The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-16
ITEMS FROM
SEA AND SHORE.
Departure of the French War-Sbip
DubOurdieu.
Transfer Of Cattle From the Steamer sunol.
Stowaways on the Walla Walla-Move-
meats and Charters.

There was a veritable picnic alongside
the French war-ship Dubourdieu yesterday
afternoon, about l o'clock. The steamer
Sunol went off to her with twenty head of
beef cattle. The steers were as wild rs
could be, so that the shouts of the men to-
gether with the noise of the escaping steam
from the Sunol's exhaust pipe set them in a
frenzy, and tie first thing the crew Of the
Sunol knew the cattle had charge of the
craft
Maddened by'fear they charged forward,
breaking down the pen and chasing motley
crowd of deck-hands, cowboys and French
sailors up on the upper deck. Captain Oak
ley of the Sunol was on board the war-ship
at the time, and when he returned his men
were d0ingi their best to Chamber on the
wheel-house, while Mr.. Blum of the firm of
Roth, Blum IL Co., who had the contract to
supply the ship with provisions, was max
ing great effort TO board the Dub0urdieu
through one of the gun ports.
1t took almost thirty minutes for the ex-
element to die down, and then the work
of transferring the cattle on board COM
menced. The animals were slung by strap
around the horns, but the very first SO
slung made such vigorous kick that the
others started aft with rush that threat
ened to tear the side out of the boat. In
this rush one of the steers was crowded over
the eombing and fell with crash into the
fire-room, but Jerry Lannigan, the fireman,
escaped being crushed to death by the brute
in its fall.
SMASHED THE wATER-GLAss.
The animal landed on its back in the mar
row space between the boiler and the coal
bunker, and in its wild struggles to regain
Its feet smashed the water-glass on the
boiler. In an instant the fire-room and
lower deck of the boat were filled with
steam. Thinking that the boiler was about
to explode, three of the French sailors ran
to the rail and took a header into the bay,
while the remainder climbed on board the
frigate like monkeys, and Julius Radston
secured a life belt and had the cook to strap
it around him.
The shouts OF men blended with the roar
ing OF the frightened cattle and the hiss of
escaping steam almost created q panic on
board the warship, and it did not subside
until the last pound of steam in the boats
boiler had escaped. Finding that nothing
serious had happened, the sailors returned
to work and soon had the cattle on ooar I'd.
Inc steer in the fre-room gave the crew
muen ao trouble before he was finally land ed
on deck and transferred to the frigate.
1here was quite crowd on the front to
see the cruiser get under way, which she
did soon after CLOCK. Slowly she steamed
through the shipping at anchor in the
stream and was going ahead at full speed,
soon lost sight of as she sped on her way to
Panama.
IMPRISONED sTowAwAYS.
James Murphy and John Regain, a couple
OF tramps, had rather rough tEie of 1t on
board the steamship Walla Walta on her re-
cent trip to this port from Port Townsend.
They wanted to come to this city, and for
tnat purpose went on board the steamer and
hid away among the cargo in the lower hold.
Before the Walla Walla left Port Townsend
the matches were sealed down by the Gus
tom house officers. aud the seals could not be
broken before the steamer reached San
francisco unless the captain wished 70 risk
paying fine of $500. The stowaways soon
found that their hiding place was becoming
too warm for comfort and as the heat in
creased so did their efforts to be released.
Finding they could not make. their escape
they. managed to climb over the cargo to
grating in the deck. where they eagerly in
hated supply of fresh air. They begged to
be released, but were told they would have
to stay there until the steamer reached Sau