The morning call., 1891-05-13
SEA AND SHORE.
BrOaching of the Cargo of the
British YeOman.
Not Born to Drown-Bel Buoy Adrift-Arrival
Of the Australians Shifting Of q
Cargo of Coal.

Sailors are, as general rule, great lovers
OF whisky, and will do almost anything to
obtain supply. The crew of the English
ship British Yeoman is apparently no ex-
ception to the rule. The ship came out
from Liverpool with general cargo, part of
which was number of cases of real old
Irish whisky" By some means the men in
the mates watch found this out, and also
discovered where the coveted liquor was
slowed, portion of it being On top OF the
cargo iii the hold.
During the fine weather experienced after
crossing the Equator III the Pacific Ocean,
the captain had the after-hatch taken off in
order to improve the ventilation, and the
sailors improved the opportunity to satisfy
their love for strong drink Among the
crew were two men who, bUlder than the
rest OF the watch, descended into the hold
one dark night while the mate had his back
turned, and after half an hour spent in
crawling over the cargo located the cases
containing the whisky.
They returned on deck and made ready to
have jOllilicatiOn on the following night.
Branching cargo is a very serious Offense,
bnt this did not trouble the whiSky-lovng
tars much. and when the mate was leaning
over the rail, thinking. perhaps, of the girl
he had left behind him, the two men slipped
down the after hatch aud soon returned
with dozen bottles OF liquor, which they
slowed away in their chests until they went
below.
THE ORGIES COMMENCED.
AS soon as eight bells was struck the
orgies commenced, and, instead of going to
sleep, the men devoted the watch below 20
emptying the bottles of stolen whisky, and,
to the surprise Of the officers, the entire
watch was more or less intoxicated at
O'clock. Captain White was informed and
he at once ordered a search. To this the
two men who had stolen the whisky OBJ
jeeted and the captain ordered them put IN
irons. The three mates proceeded TO carry
out the captains order, but soon found they
had no easy task Oh hand.
The two principals were big powerful
fellows and, to use sporting phrase, could
handle themselves" They dared the officers
to take them out OF the forecastle, ana there
being no way to flank the rebellious tars the
three officers went In with a rush. The
men fought and would have driven the Off
GERS from the t0recastle in short order but
for the arrival of re-enforcemeuts in the car
penter and sail-maker. Black eyes and
bloody noses resulted before the ringleaders
were lr0ned hand and foot and placed in the
lazarett0 aft.
Captain White kept the men In irons three
= Ais
aud for the rest of the passage strong
watch was kept on the matches. The cap
tain intended 10 bring the men before the
Consul as soon as the ship came into port,
but was spared the trouble, for almost as
soon as the anchor was down they were over
the ships side and on their way ashore in a
boat belonging to sailor boarding house.
NOT BORN TO DROWN.
During the voyage. of the ship Sonoma
from Newcastle, n. S. W., to San Francisco,
one of her crew had very narrow escape
from drowning. His name is John Fowler,
and one night while clearing the jib sheet he
was caught 10 the rope and carried over
board The vessel was bowling along at a
lively rate and there was heavy sea run
ming. Fowler had on heavy coat, and over
that rubber oyercoat, in addition to a pair
of rubber boots on his feet None of the
crew ever expected to see him again, but the
ship was brought TO the wind as soon as pos
sble and a boat lowered. John being
good swimmer did not waste his strength in
useless efforts to swim after the ship and
this proved his salvation The night was a
dark one, but the boats crew had a lantern,
and directed by FOwler'S cries easily brought
up with him. Fowler was picked up aud
again on board the snip in Fl teen minutes
after he had fallen overheard.
When the ship was off Samoa she was
struck by heavy gale that lasted twenty
four hours, compelling the crew to heaye
her to. The lower fore t0pSail was blown
from the bolt ropes and the decks were con-
tInually swept by the heavy sea. On the
second day OF the gale the vessel labOred so
heavily that the cargo shifted to the port
SIDE and all hands had to toto work shovel
ing coal. 1t took the best part of twenty
four hours to bring her on an even keel
again.
MONDAY ROCK BUOY ADRIFT.
Lieutenant Commander Thomas Perry, u
S. n, and Inspector of the Twelfth Light
house District, has given notice that the
bell buoy marking MONDAY Rock, three
miles to the westward Of the North Farallone
Island. has gone adrift, and nothing now
marks this dangerous rock. 1t will be re-
placed as soon as possible when due notice
will again be given
The ship Crown of England went to Port
Costa yesterday and the following named
vessels lowed TO sea: Ships Florence for
New York, St Francis for Liverpool and
McNpar for Seattle. The steamships Will
annette Valley and Los Angeles also went TO
sea.
The weather Yesterday was cloudy with n
southwest wind blowing eighteen miles an
hour. The barometer stood 80.
ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALIA.
The mail steamship Australia came In
yesterday morning from Honolulu with
iifty-eight cabin and fifty Storage passen-
gers, IL, 804 bags Of sugar and 1852 punches
Of bananas
The German steamship Romus, from
Nanaimo, B. c., came in with a cargo OF
1905 tons of coal; also the ship Blue jacket,
from Seattle, with 1900 tons.
wreck of the Elizabeth yesterday with a
nm alNar Of ant fff abb