The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-05
Two MAD PASSENGERS.
They Disturbed the Travel
ers on the Corona.
Story About the Howth-Ths Pirrie's Long
and Boisterous Voyage From the At
lantic side-The Haytian Republic.

The steamer Corona of the Pacific Steam
ship Company brought up yesterday morn
ing two lunatics committed from San Diego
and Santa BaIbar counties, respectively.
They created lively times among the pas
sengers.
One of the patients was In violent con-
dition when put aboard az San Diego on
Saturday evening. and 1t became necessary
to put him in irons. his hands being secured
with straps. Once he succeeded in break
ing these and scared the steerage passen-
gers badly.
The other unfortunate passenger,
woman. was put aboard in frenzied condi-
ton at Santa Barbara. She had been bitten
by cat.
The American ship Henry B. Hyde ar
rived at New York from this port yesterday,
after very quick passage of ninety-four
days.
The British ship w. j. Pirrie. 127 days
from Cardiff. arrived yesterday in company
with the American ship j. Il. Walker, IA
days from Baltimore. The Pirrie had a
very stormy voyage. On July II she car
ried away her en-topgaliant yard. On
| July Is she carried away her lower fore and
mizzen topsaiS and three storm-staysalls.
| The deck of the ship was covered with
water all the time from the River Platte to
| Cape Horn.
The bar broke very badly yesterday for
the first time this season, and the seas rolled
mountains high as the Corona came in be-
| tween the old Ocean House and Point
| LObos.
A dispatch from Astoria to the Mer-
| chants Exchange yesterday says that COL
| lision occurred on September Is between
| the steamer Haytian Republic and brig IN
tow of the tug G. II. Mendell during a
dense fog on the Oregon coast. The Men-
! dell crashed into the broadside Of the
Haytian Republic with such violence that
the men were hurled from their feet. The
port side of the tug was shaken up con-
| siderably.
An addition to the list of Russian seizures
of American vessels has just been fur
| nished. The Cape Horn Pigeon has been
| seized by the Russians in the Okhotsk Sea.
| At the time OF the seizure the RUSSIAN YES
| eel had another sealing schooner In tow as
prize. The CAPE Horn Pigeon. which wa $
whaling at the time, was conhscated ana
| sent to Nladivostpck.
II has Just transpired that Captain Martin
| OF the British ship Howth failed to report at
| the Merchants Exchange a little incid ent
on his voyage which might result seriously.
| This was no less than FIRE in the cargo.
| which caused Captain Martin to return
! here and get out of the trouble as best he
| could after discharging here.
Waterman knutton had lively time
| with bear at section 3 Of the seawall on
| Monday. The animal had broke loose and
| ran away from its owner and when cor
! nered on barge al section commenced 10
| show fight. The intruder was at last sub
/ dued by lighted torch and placed In the
| menagerie to which he belonged.
The ship J. B. Walker reports that on
| Sentember 49, in latitude deg. north.
| longitude 116 deg. west she spoke the
| British ship Routenburn, hence August o
| for Queenstown. and that the latter re-
| ported being caught in a hurricane on Sep
TENDER S, carrying away main royal yard,
| fore royal yard and whole set of new sails.