The morning call., 1891-10-03
SEA AND SHORE.
Many Vessels Lost at Kobe Dur
ing the Late Storm.
Struck the Columbia Bar Using the Flag as
Sail-Disabled Vessels-Move.
ments and Charters.

Among the arrivals yesterday was the
tea-laden British bark Patagonia from
Hioga. The vessel had rather an uneventful
trip across until close to the harbor. when
she was caught in heavy blow on Wednes-
day and was hove to for thirty hours.
Shortly before leaving Kobe that place
was visited by the worst typhoOn that has
been known in twenty-five years. Kobe is
on an island sea and offers secure anch orage
to shipping, but the terrible storm that
struck the town on August 10th drove sew
eral vessels ashore. The blow began before
daylight and by noon the storm reached its
height. The greatest confusion reigned
among the shipping in the harbor and
many drfted fast toward the shore. Signals
for tugs flew in vain. as by o'clock in the
afternoon two of the largest were driven
high and dry into the town and smashed to
pieces
Soon after large German steamer also
drifted ashore and in less than an hour
was broken to pieces. The steamer was
driven so far in on the beach that the entire
crew escaped without difficulty. The
Patagonia rode out the storm with two
anchors down and 100 fathOms of chain out
on one and 100 on the other. The storm
lasted thirty-six hours and the bark'S crew
was on deck during the entire time ready 20
cut away the mastS should the vessel begin
to drag. Most of the time the sea made a
clean sweep over the vessel and everything
movable was taken from the deck. The
bark Marquis of Lcrne was caught in the
Xii Channel while on her way to Royal
Roads and was dismastcd. She anchored
close in and rode out the storm not 200
yards from the shore. She was afterward
tOXed to Kobe for repairs.
USED THE FLAGS.
The apprentices belonging to the British
ship ATgOnaut do not intend to work any
harder than necessary, and the lads spent
fully an hour trying TO sail their boat
ashore from the ship. First they used Tor
sail what looked to be the cooks apron and
a bOat-nOGk for a mast, but a sudden puff OF
wind carried away the novel rig and 1t looked
as if the lads would have 10 depend on tn
oars after all. Then one of them thought
that by using an car for mast they could
use the flag of their country as sal THIS
was done. and the boats crew had the salts
faction of seeing the boat gently sail toward
the landing with fair wind.
The CustOm-hOuSe officer in charge of the
steamer Houusow noticed one of the crew
with an eruption on his skin that looked
very much like smallpox The officer at
once ordered the man to remain IN his room
and soon the signal for the Port Physician
was fving flOm the masthead. The disease
proved to be a mild rash.
DISABLED VESSELS.
The schooner IvanhOe is discharging her
cargo Of lumber at Fremont-street Wharf
and as soon as this Is dOne will 90 Oh the dry
dock for repairs. The tug Rescue was along
side the leaking schooner Neptune at the
Dry-dock Wharf yesterday. and had to keep
her humps going steadily to keep the sch0on-
er anuat. The Neptune Will be placed on
the dry-dock to-day.
Tie steamer Wilmington, while on her
way from Portland to Coos Bay, struck the
bar at the mouth OF the Columbia River and
put back on September 9th to Astoria leak
| Ing badly.
The weather outside the heads yesterday
was hay, with a twenty-four-knot breeze
from the northwest. The barometer stood
1910.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Arrivals yesterday were the steamers
Richard Rush from Oonalask', Oregon from
Portland, Newsboy from Navarro, National
City from Humboldt. aquina from Moss
| Landing. and the San BenltO from NanaImo
| with a cargo Of 1850 tons OF coal Tor the
| Pacific IMPROVEMENT Company The bark
| Richard III came in from Departure Bay
/ with 172 tons Of coal for X. Dunsmulr "
| Sons, and the British bark Patagonia from
| Hioga with fun cargo Of tea for Siegiried
| " Brandenstein.
| Departures were: The steamers Whteshro
| for Greenwood. Willamette Valley for Va
| quna Bay. Wala Walla for Victoria
| Eureka for Wilmington, Columbia for As,
| toria, Del Nore for Crescent City and Rival
| for Fort Bragg; the barks Oakland for Port
Madison and Theobald for Seattle towed,
| and the coasters Lila and Matte, Comb
| denZia and Sacramento went TO sea.
The moves were the Lord Temple ION and
! Oriental 10 Oakland, and the Clan Robert
! son to Port Costa. To-day the County OF
| Flint will 90 II the roiling-mills and the
! Richard III will dock at Green street to dis
! charge coal.
| CHARTERS REPORTED.
| The latest charters reported are:
Ship Glory of the Seas. 2009 tons. coal from
| Nanamo to San Pedro-chartered by John
| Rosenfeld's Sons.
Schooner Letitia, % tons, lumber from
| Eureka to Central America-chartele by
! the San Francisco Lumber Company.
Bark Patagonia. 1889 tons, redwood lum-
| her at this port for England.