The morning call., 1892-03-17
ALONG SEA and SHORE.
Two Men Nearly Killed on the
Steamer Venture.
The Colima Has Resumed Her Voyage-Eaval
Items-List Of Officers for the Adams.
Ready for Sea.

The steamer Venture had a rough trip
from Rockport, and reached port yesterday
morning with two OF the crew seriously in
juTed. Soon after getting to sea the steamer
was caught in heavy gale that raised a
big sea. Wave after wave passed over the
vessel, and assistant Engineer Charles &c.
hoppe and Seaman Elisha Hubbard were
caught by one of the waves and dashed
against the vessels rail with great violence.
Sohoppe was severely injured about the
head and legs. ond it is feared some OF his
ribs are broken. Hubbard was also badly
injured about the head and nearly washed
overheard. The injured men were taken 10
the Receiving Hospital, where their injuries
were attended 10, after which they were
conveyed TO their homes.
The United States steamship Adams,
which has been repairing at the Mare
Island Navy-yard for some months past.
will be put into commission on March -.
She will be assigned to the Pac ic station,
and will probably cruise in the Bering Sea
during the coming seal-fshing season. Her
officers. with the exception of paymaSter,
were detailed March 10. They are: Com
mander Thomas Nelson, commanding
Lieutenant Charles A. Adams. executive +;
Lieutenant William p. Elliot, navigator /;
Lieutenant F. ). Carter, Ensigns Edward
Moale, William r. Shoemaker, Past Assist
ant Surgeon +. j. b. Cordeiro and Past
Assistant Engineer Robert W. Miliisan
THEY WANT BLOOD.
A gang of hoodums are watching the ship
Sieve Bawn and as soon as Mate X eber
cones ashore there will be fight. The
gang has taken it on itself to avenge the in
suits and injuries heaped on n y0ungster
named John Burns, who slowed away on
board the vessel at Liverpool aud came 10
San Francisco on the vessel. The boy told
in "a ph "a a
been treated by the mates and won deal
of sympathy for himself. The officers and
crew tell far different story. however, and
say that lie was well treated, but he was
too lazy to work, and the entire crew was
glad when he lest the vessel
The fine steamer San Rafael will 90 into
commission again on Sunday and will be
ready 20 uphold her claim of being the fast
est steamer on the bay. Since she has been
lad up the company mas expended nearly
S20.000 on her IN the way OF repairs, paint
and upholstery, and she Is now one Of the
handsOmeSt rs we'll as the fastest boats on
the Coast. The steamer when on the regu-
lar Route is never run at full speed, but can
easily roll off twenty-five knots an hour II
pushed 10 Top speed.
NAVAL ITEMS.
The Thetjs viii soon return from her
cruise on the Lower California coast, and Il
is very likely she viii be ordered TO duty IN
the Boring Sea.
1t has been decided that the steamer
AlbatrOSs VIII not make another survey for
the proposed Hawaiian cable, but no vessel
has yet been assigned TO take her place.
The arrivals yesterday were the steamers
Santa Rosa and Noyo from san Diego, and
Venture from Rockport The British ship
Lord ROsebery arrived from Newcastle,
England. with cargo OF coal and coke Tor
Grviu, Baldwin 4 Eyre, the barkentine
| North Bend from LeYuka, Fiji, brought
Ihannhnnsar A. la Mar
Wmkelman from Honolulu has cargo OF
sugar for Williams, Dim0nd x Co., and
the Marion from San Marcos brought 400
tons Of gypsum for ". Lucas * Co. The
schooner Puritan from Hilo has cargo Of
sugar for j. ID. Spreckels IL Bros.
The sailngs yesterday were the steamers
| Pomona and CosmOpOlis for Eureka. Ar
! cata for Coos Bay, Silver Spring for West
! port and the Macknaw for Tacoma. The
| ship Dashing Wave sailed for Tacoma,
| Alaska for Seattle, bark Bonanza for Puget
Sound and the schooner jennie Griffin.
FL Dorado, Mary Deleo aud Belder Brothers
Tor coast ports.
THE COIIMA SAFE.
Dispatches from La Union state that the
mail steamer COlma, which recently went
ashore in heavy fog and was beached for
repairs, has been repaired and has resumed
| her voyage.
! The big tug Fearless win come over from
! the Union l on Works to-day. having fin
/ ished the changes and alterations to her ma
| cbinery
The moves we're the Yarkand to the roll
lng-millS. Narcissus to Alameda, Yosemite
TO Howard No. /. and the Fred Billings to
/ Union street To-day the Albert docks at
Mission No /. the Cromartyshire at Hatha-
ways, Curz0n at the Mail Dock, aud the
Drumrock goes to Martinez TO lay up.
The following is the only charter re-
corded yesterday:
Bark 5. &. Allen, 6j5 TINS, returns to
Honolulu in the Planters line.
Work on the belt road viii be resumed in
short time. as 800 tons of the rails ordered
for this work have arrived, part on the
A. g. Ropes and part On the Frederick
Billings
Outside the heads yesterday the weather
was thick, with west wind twelve miles
an hour. The barometer stood 1905.