The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-06
ALONG SEA And SHORE.
The Mail Steamer City of Peking
in From China.
Accident to Pilot Domett - Warships for the
North-The New Tug at San Diego.
Movements and Charters.


from China and Japan yesterday afternoon.
| The ship was delayed by bad weather on the
| trip across. At times the wind and sea were
so heavy that the steamer had to be slowed
down. She had very light list of passen :
gers. 10 in the cabin and % in the Storage.
| including Chinese Among her cargo are
| 27,6S1 bags of rice, 6l5 chests Of tea, 1154
bales of silk, 1870 cases of oil, 500 sacks OF
| sugar, 1000 bales Of hemp and 1444 bales of
| mating
There was nearly panic on board the
| Stockton steamer Mary CARAT on the trip
| down from the Slough City early yesterday
morning. When off Banner Island she was
run into by the schooner Emily Bichard.
and the crash brought every passenger out
| on deck in a jiffy. The steamer had her
rail smashed, and new buggy and pile
of furniture on the forward deck were re-
duced to kindling. 1t is not known what
damage, IL any, was sustained by the
| schooner
A BAD ACCIDENT.
| Captain Domett the well-known pilot
| very near lost his life yesterday morning
| and now lies at his home in rather a serious
| condition. The captain was getting over
| the side of the pilot-boat Lady Mine outside
| the heads for the purpose OF boarding the
! snip Standard, when he was struck by tho
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| soon as possible he was rescued by the men
| in the yawl, but was so badly injured tina t
| another pilot took his turn and the captain
| was senton board the ship Reuce and brought
| into port for medical assistance as soon as
| possible.
| The captains of the ferry steamers run
! ming to Sausalto and iiburon are still coni-
| planning of the vessels in the fairway. Yes
terday the British ship Burmah was the
! vessel complained about. The guilty par
! nj
| drop the vessels in the way Of the steamers
against the rules Of the port.
The schooner 5. DanielsoD, hence March
| 2, returned to port yesterday, having had
away in gale off Point Arena on Il riday
morning.
THE NEW FoG-BELL.
| The new bell recently placed on Fisher
mans Wharf by the Harbor Commission
ers to be rung in fGggy weather as guide
| for steamers landing at the Lombard ferry
| slip Is affording considerable amusement TO
| the gangs of small boys who lnfest the fish
wharf. as they keep il Changing nearly all
| the timo in spite OF the efforts OF the fish
| ermen to make them quit
The armament OF the revenue cutter
! Richard Rush was sold at auction this
! morning. Two 20-pound howitZers, weigh
! ing 134S pounds each, nine caroiues, twelve
! Springfield breech-oading rifles and 1904
| cartridges brought S25S.
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| Nlpslc come down from Mare island to-day,
| and in company with the Corwin will leave
| for the north about Wednesday. 1t will be
| some time yet before the Rush and Bear will
| be ready to follow. All these vessels, with
probably the Mohican, go TO protect the
seals in Boring Sea.
| Spreckels' new tug Fearless reached San
| Diego about noon yesterday, having made
the run down in thirty-siX hours. She did
not stay long in port but left at o'clock
| fer Eran he ~ al CT m
| Sirius In taw.
| NEW SECTION OF THE SEAwALL.
The Lugee brothers. professional divers,
| are at work clearing away the foundation
| Tor the new seawaH at section s, near the
| ferry. Most of their work consists in NOV
! ing large rocks that slipped in when the ad-
| Joining section was being filed in.
The schooner Alice Kimbail Is being re-
| paired at the yard of Captain Alexander
| Hay in Oakiand Creek. 1t will cost nearly
| $1,000 70 get the vessel ready for sea again.
The brig City Of PaDeete is at Turner's
! yard. BeDicia, where she will be thoroughly
overhauled. She will be ready for sea in
about five weeks.
The steamer Truckee is on the Merchants
Drydoek to clean, paint and have new
wheel put in.
The sealing schooner City of San Diego
| was spoken on February "a and reports
having captured thrty-eight seals.
Miss Ella Cameron, resident of Sau-
steamer Tamalpais at Sausalito about
O'Clock yesterday morning, but was iisbed
out by the crew of the vessel and sent TO
her home in hack.
NO CHARTER.
The American ship w. j. Rotch, that ar
rived here from Hakodate some time ago
with cargo of sulphur will sail for Hong
| Kong tomorrow in ballast, as she could not
| obtain a charter here.
4 new lO0-ton schooner tor Bender Bros.
| is on the ways at HAYS shipyard in Oak
| land Creek, and will be ready about May 1.
| She will he used in the lumber trade
! The arrivals in port yesterday were tn e
| steamers City of Peking from China, Los
| Angeles from Newport. the American ship
| Reuce from Philadelphia. w tn a gener al
| cargo for Sutton Il Beebe. and tae ship
| Yosemite from Tacoma. with cargo of coal
| for the Cedar River Coal Company.
The saiingS were the steamers City of
| New York for Panama, Willamette Valley
| for Yaquina Bay, Nhitesboro for Green
wood. Corona for San Diego. Humboldt for
! Eureka and the Orca on a whaling cruise.
TIE moves yesterday were the Carrolt6n
| to Beale street. Glenlui to Cape of Good
| Hope. Harper TO Oakland, Oregon to Long
| Bridge, Harvester to the refinery aud the
| ReGce TO Fremont street.
| Ship Louis Walsh, 1897 tons, coal from
| Nanamo to San Francisco, option of San
! Pedro; chartered by John Roseufel ds
| Sons.
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