The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-26

were In trouble of Fort Point. The crew from
Fort Point picEed M five men from dIsmanlled
and capslZed fishing boats, tut there Is every
reason 10 believe That at least two men have
been drowned.
MAY HAVE BEEN PICKED UP.
The pllot-boat Lady Nine is lhought to have
picked uD one OF the men. and 70 is IusT possible
Ihat tie san Bias. which was Stop ed In gong
out, has picked up another, but The truth cannot
D. teamed Ull tie roll Is called at Fisherman s
Wharf and the Preside THIS morning.
A member OF the Golden Gale Park crew said
10 CALL reporter: We arrived on tie scene just
too late TO lie Of any service. We endured great
h1rdshlps IN making our way along lie chns In
the roaring gale which vas then qui as bad as
10 the Elizabeth and IeSs0mene trouble year
ago. There were. luckily, very few boats between
the heads and the Who'll trouble lay between
Fort Point and Lime Point. The wind was blow
ing from the southwest with uaId squalls The
Fort Point crew auded the rescued men at Fort
Point S'atjou. While There we saw q British ship
Of about 500 tons towed 10 sea, bur she had 10
nut back and anchor 10 the stream, on account Of
loss OF sails.
HEAVY GALE.
There was no mistake about the force of the
mariners remark that The weather was 'YeIy
drfy" Even Al Is O'clock when tTe VIVID bad
Temporarily fallen. the vicinity OF tna heads was
bad place 10 he 10, even with rubber sult and
gum boots. a. 40 Illustration OF The force Of
Tie WIND al the critical period 10 may be men
Toned that newly erected dwelling u ar the
heads owned hy man named iiaEGetty, but not
yet oCCu led, bad the uLdef-uiuulnE blown away
and WAS badly twisted. The bGdIug Is situated
near u street and Park grove, aud may have 10
be Reconstructed.
lie Golden Gate crew anticipated an anxious
night, aud after returning 60 Their quarters
along he slippery cliffs prepared FOR more WORK
IA the o1ing.
THE RESCUE.
Thomas Williams a naturalized POrtugu Sc
whose original name was TommaSO GugllelmO
gave CALL reporter tie following account Of
lis rescue by tile liIe-saylng crew:
" left The Fishermau's Wharf at O'Clock I'm
the morning aud was OF Lime Point when tie
squat ctme Oh at 1880. Almost 10 minute the
sea became white ike milk. Ii WAS all VIII. G
and The wind took ones breath away. was Ia
a spirit all boat and tried o make my Wav 10
san Francisco. II ala not take minute before
tile boat was half fun OF water Before he gale
came on 10 iuIi strength was a. anchor MOI fifty
yards from tie beach at Lime Point just IS l
thought myself lost the iie-b boat came over aud
picked me up. / saw one OF the Ctab-catchel's
boats from Tie Preside capsiZrd. | found on
reaching Fort Point that four other men had
been picked no"
THE TWO MISSING MEN.
DHgen inquiry fails to reveal the names OF
the TWO missing men. and It cannot be surely
sad that they are lost mn the san Bias ana he
Lady Mine are heard lrOu Those rescued are
all Italians or Portuguese Tie first i Thomas
Williams, lie narrator, just mentioned; Her
uanu0 an Italian; Giuseppe, a Portuguese from
Tie AZ0Iesi a CTaO-CdjcheT from The PresldiO,
name unknown, but well recognized IN tie Ush-
Ing fraternity as he lessee OF a little propeller
launch, and an Italian also from tue Preside
beach.
4htlH i q OlsdETttdDle uncertainty as 10
whether more lives have been lost, a. many of
the flshinR-OOats carry two men, and five DO ats
were capsized while only i've lives are &C.
counted for.
Another OF the rescued men said that The gale
came on suddenly about 1890 O'Clock from the
southeast aud increased iu violence for an hour,
when u attained Is maximum. For TWO hours
there was heavy sea running between Fort
Point and SdusaltO. He was fishing for rock.
cod with lines down when the gale came on. He
made sail, bur the " ind carried tie sails away,
aud bui for The life-saying service lie would have
been drowned. THIS informant stated his posi-
tive conviction that three men remain 10 be &C
counted for.
THE FISHERIEN's FLEET.
Including The crab-calchers, between fifty and
Sky boats 20 out DAILY fs0m san Francisco nd
the Preside. or these bOaJs part 20 out 10 the
heads Ia search OF crabs and roCknsh. At this
season The bay Fishermen proper are doing moth.
Ing. The sWlt-sdiled boats and the crab aud
roc fish catCheTs 90 outside the heads The
latIeeu-saied boats keep inside.
he fishermen have mutual benefit society OF
their own, which numbers about 800 members
and pays sick benefit OF SO weekly When
they lose their boats they lose everything
Most II not all, OF The isherneu's colony live
within radius OF quarter OF a mile from
Fishermen's WHAT There are among them
Greeks, Italians, IOnian Islanders, Portuguese,
Spaui9Tds and few FrenCHmen. Most of them
are married and have families; so that gale like
thar OF yeSteid causes many heaItache iii
SOFT OF informal census settles the fact as 10 the
number Of lives lost.