The morning call., 1891-09-24
SEA AND SHORE.
The Earl of Dalhousie in a Tenn
pest OFF Cape Horn.
Loss Of the Charles Dennis at Sea-Arrival Of
the Waterlogged Ivanhoe-A Red-Let-
ter Day for Incoming Vessels.

The British ship Earl Of Dalhousie. that
arrived here yesterday from Swansea, had
rather stormy passage. On July 25th she
was caught in terrific gale when close to
Cape Horn, and came very near having
to continue her voyage without master.
AS the gale increased orders were given to
clew up the ioresail. This was done, but
when the men were on the yard 10 furl the
sail the pin to which the weather clew-gar-
net was made fast carried away, and in an
instant the heavy sail took charge.
The men near the sings of the yard
moved out of the way as fast as they could,
but five who were oft on the yardarm were
in great danger of being either killed or
knocked from the yard. They dared not It
tempt to pass in, and their position was a
dangerous one, with the heavy sail and big
clew-iron, weighing, with the blocks aud
ropes attached, over 100 pounds, dashed
about in manner which threatened to carry
the yard away. Several attempts were
made to furi the big sheet of canvas from
the Ice side, but every time the men were
almost torn from the yard by the eayy
swapping of the sail.
Seeing that unless something was done
very quickly the men out on the yardarm
clinging for their lives to the lift would be
knocked from the yard, Ca plain Baird
clambered into the rigging and, calling to
the sailors to follow MIN, made his way
alUft just as he reached the sings of the
yard the clew of the sail was driven through
the lower topsail, and in another instant
that sail was torn to ribbons. AS last as
the men could go alOft they renewed their
efforts to gather in the sail, but only to see
it torn from their grasp as II by steam en-
CINE.
STUCK TO = HOPELESS TASK.
Several of them escaped being struck by
the clew of the sail, but stuck TO what
proved hopeless task until the heavy cleW
iron struck Captain Baird glancing blow
on the head and knocked him senseless. He
fell across the truss OF the foreyard and
would have rolled TO his death to the deck
below had not a couple OF sailors seized him
in time. The injured man was lowered to
the deck and the chief mate ordered the 5 all
cut from the yard as the only means Of pre-
venting further damage. Captain Baird
was carried to the cabin aud soon recov-
cred, but the cut on. his head is not healed
yet.
AS night came on the gale increased TO
hurricane, with sea running like noun
tain. Oil was poured down the waste-p;peS,
but the ship labored terribly, ami her decks
were swept constantly by the big seas.
About o'clock on the following morning
tremendous sea struck tie ship lore and alt,
smashing the starboard lile-boat and start
ing the port cutter. Uen-coops, hsh-safe
and boat-chocks were torn from their lash
inGs aud swept overheard, and the poop
ladders suffered similar fate.
The cabin doors were smashed in, every
room in the cabin was Hooded with water,
ana the sail-maker and boatswaln washed
out Of the forward house. One of them
was caught by tile rush ol water ana DASHED
against the front Of the cabin and had
.yeral ribs broken. He would have been
cIrrled overheard had not the mate sezed
and held him until the water partly left the
deck. Captain Baird says it was the worst
sea he ever saw strike a ship. The Earl OF
Dalhau>i- is the same vessel which was
eapsiZed in this harbor some years ago.
LOST AT SEA.
Information was received at the Mer-
chants Exchange Yesterday afternoon from
Rio de JaneirO that the American ship
Charles DeuuiS, from New \ ork for this
city, has been Lust. No particulars OF the
disaster were given. Tue crew was re-
ported landing at Rio de Janeiro. The
ChBrIcs Dennis was a wooden vessel, and
left New York on June 9th loaded with coal
for John Rosenfeld'S Sons Of this city. On
tie 4th OF July she v as spoken i'll ~ north,
SO west, and that was the last heard Of her
until the news yesterday that size had gone
down. The lost vessel was 1862 tons bur
den, commanded by Captain Edgett; length
2l5 feet inches, breadth SO feet inches,
depth IS feet 8 inches. She was built at
Richmond in 1870 aud was owned by L. j.
