000 cases of salmon
consigned to the Behring Sea Packing Com
pany.
The departures were the steamers State of
California for Astoria, Faraion for Ensen-
ada and Gipsy for Santa Cruz. The schoon-
eTs Monterey, Robert and Minnie and j. NJ.
Colman sailed for Coast ports.
CHARTERS REPORTED.
Among reported charters are the follow
ing: British ship Sardomene, 1913 tons,
wheat and merchandise TO Liverpool direct,
aid on the berth by Balfour. Guthrie &
Co.; schooner Mary Russ loads lumber at
Humboldt Bay for Guaymas; bark CeylOn,
617 tons, returns to Honolulu in the Plant
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