The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-12
SEA AND SHORE.
Terrible Feast of Sharks at Flints
Island.
Drowning at sea-Return CT the Electra-The
Royal Tar Going to Eureka-A
Big List of Charters.

| brought up from Flints Island by the
| schooner General Banning. From Captain
| Spring was cleaned the information that
| the island proper is only about one and
| half miles long and less than q mile wide,
yet it is one of the most fruitful in the en-
! tire Pacific Ocean, and supports quite
| number of inhabitants. The people are
very religious-amost work with Bible in
| their hands, and are, moreover, very lntelll-
| gent.
The ocean around the island swarms with
| sharks, and it is nothing unusual to hear Of
! natives being eaten by the ferocious tigers
of the sea- All the work Of loading and
| discharging the few vessels that touch there
is done by the natives, Who are hard work
| ers. The place is often visited by severe
storms, and as there is no secure anchorage
or shelter, the only thing vessels can do is
to go to sea as fast as possible. The Ban
ming had tough time OF it while lying at
the island. having had to put to sea twice.
| each time with the loss of an anchor and
seventy-fve fathoms of chain.
| On each occasion the natives to the num-
Der of nearly 100 were on board. and they
! had to make Tor the shore in hurry. The
! first time the vessel went to sea the entire
| party arrived ashore all right as there was
not much sea on, but few DAYS after,
when another storm sprang up, the Islanders
waited until the vessel was under way be-
| fore they started for the shore, nearly half
| a mile distant. Several of the canoes were
smashed before they were clear of the
! schooner, and their occupants thrown into
the water This of itself was not a very
serious accident, as the natives swim like
| fish, and, no doubt, the entire party, includ-
| ;,,cr jcIil Nunull ha
| reached the shore in safety.
ALIVE WITH SHARKS.
| But no sooner did the boats capsize than
the water seemed alive with sharks, most of
| them white sharks, the largest and hercest
| of the species. The poor people had no
| sooner struck the water than they were
attacked, and many of them torn limb from
| limb before they could be picked up by the
| other canoes Those IN the canoes made all
! the noise they could by shouting and beat
| ing the water with their paddles, hoping to
! drive the sharks away; but the latter paid
| little attention to them, and seemed to reyel
| in their feast of human flesh.
| Several islanders were dragged down close
| to the boats, and one young fellow plunged
| into the sea with a long knife in order to
| saverhiS father but both were torn to pieces
| before they could be helped into the canoes.
! The worst sight of all was the death OF
| beautiful girl about II years old, who was
|
thought nothing Of being thrown into the
sea, and began swimming to one OF the
| other canoes with powerful stroke.
| She had almost reached the canoe and
| dozen hands were extended to save her,
| wien monster shot up from the depths,
and seizing the poor creature by the middle
| disappeared with her, leaving blood
| stained trail to mark the spot. Out of thirty
| one that were thrown into the water no less
| than eight were seized by the sharks and
| Ill tatf Ia
| off below tie knee This man was half way
| in the canoe when lie was seized, aud the
shark almost capsized the frail craft i'll the
| effort to drag hIm back into the water.
DROWNED AT SEA.
During the recent voyage OF the barken-
| tine Charles 3. kenney 10 this port one Of
| her crew named Gus Laudskill was washed
| from the foTecastle and drowned. As soon
| as the alarm was gwen life-buoy was
| thrown over, but the boat was dashed in
| such a manner that the poor fellow was
| drowned long before it could be launched.
| Laudskili was a native OF Prussia, about %
| years of age.
The wreckage belonging to the schooner
| Sadie F. Caller, wrecked at Bristol Bay.
was sold at auction yesterday afternoon in
small parcels to various purchasers
The weather outside the heads yesterday
| was hay, with a northwest wind blowing
| tnirty-siX miles an hour. The barometer
| Stoou 1886.
BACK FROM ALASKA.
