The morning call., 1891-09-03
SEA AND SHORE.
Return of the Copper River Can.
merry Crew.
Rough Weather Encountered of the Horn.
Reports of Inspectors-Capsized
Fishermen.

The fine schooner Aida came in yesterday
| from Copper River, Alaska, with cargo of
49, .OGO cases Of salmon for the Peninsula
Fishing and Trading Company. She also
brought down the entire crew of the can
merry. consisting of fifty whites and sixty-one
Chinese. The run of salmon was SO heavy
that the Gamers could not handle half the
| fish brought in by the boats, and every day
! tons of fish were thrown overheard until the
| bay and beach for miles were almost cov-
| cred with dead salmon and the stencil was
almost unbearable. This needless slaughter
| did not end until the supply of tin gave out
! and no more cans could be made.
The Aida also had as passengers two men
of the British sealing schooner Beatrice of
Victoria, who were lost from that vessel
during a heavy fog. When they left the
schooner there were three in the boat, but
after vain search of several hours they
gave up the attempt tG find the schooner,
and after having been adrift thirty-siX hours
they found themselves close to land. Think
ing they would be safer on shore than in an
open boat they decided to land, but in doing
so upset the boat and one Of their number,
a young man named Scott, was drowned.
The others, named Mandon and Doyle,
managed to reach the shore in safety, and
for three DAYS wandered along the shore,
living on shell fish At last they reached the
hut of an Indian hunter, who conducted
them to an indian village on the Martin
River, where they remained until they were
taken to the Copper River on the steamer
Tlnket.
ROUGH WEATHER OFF THE HORN.
The fac German ship Reeme Rickmers,
which arrived from Liverpool few days
ago, had rather a rough time OF IL OH the
Horn, and, besides suffering severely IN her
battle with the elements, lost one OF her
crew. The ship had a fine passage down to
Staten Island, aud there ran into hurri-
cane that lasted forty-eight hours. The ship
was hove to and her decks were constantly
flooded with water
On the second day, when the storm was at
its height the fore and mizzen lower top
sails were blown from the bolt ropes. Soon
after daylight q terrific sea washed over the
ship, sweeping her decks fore and ait, tear
ing away part of the bridge, smashing the
doors of the Ui!-room, and carrying every
thing in the shape of oil cans and lamps over
board. i cry of Look out for your lives j.
was given by the chief officer as he saw the
sea about To break on board, and all but two
Of the watch on deck reached places oil
safety.
one of these, Charles Engelhart. native
of Austria, was washed overheard and
drowned. The other man was carried
against the deckhouse and severely injured
| The ship was thrown on her beam ends
with part OF the cargo OF coal shifted, and
for two days she lay thus with the sea 60
ing clean over her. The crew worked like
Troians sh9velng the coal up to staIboard
in order to right the vessel, and after hours
OF incessant labor the ship was again on an
even keel The long passage was due to
ligEt, battling head winds and Gains after
entering the Pacific Ocean.
AT
The United States local Inspectors of
Steam Vessels have made a report to Super
yiSng Inspector II. 5. Lubbock of Wash
ington, ID. c., on the collision OF the steamer
Navarro, X. W. Anderson master, with the
schooner Free Trade, off Point Reyes,
damage to the steamer to have been
500 and to the schooner $500, and
that Captain Anderson of the Navarro
was TO blame for not having slackened
speed when the schooner displayed torch
light. They thereupoa suspended his Ii
cense for five days.
The inspectors also report violation on
the part Of the passenger steamer WestpOrt
on the 29th of July to the 9Th of August, OF
the period it took to make trip from Bear
Harbor TO San Pedro and thence to this
port. 1t is claimed the steamer navigated
without full complement OF officers, the
assistant engineer having left Bar Harb0r
on the 2Sth of July under circumstances
| deemed equivalent to dlscAarge. ms
| case has been reported to the United States
| District Attorney, and the steamer Will be
| proceeded against
Tie weather outside the heads yesterday
| was thick, with 4 west wind blowing 16
miles an hour. The barometer stood 1885.
FIsHING-BoAT CAPSIZED.
When the tug Tiger was on her way to
this city from Sausallto yesterday alter
noon, about o'clock, she picked up off the
Drns idiO n Italian tI5llnp lOgt the of
which were sitting astrde the III turned
craft, The men, three in number, refused
to give their names. They had become
| furried when they saw the steamer ap-
| proaching, and, not knowing what to do,
| started TO tack, but a sudden gust OF wind
struck the boat, aud, as the main sheet was
made fast, the boat upset before IL could be
| let 60. The accident was witnessed by the
crew of the tug, which at once went to their
rescue and the men and boat were landed
at Clay-street Wharf about $50 o'clock.
| The men lost their nets and everything else
in the boat owing to the mistake Of making
| the sheet fast
The steamship Acapulco will leave for
| Panama to-day at noon, and the City OF Rio
| de JaurirO for Hung-h Kong at O'Clock.
The mail steamship Mariposa will be due
| from Sydney tomorrow.
LATEST REPORTED CHARTERS.
Among the latest reported charters are
the following: British ship Kilbrannan, 1872
tons, wheat TO Cork, U. K, Havre or Ant
werp, g. 5S; chartered prior to arrival by
| Lowenthal, Livingston Il Co. German ship
| Reeme Rickmers, 2064 tons, wheat to Liver
pool direct, g.; chartered prior to arrival by
| g. ". McNear. Bark Wilma, 1909 tons, coal
| from NanaimO to this port, option of San
Pedro; chartered by John Rosenfeld's Sons.
| Bark Oregon, 1854 tons, coal from NanaimO
to this port, option of San Pedro; chartered
| by John Rosenfeld'S Sons. Schooner W. f.
Jewet;, 1872 tons, lumber to Central America,
lump sum; chartered by L. l.. g. Steele &
| Co.: British steamer Sirius, 852' tons, mer-
| chandse to Central America; chartered
103 tons, merchandise to Mexico.
-. MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves were the Arabia and Sarah and
Rickmers docked at Howard No 9, the W..
| W. Case at Lombard street. Sycamore at
| Third street. the 1vanhOe went to the Union
Iron Works and Bodrhyddan to Port Costa to
! load. To-day the Harvester will 60 to the
refinery. the Kilbrannau TO Fremont street,
| the Stanley to Port Costa, the j. w. Mari to
Long Bridge and the Clan Mackenzis will
| dock at Lombard street.
The arrivals. were the steamers Santa
| Cruz from Lonipoc and the Eureka from
Newport. The bark Sycamore arrived from
Port Ludlow with lumber the schooner
Governor Ames from Nanaimo with $500
tons of coal for John Rosenfeld's s Sons and
| the scnooners Reliance, Amethyst, Arthur
], Bill the Butcher and Bender Brothers
from Coast ports.
The steamer Walla Wala left for VIC
toria, the Los Angeles for Eureka and the
United States surveying vessel Hassler on
| cruise. The schooners Norma, Mary and
Ida, Wing and Wing, Ida Mckay aud Glen
hnln ln1 fnF on ..Gtn