The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-25
SEA AND SHORE.
The Sea Ranger Was Three Weeks
Without Side.Lights.
A New Schooner for the;Trade With Mexico.
Collision on the Bay-Departure Of the
Australia-Two Whalers Spoken.

Theodore Helms. cook of the whaling bark
Sea Ranger, is another victim of Captain
Marion. and according to his version Marion
must have been training for prize-fght
and used him for punching bag. Helms
says that the vessel put to sea from this
port without side lights, and for nearly
three weeks a white light was used In place
of the red and green side lights.
The new 120-ton schooner launched at
North Bend on Friday is for San Francisco
parties, who will place her in the Mexican
trade. She has been christened the Vulante.
During the dense fog which prevailed on
Monday morning the steamer CaSpar col
lided with the whaling bark Helen MARI. at
anchor in the stream. The Mari had one
boat smashed. the davits torn away and sus-
tanned other slight damage, while the
steamer escaped with the loss of some paint.
The mail steamer Australia left for Homo
lulu at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon She
took away 65 cabin and 70 steerage passen-
gers, besides big load of freight.
The wreck of the bark Sarah was recently
sold to parties in Victoria. and $685. was the
| price paid.
TWO wHALERS SPOKEN.
| One of the passengers on the steamer
China reports that the steam whaler
| Thrasher and the brig Hidalgo was spoken
| on October Sth in the Okhotsk Sea. The
steamer had three whales. and the brig one.
The steamer Mineola, the first of the new
line TO leave this port for the East, will leave
to-day at noon. She will take away full
cargo, of which fruit aud wine form consid-
cradle items.
Outside the heads yesterday the weather
was hay, with an eiSht-knot breeze from
| a 4
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves yesterday were the st. John
to Port Costa, Armadale from Port Costa
TO the stream, the Samaria docked at Green
| street, the Eureka went to the sea-wall, the
| King Edward ana Bounding BillOw to
Beale. Maxwell TO Fremont street. Arctic
| Stream to Long Bridge, Wray Castle to the
refinery and the STEAMBOAT to the stream.
! To-day the ChinSura Will go to Union street,
the CawdOr, Buteshlre and Armida to Port
Costa, the Woolahara TO Harrison street,
Alexander Black and Brenhilda to Lombard
street. Itata to BeaIe, Felix TO Green street,
and the Borrowdale from Port Costa to the
stream.
DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS.
The following named vessels left yester-
day: The steamers Columbia for Astoria
and YaQuina for Port Hartford; the Brit
ish ships Anglesey and lnvercauld sailed for
Queenstown, wheat laden, and the whaling
vessels Charles Morgan and Francis A. Bar
stow to sea, cruising for whales.
The arrivals were: The steamers Bonita
from Port Hartford. Corona from San Diego,
and the Montserrat from Departure Bay,
with a cargo Of 1882 tons of coal for the Ore
gon Improvement Company.
LATEST CHARTERS.
Among the latest reported charters are
the following:
British ship Celtic Queen, 17Ss tons. wheat
to Cork, U. K, HavTe or Antwerp; g. Is Sd;
rechartered prior to arrival by Gilvin, Bald
win & Eyre.
Schooner Robert Searles, 80 tons. lumber
from Puget Sound to Port Prize: 81 lbs Cd
chartered by the Pacific Pine Lumber Com
pany.
Schooner Howard. 119 tons, merchandise
to Mexican ports; chartered by Fred
Holmes