The morning call., 1892-02-04
SEA AND SHORE.
Rough Passage of the C. d. Bry.
ant From Departure Bay.
Vessels Reported in Distress-Bound for Behr-
ing Sea Shipment Of Wine and
Brandy the BOneyard.

Tie barkentine c. D. Bryant. which ar
rived from Departure Bay yesterday. max
ing the trip in Is days, reported that when
l6 miles of Tatoosh Island very heavy
gales we're encountered. For five days the
vessel had to meet the fury of an extrsor-
dinarily severe storm. the wind blowing at
hurricane rate. Tremendous seas were
encountered, the waves passing over the
decks and swapping everything. At 10
o'clock on the night Of January 26th the
vessel sprung her rudder- head and snapped
the tiller The sailors worked TO repair the
damage, but it was not until daylight on
the following morning that the damage was
repaired The storm continued in all its
fury while the vessel was damaged, and it
is only due to the vigilance of the captain
and his crew that she was saved from being
wrecked.
ACCORDING TO DISPATCHES
According to dispatches received at the
Merchants Exchange yesterday the British
ship Cardigaushire at Queenstown reported
that she had encountered severe gales off
Cape Horn. The heavy seas flooded the
decks and smashed the lfe-boats. The
Cardiganshire lett this port for Liverpool
on October 18th.
London advices are that the British ship
River Nth, from Portland, Oregon, for
Sligo had gone ashore at Broadhayen. The
pumps were unable to keep her free.
later dispatch stated that the ship Is entirely
covered At high water
The British ship Thirlmere, from Hako-
date for san Francisco, put back t. OkO-
hama for repairs, her bows having been
stove in by collision with the Japanese
steamer PUkai.
Captain Murdoch of the British ship
Knight Commander returned TO Stanley on
December 22i with new crew. Inc re-
pairs TO the vessel will take about week
ana she viii then proceed.
CLEARED FOR BEHRING SEA.
The steam schooner Louis Olsen has
cleared for Behring Sea The crew OF the
Olsen were signed through the United States
shipping Commissioners Office, and the
articles read that they Will receive 90 cents
a skin. Several schOOneTS are preparing
for the sealing season.
Captain TCibbIe has succeeded Captain
Green in command of the steamer AleXan-
der Duncan, ana Captain Charles Reed has
been appointed master Of the schooner Car.
The ferTy-bOat San Rafael will shortly be
laid up for repairs.
The first vessel 10 clear from this port for
New York with wine this wear was the
Manuel Llaguna, which sailed yesterday
with 200,69S gallons of California wine and
42,4Ij G,lluus of California brandy.
The steamer Lakme, which has been LAID
up at Oakland Creek for some time, has
been repaired and will be placed on the
Central American route.
The Belgie left Yokohama yesterday for
San Francisco.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The Discovery was lowed to Mission
Wharf; the EDEelh0rn went to sea; the
Gowanburn has dOcked at Green street; the
Mary and Ida was taken to the Merchants
Dry-dock; the Arcata will leave to-day for
Coos Bay, the Gaelic for Hong Kong and
the Willamette Valley for YaquIna.
The British ship Galgate, 2-u tons. was
chartered prior 10 arrival for wheat to L.
K, UaYre Cr Antwerp, 40s.