The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-13
ALONG SEA And SHORE.
Trial Trip of the Mail Steamer
City of Picking.
Work on the San Pedro Missing Ships Bay
Parties-To Lie Up-Changed Around
A Fast Passage.

There were two private parties on the
bay yesterday, both out for pleasure. The
steamer Governor Perkins had gay party
OF eighteen young ladies and gentlemen out
in the afternoon. The young people were
the guests of DR.. and Mrs. Lawlor. and the
party was given in honor of Miss Annie
Lawlors thirteenth birthday. Every point
of interest on the bay was visited. and the
entire party greatly enjoyed the trip.
In the forenoon the tug Sea Queen took
private party around the bay, the party
spending considerable time at the Union
Iron Works inspecting the new warships in
process OF construction there.
MISSING SHIPS.
That the British ship Minnyhive has been
lost Is the general opinion OF every seafar-
ing man in San Francisco, and the general
impression Is that her cargo shifted in
gale and the vessel foundered She was
laden with anthracite coal. and was on her
way from Swansea to this port. The Brit
ish ship Earl Granville is also considerably
overdue, and fears are entertained for her
safety. She left Glasgow for this port I76
days ago, and is laden with Scotch splnt
coal consigned to Newhal x Co. This is
justly regarded as one of the most dangerous
cargoes that can be put into a vessel, and
quite number OF vessels laden with il
have been burned at sea owing to the
cargo taking fire. The British bark
MOrecambe Bay is another that many
men think will never be seen again.
She sailed from Callao, Peru, for Portland,
Oregon. 146 days ago and has never been
heard from since. A great many are in
clned to believe that the vessel sighted by
Captain Rains. while on his way to Puget
Sound in the City of Benares and which so
mysteriously disappeared after showing
signals OF distress, was the Morecambe
Bay. as none Of the coasters are missing ex-
cept the schooner Big River. and she
had none on board. Others still are of
the opinion that the charred and
burned wreckage that came ashore
near Grays Harbor recently was part OF
the Morecambe Bay. and there is evidence
that she was destroyed by fire when near
the northern coast.
LOST HER DAvITs.
The whaler Jane Gray had pair of her
boat-davits torn out of her as she was leav-
ing Beale-street Wharf to 60 to sea. and had
to lie over until the damage can be repaired.
Inc work Of erecting the immense COAL
buDkers for John Rosenfeld's Sons Oh Mis-
Sion pier l commenced yesterday. They
Will be tho largest and most improved in the
city. An elevated iron tramway will con-
nect the coal-bunkers with the coalyard
across East street.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company re-
ceived information yesterday morning stat
ing that the steamer Newbern arrived at
Guaymas on Friday, and that all on board
were reported In good health.
AS soon as the cargo of coal Is out OF the
big steel ship Drumrock the vessel will be
towed up to Martinez, where she will lie
up until favorable charter can be OBJ
tanned.
/ The long spell Of bad weather has greatly
retarded the work of saving the sunken
steamer San Pedro. In spite of the weather
little Is accomplished every day and Cap
tain Bryant is sauguine that the steamer
will be raised and in safe place by the
end of the mouth.
THE PEKING's SPEED.
The Pacific Mail steamer City Of Picking
returned from her trial trip yesterday after
noon. The steamer left the harbor late
Friday night and ran down to Pigeon Point.
where she arrived about O'clock in the
morning. She was then headed for Point
Sur. ffty-eght and half miles distant, and
opened out for race against time. The
| SHIP ran the distance at the rate Of Is. 81
knots ali hour. This places the vessel in
the third class, as, in order to get into the