The morning call., 1891-11-10
SEA AND SHORE.
Not for Years Has There Been
Such a Large Fleet in the Bay.
Investigating the Loss Of Whaler-Ths City
Of Delhi's Fast Passage-A Vessel in Dis
tress-Movements and Charters

| Never before in the history of San Fran
| cisco has such large fleet of vessels been
| in the harbor at one time. More vessels
are reported outside the heads on their way
| in nearly every hour. At the pre- sent time.
| without counting whalerS and coast ing
| craft of all sorts and sizes. there are no less
| than ninetv-seven deeD-water vessels in the
| harbor. OF this fleet. which includes some
| of the finest ships in the world, "a fly the
stars and stripes, "a the British flag, are
| Norwegian, German and 2 Italian. 1t
would seem by looking over the fleet that
| in few more years wooden vessels will be
thing Of the past for deep-water trade, as
only twenty-three of this large fleet are
wooden vessels. All the others are either
| iron or steel.
Outside the heads the weather was hazy,
| with an cight-knOt breeze from the north
west. The barometer stood 1920.
INVEsTIGA TING A WRECK.
The investigation into the wreck of the
whaler William Lewis took place yester-
| day morning before Inspectors of Hulls and
| Boilers Talbot and Phillips. Captain Sher-
| man. Chief Engineer Pratt, Second Officer
| Greenwood and Carpenter Zerdon were ex-
| amined regarding the loss OF the vessel, and
| all told the same story. Captain Sherman
| said it was blowing gale at the time, and
the lead showed four fathoms Of water,
| rapidly Shoaling to three and hall Just
| before the vessel struck The crew stayed
| by the ship until daylight, when she broke
| in two amldShip. The decision Will be de-
| liyered this afternoon
The fleet of whalers In port was further
| increased by the arrival of the steamer
| Balaena from Fox Island. She reports 500
barrels Of oil and $500 pounds OF bone, con-
| signed to j. n. Knowles
ANOTHER FAST SHIP.
Among the vessels that arrived in port yes
| terday was the British ship City Of Delhi.
| Captain Swan. from Hull in the fast time
of 10S days. The fastest recorded passage
between the two ports was made by the
| American ship Spartan, now engaged in the
coal trade on this coast. The CITY of Delhi
| brought general cargo for Meyer Il Wilson.
Captain Gilmore has been appointed to
| command the ship Parthia, Captain Carter,
who brought her here, having died.
The steamer BOuita is in the Merchants
| Dry-dock to be repaired and painted.
REPORTED IN DISTRESS.
Dispatches from Queenstown state that
| the British ship RathdOwn, bound from Car
diff for San Francisco, put into Queenstown
| in distress on the Sth. During a severe gale
on the 1st one of the crew was washed
overheard and the foretopmast head carried
away.
While docking at Howard No. yester-
day afternoon, the bark Mount Washington
stuck her jih-boom over the rail of the ship
Arctic Stream and had some OF her head
gear carried away. The Arctic Stream sus-
tanned no damage.
Notice is given that the single pile beacon,
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