The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-17
ALONG THE FRONT.
Portuguese Arrive From
the Islands.
BUMPED THE LOS ANGELES.
A Storage Passenger Dies at Sea.
The Tug Hercules on the
Dock for Repairs.
BUMPED THE LOS ANGELES.

The steamer Alameda of the Oceanic line
locked at Folsom-street pier at noon yes
terday after passage of "a days and II
hours from Sydney and days and hours
from Honolulu.
There were rs cabin passengers and 109
in the steeraCe Mostly all of those In the
cabin were through passengers from Aus
tralia. while the majority of those in the
steeraCe were Portuguese from the Ha-
waiian Islands.
Among the cabin passengers were James
Martin, Australian Commissioner to the
Worlds Fair, and Chaplain K. +. Hoes Of
the United States Navy.
The most lionized of all the passengers
was James StanSbury. the champion oars
man Of the world, who has come TO America
in search If further victories. He is accom-
panied by his trainer. Z. Mclean.
On the 4lh inst, one OF the steeTage pas
senEers named c. Crowley died Of heart
disease. The body was embalmed on board
and left at Honolulu.
The passage from Sydney to Auckland
was very rough, but the remainder of the
trim, with the exception Of the last two
days, was pleasant When four days out
from Honolulu heavy northwest gales were
encountered, AID continued until port was
reached.
TIE tug Hercules. which bumped around
OD INC lttES al Ill l 1 UNI lew day ) ago,
went On the Merchants drydock yesterday
for repairs. A new keel and sterupost will
be put in before the vessel Will be ready Tor
service.
The steamer Los Angeles, which was
booked TO sail for Monterey and way ports
yesterday morning, c0llided with the steam
schooner National City as she was leaving
Broadway dock No p AS the Los Angeles
reached the outer end of the slip the Ma
tiOnal City came along with the new
steamer Excelsior in tow. a collision was
unaYOid able on account Of the strong tide
running and the vessels bumped into each
other. The Los Angeles had a few sheets
of copper torn from her bow, which will be
repaired in time for her to leave this morn
ing. The damage to the National City was
slight.
The steamer Excelsior was launched re-
Gently at Eureka and was on her way to
this city to have her machinery placed in
position.
The Wharfnger at the bridge at Fourth
and Channel streets got a scare yesterday
morning. He was sitting comfortably IN
his little shanty when the four-masted
schooner Prosper came along. The fiukes
Of the vessels anchor were sticking out
from the side Of the ship, and, as she went
by the whaTfDger's shanty. one of the pro-
lectlOns caught lust under the caves. The
little house was twirled about as though III
the grasp OF cyclone No great amount
OF damage was done, and before an hour
had passed the wharinger's nerves were in
their normal condition.
George Singer of p Howard street went
TO sleep on a lettering plank on the Market
street wharf yesterday morning Tie more
he suored tie more the plank tetered
Finally the snoring singer and the plank
went to pay their respects to McGinty. He
was hshed out and sent home with broken
shoulder blade, caused by striking some
floating timberS.
The vessels Wing and Wing, Albion, Jen-
me Stella and COsmopOlis left port yester-
day with non-union crews.
The steamer Mexico Is undergoing an
oveIhauling preparatory TO her trip to
Panama Tor the North American N5Yiga-
ton Company.
Walter Ayers and William Feeney were
seriously injured yesterday morning on the
new MaTket-street wharf. They were en-
gagged IN hauling piles out OF the water and
placing them on the dock. The tackle broke
while one heavy stick was swinging In the
air As the pile fell Ayers and Feeney
were caught by the flying timber and
thrown to the wharf. Ayers injuries were
considered serious and he was taken to the
Receiving Hospital. Feeney had his leg
crushed and was taken home for treatment,
a wooden structure adjoining the Hatha-
way warehouse on Harrison street, near
Steuart, in which we're stored several tons
OF railroad iron, collapsed few nights ago.
ne iron went through the wharf and a
gang OF men are at work hauling it from
the bottom Of the bay.
Inc steamer GiDsy came in from Santa
C[Hz with a cargo OF produce yesterday.
The steamer Emily brought a load Of coal
from Coos Bay yesterday,
The schooner Louis arrived in port
yesterday with a cargo of lumber for the
SimpSon Lumber Company.
The schooner Mary Gilbert arrived from
Fort Bragg yesterday with lumber for the
tgrt Bragg Redwood Lumber Company.
Inc bark Germania brought a cargo of
coal into port yesterday from Seattle.
Inc snip Achnashie arrived in port yester
day, 1876 days out from Port Glasgow. On
Inc way she called at Swansea and Cana
Town, and brought q full cargo of mer-
ehandise to San Francisco, Consigned IN
Meyer, Wilson & Co.
The Achnashie had fair passage around
the Cape Of Good Hope, but in latitude 56
deg o. min. south, and longitude 70 deg,
6O min. west, terrific gale was encoun-
iered. IHe vessel was thrown on her beam
ehds WIN The lee yards dipping in tia
water Heavy seas were shipped. and to
sd1 20 the horror the cargo shifted. The
main and fore lower yards were cnt away
but me iron plates of the hull had received
sueh wrsnching that it was all the steam
pumps could do 10 keep her free from
wafer The gales continued from July II
TO August Z, washing everything movable
from the decks and carrying away one Of