The morning call., 1893-01-02
A FLOATING HULL.
Sighted by the Schooner
Mary Eta.
The Name Could Not Be Made 0ut
Nor Were There Any Signs
of the Crew.

Not much business was done along tie
city front yesterday, but it was one of the
Iiveliest days for a month.
Excitement seemed TO be in the air. and
in all directions, from early morning till
late at night, crowds could be seen huddled
together to witness an impromptu fight or
/ discuss some of the many incidents of the
day. from the burning Of the steamer
-Tiburon to an ordinary longshoreman
New Years fight. The day was enlvened
by dozens of the latter, few of the conf
batants being arrested.
The principal item of news brought in is
calculated so make owners who have vessels
at sea lose a good deal of sleep. From all
that can be learned the affair is a mystery
Of the sea.
The schooner Mary Eta. which got in
yesterday morning, reported that on Friday
night she almost ran down the hull of some
vessel floating bottom ap in latitude 80 deg
"a min. north and longitude 124 deg 40 min.
west.
1t was narrow escape for the schooner,
but she hove TO and made a superficial ex-
animation, without discovering any signs of
life or being able to find the name Of the
derelict.
The captain of the Mary Eta gave as his
opinion that she was schooner. In time
she may be picked up and not prove SO
much of loss TO her owner.
But what has become Of her crew? Did
they escape or were they drowned when
the vessel turned over? These are very
important questions, but it IS very likely
that the floating hull is the hull of the
schooner Courser that was abandoned on
December 1882. The crew left her aud
fired her cargo in latitude A deg. 81 min.
north and longitude 126 deg. IS min. west.
From this position TO where the Mary Eta
saw tie floating wreck Is not over geo miles.
and the Japan current would carry a wreck
in just that direction.
The steamer Colima, Captain TAYLOR,
arrived from Panama yesterday. She sailed
from that port one day late on the new
schedule for 1893. her ran mp was. there
fore. made on time.
She sailed from Panama on December 4,
1892, and carried sixteen cabin and two
steerage passengers. She had a splendid
cargo of European freight and 5000 sacks of
coffee as we'll as $4,000 in treasure.
The voyage up was smooth and monot-
onous, not single incident of interest or
i'm ortance beyond the usual routine of
work taking place.
FOR several hours yesterday afternoon
a man wandered up and down Bryant
street wharf acting queer" He would
run few steps and then stop. and mo-
ment later rush to the waters edge as ii
about to jump in and end his troubles.
His actions soon drew a crowd that began
asking him all sorts Of questions. to which
he would give no answer He was finally
led to lumber pile and the patrol wagon
sent for.
The man was not drunk and appeared to
be suffering with some men tai arrangement
He was sent to the Receiving Hospital.
A large number of men started in the
new year by making up their minds not to
work. They accordingly went around beg
giDg. and after getting something to eat
went asleep on the lumber piles. Ten of
them were arrested for yagrancy, and the
police say they have their eyes on twice as
many more