The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-23

had pumped water into her hold, until she
was half full. As soon as the last vestige
OF fire had been extinguished the work OF
pumping the water out began. and this was
begun at O'clock on Friday night by the
tugs Relief, Rescue and Sea Witch. All
night long the powerful pumps continued
this work, and it was not until o'clock yes
terday morning that the mate reported only
seven inches of water in the well.
At o'clock in the morning the Rescue
stopped her pumps aud towed the bark to
this city. where she arrived about O'clock
and at once was tied up at Union-stree
Wharf. To-day she will shift to Spear
street and the work Of taking out the re-
mains of the coal and the 800 tons of wheat
will begin. How the fire started is unknown
to the crew.
1t may. however, not be difficult to ac-
count for when it is known that the fire
peak close to the coal was chock full of old
dunnage, sacks and trash. into which some
one probably had dropped the lighted butt
of a cigar As soon as the vessel is dis
charged she will be placed on the dry-dock,
and until that time no estimate of the dam
age can be given.
DEPARTURE OF OCEAN STEAMERS.
Two ocean steamers left the Pacific Mail
Wharf yesterday, the San Juan for Panama
at noon with q medium cargo and quite n
number of passengers, aud the Oceanic at
1880 o'clock for Yokohama and Hong Kong.
The latter carried away about twenty Sa-
the steerage.
Immense quantities of fruit continue TO
arrive at Jackson-street Wharf daily, and
much OF it finds its way into the bay owing to
lack OF purchasers. The wharf is so crowd
ed that fully 1900 empty boxes have been
piled in the middle of East street. as there
is no room for them on the wharf.
A fine four masted barkentine was
launched at Grays Harbor, yesterday. She
was built to the order Of firm in this city.
and was named the Chehalis. 1t is said
that she will enter the lumber trade and will
carry about 100000 feet.
STEAM VESSELS IN SECTIONS.
The British tramp steamer Grandholm ar
rived at Vancouver on Thursday, after
passage OF SO days from Liverpool. She
brought out 1000 tons Of cargo, the largest
part of which is made up of three new
steamers, built for the Union Steamship
Company of Vancouver The new vessels
were sent out in sections and will be put
together. at Vancouver One of them is iu-
tended for passenger service and the other
two for cargo boats.
The Grandholm has herself been char
tered by the Union Steamship Company,
and will run from Victoria to San Fran
cisco. The West Indian will also go into
the coast trade again as soon as she returns
from Chile.
Dispatches from Hiogo state that the
British bark Marquis of Lorne, previously
reported dismantled, lost her spars in
hurricane and is now at anchor in very
dangerous position.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The following named vessels left port:
Steamships San Mateo and Montserrat for
Nanaimo, Lakme for Port Townsend and
humboldt for Eureka; barks Glen Alton
for Queenstown, Richard LII and Rufus e.
Wood for Nanaimo, Carondelet for Puget
Sound, Tam o Shanter for Columbia River
and Malay for Mollendo; schooners Lena
Sweasey, Laura Pike, Gotama, Eliza Miller
and Mary Eta. fer coast ports.
Among the arrivals were the steamships
Corona from San Diego. Newsboy from
Navarro, Greenwood from Greenwood, Til
lamook from Hueneme, and North Fork
from Eureka; also the ship Thomasina Nc
Lellan, after passage OF 140 days from
Java with 2440 tons. sugar to order, and the
schooner Eureka from Cooks Inlet with
1900 cases of salmon for G.. w. Hume Il Co.
The Socotra. j. b. Thomas and Eurasia
came down from Port Costa and anchored
in the stream, the bark Forest Queen went
to the refinery, the Sarah and Emma and
Culmore to Beale street, Eudora to Oak
land, Ivy to Howard street, Lord DOwnshire
to the roling-mills, and the bark Gwalla to
Union street.
CHARTERS REPORTED.
Among the reported charters are the fol-
lowing:
Ship Jeremiah Thompson, 1881 tons, coal
Pedro. chartered by J. Rosenfeld's Sons.
British iron ship Thomasina Mcclellan,
1888 tons, wheat to U. K, Havre or Ant
werp. prior to arrival, 36s Sd.
Steamer Signal. 1872 tons. cannery supplies
to Alaska, chartered by the Alaska lnl-
provement Company.
Schooner Beulah, 357 tons, cannery sup
plies to Alaska.
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