The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01

towing the schooners Ivy and Sacramento
to sea. The schooners Guide Emma Utter
and Western Home were riding over the
seas. but did not look like getting Ous dur
ing the high water. l left the steamer
Maggie Ross and the schooner Webfoot
loading After passing Cape Arago the
vessel rolled heavily. with a hard wind
from the southwest. 1t blew so hard all
down the coast that we were unable to
make any OF our landings. The steamer
Del Norte was also unable to make Ores
cent City. The gale did not abate until
after we passed Point Reyes"
The steamer Keweenaw, Captain Jenkins,
which was towed III on Wednesday night
with loss of rudder. will have heavy sal
wage claim to meet. The amount is said to
be not less than $4,000. The disaster hap
peDed about six miles west of Point Reyes,
at O'clock on Tuesday night, and at 4 a. NJ
on Wednesday the stern post was also car
ried away. The vessel is now lying at
Main-street wharf and is discharging a
cargo of coal valued at $4,000 The ship
itself is worth little over 100000. Dur
ing the storm the vessel rolled helpless and
rudderless ia the trough of the sea. which
swept clean over the upper decks, wrench
ing pipes and ironstays badly and smash
ing the skylights.
The slpop owned by the Goldfish packing
firm of Lynde. Hough 81 Co. at California
City, while coming over to this side during
the morning, collided off Green-street wharf
w
stove in some OF her pianks and immeii-
ately sank. About half the cargo of boxed
fish hoated and was picked up by boats
drifting around the spot for half mile or
more.
Among the arrivals yesterday were the
schooner Jennie Griffin from Bodrga. the
w. G. Irwin from Honolulu; the British
shin Mooltan, 50 days from Newcastle, n.
s. w; the brig John ID. Spreckels from
Kahului, the steamer Willamette Valley
par- \
from Seattle, the bark Columbia from Port
Blakeley, the steamer Gypsy from Santa
Cruz, the steamer Greenwood from Green
wood. the schooner j. G. Wall from Eureka.
and the steamer Point Arena IA hours from
Meudocno.
Among the departures were the Helen n.
Kimball for Eureka. the Alice Cook for
Port Gamble, the steamer Caspar for Cas-
par, the schooner Z. h. Wood for Tacoma.
the barkentine Retriever for Port Hadlock.
The removals yesterday were as follows:
Ship Yarkand, stream to sea; schooner
Alice Cooke, Beale tn sea; ship Drumcliff,
stream TO sea; ship Emanuele Accame. Long
Bridge to sea; ship Fort George. Port Costa
to Long Bridge: bark Buccaneer, stream to
Alameda; schooner E. K. Wood, Fremont
TO sea; steamer WalIa Walla, BeaIe to
Union Iron Works; ship Meroni. Oakland
Greek to Howard street; schooner Annie
Larsen, channel to Mission Creek; brig
Douglas. stream to sugar refinery; schooner
AragO, California City TO Mail dock; steamer
Keweenaw, stream to Main; barkentine NJ.
Winkleman, refinery to Mssion-street /;
parkentine Retriever, Third to sea.
The schooner Tarawa. with King Mbmori
Islands, a week from tomorrow. The
Kings inseparabe companion, Pilot
jack" the only member of the party who
speaks English, is very sick, ana the
chances are that he will never see the ISL
ands again.
The new steamer Homer will leave on
Saturday morning on her maiden trip for
Eureka under the command of Captain But
Ter, formerly OF the steamer Empire. The
Homer vii! load cargo at Little Main-street
whaff ard will take passengers to Eureka
and cargo of lumber for Ventura.
The barke ntine Tropic Bird. carrying the
Tahiti mail. will leave to-day at noon.
Among the passengers is MIR. Garbutt of
Papeete. the Government interpreter.
The cruiser Baltimore Is expected to sail
for the Berng Sea in a few days The
Yorktown Is on the drydock at Mare Island.
The tug Fearless VIII go north to-day
with the new lishtship for the Columbia
River.
The Monowai will leave for Australia at
2 pm. to-day.
Antonio Silvera, an italian fisherman,
found a new schooner mast off Lime Point
yesterday and towed it to Fisherman's
wharf, where 1t now awaits The owners
pleasure.t
The Gaelic. which is looked for to-day.
has $50 Chinese on board and 16 cabin pas
sengers. OF the Chinese 20 are for Havana,
20 for Panama and 100 for this city.
AT Point Lobos yesterday the weather
was haZy. AT noon the wind was blowing
II miles an hour and at q o'clock in the
evening "a miles an hour.
The sealing schooner Active is reported
as having put into brakes Bay during the
late storm. aud has sent to this city for new
halyards, etc.
The ships PInmore and Fiery Cross al
tempted to put TO sea yesterday morning
but found the bar break ing badly and had
10 put back.
The scow schooner Louise West is living a
wreck on the Berkeley mud flats. Her load
OF lumber was washed overheard in Tues
days storm.
The revenue cutter Bear will go on the
drydock on Saturday, and will leave for the
Arctic on April Is. She will go to Point
Barrow.
The Harbor Commissioners have decided
not to purchase the tug Katie O,NeiIl. but
will build one for themselves at q cost of
$4,000
Chief Wharfnger Boober made an official
inspection of the principal city wharves
yesterday.
The tugs v iert and Transit landed the
new cable between Goat Island and this
city yesterday morning.
The schooner j. g. Wall brought down a
cargo OF 1890 feet of redwood lumber
which gave her a deckload six feet high.
The British ship koutenburn, 1897 tons. Is
loading with wheat for Cork, Hayre and
Antwerp.
All was quiet aboard the steamer Corona
yesterday.