The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-18
AN UNLUCkY TRIP.
What Happened to the
UmatilIa.
WENT ASHORE in A FOG.
She Narrowly Missed Running
the Rosalie Down.
ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALIA.
A New Whalebone.Cutting Enter.
prise-Captain Goodalps De-
parture for the North.

The steamer Umatilla, which arrived
from Puget Sound yesterday forenoon.
bad an adventurous trip on her voyage VI
and also on her return. On the up trip q
heavy bank OF fog was encountered in the
Straits of Fuca. Captain Hunter had the
steamer slowed up, but the fog was SO
thick that it was impossible to get proper
bearings. and in endeavoring to get out OF
trouble the steamer ran into it.
Before those on the steamer were aware
of their perilous position she went ashore.
The point where she struck was within a
short distance of the jagged rocks where the
ILL fated steamer San Pedro went ashore
some years ago. For two hours the vessel
remained fast in the sand and then, with
the rising of the tide, she got clear and
proceeded on her way to Seattle. There
she was inspected by diver and it was
found that there were three dents in heI
bottom where she had struck.
After leaving the Sound on. her return
trip the steamer came very near running
down the smaller steamer Rosalie. AS
she was backing out the Rosalie crosse
her path. Captain Hunter sounded the
danger whistles, but the Rosalie kept on
her course and would have been cut in
two had IL not been for Captain Hunters
prompt action. He signalad the engineer
to go ahead full speed aud thereby Try &c
slip past the Resale as she approached
The movement was successful as far as
the ROsalie was concerned, but the Una.
tilla ran into the wharf with such force
that not only were three or four piles Car.
ried away by the shock, but three plate:
on the port bow Of the Umstilla were stove
in, but not so badly but what she could pro-
coed on ner voyage,
This incident did not complete the chap
ter of disasters, though.
On coming down. when off Destruction
Island, floating pile that had been Dor
tion of the long raft which went to pieces
several weeks ago caught in the steamers
pro peller and broke one Of the blades.
The necessary repairs will be made tC
the steamer where she is lying at LON.
bard-street wharf.
Carpenter Gallagher and Steward Greye
of the British ship Scottish Dales had q
desperate fight on East street yesterday
afternoon, and the carpenter began to
pummel the steward, when the police in.
terfered. Gallagher ran down to the ship
and locked himself in the forecastIe. He
was finally arrested for battery.
The steamer Australia arrived from
Honolulu yesterday and brought quite a
large number of passengers and heavy
cargo of tropical products. Among the
passengers was G. Fl. Wetmore, the man
whe left here some months ago rather
Unexpectedly. He was accompanied by
his wife (nee Boston,. Mrs. Boston, VINO
returned from the islands some weeks ago
met the couple at the wharf, and quite &
scene followed between the mother anG
daughter.
Captain Charles M. Goodall left yester
day on the steamer Arago for Coos Bay
upon business trip. While in the north
he will attend TO the affairs of the steam.
ship company aud will make an inspection
of the coal mines.
The whaler Alice Knowles arrived yes.
terday from the Fox Islands. Captain
Tapham reDorts fairly good season. The
vessel brought down 1000 pounds Of whale
bone and 100 barrels of OIL
Captain j. n. Knowles OF the Pacific
Steam Whaling Company is authority fol
the statement that a whale bone-cutting
factory will be started at 80 California
street next week. The industry is new
one on the coast, as heretofore all the
whalebone brought into this port was
shipped to New York and London, and
after being cut up there was shipped back
again. The new company will only cut
UP sufficient bono for the coast trade, and
will send all the other to New York and
London, as in the past.