Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-08
The ROugheSt Weather Her Skip
per Ever Experienced
LOAD COAL AT THE BUNKERs
Her Sails Froze Stiff and Broke Like
olaBs-Twenty-hv Days
Coming Up

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Captain Killman, from San Francisco
to load coal at the Blue Canyon Co..
bunkers, arrived here AT $3.50 last even.
ing in tow of the tug Tacoma. The
weather outside has been more severe
than was ever known before. A sue.
cession of gales from all points of the
compass is the cause TO the long pas.
sage which the bark has made. The
Theobald is Of 96S tons register and be.
longs to the Port Blakeley Mill Co. and
has for many years been in the lumber
and coal trade out Of this Sound. Cap.
tain KIllman has been on this coast foI
eighteen years in command of sail and
steamships, having often been here in
the steamer Michigan, recently lost
near Cape Beale, on the coast of Van
couver island. lie never before experi.
enced such continuous bad weather as
upon this last trip, and never before
saw vessel so covered with ice, in Pu-
get sound, us the Theobald was when
she entered the straits.
ave left San Francisco" said he last
evening, upon the 18th day of Jan
uary and had very fine run up the
cOast 10 Cape Mendlcino, when we en-
countered gale and had To 20 Off u
sea and worked back until we sighted
the light on 1atOosh island, on the
morning of the 23rd Of January, and
fully Expected to be able TO run into
the straits, or be picked up by tow
boat, and get into the sound on the
twelfth day from San Francisco. We
Were disappointed however, as We
encountered on that morning,
two weeks ago last Monday d
gale which grew into sue
cesslon Of severe gales from almost
every point OF the compass and we did
not see the land again until midnight
on last Sunday when we sighted the
hight on IatOO5h island, during "a snow
storm, and came into the straits before
southwest gale on the twenty-hitl
day from San Francisco. The tup
picked Us up when oil Neah bay anO
being unable to tow the bark on ac
count OF the gale, which had mean.
while changed around To the north
west, took Us into Port Angeles where
we laid at anchor over night aud came
up here during the day.
"ln eighteen years as master Of a shiI
never passed through such bad
weather and never saw ANYTHING 4,
severe on the North Atlantic in the
winter time. We lost sail after sal
and at times 1t looked AS If the mast.
would go too.
"tour days ago we passed vessel bot
tom up, about Jnirty miles southwest o
Cape flattery, and yesterday two tug
left To search for her. il suppose,
that the direlect may be the bark Cow
lilz or Matilda, both of which left Tn,
Sound some days ago lumber laden"
Captain Killman reports meeting !
large number OF coal laden ships bouno
south, as he came onto the coast, ant
thinks moie reports OF disaster may b,
received, as deep-loaded ship would
meet with considerable difficulty il
passing through such gales as hav,
prevailed along the coast Tor two week,
past. lie does not believe that any
loaded vessel could live ia such "A gale
The bark will be here week or ten
days to load coal for San Francisco, and
Will carry away about / 500 tons on the
contract recently made for the sale OF
the coal at that port.