The morning call., 1891-03-13
SEA AND SHORE.
A British Rark's Terrible Strug.
gle With The Sea.
Safe in Port After Voyage of Nearly Two
Years-A Sailors Antics-Another Boat
Race at Mare Island.

The owners of the British bark Embleton
can claim to have the slOweSt ship afioat she
having been 613 days on the voyage from
Androssan, Scotland, to Tacoma. The ship
left Androssan July 3. 1889, in command
of Captain Bennett. When the bark was
close down to Cape Horn she encountered a
succession Of very heavy gales and on tie
9th of October it was found that she was
so badly strained that it was decided to put
back to Port Stanley in the Falkland
Islands. While running for the Islands the
cargo shifted and it was only after the hard
est work on the part OF her crew that she
managed to reach harbor. Her" the needed
repairs were MAZE and much of the cargo re
stored The tark left Port Stanley on the
18th of March and all went well until April
18th, when the unlucky vessel was caught IN
a terrific gale and the sea ran mountains
high. The heavy seas made clean breach
over the vessel and threatened to sweep
everything of her decks.
THE FoREMAsT CARRIED AWAY.
Next day, April 18th, the foremost was
carried away and sea anchors were rugged
to keep the ship from being sWamped. Gale
after gale struck the helpless vessel and she
was driven far out Of her coarse May 10th
was day to be remembered by the bark ;
crew. for on that day, after they had given
up all hope, large steamer we In sight.
Captain Bennett az once siGnaled ioT ASSIST
ancr and the strange steamer TOOK the Grip
pied craft in tow aud took Ter into Monte
yideo, where sh. arrived May "A, 1899. New
spars and rigging had 10 be sent all the way
from England and the vessel was not ready
to leave MontevideO until the 3 OF Deem
Der. Captain BeGnet had brought his wife
and children with linn from Scotland, out
concluded that IL would be better to send
them home before making tue third attempt
to round the Horn.
sUPERsTTTIoUS CREW.
By this time the crew had made up their
minds that there was a Jonah on board the
ship, and they refused to 90 10 sea IN her
again. The second mate also decided To
leave the unlucky vessel. The captain
shipped fresh crew, and again the kmoie-
ton put to sea. and on her third attempt to
round Cape Horn was successful. From
the time the bark left Montevideo until she
got about 500 miles off the coast of Oregon
she had fine weather. Here she experienced
a heavy gale from the eastward, which
lasted several days. She came out of this
! all right, aud got inside Cape Flattery on
Sunday night at o'clock, and ueXt day WAS
tuwed to Tacoma OF the original crew, the
captain, first mate, cook and four appfen-
tlces are all that remained Oh the bark
when she got into port. When the mail Tor
that some Of the letters had been in Tacoma
eighteen months before the ship arrived
there. The Embleton has a cargo OF 1900
tons of pig irou and brick on board.
SAILOR CUTS A CAPER.
A large crowd gathered at Paciic-street
Wharf about O'clock yesterday afternoon,
attracted by the antics of q sailor whom
John W. Wilson, who keeps a sailor board
lng-house at 333 Pacific street, was trying
to coax into boat. Wilson coaxed, swore
and threatened, but it was some time before
the man would get into the boat. Just as
everything looked lovely for the boarding
house keeper some one on the wharf
shouted 10 the sailor and asked him to come
and take drink Wilson pulled off as fast
as he could, but the sailor stepped on the
boats rail and plunged overheard.
About this time some one took 1t into his
head that Wilson was trying to shanghai
| the man and sent word TO Captain Dunlevy
at the North Harbor Station, and Officer
Gwinn was detailed to inve9tlgate The
| officer found the man swimming around and
| called to him to come ashore.
"Pve shipped in the Candida, and l am
| going in her." he replied. ii ain going out
| on salt water where there amt any stars"
The fellow then climbed into the boat,
and the last seen of him he was husgiug a
black bottle to his wet breast and singing
Annie Rooney"
THE IVERNA ALL RIGHT.
A visit to the iron ship Iverna at her berth
| at Harrison-slreet Wharf was made yester-
| day, and it was learned that the fire in the
| ships cargo, an account OF which was pub
| lshed exclusively in The CALL, had been
| extingusled. 1t is thought that the ship is
damaged very slightly, II at all, owing tC
the prompt action taken by the captain and
his crew.
Martin Of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
| pany's steamer San jose when his ship gets
| into port. Engineer Martin is Second Vice.
| President of the National Brotherhood oil
| Engineers, which office he has held fer two
years. He has also just retired from the
| Presidency Of the Marine Engineers Broth.
erhoOd Association, No. 50, of San Fran
cisco, and his fellow-members have deter.
mined to present aim With o handsome dia.
mond- studded gold medal
ANOTHER RACE.
A race has been arranged to take place at
Mare Island on March 18th between the
| dingies belonging TO the warships Charleston
| $500, and the race will be over a two-milt
course. Both crews are training for the
| event.
The steamer jeanne win test her engines
! to-day and will sail for Alaska on Saturday
next.
THE JEssoStENE's sPARs.
| The new topmust and other spars needed
to replace those lost from the Jessomene
| during the recent gale are being made on
board, by Contractor +. Mcclellan. After
the cargo is out tie ship will be locked and
| her bottom inspected and cleaned.
The ships Fingal and Niobe, wheat-laden
towed down from Port Costa yesterday and
| were anchored in the stream.
The little steamer belonging to the Roya
| Packing Company, lying at FOlsom-stree
| Wharf, has been named Royal. She will
be ready for her trip north in few days
CUTTER CoRwIN.
The revenue cutter Corwin is living al
Harrison-street Wharf. Her engines are
being 0yerhauled and new bowsprit viii
be put into her. The repairs will take about
four weeks to complete after which tits
thought the vessel will 20 to the Arctic.
| The British snip Lord Duffern towed into
port yesterday. She has general cargo on
board and was 100 days from North Shields.
The steamer Humboldt arrived from Eu.
reka yesterday. She brought IS cabin and
IA steerage passengers and was Il hours OIL
the trip.
THE WEATHER.
The weather at Point Lobos yesterday