The morning call., 1893-12-04
THE SWEASY'S ACCIDENT.
Not Enough Men Left to Man
Boat.
FIRST MATE LOST OVERHEARD.
The Maid of Orleans Loses Her Chief
Officer-A Big Whale Drifting
Toward the Bay.

Lena Sweasey, which arrived Saturday
night, gives the following particulars of
the double drowning from that vessel on
the 22d Of November. The victims were
Severi Olson. aged 81. living at &c Oregon
street, and Fred Jagermann, aged 81. liv-
ing On Broadway, this city. Both were
unmarried.
The mishap occurred about P. NJ, the
weather being thick and rainy. and good
breeze blowing from the southeast. Olson
and Jagermann, together with the mate
were making the sail fast on the jibboom,
when the schooner took a dip. KnutZen
saw it coming and shouted to the men to
hold fast, but as the boom plowed through
the water the men were washed off. The
mate saved his own life by throwing him
self around the boom, and the stick, not
he, received the full force of the wave.
Some pieces OF lumber were thrown to
the men, but they could not reach them.
immediately afterward the schooner was
hove to. aad drifted rapidly to leeward. A
boat was launched, but it was impossible
TO get to the drowning men for the reason
that only two men were left to man the
boat and they could make no headway
agains: wind and sea. The schooner left
Grays Harbor short two men who had de-
serted, and as her whole crew consisted of
six. no more than two men could be spared
to get into the boat and they could not
move it to wind ward.
The schooner is leaking badly, and her
pumps were kept going during the entire
voyage.
The schooner Maid of Orleans, which
arrived yesterday from Shoalwater Bay.
reported that James Cameron. first mate.
aged 33 fell overheard on November 18
and was drowned before assistance could
reach him.
The whale discovered by the ship Ameri-
ca off Point Reyes on Thursday night is
due to arrive to-day OF tomorrow.
Coasters arriving yesterday report the
whale drifting toward the heads and, per-
haps, there will be a sight for visitors by
this afternoon. He is big, even for
whale.
Repairs to the Pacific Mail steamer Bar
racouta were completed yesterd day and she
went on the berth for Panama in place of
the Colima. She will sail on FIR day, the
9Th. Forty first-class passengers are booked
and she will carry full freight, including
a large shipmen; of leaf tobacco from
Louisiana TO Guatemala. The Barracouta
will not return TO San Francisco, but will
remain in the Central American trade.
To make: up for time lost by wet
weather. work was prosecuted yesterday
on the Broadway and Eaststreet railway
line. If the present fine weather con-
tinues the extension will be ready for
traffic by next Sunday.
half dozen of the advance guard of
Worlds Fair fakirs opened mp for business
-aG the water front between Market and
Howard streets yesterday. Each played
to big houses, but the pay business was
very light. and after an hour of conscien.
tious, painstaking effort, the visitors gave
up in disgust. Even the fruit trade was
dull, despite the unusually large attend
ance. and the only merchants who did a
tolerable business were the Italians who
sold two bags of peanuts for cents.
would seem that this cut of 80 per cent in
the retail price, which had its beginning
in rivalry between two stands near Broad
way wharf. had the effect of accomplish
ing like reduction along the water front,
for wherever you go you see the prices
quoted as above. and the bags are the same
size as when they were sold at a nickel
each.
Mat Whalen. alias Young Corn Beef"
one of the toughest of the new waterfront
gang, and Chris Burns, were arrested
yesterday for robbing George M. Blake, a
new hackman, of The 81 he had lust
earned from his first fare.
free concert on the deck Of the Italian
ship Salvatore Ciampa, lying at Green
street. yesterday afternoon was the chief
attraction on the water front north of
Market street. An orchestra, consisting
of a guitar, concertina and a "trienele"
with a spike, furnished the accompani-
ment for numerous native sJlosN aud spir-
tied choruses and made music for dances,
which were executed IN rubber-bo
amid the applause Of hundreds of spec
tators.
The harbor police are looking for Peter
Schuler and Frank Cleof, two boys aged
IS, who have run away from their home in
Portland, Or.
The new cruiser Olympia goes into
Hunters Point drydock to-day to receive
new coat of paint.
The revenue cutter Corwin went to
Union street yesterday for coal and will
start on cruise to-day-destination, as
usual. not announced.
w. Z. Barclay has been appointed chief
mate of the American ship Reuce, now up
and loaded for Liverpool. Mr.. Barclay
received from the s5ip-owners substan-
tial recognition of his bravery when the
Elizabeth was wrecked near the entrance
to the harbor. he saved the lives of the
wife and daughter of the captain. and on
his third return from the tug to the vessel
he was thrown upon the rocks, from whe re
he was rescued by friends on the follow
ing morning. For several weeks his life
was despaired of.