The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-06
SEA AND SHORE.
Narrow Escape From Drowning
Of Racing Crew.
Collisions on the Bay-A Bargeful of Coal
Dumped Overheard Breaking of Rec
ord by the Levi G. Burgess.

A barge belonging to the Alameda Boat
Club, manned Dy Robert Jackson, Lew
Bamberg the two Schumacher boys and J.
Gargins, was upset when off Goat Island
about IL O'Clock yesterday morning and the
men had a very narrow escape from drown
ing. The crew was out practicing for the
race Sunday, when the boat was struck by
heavy swell and upset. The crew was I'M
able 10 right the boat, but succeeded in
clinging to her keel until rescued from their
perilous position by the steamer Encinal.
The half-drowned men were taken down
into the fire-room and thawed out and their
clothes dried. The men mad been elinging
to the boat nearly half an hour before
picked up by the ferry steamer.
When off Pinole yesterday morning the
main shaft of the Vallejo broke, completely
disabling her, and she was towed back to
this city by the steamer D. E. Knight The
passengers and freight were put on board
the Stockton steamer, j. d. Peters. The
cause of the accident is not known.
COLLISIONS ON THE BAY.
There were two collisions on the bay yes
terday, neither of which proved very seri-
Gus. The lumber-laden schooner Abbie
ran into the pilot boat Lady Mine off Meiggs'
Wharf before daylight. The pilot boat was
badly chafed and the Abbie lost part of her
rail They were separated by the tug
Water Witch. About IL O'Clock the scow
Waverly collided with the revenue cutter
Corwin, lying off Pacific street. The tug
Reliance went to their assistance and lowed
the scow to anchorage. The Corwn suffered
the loss OF her jibboom and the Wayerly had
her port main rigging torn away.
barge lying alongside the ship Lew
ellyn j. Morse, at Pacifc-street Wharf, was
being loaded with coal yesterday morning,
and about 100 tons had been dumped into
her when she suddenly capsized, and every
pound of the coal went to the bottom. The
barge would make good llfe-boat, for she
righted again as soon as the load was out OF
her. The coal was worth $500, and 1t is
thought will be total loss.
The contract for Captain Paul'S new
schooner was given to Hall Brothers yeSter-
day morning. The new craft will be four
masted topsail rig, with a capacity OF 1,000,0 600
feet of lumber.
The steam whaler Orca went to sea yester-
day on cruise.
"sIDE BY SIDE"
The ships C0ckermouth and Lorton had
remarkable passage from England to AS
tOria. According 10 the Oregonian the ships
were side by side for forty days and the
captains wives paid each other friendly
visits every day. Once during a calm the
ships came so close to each other that the
crews threw out the tenders to prevent the
ships from chatting and a keg Of white lead
was passed from the L0rt0n to the Cocker
mouth by hand.
The steamer San Benito will 90 on the
Dry-dock to clean her bottom as soon DIS her
cargo IS all out She will then leave for
Tacoma and load coal for San Francisco for
the Pacific Improvement Company.
The Levi G. Burgess arrived in port yes
terday. having broken the roqnd-trip record
to Seattle She was coal-laden, aud made
the trip in nineteen days.
Tie following ships have been spoken at
sea, I'll bound for San Francisco: The Brit
iSh Yeoman, the l.. Schepp and the Drum
craig.
II days from kahului, with cargo Of 1l,225
bags Of sugar.
UP AT MARE ISLAND.
The cruiser Charleston is in the hands Of
the Nayy-yard men at Mare Island, and will
be for at least three weeks. The circles
and other gear for her eight-inch guns have
tn be put In, and the waist-boat davits will
be replaced by heavier ones, the originals
having been found too weak. The Iun to
Honolulu destroyed most of the bOiler-tu6eS,
and these have to be taken out and replaced.
The boys in blue at Mare Island are evil
IDENTIFY sports, for two races have been ar
ranged for Sunday between crews of the
San Francisco and the Alert One will
be a gig race, and the other for dingies.
Over $1,000 has been staked on the two
races. The San FranciscU's men are trying
to have racing boat to be taken on the
cruise.
The steamer Al-Ki is on her way to
Alaska via Portland and Port Townsend
with Captain Trbble in command. She
will take the Eureka s-place on the Alaska
route, the latter returning to San Francisco.
The bark Germana from Seattle has 1875
tons coal and made the passage in days
and the round trip in q days-an excellent
record.
The ship Two Brothers from Tacoma has
$500 tons of coal on board.
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.
At o'clock yesterday the barometer
stood 29.99, at noon 1892 and at 4 o'clock
1892. The weather at Point Lobos at g
O'clock yesterday was hay, wind north
west, s miles, at o'clock, cloudy. wind
west 20 miles; at noon, cloudy, wind north
west a miles, and at o'clock, hazy, wind
northwest Sc miles.