The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-05
ALONG SEA and SHORE.
Search to Be Made for the Sur.
vivOrs of the Tahiti.
Capsized in the Bay-The Sergeant Kurder-A
Brave Act-0f for Sydney-Movs msnts
and Charters.

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| the Socorra Islands, off the Mexican Coast.
to see if any of the people on board the ILL
/ fated brig Tahiti made their escape from
| the vessel when she capsized. While all on
| board may have been lost there is a chance
/ that some of them may have succeeded in
| reaching the islands In one Of their boats.
| At the time Of the disaster the vessel had
| as passengers fully 800 natives of the
| Gilbert Islands. who were being carried to
| Mexico 10 work on the plantations. 1t is
| also stated that the United States steamer
| Boston will be ordered to make q
search for any Of the crew or passengers
that may have escaped from the vessel.
| Orders TO this effect are now awaiting the
| Boston at Panama, to which port she is
| bound.
The sloop Meliar laden with building
rock and sand, turned bottom up off Section
| of the sea-wall about o'clock Thursday
| night. The crew of three were dumped
| into the bay, but managed to climb up on
the bottom of the craft, where they clung
until rescued by the tug Sea King. The
| tug took the upturned craft in tow and tied
her up at Vaileio-street Wharf. Yesterday
she was righted and pumped out by the
| tug Strange to say not single thing was
| lost out OF the cabin, but the cargo all went
! TO the bottom of the bay. The sloop was
on her way TO Belyedere and was upset by
| sudden squall.
THE EASTERN OREGON.
The agents of the British Insurance Com
| pany, in which the steamer Eastern Oregon
| was insured, have decided to rebuild the
money. The Union Iron Works have Sc
| cured the contract for hull, engines and
| boilers and a Portland firm will do the
woodwork. The remains OF the steamer
| still lie at Olympia, where she was burned,
| but will be tOwed to Portland to be rebuilt.
There is question whether the owners
will accept her after she is rebuilt. as they
say she will not be nearly as good vessel
as she was before the fire.
Nothing has yet been heard of the schooner
Big River that sailed from this port for the
Columbia River forty-Seyen days ago. The
Big River was a vessel 100 feet long, 81 feet
beam and s feet deep, and was 100 tons
register. She was owned by a. Anderson
of this city. She carried a crew Of five men,
all of whom were shipped in San Francisco.
The general opinion is that the vessel has
gone TO the bottom, or she would have been
heard from ere this.
The mail steamer Mariposa sailed for
Honolulu, Auckland and Sydney yesterday
afternoon. She carried large cargo and
fully loo passengers, 80 OF whom were IN the
cabin. Among the passengers were several
captains, who are on the way to Honolulu
to join their vessels. Mrs. Admiral Brown
join the admiral at Honolulu.
SAVED A LIFE.
Second Mate johnson of the ship Crown
OF Denmark deserves great credit in ieaping
from the ships rail to the assistance of
Harry May, the apprentice who fell into the
bay from the mainyard of the vessel John
son only saw the danger the lad was in and
forgot that he himself could hardly swim a
stroke.
Captain Samuel Benson and Seaman
Charles Hanson OF the schooner Winfield
Scott should have been given the credit of
saving the life of J. McAndrews, the boat
man who fell off Pacific-street Wharf a few
nights ago. But for the prompt assistance
rendered by these men McAndrews would
certainly have been drowned.
Tue lifeboat in which the captain and
twelve men Of the lost ship Clare were
saved was sold at auction yesterday. Pope
d Talbot became the owners of the boat for
Sl10 and got bargain, as she cost over $500
a few months ago.
On Saturday afternoon at o'clock the
steamer Mexico. Captain James Carroll,
viii leave this port for Puget Sound. Ar
irving at that point the steamer ak will
be relieved and will return 10 this city. The
Mexico will run between the Sound and
Alaska during the summer. On the return
of the AK she will be laid up until neces-
sary to place her on another run.
A big water-tank in the lower hold of the
schooner Vine. lying at Mission No. burst
Willie DtliiE uittu yesterday anu
damaged considerable of the cargo.
To-day the steamer u ALAMEDA will receive
new set OF circulating pumps at Howard
No. g. after which she will be cleaned I'D
aud VIII go into commission again.
The steamer AIcata is once more in CON-
mission aud sailed for Coos Bay yesterday
afternoon with Captain Saunders in CON-
maud.
ARRIVALS-DEP ARTUREs.
The arrivals yesterday were the steamers
Newsboy from Navarro. AlcatraZ from Gle
one aud San Benito from Tacoma with a
cargo of coal for the Southern Pacific Com
pany. The bark Canada also came In with
a cargo of lumber from Tacoma.
The sailings were the steamers Meriposa
for Sydney, Walla Walla for Victoria, NoyO
for Enscnada, Gypsy for Santa Cruz and Ar
cata for Coos Bay. The ship Eclipse sailed
for Puget Sound and the Irmgard for
Honolulu.
The moves yesterday were the ALAMEDA
to Howard No. g. Tacoma to Spear street,
Grei to the Refinery, DTumcliff and City OF
Papeete to PORT Costa, Drumrock to Oak
land, Dashing Wave, Canada aud Star of
Germany to Berry street, G. +. Sargent to
the Rolling Mills, Melrose to Pacific street.
and the Levi }. Burgess TO the stream. To-
day the Carr0lt0n goes to Beale street and
the Harvester to the Refinery.
The Mercantile Bay, 135 days out from
Callao for Astoria, is looked upon as
seriously overdue and 70 per cent premium
HAS DetIi pau mere lOr reinsurance on Der.
The G0goburn, from ST. Helena for Hall
fax. so days out has had reinsurance al 90
per cent written in this city w within the past
day or so.
LATEST CHARTERS.
Ship w. j. K0tch, 1664 tons. goes in bal
last to Hong Kong.
German bark Paul 1senberg, 1877 tons,
returns to Honolulu in the Hawaiian line.
Norwegian bark Tabitha, 907 tons, now
at San Diego. lumber from Puget Sound to
Cork, u. K.-chartered III England.
= Schooner Peerless 2S3 tons. lumber from
Blakely to Suva. Fiji chartered by Renton,
Holmes IL Co.
THE WEATHER.
The weather outsids the heads yesterday
was cloudy, with 2S-knot breeze from the
northwest The barometer stood 1898.