The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-06

told by the crew and First Officer Paulson
of the bark Richard III, which put in here
yesterday morning Tor repairs.
The ship sailed from San Diego Febru
16, bound for Departure Bay, in ballast,
consisting of fine sand thrown down on the
skin without the usual precautiOn of a can
vas being first laid.
Three days out, while in the midst of
heavy norlheast gale, the discovery was
made that the ship was leaking badly, and
sOundings showed that there was about
three feet OF water in the wells. The pumps
were manned, but were found TO be so foul
as TO be useless, made so by the loose sand
being washed through the cracks and holes
IN the skin and finding its way into the
pump-wels.
a line was passed through a block rove tn
the yard. with two ive-gallon kegs made
fast to the ends after the manner of we'll
buckets, and with this simple e0ntrivance
the ship was kept free of water, the men
taking turn at what they call the cap
tain,s patent pump morning and evening.
When the shin left San Diego she was
very dirty, having just discharged a cargo
of coal, and Captain Lee ordered her
cleaned notwithstanding the rough weather
and the fact that the men were already
doing extra work occasioned by the leak.
Some OF the crew, which is composed Of
union sailors. objected 10 this and told the
captain so IN plain terms. just what fol-
lowed this open disobedence could not be
as DOtl crew anu UIllcbTS are very
reticent; but 1t was ascertalned that while
no arrests had been made, something of
that nature was threatened by the captain,
who took very firm stand, and the work
progressed without further d.fficuty.
While about forty miles southwest of the
FarallOnes waterspout was sighted on the
port bow, and bearing down on the ship at
steamer speed. All efforts to get out of
its path were made, and for time it
seemed as il the ship was doomed to fur
Their disaster; put the wind reshenlng
little just at the critical moment, drove the
ship ahead at increased speed, and the
watersp0ut passed nSteTn.
The tug Hercules brought the ship
through the leads, when she came 10
anchor in the stream.
1t is probable that after her repairs are
completed the Richard Ill Will ship nom
union crew and proceed on her way TO De-
partnre Bay.
A large party, consisting of Senators Ma
honey, BIgey. Fay, Broderick and Simpson
and Assemblymen Bassett Mathews.
Speaker Gould anG others, accompanied by
friends took advantage of the fine weather
and an invitation of the Board of Harbor
Commissioners yesterday and went on a
pleasure trip around the pay taking in that
portion of the front along which Senator
Fay's bill recommends the building of sea-
wall
The tug Governor Markham was used by
the party, which left pier at II A. N and
IeluTDed AT o:oU =, ~ after au enjoyable
day 0E the water
The bark Fintshire, with which the
Santa Rosa collided yesterday morning,
viii tow from the stream to Mission Bay
this morning.
The bark Ophir shipped a non-union crew
yesterday and experienced no difficulty, but
the schooner Lille, which also took a nom
union crew, received one OF her men in bad
condition. The man had been sent after a
tardy shipmate on East street and on his
way fell in with q party of union sailors.
who were fast rendering him unseaworthy
when he escaped TO the North Harbor police
station, where guard was furnished to
escort him to his ship.
The tug Corliss, which has been in unsuc
cesstui competition with the tugs of Puget
Sound, returned to this port last evening.
The bark Don AdOlpho lowed from Mis-
sion No. to the Oak land bTeakwater, and
the ship Hawaiian Isles was moved from
the stream TO the Mail docks.