The morning call., 1893-03-03
A. GUNWALE BLOW
One of the Life = Savers
L =. Drowned.
DIED BEFORE HELP CAME.
When Captain Jorgensen Counted His
Rescued Crew One Was Miss
=: ing lit Was George Larson.

/: George. Larson, one of the crew Of the
Eliife-saRfng station four miles from Point
Reyes, was drowed while drilling IN the surf
| yesterday.
r. Captain George Jorgensen, who Is In
charge Of the station, had ordered the boat
out for drill aud after his crew had
| W orked hard and we'll and their proficiency
/: had been displayed and commended the or
|. der was given TO take the boat back to the
station.
This was obeyed and the shore almost
+; reached when a high wave struck the life
i boat from astern. threw her around and
/ instantly capsized her. burylng the crew be-
meath in the surf.
| The turn was so sudden that all hands
| were taken by surprise. but the life, savers
! were skilled seamen and quickly disen-
tangled themselves and swan about in the
billOws free from the boat.
f. a second sea followed on the first and
righted the capszed boat, but Captain Jor-
! gensen, instead of making for 1t. as is the
I custom in life-saving drills. swan straight
on to the beach.
The crew, of course, followed the cap
! tain's move and In spite of their heavy cloth
/ Ing and big coats succeeded in reaching the
| shore in safety.
Once on land Jorgensen proceeded lcis-
| urely TO count his men, and discovered one
was gone.
d. 1t was George Larson.
| a short search revealed his unconscious
body floating about in the surf. A boat
| was sent out and the drowned man was
| br0nght ashore.
lie was still breathing, and Dr. Deas wac
I summoned from OIema, but before the ply
| sician arrived the life-saver died.
1t was found that Larson had been struck
by the gunwale of the boat as it capsized,
| and the blow rendered him unconscious.
Intelligence of the accident first reached
I this city through the weather bureau OBJ
server at Point Reyes.
Larson was Swede. 26 years Of age. He
| had been in the service about eleven
| months, and was regarded as one of the
| Rblest seamen al the station.
The scene of the accident Is regarded as
| an uulucky spot. 1t was here that two men
were drowned December y, $780, while
| drilling under charge of Captain Loeb.
October 8. 1891, two men were drowned
here from the schooner Lucy Low, while
! she was searching for steel rails that had
been lost in that vicinity.
The British ship Manydown, Captain
Glover, arrived from Liverpool via Rio de
| Janeiro with 1900 tons coal consigned to
| Meyer, Wilson G Co. She left Liverpool on
| August 20, and had good weather through
| out.
When crossing the equator, September "a
| IH6 cargo WAS IOuHu HedLeu IN DatcO 5.
| Upon the heat steadily increasing it was
decided TO return to Rio de Janeiro, where
| survey was called, and SO tons of coal
! were ordered discharged. The Manydown
then continued with no further mishaps.
The steamer Alamo left New York On the
1st inst. for Aspinwall. She 10 one of
Johns0n-Locke's new line. She was built
| by John Roach & Sons In 1888, and is 800
feet long, 40-f0ot beam, % feet deep and has
q net tonnage OK 2237.
Ia IVA In 10
loading cargo for Honolulu at Folsom
street 2 has been thirty years on the
water. and is the old English tea clipper
PAX Wan. She drifted into the lumber
trade ten years ago between the sound and
| Australia.
Captain p Fl. Cook has taken command
of the whaling bark John and Winthrop.
Captain Cooks command of the steam
whaler Jesse H. Freeman has been taken by
D. r. Fraser.
There has been such marked in crease In
the freight business on the coast of late
that the Pacific Coast Steamship Company
has found 1t necessary to supply additional
steamers. The Santa Cruz and Duncan
have accordingly been pressed into service.
The present prospect is that these two
steamers will run as freight boats for some
time to come, owing TO the large increase in
/ passenger travel
Between San Francisco and Puget Sound
business is picking up. and now the steamer
City of Puebla, WHICH is lying at anchorage
at Sausalito. Will be placed on the northern
run. She leaves April 8, and in conse-
quence of an additional steamer sailing
days from that date viii be every five days
instead Of seven as at present..
The 1rmgaTd. for Honolulu, In the
Hawaiian line, is now receiving freight at
Miss0n-street wharf 1. The Planter, of the
same line, will commence receiving at the
same wharf on Monday. She is now on the
Merchants drydock.
The 0regonian is at Olympia preparing
to bring the hull of the burned steamer
Eastern Oregon TO this port.
The Uncle John has come from Oakland
and gone on the drydoek for repars.
The brig Galiee. Captain Paulson, has
sailed for Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands
with twenty pass ngers, heavy cargo and
the mails. More freight was offered than
could possibly be taken.
The British bark Ravenscourt. Captain
Mclean. cleared for Queenstown.
The whaling bark Wanderer left for her
annual cruise. Captain McInnis was in
command.
Lighthouse Inspector Davies, with Com
mander Nichols, will make a tour Of the
lighthouses to-day with the steamer
Madrono.