The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-24
SEA AND SHORE.
The Ship Khersonese in Flames at
Montevide0.
Fighting sailcrs-The New Whale-Baeked
Bsrges Repairing the DON Carlos.
Movements Of Shipping.

Dispatches from London state that the
Dutch ship Khersonese, previously reported
| as having put into Montevideo in distress
and on fire, is still burning and will bee ONE
| total loss.
The Khersonese is an iron ship of 1872
! tons, and was built at Belfast in 1856 She
is GAG feet long. IS g beam and % feet Deep
| She was laden with a general cargo. con-
signed to Giryin, Baldwin & Co. of this city,
end was commanded by Captain Hemmes.
Both ship and cargo are fully insured.
FIGHTING SAILORS.
There was lively fight on Mission-street
| Wharf yesterday afternoon between a
| couple of sailors named Arson and Thomas
| The fight was a hot one while it lasted.
| Thomas, who was much the smaller man,
proved to be the best man with his fists and
punished his opponent badly. The fight
was at last stopped by the Wharfinger and
the men ordered of the dock.
| Thomas wanted to renew the battle on
| East street. but Arson declined, as his nose
| was broken and both eyes BACKED.
Another car for the Port Townsend Belt
Railroad was hauled to Broadway Wharf
! yesterday for shipment on the Umatllla.
| The steamer has taken quite lot of these
cars to Port Townsend for the electric road {,
Stockton company having the contract to
build them
NEW SCHooNERS.
| The new schooner Annie e, built at Ala
media by Hay q Wright, came over yester-
| day and tied up at Mission Wharf. She is
| SO feet long, % feet wide and Ga feet deep,
and was built TO the order of Thompson 81
| Colley, who will use her on the bay
| Hay u Wright have large four-mdsted
| schooner on the stocks, also for San Fran
| cisco parties. She will have length of 1S5
fant FAar hno. Il hi
vessel will be used in the Coast trade.
About the busiest spot along the entire
fIont yesterday afternoon was the Mer-
chants Dry-dock
The bark Don Carlos, that recently went
ashore on South Beach while trying to enter
the har6or in a thick fog, was placed on the
dry-dock for repairs. Over hundred men
were Mt work stripping the copper off her
bottom and as soon as this is done the vessel
will be thoroughly calked all over and the
necessary repairs made TO her hull.
NO TRUTH IN IT.
The story published in one Of the even
ing papers that the Occidental aud Oriental
Steamship Company had chartered the
bite Star liners Britannia aud Germanic,
and would place the ships on the route
from this city 10 China, is denied.
1t Is not likely that the White Star Com
pany would let two Of their best and fastest
ships leave the line at time when every
one Of the big Atlantic flyers is crowded
with freight and passengers every trip.
1t is stated that in the near future i'm
menSe steel works Will be established on
Puget Sound, where the work of building
the new whae-backed barge will be carried
on.
At the next meeting of the Rarbor Com
mlssloners plan will be discussed to dredge
out Mission Creek, build suitable wharyes
and then transfer all the hay and lumber
trafhc to that section Of the city front.
The tramp steamer Mineola, which ar
rived in New FORK recently, made the pas
sage across the Atlantic III ten ami half
days, by FAR the fastest trip ever made by a
vessel OF her class. The Mineoa and Mon
tauk are the two vessels purchased to run
from New York to this city, and by special
act OF Congress theJ are allowed to fly the
American flag.
The following steamers arrived in port
yesterday: The Scotia from Tulamook,
FONT Arena from Mendocino, Gypsy from
Santa Cruz, Greenwood from Cleoue, va
Qulna from Santa Cruz Island and the Hum
bUdt from Eureka.
The schuoners Excelsior and Enterprise
came IN from coast ports.
Inc following vessels sailed Yesterday:
Steamer San Bias for Panama and way
potts, bark 5. q. Allen for Iquique with a
cargo OF provisions, the batkentine Re-
triever for Port Hadlock, the brig Consuelo
for kahulai and the john G. North sailed
lor MduuAUud. ne scnOOnerS lVanhoe and
Ocean Spray sailed for coast ports.
MOVEMENTS.
The moves yesterday were the Lock
Eek to Port Costa to load, the steamer
Zealandia 10 Folsom street and the Kelburn
to the sugar refinery.
To-day The Irmgard goes to the refinery,
the Alden BeSse goes to the stream and the
Dolbadern Castle goes to Port Costa to
load.
Outside the heads yesterday the weather
was foSgy, With the wind from the west and
southwest blowing twelve miles an hour.
The barometer stood 2999.