The morning call., 1891-09-17
SEA AND SHORE.
Narrow Escape of the Bark-Laden
Arthur /.
Caught in Terrific squall-An 0ld-Timer in
Port-Changed 0wnership-Move-
ments and Charters.

Another bark-laden schooner came near
capsizng on Tuesday night but reached
port in water-logged condition yesterday
afternoon. The little schooner Arthur
left Iversons Landing on Sunday for this
port with a cargo of cordwood and bark,
and for time everything went along all
right. On Tuesday morning the schooner
experienced heavy swell and also began
| to leak. All hands were set to WORK at the
pump. but the water gained so fast that In
n short time the vessel became water-lOgged
and nothing but the cordwood kept her
aflnat
The bark was all on deck and made big
deck-load, and the crew began to think that
she would capsiZe, as did the Rose Sparks
few davs ago. The boat was launched
and everything of value placed in her ready
| to leave in case the schooner did turn over.
| BY good luck, however, the swell went down
| an there was no Immediate danger; but as
| the schooner could only carry very little
! sail there was no knowing what might
| take place before she could reach port.
When the vessel was about fifty miles north
west of the Farallonps on Tuesday night,
she was spoken by the sealing-schooner
| Lilly l., on her way 10 this port from COOKS
| Inlet.
The crew of the water-logged vessel told
| Captain Erratt of the sealer the condition
they were in, and as the danger was very
| great asked as favor that the matter be re-
! ported to the first steam schooner or tug
! met in order that the schooner might be
! tOwed into port. The Lilly l. reached port
| yesterday morning, but not word did Erratt
| say to any one Of the water-logged SchOoners
! situation, neither did he report the case TO
! the Merchants Exchange or notify the tug
| boat people. The schooner might have
| gone to the bottom with all her crew, and
| not a soul would have known how she
went, had not the master of the Lilly l. told
| q reporter about it after the water-logsed
vessel was inside the Heads. The Arthur l
came in unassisted about 3 o'clock and went
! up to the Mission flats.
A TERRIBLE sQUALL.
The British ship LOchee, from Newcastle.
| England. came in yesterday. When off the
River Platt she was caught In terrific
squall that luckily lasted only half an hour
but in that short time enough damage was
done. At the time the squall struck the
ship the mainSail, crOSsjack and royals were
furled, and the ship was sailing aleng with
light breeze and hardly cloud in the sky.
In an instant the craft was thrown nearly
on her beam ends by the force of the wind,
and sail after sail was blown from the bolt
ropes before q rope could be let go. Inc
helm was put up and the vessel kept away
before tine Squall, aud for the time IL lasted
travelled faster than she ever did before or
since. The noise made by the wind was
deafening, and the sails, which were nearly
I all new, left the bOltropeS with report Ike
a cannon.
After the blow was over tine ship was a
mass Of tangled rigging, with shreds Of can
vas hanging all over her. One OF the stay
sails was wrapped around the fOreyard and
had to be cut adrift, as it could not be
cleared in any other manner. AS soou as
possible new suit of sails was bent and the
ship kept on her course and reached port
without further accident
AN oLD-TIMER IN PORT.
Among the arrivals yesterday was the
British four-maSted bark City OF Adelaide,
from Newcastle, y. S. W., with cargo of
coal. This is the first trip of the vessel un-
der the present rig, as she was steamer
until few months ago. For years she was
employed on the Australian coast. and in
early days made several trips t. this port as
a mail steamer. She has the credit OF hay-
ing carried the first mail from Australia to
San Francisco, and did 1t in good time. Her
present owner, Mr. Richie, bought her
after she had been laid up for nearly three
years.
The bell buoy marking Souza Rock, near
the entrance Of Port Hartford, Cal, which
recently broke adrift from its moOring, has
been replaced.
The steamer Newbern arrived from Quay
mas yesterday with a general cargo. twenty
passengers and treasure valued at Sl36,340.
ANOTHER VERSION.
The following is from SeaboaFd, New
York marine journal:
The crew OF the Mary Powell is anxious TO
know The name OF long, low, mastess pro
pelter yacht, painted white, that chased the
former from YOnkers to GarrisOns on Tuesday,
August 31st. They say she Is eoer, but not
quite speedy enough TO head the Queen of The
Hudson.
LATER-The yacht that couldn't catch the
Powell appears to have been Aearst's much
talked-OE VamOoSe.
Sells Brothers big show will be taken to
Australia in the MonOwai. Some OF the
baggage not needed in this city will 20
down on the Mariposa tomorrow.
a dispatch from Bahia states that the
bark Colorado. from New York for San
Francisco. has arrived at that port with her
upper works leaking badly.
READY FOR SEA AGAIN.
Dispatches from London state that the
ship St John, which put into Falkland
Islands with her rudder head sprung, mas
repaired and will sail with the first fair
| wind.
The ship Charles E. Moody was towed
| into port on Tuesday by the steam schooner
Emily. The ship was picked up very close
to Duxbury Reef
! Outside the heads the weather yesterday
was foggy, with a west wind blowing 20
| miles an hour. The barometer stood 1905.
The big schooner Oceania Vance started
for Eureka yesterday in tow Of the tug
Relief.
! CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP.
The schooner Gar. built several years
| ago for the Goldfish trade, aud proftably en-
| gagged in that trade ever since, has been sold
| to Captain Olsen, who will place her in the
| Mexican trade She only recently sailed
| for Alaska for a cargo Of Goldfish, and will
| be back in about seven weeks.
| TEu shin Rio RODnn1a now at Nam VnrL
has been purchased by San Francisco par
ties, and will come to this Coast The price
is said to have been S2SO00
The schooner Blakey. recently in the cod
| fish trade, has been purchased by 0. Foster
| g. Co. and will be fitted out as whaler.
The schooner Christina Steffens has been
sold to r. Z. Glbride and w. Frazer; terms
private.
IN FROM SEA.
The following feet arrived In port yester-
day: Steamships Columbia from Portland,
| Truckee from Tillamook, Coos Bay from
| Newport, Caspar from Cleone and West
port from Bear Harbor. The ship IroquOis
from New York has general cargo for
| Williams. Dimond & Co.; the British ship
City of Athens from Cardiff. coal. coke and
from Newcastle, England, general
cargo, are both consigned to Balfour,
Guthrie 6 Co. The British bark City of
| Adelaide brought 1882 tons of coal for
| DONALDSON S Co., the James a. b0rlanQ
from Cooks Inlet, 1S,025 boxes Of salmon
for the Northern Packing Company; the
ship Spartan from Seattle, 2270 tons Of coal
for p. B. Cornwall; the barkentine Eureka
from Tacoma, lumber, and the w. III.
Dimond from Honolulu, sugar. The
schocners Jennie Griffin. Falcon, Arthur L
and GOtama came in from coast ports.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves yesterday were the Renee
Rickmers to Green street, j. w. Pirrie to
the stream, Palmyra to Fremont street.
Lord Tempeton to Mission No. l. Spartan
to Main street and barks Gwalla and Oimara
to the stream from Port Costa. To-day the
lroquois will dock at Harrison street, the
Bundaleer at Howard No. /, the j. G. Slade
will 60 to the refinery, the Dione will come
down from Port Costa and the Kelburn will
&c to sea.
| DEPARTURES DURING THE DAY.
The sailngs were the steamers State of
California for Astoria, Pomona for San
Diego and Los Angeles for Eureka. The
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