The morning call., 1892-09-07
THE STATES FIRE TUG.
A Powerful Consort for the
Governor Irwin.
TWO DEEP.WATER SHIPS In.
A Cannibalistic Cook on the Ship John Cooke
The Gselic's Big Load Of Chiness-A
Ship on Her Beam Ends.

Since the States old fire tug Anasha has
been condemned by the Government the
Governor Irwin has been lonely like and
tie Harbor Commissioners have been in
dustriously casting about for ways and
means to provide second fire-boat
The result was the launching of the tug
Governor Markham yesterday.
The craft was built by Hinckley, Spiers
and Hayes, constituting the Fulton Iron
Works Corporation. at their works on
Sixth and Channel streets, at contract
price Of S22,475, exclusive of fire pumps.
The new beat is 81 feet over all, 10 feet
beam and 10 feet depth of hold.
The Governor Irwin left Mission wharf
with the invited party at II :15 A. NJ and the
launch occurred precisely at 1902 p. NJ.
The craft slipped off the skids in fine style.
Among the guests were Martin Bulger,
who superintended the bull ding Of the ves-
sci, Marsden Manson, late engineer to the
HarbOr Commissioners, Howard h. Holmes
and Attorney StrattOn.
Miss Cornelia Stratton, years old,
christened the boat as 1t slipped off the
skids, her voice being audible all over tne
inclosure. Three cheers were given for
Governor Markham as the name was pro-
nounced
The new tug has two Dow fire pumps
with capacity OF $4,000 gallons an hour,
more than double that Of the Governor IT.
win. The pumps supply eight streams.
The Irwin will be retained In service, but
the Anasha will be taken off. The new tug
will be ready in about month.
Admiral Brown of the San Francisco
made a short trip ashore yesterday after
noon, walking on crutches with the greatest
difficulty The injured limbs are consider
ably shrunken and it will be Il long while
before Richards himself again" The
cruiser will probably go up to Mare Island
at 10 o'clock to-day and the admiral will 60
with her. he has received no instructions
from Washington.
The ship John Cooke. lying at Howard 1.
was the scene OF a cannibalistic encounter
yesterday in which Robert Armour. col
OTed cook, chewed Oft the left ear OF O sea-
man named Charles Ormond There had
been i'll feeling between Armour and the
crew for some time. Armour was arrested
by Officer McGlynn. taken to the South
Harbor police station and charged with
mayhem.
The Occidental and Oriental Compauy's
steamer Gaelic. which sailed yesterday. had
on board go Chinese. OF whom seventeen
were returned from the western division Of
Texas, having been caught while skipping
over the Mexican frontier.
lt is learned that the new steamer Peru
made the trip to Yokohama in fourteen
but very close to It, The usual time out is
sixteen days
The British bark Glamis and the ship
Lord Shaftosbury cleared for London and
Queenstown respectively yesterday.
The steam schooner Jeanie sailed for
Mary's Island. Alaska, yesterday In the In
terest Of the Alaska Packing Association.
TIE American snip George Stetson arrived
from Baltimore yesterday, 155 days out,
with 2565 tons Of coal for John Rosenfeld's
Sons. In latitude 80 deg. north and longi-
tude 1873 west she encountered gale and
split several sails.
The American ship Raphael arrived yes
terday from Sydney, "a days out, with 2065
tons of coal for Parrot & Co.
A dispatch from London TO the Mer-
chants Exchange states that the British
bark Achnashie from Swansea for this port
was thrown on her beam ends off Cape
Town.
The British ship BowGoin from Liverpool
for this port lost an anchor and chain in
the Mersey.