The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-02
SHIPS SET FREE.
StOrm=bOund Vessels Come
and Go.
THE WHALER HERRIr1AN HERE
Three Fatal Accidents on Deep.Water
Ships - The Last of the
Moderate Storm"

The embargo laid by the four days gale
on the shipping in this port was raised yes
terday when the day broke and it was found
that the wind and sea had gone down so as
to render it safe to cross the bar.
To the hundreds of men whom the deten-
tion OF the ships outside aud inside the
harbor had thrown out OF employment the
change was very welcome one. The boat
men, too. began TO rustic. and many fares
were pocketed before o'clock.
One Of the first vessels TO move was the
British cruiser Melpomene. which was to
have left on Sunday morning. but has been
barbound. She went to San Diego, whence
she will proceed to Magdalena Bay. to join
the Warspite.
The other British cruiser, the Daphne,
left for China in the afternoon.
The ship Talus. 137 days from Cardiff,
with coal, was one of the earliest arrivals.
Then came the American ship S. z. Hitch
cock, IA days from New York. The Hitch
cock reports that on September, IS, in
latitude 50 deg. so min. south and longi-
tude 63 deg. 40 min. west, Franz Schmtt,
seaman. a native OF Austria, was
washed overheard and drowned. On
October 8, in latitude "a deg. south
and longitude IS deg. west Eugene
Noreau, seaman, a native of Algeria, was
washed overheard and drowned. The
Hitchcock spoke the Scottish Locks, hence
for Antwerp, November s, and the Elwell
for New York, hence on November IA.
The British ship Claverdon arrived yester-
day from Swansea with over 5000 tons of
coal. She was IA days on the trip, during
which Albert Pepper, seaman, fell from the
yard while fnrling the main upper topsail,
and was killed.
The coasting steamer Homer, several DAYS
overdue, arrived after run OF eighty-seven
hours from Grays HarbOr. She experienced
heavy weather all the way down, and had
TO heave 10 several times. The Point Arena
was twenty hours coming from Mendocino.
The barkentine John Griffith took fifteen
days TO get down from Port HadIoek.
The British bark Ravenscourt was sighted
on Wednesday night, but remained outside
till day break. The British ships Port Gale
donna from Swansea. and Formosa from
Liverpool also came in.
The Pomona for Eureka and the Corona
for San Diego got away yesterday after a
detention Of twenty-four hours.
The NeWbern will leave for Ensenada
and Gulf ports to-day. two days behind
time. The Montserrat, which is running
with the Grandholm on tho new Spanish
American line, is taking cargo at section
of the seawafl. and from appearances the
line will have plenty of patronage.
The lines from Point Lobos and Point
Reyes are both down, ana news at
obtained by way of the barge Office
at Meiggs wharf. Under the circumstances
the new service was very creditable and il
was keenly appreciated by the many
anxious inqulrers at the exchange. The
roof of the lookout station at Point LobOs
was blown OFF in the gale OF Tuesday
The lighthouse tender Madr0no is taking
on large supply of coal at section of the
seawan for the lighthouse stations on the
south coast as far as San Diego. Com
mander Perry will make bis last trip in her,
and will be relieved by Captain Nichols
The steamer Wellington. which arrived
from Nanamo with coal yesterday, reports
that of Cape Flattery she saw a two-jib
schooner with deck cargo drifted eleven
miles west Of Cape Gregory. a strong gale
was blowing at the time.
The steamer South Coast, from Eureka
Tor Newport, put in here Yesterday after a
heavy shaking up Of five days, during which
her deck load had shifted. She sailed for
the south later in the dav, having replen-
lshed her coal supply. The steamers Ida
Mckay and Pasadena also sailed,
The steamer Alexander Duncan. which ia
making the Gipsy's trips to Santa Cruz.
pending repairs TO the Gypsy. VIII sail to-
day. She had to put back two days ago.
having been battered up in the gale
Captain B0wles If the ship Fremont. living
oil Oakland. was eapslzed aud nearly
drowned while trying TO sail ashore in a
small boat. Reports state that over thirty
small craft are strewn along the Oakland
shore between the mole and Brooklyn. The
schooner San Diego is lying in the mud. and
the schooner Z. II. Wahiby is capsized
The Board of Local Marine Inspectors at
Seattle, Wash, has given Adhesion, holding
Captain John O'Brien guilty of negligence
in strandlng the whaleback Charles w.
Wetmore off Coos Bay on September g. ana
has revoked his license.
a 4000-ton whaleback barge has been or
dered from the American Steel Barge Conn
pany of Everett, Wash, for the Northern
Pacific lines between Puget Sound and
China. She is to be finished by next Nav
and will carry passengers.
All the flags on the city front were half
masted yesterday as a tribute OF respect TO
the memory OF ex-Chief Wharfnger Martin
Corcoran.
The bark Ravenscourt, which arrival
from Liverpool, had hard time off the
Horn, and was sixty days making the turn
from 40 deg south in the Atlantic to az dey.
south in the Pacific. Her decks were
swept OF everything movable and she had
number OF sails blown away. The Port
Caledonia, which arrived from Swansea
with coal, had her cargo shifted and several
sails blown away after passing through the
Straits Of LIE Marie.
The whaling bark z. T. Herman came
In, thlrty-four days from the Kurile Islands.
with only 100 barrels of oil. On the way
she spoke the Hidaigo. the only one of the
whaling fleet now out ofp0rt. The Hidalgo
is light.
The City of Panama, which arrived on
Wednesday, confirms the report of an
earthquake At La Union, In Salvador. The
destruction Of life and property was con-
siderable.
Last night the wire to Point Lobos from
the Merchants Exchange was replaced and
communication restored. The wind was
reported as blowing sixteen miles an hour
from the south