The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-12
A MERCILESS TIDE.
1t Nearly Swamps a Small
Launch.
THE MONTSERRAT RETURNS.
She Is Getting All the Coffee in Sight.
The Austra!ia's Rough Christ
mas Trip.

A party OF amateur fishermen from Sau-
saito had very narrow escape yesterday.
They were out in ma htha launch during
the afternoon and got caught in the heavy
run of the tide through Raccoon Straits.
The launch was swept straight out to Lime
Point. thence through the Golden Gate TO
the heads. John Hyslop, the Merchants
Exchange sgnalman, saw that tue little
craft would soon be swamped on the bar
and telephOned for tugboat. The Relief
responded and t0wed The launch back to
the city.
The steamer Australia, which arrived
from Honolulu yesterday morning, reports
getting the full benefit of the Christmas
storm on the trip out. During December
%, "a and % the storm ragged with such vio-
lence that no cooking could be done, and
the passengers went without their turkey
dinner for three days. The steamer had to
be hove to, and the cabin was flooded sew
eral times. There was foot OF water on
the floor Of the stateroOms. The forward
steering gear was carried away and several
sails blown out of the bolt-r0pes. The out
ward trip occupied eight days.
Louis Sloss Jr. was one Of the passengers
on the homew ard trip and reports business
exceedingly dull on the Islands. Rudolph
Neumann, who accompanied him, will re-
main mere u lew udyS anu then 20 10 l1OuuuU
w. S. Maltby. the bicycist was another
passenger, and reports that while in Homo
lulu he was entertained by the Pacific
Wheelnen's Association. There are about
100 wheels in Honolulu. Mr. Maltby will
60 East on his bike"
Chief Officer Dowdall of the Alameda.
who had been left in Honolulu suffering
from injuries sustained in storm. was re-
ported rs in a dangerous condition. His
wife went out to him on the Oceanic.
j. n. s. Williams Of The Hawaiian Legis-
lature came over on the Australia. lie is
going to Scotland. his native land.
The steamer MOntserrat OF the new Span
ish-American line, Otis and McA,lister
agents, arrived last night from OeoS, Guate-
maia, with 2l60 bags of coffee. She had
very successful trip and will 60 down the
coast again Oh February /. Captain Black
burn said last night 10 a reporter that the
coffee season has only just about started
and that the Montserrat got all there was in
sight. The Starbuck of the Pacific Mail
line had only fifty bags on board. She left
Acapulco on December / and Is hourly ex-
pected here.
DR.. l.. Freeman was apprehended By mis-
take on the steamer Australia by Sergeant
Bonner on account Of his resem Dlance to
DIR. Lafayette Cole, who Is wanted for
forging checks in Puget Sound ports. 1t
was promptly discovered that an error had
been made and the doctor was released with
apologies.
The new excursion steamer Rosalia Is
being gotten into COOL shape at Folsom No.
2. she is desig ed tor picnic and excur-
sion boat on the bay. The main deck,
which is flush. will be specially arranged
for dancing aud the hurricane deck for
sightseeing. The steamer is $50 tons regis
ter and Will carry 400 people. The idea is
10 afford cheap bay trips during the sum-
mer. D. Eberts and c. l.. Dimon Jr are
running the enterprise. They have similar
ones in New York harbor.
Captain Morine Of the schooner Orient
reports that on January he boarded the
derellct schooner C0urser in latitude a. deg.
% min. north and longitude 1875 deg. % min.
west, southwest by south half south from
Cape Disappointment seventy-fye miles.
The spars and sails were lying alongside,
about 10000 feet of lumber on deck, the
hold was half-ful OF water and the vessel
floating with about three streaks of her side
above the water. The vessel was not fred,
as she was not considered dangerous.
The steam schooner Albion sailed for the
Albion River last night with nOn-union
crew.