The morning call., 1891-09-19
SEA AND SHORE.
Steward Kimball's Experience in
Boarding. House.
Drowning at Sea = Fatal Fall From Aloft
Departure of the Mariposa-Movs-
ments and Charters.

ments and Charters.
After the ship Iroquois errived at this
port on Thursday among the men that left
her was the steward, John Kimball. John
had never been in San Francisco before,
and was advised by one of the crew to go to
Browns boarding house on Broad
way until he was paid off. John procured
| boat and sent his chest ashore to tile
waterfront hotel, and soon after reached
the place himself. Brown made the
steward secure by the loan of s., and
John went out for STROLL John is a men,
Der Of the Masonic fraternity and a man
who tries to hold up his head in the world !;
so when he returned to the boarding-hou Sc
! and saw the class he would have to minge
with he concluded to spend the night at a
hotel From friend that he met yesterday
morning lie obtained a loan in order to re-
| lease his chest, but TO his surprise Brown
| refused to release it until he paid him SIT.
which he claimed was due for services rem
| dered, S. of the amount heing for the run
ner whom Kimball says he has never seen.
| The steward will bring an action against the
Brown to recover his effects.
DROWNED AT SEA.
During the recent trip the bark General
| Butler from Puget Sound 10 this port the
vessel was caught in heavy gale, and
| while furli ng the mainsail one OF the crew
named William Foot, native Of Holland.
! aged about 45 years. fell from the yard into
| the sea and was drowned. The unfortunate
seaman was on the lee yardarm, and, ac-
cOrding to the second mate, was partially
| paralyZed in his hands, and must have
slipped from the yard, owing to the heavy
rolling of the vessel. He managed to seize
| the foot-rope and shouted for assistance,
| but before any one on the yard could reach
him he loOsened his hold and dropped into
| the ocean. Owing to the heavy sea running
at the time no boat was launched, but 1t
| is very doubtful whether he could have
been saved, as it was pitch dark and rain
ing heavily.
DASHED UPON DECK.
Among the arrivals in port yesterday was
the British ship Suthe rlandshire from New
castle, England. She had the misfortune
to have II man killed on the trip, and the
event cast deep gloom over the crew Tor
the remainder OF the passage. Soon alter
the ship was around Cape Horn, one of the
seamen named Thomas Morley, a native OF
London, q years old, was at work on the
upper main topSail yard, where lie lost his
balance and fell to the deck. The poor fel-
low was instantly killed, nearly every bone
in his body having been broken. The body
was laid out on the after hatch, and was
buried at sea on the following day at sun
set.
The mail steamer Mariposa left for sgd
ney via Honolulu yesterday atterpoon.
crowded with cabin and steerage passengers
and big cargo.
COMPLETED HER FIRST.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company's
steamer Newbern. plying between this city
and Mexican ports, has completed her first
round trip under the contract lately entered
into to carry the mails free and Mexican
officials at half rates in return for the
privilege of being exempt from lighthouse
dues and being given the same advantages
as a vessel flying the Mexican flag.
While the steamer San Bias was being
towed to her dock at the Pacific Mail Wharf
on Thursday evening the hawser parted
and she drltted across the stern OF the ship
Palmyra, lying at FremOnt-street Wharf.
No great damage was done and the steamer
was soon tOwed to her dock.
Outside the heads the weather yesterday
was cloudy, with the wind from the north
west, twenty miles an hour. The barometer
stood 5000.
CHARTERS REPORTED.
Wheat charters, prior to arrival, U. K,
Hayre or Antwerp, are:
British iron ship SutherandshIre, 1869 tons,
37s 6d
Brllsil-;fOu ship Mistley Hall, 1872 tons,
O4S EQ.
British iron bark lnvergarry, 1916 tons.
40s Sd.
Italian iron bark f. S. Ciampa, 1927 tons,
42s cd.
The spot engagements reported during
tine week have been:
Bark j. D. Peters. 1031 rons merchandise to
New York in tile Dispatch line.
Chilean ship Llanqglhui 1120 tons, lumber
from Puget Sound TO VALPARAISO for ORDERS 92
15s; chartered by J. +. Chapman s. Co.
Schooner Lottle Carson, 2S1 tons, now at
Humboldt Bay, lumber thence 10 Honolulu;
chartered by DOlbeer s. Carson.
Bark Charles b. Kenny, 1913 tons coal, from
Seattle to this port; chartered by Husband s.
Brooks.
Chilean bark Hayre, 628 tons, now on the
sound, lumber from BelIingham Bay to Val
paraiso.
to Honolulu 10 the Oceanic Steamship Line.
German steamer Remus, 1922 tons, coal
from Nanaimo TO this port; chartered by John
Bolivian bark Buudaeer, 921 tons coal, from
Depailure Bay TO this port; chartered by John
ROsruield's Sons.
British steamer Hounslow, 1899 tons, coal
from Nanaimo 10 this port chartered by John
Rosenfeld's Sons.
Tahiti.
IN FROM SEA.
The arrivals yesterday were the steamers
Alex Duncan. from Port Hartford; Thistle,
from Cooks Inlet, with 1890 cases of sal
mon for G. w. Hume & Co.. Del Norte.
lTOm NItsCtub Olby MheeIe INlss, ltUu
Coos Bay; Empire, from Departure Bay,
with S31 tons OF coal for X. ID. Chandler,
ana the Queen from San Diego. The British
ship Sutherlandshire, from Newcastle, En-
gland, brought general cargo for Meyer,
Wilson & Co., and the ship Lucille. from
Philadelphia, a general cargo for Sutton &
Beebe. The schooners Electra, Rio Rey,
Newark and Maxim arrived from coast
ports.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The moves yesterday were the General
Butler to Howard No. 1, City of Adelaide to
Pacific street, Zealanda to Little Main,
Lockee to Beale, Cumore to the Union Iron
Works, Commodore T. II. Allen to the
stream, J. ID. Peters to Steuart street. and
the Lord Devonshire came down from Port
Costa loaded. To-day the Mistley Hall will
go to Selbys, Spartan to Port Costa, Nonan-
tum to Oakland, the Sieve Donard will
come down from Port Costa loaded, and the
Occidental will tow to sea.
DEPARTURES DURING THE DAY.
Departures were the steamers San Pedro
for Tacoma, Coos Bay for Wilmington.
Humboldt for Eureka and Jewel for Cas-
par. The bark j. B. Kenney sailed for
Seattle, the bark Gatherer for Tacoma. and
the schooners Eliza Iillebone and James
Townsend for coast ports