The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-04
SEA AND SHORE.
The KinkOra Reported Off the
Columbia River Bar.
steerage Passengers Of the Peking to Be Re-
leased From Quarantine To-Day.
Sunday on the City Front

Large crowds Of people visit the city front
every fine Sunday, and yesterday was no
exception to the rule. Crowds of lOngshore-
men who tabor on the Wharves during the
week gather at various points to discuss
the prospects for the coming week. Clerks,
mechanics and laborers take their families
to the front and spend a few hours there,
While the young man with his best girl on
his arm is sure TO betray a vas. amount of
nautical ignorance as he tries to explain the
difference between brig and a steamer, or
full-rigged ship and a scow-schoOner.
The large vessels lying at the wharves had
crowds Of visitors Of both sexes, who pried
into every part of the vessel from the
knight-heads to the tatfrail.
FELL INTO THE BAY.
A drunken sailor created a few minutes
excitement at Fremnut-street Wharf by
going to sleep while sitting on the
stringer at the edge of the wharf about
B o'clock yesterday afternoon. While in this
condition something startled him, and he
awOke with start that landed him head
first IN the bay. The accident was seen by
dozen men, and the sailor was quickly
rescued and taken to saloon near by to
dry out In spite of the fact that several
the fellow when he took the dive, he per-
listed in declaring that some one had pushed
him overload He gave his name as Den
mis- Callahan and said lie lived at the Sailors
Home.
NEWS OF THE KINKORA.
Up to Saturday night nothing had been
heard of the tug Relief or the ship KinkOr a,
which lett tins Port December Goth for
Portland, TO which place the ship was
bound when she put into San Francisco in
distress as reported in The CALL at the
time Of her arrival here. Although several
steamers had arrived from up the coast
none OF them reported having sighted the
two vessels after they had passed Cape
Mend0clnO. Becoming anxious regarding
the safety of the vessels the superintendent
Of tie Spreckels tugs telegraphed 10 Cap
tain POLICEMAN OF the steamer Oregon, which
arrived al Portland last Friday, and in re-
ply Captain POLICEMAN stated that he sighted
tie Relief with a ship in tow of the bar OF
the Columbia River on December 31st.
Since that time the bar has been breaking
badly, making ii impossible for the tug TO
cross In with her tow.
WILL BE RELEASED.
Those who have relatives or friends
am lng the people that have been detained
In quarantine on Angel Island since the ar
rival OF the steamer City of Picking will be
glad to know that they will be released
bers fifty-nine all told, of whom twenty
two are Chinese. who, of course will not be
allowed to go free. Arrangements have
been. made 10 put the Chinese OIL board the
steamer Oceanic, where they will remain
| until their right to land is officially deter
mined.
The United States Steamer Bear goes into
winter quarters in Oakland Greek to-day,
and will remain there until next spring,
when she will get ready for her annual
cruise to the Arct c.
TO AND FROM SEA.
The arrivals and departures were limited
yesterday TO five vessels, four Of which
we're cuastWise steamers, and the other a
grain ship for Queenstown. The steamers
George w. Elder arrived from Portland
Ncrtu Fork from Eureka and the Gpsy
from Santa Cruz. The steamer Humboldt
sailed for Eureka and the ship Thistle for
Queenstown.
The moves yesterday were the Hadden
Hall and FlSurgtS TO Port Costa. Maiden
City to the stream, Peter Upland to Spear
street. MariOs LightbOdy to Beale, and the
Decbm, nj to Long Bridge
The weather outside the heads yesterday
was foggy, with a siXteen-knOt breeze from
the northeast. The barometer stood 80. 10.