The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-17
OUR DAILY MARINE COLUMN.

- oAA'Ns PAAN AAAciGSNCth oilu COAICttCu u
the buoys on Puget Sound, and visite
all the lighthouses. A derelict, SUI
posed to have been the same as wa
sighted by the Oalsbank, was seen lat
night off Capallis Point. Several sea
ing schooners were seen in Neah Ba,
each having few seals.
The custom authorities had SUI
prise In store for the officers and ere,
of the steamer Willamette Valley whe
she arrived in San Francisco yesterda
morning from Yaquina bay. The Col
lector must have received some infor
nation that led him to believe tina
there was more on board than wa
down on the manifest, for the Hartl.
boarded her out in the stream and
squad OF .custom-house officials wer
placed on board to see what could b
found. A close watch will be KEEP
on the cargo and vessel and as soon a!
the last pound Of freight is ashore tn,
steamer will be thoroughly searched
from stem to stern.
The British bark Natuna crossed ou
yesterday morning In tow of the tut
Sea Lion.
The schooner Jennie Wand sailed fol
Seattle yesterday from San Francisco
with non-union crew composed en-.
tirely OF Japanese sailors. They are
ten men who were returned to Seattle
by the schooner Eclipse last week in
bad condition. The Eclipses mates
beat them until they were sadly dis
figured, or at least that is the way the
Japs account for various scars they are
carrying. The Eclipse landed them on
the dock on the pretense that they
were incompetent and 1t would be
dangerous to go to sea with them.
The British bark Stratticaro, from
this port for Queenstown, was spoken
on January 18th in latitude so north,
longitude "A west.
The steamer wellington. which ar
rived in San Francisco on Wednesday,
from the Dumsmuir colliers, reports
sighting a dangerous derelict thirty
eight miles west northwest Of Gray's
Harbor on the 9th inst. The wreck
was bottom up and floating SO low as
to be extremely dangerous, being
awash in fairly smooth water. Cap
tain Salmond estimates her length at
seventy-fve feet She is painted brown
on the bottom, the sternpost and rud-
derposts are gone, and her port after
bilge shows quite a fresh break. One
of the lower masts towing alongside
bears evidence of the vessels having
been on fire.
The Salem Statesman says: The
steamer Bismarck came down from
Corvallis yesterday to connect with the
Elwood, which came up from Portland
last night. The Elwood leaves this
morning for Portland, taking with her
1000 BUSHELS of potatoes and about
1850 pounds of pork. On account Of
the Southern Pacific railroad refusing
to handle Northern and Union Pacific
freight, good many of the Salem mer-
chants have been compelled to have
their freight forward by water. The
river stood at 6.05 feet yesterday, there
being no preceptible change In its con-
dition.
The American bark North Bend, Is en-
route for this port, having left Santa
Rosalla on the 7th inst
The reaper started up for Portland
yesterday in tow Of the Ocklahama
The ship watchmen are finding plen-
ty of employment of late in guarding
vessels along the San Francisco water
front that are taking non-union crews
The guardianship does not seem to
amount to much, however, for reports
of damage are of daily oecurance. The
The schooner William Renton is the
latest vessel to suffer injury at the
hands of the wreckers along the docks.
Wednesday night she lost a boat, and
some OF her gear cut and slashed into
bits. She was moored aA the foot of
Union street, and the watchman
swears that he kept up constant pa
troll all night and saw and heard moth
ing of unfriendly visitors. The boat
painter was cut and the boat is miss
ing, but whether 1t was stolen or
simply sent adrift is not known
The American ship, Belle OF Oregon,
which left this port loaded with car
go Of salmon, and which subsequently
put into San Francisco in distress, ar
rived in New York on the 18th inst.
One of the entries on the Spreckels |
tow boat book Wednesday, read as fol- |
lows: Schooner Courser to Oakland
creek to discharge" The Courser IS
The dlsmasted derelict picked up off |
he Columbia river by the vigilant.
She held 27b,00O feet of lumber In her
lold. which the salvors have sold to
N Oakland firm for enough TO pay
III the expenses or the trip. The Alert
jumped her out and docked her at the
ard OF the purchasing firm. AS soon
$ she Is discharged she win be docked.
acalked and rigged for the Hawaiian
'ade.
An amusing comedy battle is being
'ught out on the bark Richard III.
he union crew still holds possession
the forecastle, and the men refuse
allow any non-union sailors to go
work on board or to share the hunks
rward. Their supplies on the ship