The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-25
SEA AND SHORE.
4 Collision at the End of Mission
Wharf l.
Decrease Of Explosions - Antwerp Business
Turned Over to Another Firm-The Schooner
Big River Not Heard From.

There was collision at the end Of Mission
Nc. 1 about o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The schooner Grace Barton was at the end
Of the wharf dischaTging her cargo when
the schooner Ocean Spray, laden with lum-
Der. came up the bay and made an attempt
10 dock at the bulkhead. She missed stays
and the strong ebb tide carried her with a
loud crash into the Grace Barton. The lat
ter had her port buIwaTks II rail smashed
but the Ocean Spray escaped with the loss
Of some headgeaT and paint.
The Government steamer Bear VIII be
hauled out Of the mud al SaUsalit0 today
and viii dock al Howard No. 2, to TT out for
her annual cruise north. Captain Healy Will
again be 10 command.
The local board Of Steam Boiler Inspec-
tors have prepared the following statistics
Of explosions, that 60 FAR 10 show an in
creased dUctJlIy and tenaclty IN the modern
boiler plate;
From 1857 10 1873, inclusive, there were
3625O steamers inspected, having A. 942 boil
eIs, OF which there were l07 explosions Of
boilers or steam pipes, causing loss OF ne aver
aging one explosion 10 each 300 boilers.
From 1874 10 1890, inclusive, there were in-
suec,ed 67+12 steamer, having 1928 boil
eTs, OF Which there were 135 explosions, aver
aging che 90 each 622 boilers.
lie last four years nom 1887 10 1890, inclu-
siYe, there were 26,GT4 steamers inspected haY-
ing 1851 boilers, Of which there were SIX
teen explosions, averaging one 10 each 1898
boilers.
The steamer Point Iona reports having
spoken the steamer Navarro at hal1-past
o'clock yesterday morning tweuty-fuur
miles northwest Of Point Reyes. The Ma
varrO had in tow the waterogged schooner
Alice Kimball, aud IS on her way here.
OUT OF THE RACE.
The Shipping World Of London says that
the Iuman liner City Of Richmond, which
not SO long since Was the crack Atlantic
greyhound, has been sold by heT owners 70
a Teeside syndicate fer 80 1000. Eighteen
years ago this ship cost 100000. Truly
there seems % be no room in the world Tor
0ld-fas hOUed ocean steamers. Ten years
after this we may hear Of the ETuTia or the
Majestic selling for the price Of their old
iron.
j. W. Grace & Co., the well-known South
American merchants, have taken the
agency for the Antwerp business. formerly
transacted by 4, Carpenter, ana all the
paper. have been turned over 10 them. Il
is stated that Mr.. Carpenter will be en-
ployed by the new agents and will probably
have charge Of the Antwerp business.
The weather outside the heads yesterday
was foggy, with the wind from the west
eight miles an hour The barometer stood
30.C5.
TO OFFSET CORRODING.
The steam launch called the Empress was
launched recently at Glasgow by Mechan q
CO.. the special feature or whose c0nstTuC-
ton is that the hull is entirely Of delta
metal, which is as strong as steel, aud is
practically lucOrTOdIbie IN sea water. She
viii be employed in the harbOr Of Rio de
Janeiro. where the water Is exceptionally
salt and where launches built Of steel are
c0rrCded through in a few years
The schooner Big River sailed from
this port for the Columbia River
thTty-siX days ago and has not arrived
at her destination yet. Considerable anxiety
is being felt over her and not a few believe
she has gone ashore while others think she
may have been disabled or los some Of her
sails.
The ship Occidental from San Francisco
to New York has arrived, and reports hav-
ing had her mainmast disabled while in the
Pacific.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Arrivals yesterday we're confined to few
cOasting vessels, although seveTal deep water
ships are known to be not far of. Those that
came in were the steamers WestpOrt from
Hueneme, and Point Iona from COsmopolis,
and the barkentines AragO and Chehals, and
schooners Ocean Spray, Jennie Griffin,
Mary Gilbert and Emma Utter from coast
ports.
Moves were the Firth Of Cromarty to
Port Costa, Vandura to the stream, CallfOT-
MIA and Boutwell, to Oakland, jeremiah
Thompson to Berry street, and the Cowliiz
Crompton will go to Port Costa, Irmgard to
Mission No. /, Oreala TO Green street. ArgO
TO the Mail dock and the Spartan and Cow
lltZ tow to sea.
Departures were The steamers Pomona.
for Eureka, and South Coast, for Grays
HaTb0T; the grain-laden British ships Nc
Callum More aud Honresfeld tOwed to sea,
both bound to Queenstown, and the coasters
}. NJ. Griffith, w. +. Jewett and Eliza
Miller sailed for coast ports.
CHARTERS REPORTED.
Among the latest reported charters are
noted the following:
Bark Ceylon. CAT tons, returns to Homo
lulu in tie Planters Line.
Ship Iillie e. StarDuck, 1881 tons, now at
Portland, for New York
Barkentine IrmgaTd, 628 tons, returns to
honolulu in the Hawaiian Line.
Barkentine Planter, 400 tons, merchandise
TO Honolulu ia the Hawaiian Line.
Schooner Robert Levers, 996 tons. lumber
from Puget Sound to Observation-Disclosures
by Pope & Talbot.