The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-14
TEMPEST-TOSSED.
The Rough Trip of the
Lord TemplemOre.
1T WAS HER MAIDEN VOYAGE.
Seventy Days of Heavy Gales-The
Walker to Be Put on the
Stockton Route.

Yesterday morning about half an hour
after midnight Captain Scott of the tug
Relief passed through the heads with
large four-masted ship in tow, which pres
emily dropped anchor eff Meggs wharf
The tug met the vessel nearly twelve
miles outside the heads and brought her in
through the north channel. 1t was whis-
pered along the front yesterday that Cap
tain Scott wanted $3.50 for the job of bring
ing the vessel in.
There is just one reason why the bill
would be disputed, namely, that the vessel
was the Lord Templemore. long overdue,
with insurance at a 40 per cent premium
refused.
The Lord Templemore is a beauty, one of
the triumphs of the modern iron and steel
shipbuilder's art If the craft had been any,
thing else but fine specimen Of her class
the crew would have been in Dayy Jones
locker long ere now.
When Captain Walker made his report
yesterday morning he furnished q story
which is a romance of the seas if ever there
was one.
The Lord Templemore was built at Bel
fast in June of last year by Harland 81
Wolff for the independent Ship-owners'
Company. 1t was the ships maiden voyage.
She left Liverpool on June % and had
ldlI WcdtIeT ~ kne IliO OU august
% she struck pamDero, which came near
ending the voyage then and there. Ire
mendous seas struck her repeatedly. and
she had no less than seventy days of the
worst kind of weather. On September Is a
steam launch, which formed part OF the
deckload, was swept away and considerable
damage was done around the decks. The
steam-ppe covers were washed away and
several men Injured. The bOatswain had
his leg broken IN trying to get the wreck OF
the steam launch clear of the ship.
The next disaster was the lifting of the
port lfeb0at out of the chocks on Septem-
Der Is On the oath the starboard lifeboat
followed suit. being lifted bodily ont of the
cbOcks and thrown bottom upward on top
Of the deckhouse. There was a general
smashnp and both boats were rendered un-
seryiceable.
On October 10 the iron of the mizzen top
mast stay snapped close TO the deck and the
mast came near going overheard. The
decks were flooded. the galley was swept
and for several days no cooking could be
done.
On October 16 heavy southwesterly gale
struck the ship and the barometer sank to
27.97, and at IL O'Clock at night heavy sea
broke over the port side, smashing in forty
feet Of the buiwarks, swapping the stan
chions and bending down the screws of
the fOrerggng, besides breaking ND the
plgpens, sheep-pens, ETC., and sweeping all
the livestock overheard. The forcpeak
was found to be leaking in the morning.
The same hard weather attended the trip
around the cape, and 1t required sixty days
to make 600 miles. 1t was not till the one
hundred and thirty-fifth day out from
Liverpool that the ship was fairly around
the cape, During the continuance of the
gale the barometer seldom arose above
2S. 40 and the SHIP was under low canvas
for seventy days. the seas sweeping her
like half-tide rock" The best days run
was only 100 miles.
Tie ship is consigned to Balfour. Guthrie
& Co.
Shortly after her arrival another Storm
tossed bark was towed in. ,Hhs was the
British ship Beecroft. 202 days from Swan
sea. When seventy-sx days out off the
Horn, she got into a succession Of south
westerly gales, and on October 8 n heavy
gust threw her on her beam ends. Her
steering gear was damaged and sails and
spars had to be cut awav TO right her. On
October is she Put into Valparaiso for re-
pairs and sailed again on November 20,
reaching this port without further mishap.
Corporal Avon has been promoted to be
sergeant OF the water front police, vice
Langfnrd, deceased, and Detective Egan
will I'LL the vacancy caused by Avon's pro-
molten.
There is no material change in the situa-
ton as regards the Stockton steamer war.
The City OF Stockton, Leader and Mary
CARAT are running on the old line. The
Walker. who has been lying up at Stockton
for long time, has been completely over
hauled and repaired, and will shortly be
PIT on the route. The Captain Weber Of
the new line is laid up for repairs to her
machinery.
The steamer Cleone, which was said to
have been badly smashed in collision on
Thursday afternoon and towed 10 Mission
fats in sinking condition, sustained no
damage worth mentioning and sailed on her
regular trip yesterday morning.
EThe steamer Alexander, which Is now
fitting out at Mission No. for sealing
cruise in the japan Sea and along the coast
of Kamehatka, In Russian waters. is only
nine-knot craft, and it is said that those
who have purchased her and fitted her out
have made cheap bargain. The object Is
TO have a craft which can be relied on to be
in particular place at a particular time.
and it is also reported that the steamer will
carry a large quantity of supplies for the
sealing feet, etc. She will ty the Hawaiian
flag.
The Pacific Mail steamer City of Sydney
arrived yesterday from Panama, after a
run OF sixteen days. Among her passengers
is E. j. Palasco, Mexican Consul to Guste-
mala.