The morning call., 1891-03-24
SEA AND SHORE.
Another Fast Sailing Schooner
With Five MastS.
Terrible Times at Sea = Loss Of Ship and
Fourteen Men-A Steamers Rough Trip.
Dismasted on the Bar

There is going to be fun at the ferry land
ing when the railroad companies take up
their quarters in the new ferry building.
The new waiting-room will have to serve
for the broad and narrow gauge passengers {.
and the room intended for this purpose IS
much smaller than the one now used for The
broad-gauge boats. This is often crewde d
with people, and what the condition of
things will be when all the passengers are
turned into one small room may be mag
ined, and gang of thieves would ask no
better place in which to carry on their
work. The ticket Office is right in the CELL
ter of small room ana has ouly a six-foot
passage way leading to two small doors, and
only one person can pass through the d oors
at time.
NOT THE ONLY ONE.
The Governor AmeS is not the only five
masted schooner in existence. The schooner
Louis. recently arrived at Melbourne with
a cargo of redwood, is also fitted with five
masts. The Louis, while not so large a
vessel as the Ames, was built on this Coast
and is owned by San Francisco parties.
The vessel is now two years old, and has
the following dimensions: Length 30 feet.
beam 50 feet, depth OF hold Is feet. giving
her tonnage of $40. She was originally in
tended for steamer, and under her novel
rig has proved to be a very fast vessel The
Louis carried $50, 600 feet of lumber to Mel
bourne from Puget Sound.
HAD HIS HANDS FULL.
A lively fight was in progress about 6
o'clock Yesterday morning in the saloon at
1O2 Jackson street, and resulted in the pro-
pretOr, Nelson jacobson, being arrested,
together with 5, Peterson and John FIRE.
man. Officer Dover arrived when the fight
was in full blast ard was told by the men
l a .NnFl TO-.
was none of the officers business. Dover
thought otherwise and then the men
attacked him and before assistance in the
shape of some more blue-coats arrived the
cfficer was pretty roughly handled. The
three men were fually placed under arrest
and were charged with disturbing the peace
and aSSaulting an officer.
The customs officials now retain the pass
ports brought by Japanese immigrants that
arrive here, in order that the papers may
not be sent back to Japan and used second
time.
BOTH LEGS BROKEN.
Captain Peterson, of the old bark James
B. Kenny, was brought to this city on the
steamer Umatilla yesterday. The Kenny
encountered some very heavy weather DUR
ing her recent trip north, and the captain
had the misfortune to be dashed against the
wheel by heavy sea that struck the vessel,
and. on being carried into the cabin, 1t was
found that both his legs were broken.
FoUNDERED AT SEA.
News comes from London that the Mic
araenan bark Don Nicholas, from New
castle. n. S. W.. for San Francisco, has
foundared at sea. The crew we're saved by
a nassing ship.
The Swedish shin Senator Weber, from
Cardiff bound to Rio de JaneirO, with coal,
has also foundered at sen and fourteen OF her
crew were drowned
While irving to cross the bar outward
| bound Yesterday the schooner Ocean Spray
| carried away her mainmast and had to come
| back,
II is stated that eight guineas extra insur-
ance has been paid on tine ship Dumfrie-
| Shire. now out i47 DAYS from San Francisco