The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-05
SEA AND SHORE.
Rough Passage of the Haytian
Republic From the North.
The Alice Kimball R IN Down Off Point Arena
Sighting Of the Whaleback - Departure
Of the Nymphe-The Last Whaler In

The steamer Haytian Republic arrived
from Port Townsend yesterday, after re-
markably rough trip. She left for this city
on Monday with over sixty passengers, all
of whom wished they had walked down,
while none Of the crew, from the captain
down, was sorry when she tied up at the
dock. While off the Columbia River, on
Monday night, the steamer was caught In
heavy southwest gale. The gale lasted
thirty hours. and the steamer was kept on
her course until the heavy seas swept her
decks, fore and aft Tons of water poured
down into the engine and fire rooms, and it
was only by the greatest efforts that the
water was prevented from putting out the
fires. Even then the steamer kept at it
until big sea struck her. smashed in three
Of her tween deck ports on the port side,
and flooded the tween decks Quartermas-
ter Brown was thrown ever the wheel and
several of his ribs broken. 1t was then de-
cided to heave the vessel to, and for over six
hours size lay with the sea going clean over
her. 1t was almost impossible to stand on
her decks. and the fore Of the gale may be
imagined when it is said that every particle
of felt was washed off the boilers, and the
engines covered with salt an inch deep.
The steward was not called on TO furnish
any food to the large crowd OF passengers,
as none left their beTths until the steamer
was tied up at Mission Wharf, and even
then some had to be assisted on to the
wharf. The larger portion o! the cargo con-
sSts of wheat, but how much OF 1t IS dam
aged by salt water will not he known until
the cargo is discharged. The steamer was
down by the head when she entered port,
owing to the large quantity of water she
had shipped.
IN TROUBLE AGAIN.
The schooner Alice Kimball is IN trouble
again. Not long ago she went ashore near
Monterey and was towed to this port in
waterl0gged condition. She was patched
up and sailed for Navarro on November
29tn, but instead of reaching her deStlDa-
tion was towed back to this port complete
wreck by the steamer Noyo yesterday
morning The schooner proceeded as far on
her way AS Point Arena, when she was run
down by the steamer NoyO, The accident
occurred about half-past O'Clock in the
morning, and owing TO the haze and dark
ness the schooner's lights were not seen by
the crew Of the Noyo until she was right
under her bow. The steamer struck the
kImball on the port bow. and as one old salt
put il, nearly cut the nose off the
schooner" The bowsprit and jibboom with
all the head-Gear were carried away, the
mainn aSt-head twisted off, the port bull
warkS torn away and the deck-house
knocked to pieces. All was confusion III an
instant, ana the schooner crew Iltue
hasty preparations TO leave the vessel but
short examination showed that she was in
no danger Of going to the bottom. Captain
DriSkO Of the NoY0, who was below at the
time the collision occurred, ran on deck and
gave orders t. stand by the schooner until
the extent Of the damage was ascertalned.
The kImball's crew manned the pumps and
the NoyO proceeded to Fort Bragg. Tie
schooner was in no condition To 60 on to
Navarro, and the Noyo returned and took
her IN tow, and started for this city. The
schooner was leaking badly, and rs soon as
she arrived In port was at once run on the
fats TO keep her from sinking. The N0yo
escaped with slight damage to her stern.
Captain Drisko is accounted one OF the
most careful men on this Coast
AT MARE ISLAND.
The cruiser San Francisco viii soon be
ready for sea again. The work of placing
coal and provisions on board is nearly fiji
Mare island on NJ nday. NJ orders e as
yet been received, md no one knows where
she will be sent. The old war-ship MOhican
Is also ready for sea. and has been anchored
in the stream. Like the San Francisco no
one yet knows her destination, although Il
is rumored that she will not so very far
from this port until spring.
The British war-ship Nymphe left yester-
day AFTERNOON for Magdalens Bay to meet
the flagship Warspite and have the regular
4adI ny gun Pa dCttc Altcl lIRl tIit VS.
sci viii proceed TO Calla0 and Valparaiso.
Outside the heads the weather was cloudy,
with northwest wind, tWenty-four miles
an hour. The barometer stood 30.o7.
The British Iron ship LOchee, 1928 tons,
was reported chartered for wheat yester-
day at terms reserved.
THE WHALEBACK SIGHTED.
The wbaleback steamer {. W. Wetmore
was sighted IF Point Lnbos at an early
hour yesterday morning on her way from
Philadelphia TO Seattle. She is laden with
machinery, and us soon as this is discharged
will load coal for this port. The WetmOre
is the first Of this class OF vessels to visit
this coast and many merchants aud ship
owners are anxious u see her.
The last " haler Of the season is In, with
the exception of the Mary ID. hume, which
will remain in the Arctic another yelr
The brig HidalgO, from the 0khotsh Sea,
arrived yesterday with 100 barrels Of oil and
1900 pounds 81 bone for Wright, Bovine Il
Co, having caught one whale.
The old steamer Crescent City OF the
Pacific Mail Company will b. taken to the
mud-flats at Hunters Point today. IL is
understood that she viii be broken up.
The ship Snow Il Burgess is in the hands
of the riggers at the sea-wall aud Is being
changed into bark.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves yesterday were the Alcinnus
and Euphrates to Port Costa; the Thistle.
County Of Flint and Graudholm to the sea-
wall; Blue Jacket to Main street; Itata
Northern Light and Alaska to the stream ;
the Don came down from Port Costa loaded :
the Lady Ruthven docked ut Fremont
street; Columbia at Howard No. 8; Irm-
gard at Mission No. /; the Hope at
! Broadway; the Lochee went to the
rolling mills, and the Mercury to the
Hunters Point Dry-dock. To-day the Com
monwealth and Manuel Llaguna will 20 to
the ea-wall, the Sierra Pedrosa dock at
Lombard street, the Robert Duncan come
down from Port Costa and the Louise tow
| TO sea.
Departures were the steamers Ventura
| for Rockport. 1aQuina for Santa Cruz and
| Eureka for Wilmington, the ships St. John
Tor Antwerp, lvanhoe for Seattle, the bark
| Shirley for Tacoma, the barkentine Discoy-
cry for Honolulu, and the schooners J. NJ.
Weatherwax, Beulah, Golden Gate, Bangor
and Mary Gilbert for coast ports.
Arrivals were the steamers Sunol from
San PEDRO, LakIne from Roche Harbor La
guna from Usal and Haytian Republic from
| Port Townsend. The ship COn1ueror came
in coal laden from Newcastle, n. S. w,
consigned to ii. NJ. Newhall & Co.: the
Ericsson from Departure Bay, with coal for
John Rosenfeld's Sons.
Custom Laws Violated.
United States District Attorney Charles
a. Garter has begun suits In the District
Court for $1,000 each against George Nj
derer. master, and A. f. Ryder. first mate
of the schooner Alexander, for violating the
customs laws. 1t is claimed tina. the de-
fendants landed five otter skins at Santa
| Cruz on September Sd last, when the AIev-
ander had cleared for San Francisco. the
only place her papers allowed her to dis
charge cargo. The amount asked for is the
statutory sum required for such violation.