The morning call., 1893-10-16
TENTH COLLISION.
The Capt. Weber Runs
II Into d Schooner.
The Albion and CorintElian Reported
Lying i'm Sheltered Position
Inside the Bar.

The customary collision occurred about
5 A. NJ. Yesterday in the narrow berth be-
tween Clay and Washington streets, and
for the tenth time in the past year a
steamer of the Union Transportation
Company did damage while making a
landing
This time the Capt. Weber's bow
struck the schooner Rock Island, be-
longing to the Union Pacific Salt Com
pany. which was moored at the end
berth Of Washington-street pier.
The bump parted the schooner's moor
ing lines and she swung around stern
outward. In backing out to get free OF
the schooner the steamer got tangled up,
and with every movement made ma tiers
worse. She carried away the schoOner's
main boom and gaff, tore the malnsail into
shreds. broke several lanyards and finally
showed the Rock Islands bowsprit be-
tween two piles and snapped it off close
to the stem. The damage to the schooner
will approximate $500.
Nor did the Capt. Weber escape in
jury. The schooner's boom tore out about
twenty feet of the freighthOuSe on the
starboard side just forward of the wheel.
Then it got into the wheel itself, doing
considerable damage.
The inference is that strong fioodtide
swung the steamer against the schooner,
demons trating once more that the space
between the two piers is too narrow to
admit of berths on each side and a safe
passageway between them.
The bark James A. Borland arrived
yesterday from Fort Wrangel with salmon.
Scarcely had she got out of Prince William
Sound when she met southeast gale
and for four days she scudded under bare
poles, but without damage. She brought
eight Chinese and thirteen fishermen,
who will leave this morning by the State
of California for Astoria, where they
shipped in the spring.
There was an interesting and unusual
race Saturday evening from Port Costa to
the bay between the tug Fearless towing
the four-ma sted ship Atom Allow, carry
ing about 5000 tons of grain. and the Sea
Queen towing the little bark j. M. Griffith.
light The skipper o. the Euglishman
aided the Fearless wish his sails whenever
them like lightning when the breeze
changed. Despite the handicap the Fear
less was beaten only a short distance.
Captain Zaddart of the Corinthian came
down yesterday, and is negotiating for a
tug to 60 to Albion, pull his schooner off
the beach and tow her to San Francisco
Il will conclude negotiations to-day.
The passengers and crew of the ilI-fated
Newbern will arrive to-day on the Corona
The tug Rescue and the schooner Gem
are on the Merchants drydock.
The body of Captain Hansen. who was
drowned at Albion, was brought down
yesterday by the Daisy kimball.
The Pacific Mail steamship City of New
York, which arrived yesterday, brought 9
cabin and 43 steerage passengers, includ-
ing So Chinese, and 24S7 tons freight
Steamers arriving from the north yester-
day report the schooners Albion aud
Corin;hian lying in an easy position in
side the bar and in no danger of going to
pieces.
There was report along the water
front yesterday that schooner had turned
turtle somewhere on the northern Goa ST.
Inquiry among the several steamers which
had arrived during the day failed to elicit
any news concerning the rumored mishap.