SputAard y Sons.
The British ship Earl OF Aberdeen,
from Swansea, encountered rough weather
before she rounded Cape Horn and had to
htaYe to several times. On July 22t she
was caught absck in squall that nearly
took the spars out of her, while at times her
decks were covered several inches deep
with hail and sleet. Several sails were
blown to pieces and the vessel had her decks
swept frequently.
ToWED TO PORT WATERLoGGED.
Tie red stack tug Rescue with the water
logged schooner IvanhOe in tow came into
port about noon yesterday. The crew Of
three had hard time of 1t. having been in
constant danger of being swept from the
schooner's decks by the sea, that often went
clear over them. Their only salvation was
to lash themselves to the deck and grin and
bear it. The tug had to come MP very
slowly, because if she went ahead at full
speed the men would not have stayed on
the schooner's deck five minutes The
schooner was locked at Main street and
will go on the dock for repairs as soon as
po>s: BILE
What in all probability is the most valu-
able cargo ever taken from this port on a
sailing vessel is that on board the Norwegian
ship Breidablik that Will tow to sea to-day,
bound for Liverpool The cargo consists of
canned fruits, canned salmon, wheat and
barley aud is valued at over 100000.
Outside the heads yesterday the weather
was thick with west wind blowing twelve
miles an hour. Tie barometer stood 1890.
A RED-LETTER DAY.
Yesterday was a Ted-letteT day for tug
boats, boarding officers aud others, who are
Interested in the arrival of vessels, fleet Of
twenty-esht craft having entered the harb0r
during the day. Six of these were steamers
a Yip oil
water ships. About l o'clock in the after
noon six large vessels were sighted, all in
bunch, about five miles outside the heads,
and there was 4 great race among the tugs
to be the first to meet them, nearly every
boat in the harbOr taking part in the race.
The deep-water vessels we're: The Earl of
Dalhousie. from Swansea, with coal for Bal
four, Guthrie 81 Co.; the Earl OF Aberdeen,
also from Swansea, with coal for the Renton
Coal Company; the British ship Noel
Tryvan, from Liverpool, also with coal for
J. d. Spreckels & Bros; the bark McNear,
Prairie Coal Company and the American
ship San Joaquin, FROM Hakodate, 1000 tons
of sulphur for Williams, Diamond q Co.
She made the trip across in tweuty-eight
days.
The barkentine Amelia came in from
Mahukona with 1888 bags of sugar for
Williams, Dimond d Co., the barkentine
Fremont from the Okhotsk Sea with 17l.000
Goldfish for Lynde e Hough. the bark Shir-
ley with lumber from Tacoma, and the
barkentine Marion from Cooks Inlet has
cargo of $50 tons of coal.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves yesterday were: The w. Fl.
DimOnd to Folsom street, Irmgard to the
refinery. the Tropc Bird on the Merchants
Dry-dock, the Parthenope locked at Mission
street, the Wilma to the Union Iron Works,
and the w. b. Flint to the sea-wall. To-day
the Thomasina MacLellen, Lord Down
shire, Breidablik and Gwalla will tow to
sea.
The steamers that came in were the San
Mateo from Com0x with 1900 tons of coal
for the Southern Pacific Company, Whites
bro from Greenwood, Newsboy from Ma
varro, Alcatraz from Cleone, Venture from
Rockport and the Silver Spring from Port
Hartford.
The scIoonerS Bender Brothers. Del
Norte, Daisy Rowe, Pioneer, Sparrow,
Enterprise, c. 7. Hill, Eclipse, Berwick and
1vanhoe came in from Coast ports.
The sailngs were the steamers San Bias
for Panama, Celia for Humboldt and the
Eureka for Wilmington.
CHARTERS REPORTED