The morning call., 1891-06-08
SEA AND SHORE.
Narrow Escape of a Couple of
Boys at Beale Street.
4 Lively Day Along the Front-Another New
schooner-Damaged by Collision Coal,
Oranges and Cocoanuts,

The water front presented an exceed
ingly lively appearance yesterday, and
every wharf from which the three German
war-ships could be seen was crowded. 1t
seemed as if the entire German-speaking
population of San Francisco and vicinity
had gathered there. Clay-strpet Wharf was
densely crowded, and the tugs Sea Queen,
Rescue and Reliance did a rushing business
taking the visitors off to the ships.
AT the lowest estimate fully 5000 people
went cut, but not one-half of that number
were allowed on board the vessels. At 2 80
o'clock the order was given from the flag
ship Leip zig not TO allow any more visitors
on board, and all who came after that time
had to content themselves with viewing the
war-ships from the tugs.
The Salvation Army was out in force
as usual, but the people had other attrac-
tons and the benches remained empty
Several fakirs selling cure-alls did q good
business.
The big ship Shenandoah was thrown
open to the public and was visited by sew
eral thousand people. So was the British
snip Glenorchy, lying at the other side OF
the wharf.
Steamers from Napa, Petaluma and other
places brough hundreds of people to this
city, and as might have been expected most
of them were Germans.
FINE VESSEL.
One of the largest schooners ever built on
this coast entered the Golden Gate on her
maiden trip yesterday afternoon. She is
the Ethel Zane, built at Eureka. She is
fitted with four maSts, but no topmasts. She
brought down 100000 feet of lumber for c.
a. Hooper IL Co., and made the run down
in twenty-slX hours.
The schooner Abbie started to sea ye,
day, but did not get cut of the harbOT. She
undertook to beat out, and on getting to the
seawall, north of Fremont-street wharf,
ran into the steamer Willamette Valley,
living there. The steamer lost over fifty
feet Of her rail, one Of her boats was
smashed and the daYit torn out. The
schooner carried away her bOwspTit and lost
steamer will amount to between $500 and
500.
BASEBALL.
A rafting game Of baseball was played
at the foot of Vallejo street by two mines
from Brannan street and Telegraph Hill.
At the end OF the game the score stood to
8 in favor of Telegraph Hill, but this was
not agreed to by the men from Tar Flat, and
several knOckdOwns took place before the
mines separated.
Travel across the bay was very heavy, and
there was a great crush at the ferries.
Several people had narrow escapes from be-
ing run over by the cars OF the Market-Street
cable-road.
South of the ferry, with the exception OF
the fun al the South End Boat Clubhouse,
things were quiet but there was a fair
sprinkling Of curious visitors along the
wharves.
FELL OVERHEARD.
A couple of boys had. narrow escape
from drowning at Beale street Wharf.
About dozen youngsters were playing on
the dock, when two Of them, Tommy Kelly
and Frank Mathews, who were running
along th6 strnger al the edge of the wharf,
took header into the bay. The rest of the
youngsters raised the alarm, and Timothy
Kelley, lOngshOreman, jumped into boat
and succeeded in rescuing both boys, who
escaped with a good ducking, and at once
started for their homes on Second street.
ORANGES AND COAL.
Among the arrivals yesterday was the
brig Courtney Ford from Tahiti. Her cargo
consists of 253,66O oranges aud 10000 cocoa
nuts.
The steamer Lakme brought sol tons of
coal from Departure Bay, and the bark
Bundaleer from the same place has a cargo
of 1860 tons of coal on board for John ROsen-
field & Sons.
The steamers Los Angeles from Eureka
and the Arago from Coos Bay also arrived.
The ship Glenorchy went in to Green
street Wharf yesterday and will begin dis
charging her cargo to-day.
The ship Celtic Monarch goes TO Howard
No. 2, and the bark Ncolo Accama will go
to Beale street to discharge to-day. The
steamer Willamette Valley also goes to
Beale street to-day.
The steamer Jeauie and the barkentine
Amelia, both for Port Townsend, went to
sea yesterday. The Jeanne proudly led the
German fleet out of the bay.
THE WEATHER.
The weather yesterday was hay, with a
strong northwest wind blowing % miles per
hour. The barometer stood % 80.