The morning call., 1891-07-07
SEA AND SHORE.
Dreadful Disaster on an English
Man.Of. War.
e. M. S. Cordelia Loses Twenty Men by the
Bursting of a Gun-The Alexander
Detained by the Underwriters

ton all around. No less than six, including
two commissioned officers, were killed out
right and thirteen were wounded, some of
them it is thought fatally. AS soon as pos
sible the vessel was headed back to port.
In addition to the great loss of life the
| side of the cruiser was blown out for several
| feet on each side of the gun port, and
| great hole torn in her deck. The officers
| killed are Lieutenants Hillyard and Gordon,
while three midshipmen were amongst the
wounded Four seamen were killed and
ten wounded. Several OF them. it is feared,
| will not recover.
The Cordelia is composite single screw
vessel of 1880 tons and was built in 1881.
She carries battery of ten six-inch breach
loading rifles, and ten magazine guns.
DISABLED SHIPS.
Dispatches from London state that the
| Norwegian bark SABINE, bound to HOMO
lula and previously reported having put
into Port Stanley in a damaged condition,
| will be surveyed and probably condemned.
The British ship knight Commander,
! bound from Antwerp to San Francisco, is
at PORT Stanley, and will have to discharge
her cargo in order to repair. She has lost
her municipalities. She is consigned to A.
| Carpenteria
The American ship st. John, also at Port
| Stanley, put in for repairs, having sprung
her rudder head.
The bark Z. j. Carleton, from Baltimore
| for San Diego, has arrived at Montevideo,
| where she will be examined and have her
/ cargo restowed.
| BADLY LADEN.
The four-masted schooner Alexander, lying
! at Howard-Street Wharf, is giving her cap
! tain and owner considerable ouble, and
| the chances are that most of her cargo of
! lumber will have to be restowed. The vessel
| is about ready for sea, but is so tender that
| she very nearly capsiZed while lying at the
wharf. She has big deck-load on board
and during the strong wind which blew yes
| terday morning nearly rolled over on the
dock.
| The Insurance agents have refused to allow
| her to proceed TO sea in that condition, and
the crew were hard at work all day yeSts T.
| day slowing away over sixty tons of old iro n
| in the fore peak and under the cabin foo r.
The schooner is owned by Mr. Whiteiaw,
| the we!l-knOwn wrecker, and is bound 10
| Champerlco.
LIVELY SAILING.
The scow schooner 5. L. Perry had
| rough time OF it yesterday afternoon.
| While irving to dock at Howard street
wharf she narrowly escaped running into
two or three vessels lying there and wound
| up by crashing into the end of the wharf.
| The latter proved to be the stronger. and
the scow hauled out into the stream with
| her starboard bow stove in. She after
ward locked at Harrison-street Wharf by
| the aid of a tug.
Before daylight yesterday morning some
| vessel ran into the end Of Folsom-street
| Wharf, smashing several heavy timbers,
| tearing up the plankiug and doing conSid-
cradle damage to the end of the shed.
An all-rOund fight took place on board the
| Stockton steamer Leader early Sunday
| morning and the police were called upon to
| preserve the peace. The men got into a
row while at breakfast, and one OF them
drew knife. but no one was hurt No ar
| rests were made.
FOOD FOR CHILE.
The evils Of civil war are plainly seen by
| the fact that several steamers are now EN-
| plOyed in carrying provisions down to Chile,
| a country that before the present disastrous
war broke out exported vast amount of
food stutfs every year. The present bad
| state OF affairs is brought about by the fact
| that nearly every man capable OF bearing
arms is either in the army of Balmaceda or
that Of the insurgents, so that no one is left
TO attend to the crops. This is the first
time in the history of the country that she
has had 10 look abroad for food supplies.
Three steamers have already sailed from
| this port for Chile, and the end of the week
| will see two more on the way. The steamers
Houndsow and Remus are both loading
large quantities of flour and wheat, besides
considerable barley. The Remus is booked
to sail on Thursday and the Houndslow
will get away about the same time. Tie
steamer West Indian viii also load for Chile
as soon as she arrives from the north.
1t was learned yesterday that two large
steamers are on their way to Chile from the
east coast of South America, also laden
with supplies.
NOTICE TO MARINERS
Lieutenant Commander Perry, United
States Navy, Lighthouse Inspector of the
Twelfth District, has issued the following
notice:
Notice Is hereby given thar the two second
class black spar buOys, one at the outer end of
the west training wall, the other at the elbow OF
the west training-wall at the entrance OF San
Pedro HarbOr, have been removed. AS this
traiuing-wal mas been built up high above high
water marx, they are no longer deemed ueces-
sary aids TO navigation, and therefore 1t Is aot
in ended to replace them.
| Tie back second class buoy No. !, at en-
trance 10 this harb0r, has been moved out a lit.
affect Coast and Geodetc Survey Charts Nos.
610 and GIL.
THE HASsLER'S WORK.
The United States steamer HaSsler came
into port yesterday. after a surveying
cruise. During her absence she finished the
work of surveying the California Coast,
which is now completed from San Diego to
| Del Norte.
The steamer will remain in port some
time, during which the officers will be en-
plOyed in arranging the data obtained. The
charts Will be made at Washington, and 1t
is thought they will be ready for Issuance
the latter part of the year.
MOVEMENTS.
The following vessels arrived in port yes
terday: The steamers Columbia from
Portland with 107 passengers, Los Angeles
from Eureka with ~ passengers and Alca-
gar from Cleone.
The British ship Drumeltan, 1877 DAYS
from Swansea, sailed in with a cargo of
2S00 tons OF coal and coke consigned to
Meyer, Wilson 81 Co. Tie ship Two
Brothers from Tacoma brought 245O tons of
coal for the Southern Pacific Company. The
barkentine w. j. Griffith from Port Had
lock has cargo of lumber for w. j. Adams
The mail steamer Australia will be due
to-day from Honolulu.
WENT TO SEA.
The steamers State of California for Port
land and Pomona for San Diego sailed yes
terday.
The schooners Reliance and Binder
Brothers sailed for coast ports.
The following moves were made yester-
day: Ship Two Brothers went to Oak land,
the Louis Walsh docked at Howard street,
and tie WAX to Green street The bark
eruine J. NJ Griffith locked at Folsom
street Wharf.
FREIGHTs AND CHARTERS.
Ship George Stetson, 1850 tons, wheat to
Cork, Havre or Antwerp. e. Is 3d-char-
tered by Balfour. Guthrie 81 Co.
British ship Orion, 1880 tons, wheat to
Cork, Havre or Antwerp, 81 1Ss 9d-char-
tered prior to arrival by William Dresbach
British bark Kosciusko, 1892 tons, now at
Port Blakeley, lumber thence to Sydney
owners account.
THE WEATHER.
Outside the heads the weather was foggy
yesterday with a 36-knot breeze from the
northwest. The barometer stood %. go
| FACING REVOLVER