The morning call., 1891-10-21
SEA AND SHORE.
Return of the Thetis From the
Seal Fisheries.
Blunts Reef Buoy Reported Missins-A We'd
ding on tho 0cean-Vessels Spoken
by Pitcairn islanders.

The United States steamer Thetis arrived
In port yesterday afternoon, thirteen days
from Oonaaska. From her officers it was
learned that nothing of very much i'm
portance had transpred since her departure
from San Francisco Oh July 18th. The vessel
had warned over thirty sealers while in
Behring Sea, but made no seizures. The
officers We're very much surprised to find
that the Richard Rush had been ordered
back to Behring Sea and laughed at the re-
port that sealers arc hiding until the coast is
clear, when they will raid the seal islands.
After reaching Oouaaska the Tbetls made
a cruise Of fourteen days tC the eastern bound
ary of the United States waters. The officers
knew nothing of the seizure OF the j.
Hamilton Lewis by the Russians. The
Mohican was to have left 0oEalaska three
days after the ThetiS, so that she may be
in at any time. The Bear left for the
Pribyloff Islands on September 30th and
will leave for home sometime in December.
The last ten days which the TuetS spent in
Behring Sea the weather was very bad, and
once on the trip down she had to heave to.
Since she left here in July she has not had
a case of sickness on board, and all hands
returned in good spirits.
NOT MUCH OF A COLLISION.
The story in an evening paper that the
fishing steamer Golden Gale had cOllided
with the British ship Carradale at Union
street Wharf yesterday morning and that
the tugs bows were stove in and couple
of plates in the ships side started is most
emphatically denied by Captain Fred Lucas
and Engineer Ben Harrison of the tug.
According TO the evening paper the c0lll-
sion was the result Of a blunder on the part
of the engineer, who mlStOOk the signal to
back for the ''go-ahead' signal. The colli-
sion, if such it can be called, was so slight
that the ships side was not damaged at all,
and the repairs to the tug took just an hour,
q small piece having been let into her stern,
Furthermore, the Golden Gate was not
towed across to Oakland, but used her own
steam. and long before sundown was back
at her berth at Fishermau'S Wharf.
c. o. Hilton of the steamer San Benito has
reported to the photographic Office that
Blunts Reef Buoy, off Cape Mendocino,
was missing on Sunday.
Welded ON THE OCEAN.
A quiet wedding took place on board the
tug Millie outside the heads Yesterday after
noon. The contracting parties are of Span
ish descent and reside in Oakland. This
was alb ut all that could be heard of the
affair, as it was kept very quiet both by the
friends of the party and by the tugs crew.
Captain Leary, when approached by a re-
porter, said he had only been across the bay
with a pleasure party and declared that
there had been no wedding 1t was learned,
however, that the groom had engaged the
tug Ethel aud Marion, but was induced TO
90 on the Millie. as the larger boat had
other work to do. The newly married
couple was landed in Oakland, and it is
said that Captain Leary performed the cere-
mony.
With view of extending its business the
Oregon Coal aud Improvement Company
has a gang of men at work putting in
large wagon scale at VallejO-street Wharf.
1t Is also stated that the company will.im-
port coal from Australia and England.
The Pacific Mail steamer City OF Peking
will leave this afternoon for Yokohama and
Hong Kong.
PITCAIRN ISLAND.
In a letter to this city sent by resident
of Pitcairn Island, and bro ught here by the
ship Robert Duncan, the following vessels
are reported to have been spoken by those
on that lonely island: On July 2I the Brit
ish ship FaTrinus. fOrty-five days out; on
the same day the Norwegian bark Ludwig
Holberg; August 4th, the American ship
Sterling from San Francisco for New York,
and the British ship Blair Gowrle on August
oath. According to the above report Pit
cairn Island is becoming 10 be quite ship
ping point.
Dispatches from London state that the
British ship Wanderer, bound from Liver
pool for San Francisco, had been caught In
the heavy gale on the coast of England ana
had been t0wed into Dublin with the loss oil
all her sails and some of her spars.
Outside the heads the weather yesterday
was haZy, with the wind from the west
twelve miles an hour. The barometer stood
1902.
The British iron bark Cynosure. 764 tons,
wheat to U. K, Havre or Antwerp. 40s.
was chartered prior to arrival
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves yesterday were: The Morn
ing Star to The Merchants Dry-dock, King
Arthur to the refinery, Lord Templeton
from Port Costa to the stream, Sierra
miranda docked at Fremont street. Mac
diarmid shifted to Beale, the Alder.ey went
to Alameda. Habitant to the Mail Dock.
Cambrian Monarch to Port Costa. and the
Thomas Stevens to the sea-wall. To-day
the Noel Tryvan will go to Port Costa, the
c. S. Bement to Fremont street. Northwest
to Harrison, Oriental to Beale and the
Robert Besnard, Lucille and Aigoa Bay will
tow to sea.
Arrivals yesterday were: The Scotia
from Tilamook. Yaquina from Lompoc,
Whitesbro from Greenwood, Willamette
Valley from YaquiDa Bay, Protection from
Fort Bragg. and the Costa Rica from De-
parture Bay with a cargo of 2400 tons of
coal for r. Dunsmuir tS Sons.
Departures were: The steamer Eureka
for Wilmington, and the ships Blue Jacket
and Seminole for Seattle.