Among the arrivals in port yesterday was
the bark Electra from Nushagak with a cargo
of 80, go cases of salmon for the Nushagak
Packing Company. The vessel also brought
down the entire canuery crew, which con-
sisted OF fOrty-siX fishermen and ninetY-sX
Chinese. The men report q good seasons
work, but say they were rather short of
food when they reached San Francisco.
though they had suffered no great hards hip
hu RrItiSb hurk ROVaI Tar
Gently arrived with nearly all her crew sick
with fever and Scurvy, will leave for Eureka
to-day in tow OF the tug Relief. Captain
McColl is still in charge of the vessel and
up to date has heard nothing from Mclean
q Co., the owners of the vessel, who Will,
no doubt, be hauled over the Goals by the
English authorities fox sending the bark TO
sea short of medicine and ant-Scorbutics.
LATEST REPORTED CHARTERS.
Among the latest reported charters are
the following:
British ship Meanope 1905 tons, now at
Portland, Whea thence to Cork, U. X, Havre or
Anlwefp-cbaitered prior to arrival by Baliour,
British steamer Fulwell, 1885 tons. bari to
| the Canary Islands for orders to direct port,
| u. X; private-rechartered by irubeubach s. Co.
| British ship Parthenope, 1868 tons. wheat TO
Cork, u n. Hayre or Azn,t,werpi 81 5Sgchar'
British bars Province, 1884 tons, wheat to
| Cork, U. X, HavIe, Antwerp or Dunkirk; 81
| Is bu-cHdrttIeU prior 10 arrival Uy HJlIf " 20.
| GeImau ship j. Z, Glade, 1925 tons, wheat TO
| Cork. u. X, HAVE or Antwerp; e. 5s 9d-re-
| char cred prior 10 arrival By e. W. McNear.
Ship j. B. Brown. 1850 TONS now at San PEDRO,
| coal from Nanaimo to this port; option of Sal
Pedro-cbartee ed by John ROsenieds sons.
British shin Clan Robertson. 1925 tons wheat
| to Cork, U. X, Havre or Antwerp; G2-char-
| tered prior 10 arrival by Eppinger Co.
British bark Aidergroye 1871 tons. wheat to
| Cork, U. X, Havre or Antwerp; 81 5s-char-
| tered prior to arrival by William Dresbach.
British iron ship Armdale, 1860 tons, char
tered prior TO arrival for wheat TO U. h, Hayre
| Schooner Auna 22S tons, returns TO the Ha-
| waau Islands in the oceanic Line.
| Bark enIine Discovery, 395 tons, merchandise
| to Honolulu in the Hawaiian Line.
| BatKeUtine S. q. Wilder. G70 TONS returns to
| Honolulu in the Hawaiian Line.
| Spreckes Line.
Bark j. u. Peters, 1881 tens, merchandise TO
J New York.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves yesterday were the Thomas
| MacLellen to tho dry-dock at Hunters
| Point, the Aldergrove to Selby's, X. 5.
| Bisuard to the refinery, Arcturus to Third
| street, Consuelo TO Folsom street, Armadale
| to Howard No. 2. Occidental to Oakland,
steamer Fulwell to the sea-wall, Wilma to
| General Fairchild to Pacific street. To-day
the Lord Templeton will go to Oakland
and the Falls OF Haladale and Yosemite TO
| sea.
Inc arrivals were tne steamers EUREKA
| from Newport. Record from Westport and
Arago from Coos Bay. The British ship
Androsa arrived from Hiogo with coal and
friedrich for Siegfried 81 Brandenstein,
while the schooners Eliza Miller, Bill the
| Butcher Gussie KlOse Nette Sundbe and
| Elvina came from Coast ports.
Departures were the steamers Whitesboro
| for Eureka, Willamette Valley for Yaquina
| Bay and Gypsy for Santa Cruz
OWENS BROS CONTRACT.
| The Bondsmen VIII Prosecute the Work
on the Sea- Wall Section.
At a meeting Of the Harbor Commits
sion yesterday Owens Bros contract for
| building Section B of the sea-wall was
assigned to Thomas E. Green and the board
| accepted the assignment The work will
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