The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-27
SEA AND SHORE.
The Steamer South Coast Again
i'm Commission.
Arrival Of the Argomene at Limerick-Report
Of the Ship Wayfarer-Departure
Of the San Francisco.

The steamer South Coast, which ran ON
the rocks at Fort Bragg during a heavy
blow last month and was then thought to
be so badly damaged that she could not float
again, is now as staneh as any vessel in
the harbOr She was towed off the rocks
and brought down to this port, where she
was put in the hands of P. II. Kelly. the
shipwright and when the steamer came off
the ways yesterday, as far as the hull was
concerned. she was just as good as new.
The weather was haZy at Point Lobos
yesterday and the wind all day from the
northwest, blowing at o'clock in the after
noon forty-four miles an hour. The bar
ometer read at 8 O'clock in the morning
30l9; noon, 1920; 8 o'clock in the evening.
1919.
A DANGEROUS BANK.
Lieutenant II. p Mcintosh of the Branch
! photographic Office yesterday received from
| Wightman Brothers the following extract
from the log of Captain Reid of the schooner
| Equator, which. when the letter was writ
ten, was at Butaritari, Gilbert Islands. On
! August II, 1890 at O'Clock in the after
noon, got on a bank. The position of the
bank is latitude 80 ~ north. longitude 1872
49, west We hove to and tried soundings.
but had only handled and were drifting
too fast for it to be of any use. Kept man
at the mas thead until dark, but saw no shall
low water. The color of the water was very
| light green, and by appearance about 40 or
90 fathoms deep The mail steamer passes
| close tn the bank.
The Oceanic COmpany's steamer Alameda
sailed from Auckland fer this port at ?
| o'clock yesterday afternoon.
| The British ship Scottish Bard was spoken
on December 4th last in latitude 5go south,
longitude 750 west She is bound for Vic
toria, b. &.
THE ARGOAENE ARRIVES.
News was received at the Merchants Ex-
| change yesterday that the British ship Ar
| gomene, Captain McAusland, arrived at
Limerick on Saturday last. The Argomena
| left here on May 18th last with a cargo of
| 53,6 900 centals of wheat, valued at S71,02),
shipped by Balfour, Guthrie Il Co. On No
| yember 23d last it was mentioned in these
columns that the bark Barunga, which ar
| rived at Adelaide from London had fallen IN
with the Argomene in latitude 81 south,
longitude 29' west. She was ilying signal
| of distress, and it was learned that at
o'clock that morning the Argomene had
struck AMI sunk a British ship called the
Dovenby. The Doyenby sank IN seven
minutes and seven Of her crew we're
drowned. The others. numbering eleven,
! clambered on board the Argomene. The
| Argomene's bows were stove in below the
water line, and the collision bukhead was
| y
of the ATgomene's cargo was jettisoned and
then French vessel which hove in sight
accompanied her TO Pernambuco, where she
effected repairs and then sailed for LINER
| lex.
NAVAL APPRENTICES.
News has reached here from Mare Island
to the effect that apprentices for the naval
service will hereafter be enlisted on the re-
ceiving-ship Independence. This is a new
move on the part of the Navy Department,
s.Enh d1Vtl Of i,}aTa IA H..
benefit to the service. Heretofore appren-
| tees were only allowed TO enlist on the At
lartic Coast, and when draft of boys was
! desired they had 10 be sent from that poiut
| to this Coast at considerable expense Adj
ditional expense was also incurred by rsa-
son of the fact that II the terms of service
of the boys expired while they were on this
Coast the Navy Department was compelled
to return them to the point of enlistment
| Boys, to be eligible to such enlistment,
must be between the ages of II and Is. and
| must be sound physically and mentally.
| Twenty such recruits are now wanted on
| board the Marion.
A dispatch received at the Merchants
Exchange yesterday afternoon from Point
Reyes states that the wind was blowing
there 81 miles an hour from the northwest
and that heavy sea was running.
A NEW STEAMER sCHEDUIE E.
According TO the new arrangement entered
into by the Oceanic Steamship Company
with the Union Steam ship Company of New
| Zealand, the Australia of the former COM
| pany's line which was scheduled to arrive
| here on the 18th prOx., will not come into
| port until eight days later. According 10
| the new timetables arranged by the two
| companies, the Austria la will leave this port
| for Honolulu only on the 18th inst, tine
| Monowai for Australia, via Honolulu, on
the oh prox., tile Zealandia for II nolulu
! only on the 14th Of February, the Australia
for Honolulu only on the 18th of February,
and the Alameda for Australia, via Homo
| lr,lr hA - nf z,se{I
the Hawaiian Islands a tri-monthly service.
The snip Glory of the Seas and bark
Highland Light, hence, arrived at Port
Townsend after very long passages.
The schoOners Emma and Louise, Laura
Pike, Lillebonne, Voant and Western
Home got over the bar at Eureka Yesterday
and sailed Tor this port.
REPORT OF THE wAYFARER.
The British ship Wayfarer, Captain Cur
RE, arrived yesterday, 156 days from Ant
werp, with cargo OF merchandise for A.
Carpenter In his report of the trip the
captain says: On the night of November
18th. in latitude so 30 south, longitude 90
20 west the barometer fell to $3.50 and the
sky was thlckly overcast with heavy black
clouds. The sea was smooth and was one
sheet of phoSphOrescence, so bright that he
could count the seams in the sails. The
sky was rs black as ink and the sea sheet
of fire. In his report Captain Currie makes
no mention of the conduct of some of his
officers on the trip, but it is understood that
he will prefer charges against them before
the British Consul to-day.
The steamer Michigan arrived Yesterday,
four days from Portland, seventy hours
from Astoria, with cargo of produce for
the Union Pacific Railroad Company Cap
tain 5. +. Graves, her commander, is one of
the best known captains on the Coast He
was formerly on the steamers Point Arena
and the Lakme, running out of this port
but FOR the last two years has been running
on the sound.
SPRUNG HIS FoRETOPMAsT
Captain Nichols of the ship A G. Ropes,
which arrived yesterday after a smart pas
sage of 122 DAYS from New York. reports
that when in latitude g. north in the Pacitic,
during heavy storm, his foretODmast was
badly sprung in the sheavehole. The YES
sci was detained thirty hours off the coast
by dense fog.
The new cruiser San Francisco came down
from Mare Island yesterday and at once
steamed outside. 1t is understood that she
has gone to make Government trial trip
with only Government officials on board.
Captain b. III. Hanson has been appointed
to the command of the schooner John T.
| Miller
The whaling bark Fremont is stuck in tho
mud in the Oakland estuary, and all at
tempts to move her have been futile. When
the spring tides come another effort win be
made TO get her off.
RETURNED TO PORT LEAKING
A dispatch received at the Merchants
Exchange yesterday from Port Townsend
states that the bark Detroit, which left there
Tor this port, returned leaking.
The British ship Larnaca sailed yester-
day for Cork with 5O,32S centals of wheat
value $4,000
The bark Nicholas Tnayer has on board
disc valued at 500 5O6
All the cargo of the steamer Wellington,
for Nanaimo, consisted of IS barrels OF beer
valued at $50.
Mexican ports cargo of general mercban-
disc valued at $685. 6s.