The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-24
SEA AND SHORE.
Battle of the City of Peubla
With the Elements.
Sailing Vessels Returned to Port-Changes
on the Southern Run-The Knight Com
mander Further Delayed.

The steamship City of Puebla arrived in
port yesterday morning from Victoria.
s. T., nearly twenty -four hours late, having
been forced to put back from Cape Flat.ery
to the Straits of Fuca in order 10 trim the
cargo, which had shifted badly. The
steamer left Victoria ON Sunday and as
soon as outside Cape Flattery she was
caught in a severe gale from the south
southwest with a terrific southwest sea.
The heavy cross sea caused her to labor
badly, and at 5 80 o'clock in the evening she
was struck by mountain of water that
threw her ON her beam ends and caused the
| coal in the after hold to shift to port In
an instant everything was confusion. and
the big seas breaking over the vessel. filling
many of the staterooms and tearing away
several of the port shutters, made the 175
passengers on board think they were max
Ing their last trip. Tons of water poured
into the vessel, the fires on the port side
were put out. and the tables on the lee side
OF the saloon were Under water, which was
almost up to the hurricane deck.
COAL PASSED BY HAND.
The engines were slowed down, and
what fires remained were kept going by
coal passed from hand to hand, because,
owing to the heavy list, the fremen could
not use their shOvels. The ship was put
head TO sea, and all the sailors, walters,
spare firemen AID many of the steerage
passengers put TO work trimming cargo. The
steamer drifted back into the Straits OF
fuca, and it was only after nearly sixteen
hours hard work that she was trimmed
sufficiently to allow her to proceed. Three
OF the crew were severely injured by the
heavy seas. j. II. ID. johnson, the butcher,
had his shoulder dislocated; j. Weir. baker,
had his arm badly bruised. and waiter
named Smith had several ribs broken. The
gale sui ragged when the steamer again put
to sea, but she came through all right in
spite of the heavy weather, and reached
port without further accident. The passen-
gers spoke in the highest terms of the cap
tain and his officers, and were so glad to
get ashore that they gave three hearty
cheers when the vessel steamed into her
berth.
OTHERS WERE IN THE BLOW.
The Puebla was not the only vessel that
had dose of the bad weather. The bark
entine j. NJ. Griffith sailed for Port Had
lock on Tuesday, but returned yesterday.
having lost her foretopgallant mast and
several sails.
The schooner Mary Eta went to sea yes
terday morning bound to Caspar, but did
not go far before she carried away her fore
gait, and was forced to return.
Captain Austin. formerly of the Colima,
went in charge of the San Jose, vice Cap
tain Russell.
ON THE SOUTHERN RUN.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company
has determined to withdraw the Pomona
from the San Diego route and replace her
with the Mexico. The latter steamer will
make her first trip on Tuesday. The same
company's steamer Newbern was to have
left for Mexican ports on Christmas day.
but her departure has also been postponed
to the goth Inst.
The weather yesterday was hazy, with a
northwest breeze, blowing forty miles an
hour. The barometer stood $3.50.
DISCHARGED THE CREW.
dispatch from London states that the
British ship knight Commander. from Ant
werp for this city, repaired at Stanley on
November 18th. The crew refused to sail
and the captain discharged them all and
proceeded to Montevideo to ship others.
The ship is now out 80 days and has had to
put back to Port Stanley twice with rudder
damaged.
A dispatch from London states that the
ship Glenorchy, hence for Havre, passed
Prawls Point on December 21st, with her
topgallantmast gone.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves yesterday were the Honres-
field to Hunters Point Dry-dock, the Alex
ander Black, Undaunted, Wray Castle and
Abercarne came down from Port Costa, the
Thistle and Francisco Ciampi went to Port
costa to load, Canada and Cowlitz went 10
Berry street, Southeast to the sea-walI, Costa
Rica to Pacific street, Portland Lloyds to
the oil works, OberOn TO Howard No 9, Il.
Ii. Ham to Vallejo Junction, and the Con-
suelo TO the refinery. To-day the Louis
Walsh will 60 to the Oriental Dock, Erick-
son to SausaIito, Drumburton and Astoria
to Port Costa, McNear and Chehalls to the
sea-wall. and the King Cedric to sea.
DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS.
Departures were the mail steamer San
Jose for Panama. George w. Elder for
Portland, Alcazar for Greenwood, the ship
Ventura for Havre, ana the barkentine
Marion for La Paz
Arrivals were the steamers Lakme from
Roche Harbor and Haytian Republic from
Port Townsend, the banks Canada from
Tacoma and X. X. Ham from Port BlakeIey
lumber-laden.
CHARTERS REPORTED.
Among the latest reported charters are
the following:
BarkenuDe Catharine Sudden, 36S tons
lumber from Grays Harbor TO west coast Of
South America; chartered by j. w. Grace
& Co.
Italian ship E. Raggio, 2O95 TONS now on
the Sound, wheat thence to Cork, u. K,
HaYre or Antwerp; chartered prior to ar
rival.
Bark Carrollton, 1890 tons. coal from
Nanalmo to this port, option of San Pedro;
chartered by John Rosenfeld's Sons.
Brig Consuelo, 979 tons, returns to Kahu-
lui in the Oceanic line.
Again Against Ohm.