The morning call., 1893-06-06
STILL A MYSTERY.
Whence Goes the Pretty
ROSaiie !?
LUCKLESS SHIPS ARRIVE.
They Fought Great Seas Off the
horn-Drowning at Sea.
Water Front Notes.

Inc pretty lttIe sledmol husalo ap-
pears to be a 'jack-of-all-Trades ana
master of none"
The RosaIe was built for Messrs. Dl-
mOnd and Eberts at cost OIL SSU,OUo.
For what she was built was for a long
time mystery; for what she is intended
is still conundrum.
On May II the RosaGe sailed on trip
to San PEDRO. 1t was announced at the
time that she would engage in the busi-
ness of carrying passengers between
Southern California ports and the ad-
iacent islands of the southern coast.
Much to the establishment oil everybody
interested, the ROsalie returned 10 San
Francisco on May 20, went over to Oak
land Greek and has been laid up for sew
eral davs, having her after steam-wlnch
put in repair.
1t was not the steam-winch, however,
which caused the Rosalie to come back TO
her home port, although reports were cir
cuIated to that effect Her owners had
changed their minds and arrived at the
conclusion that the excursion business
down south was not what 1t Is CRACKED up
to be.
IL cost several thousands Of dollars for
the Rusaie 10 make her experimental trip
to San Pedro when dollar judlclousy in
Company would have solved the problem
just as well as a 1200-mie ocean voyage.
With a flourish OF type 1t has been an
nounced tuat the Rosalie is about to form
q com binaton with local transportation
company 70 carry freight and passengers
between Vallejo and this city. Forthwith
another mystery Is evolved.
Vale jOlles declare vigorously that they
do not need competing line and that the
present facilities are good. Experts have
examined the Resale and declare she Is
not built 10 carry freight. Steamboat men
say she could not earn enough carrying
passengers 10 pay Ior heI coal.
The vessels owners have nothing to
say, and conjecture Is rife as TO whether
the erratlc Rusalie is really going to hire
her SS0000 sell 10 transport couple OF
dozen people a day from San Francisco 10
NaIrj., or whether she will Slyly steam
away :Or the north TO compete with the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company for their
Alaska summer travel.
1t was an uniueKy fleet of deep-water
ships that arrived IN port yesterday. All
were more or less uAmaged by heavy
weather encountered OF the Horn, while
one vessel, the British ship Traveller, re-
ports the loss of TWO Of her crew.
The Traveller was 135 days from Swan
sea. On March %, III latitude % deg
south, longitude 90 deg. west, she shipped
sea after sea, which washed every thing
movable from her decks, carried away her
1oremaSt, backstays, SONS OF her head
gear and smashed in part of her port bul-
Warks.
1t was on this date that Seaman John
Martlnsohn lost his life, being flung iroa
the maintopsail yard when the Traveller
lurched To starbnaTd and heeled over al
most on her beams end. II was not pos
sible to lower a boat in the teeth of the
prevailing gale, so poor MartlDsuhn, with
wild cry for help. sank beneath the
waves.
On June 2. while off the California
coast Seaman F. Senterage died Of heart
failure and was buried at sea.
Senterage was native of London.
Martin Sohn bailed from Hamburg.
The British ship Duchalburn, sixtY-nine
days from Newcastle. n. S. w, and Ger
man ship 1ndus;rie from Liverpool were
both more or less damaged by heavy seas
during the latter part of February. Stays,
stanchi0ns and boats suffered, and a g Iod
many dollars Will be required to repair
damages.
Quite a number of other deep-water
vessels arrived in the afternoon It was
the lrsi fleet for number of weeks and it
infused little needed life into the water
from.
Advices received Yesterday report that
the German bark Henry, which sailet
from COrinto. Nicaragua, on September Is,
arrived at Cork on the 9th of last monJh
after remarkably long passage of 232
days. The Henry was given up for lost
and was reinsured for 40 per cent
fifteen days prior to her arrival in port.
Local merchants are interested in the
cargo.
a sta bleman named Parnelli was Sc
vereiy kicked about the head by a horse
in the stables of the Black Diamond Coal
COMPANY on Main-sireet dock yesterday
morning. Parneli was removed to his
residence in the Mission. 1t is feared he
Will lose the sight Of one eye.
Campers for the Yosemite Valley left in
large numbers on the Stockton steamers
last evening. Several double teams, with
complete camping outfits, were taken up
the river The steamer people say that
valley iraffic Is commencing very early
this season.
The Draymen and Teamsters' Union
has passed resolutions thanking the State
Bard Of HaTbor Commissioners for open
Ing and improv ng Brannan street.
e sLast night the schoone ers Amethyst and
NJ yt1owcr collidef off Lime Point.s The
Amethyst had her headgear carried away
and the Mayhower was damaged to some
extent. The cause of the accident was the
Mayfnwer missing her stays when max ng
an of-Sh0re tack. Both vessels were
bound. for Eureka. The Amethyst re-
turned TO port for repairs, but the Nav
flower kept on her course to sea.