The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-11
WOMEN ON PAI ROL
Three Ladies Who Went
North
AND WEATHERED A STORM
That Blew Great Guns off Point
Reyes.
ROUGH TRIP OF THE CORWIN.
Mrs. Heaiy, Mrs. and Miss Munger
Went Sightseeing in the
Bering Sea.

The slghtseer along the city front who
happens to pass Folsom-street dock would
never suspect that the little brig-rigged
vessel that is anchored in a straight line
about half mile from the pier had only a
few days ago weathered terrifir gale at a
point not very many miles distant from
San Francisco.
The Trim craft referred to is tile revenue
cutter COrwin, boat well known to peO-
pie of this city, in fact, to the entire United
States. for it was she that sped away to
Hon olulu during the time of the alleged
rebellion in Hawaii with dispatches for
this Governments representative there,
The futile chase of the reporters after the
wary vessel, Captain Munger's clever
lodging of the scribes and the final col
lapse of what promised TO be great sem
sation. are matters that are still lingering
In the memories of news-Teaders.
The COrwin is not much larger than a
private steam yacht usually is, and she
doesn't look as if she would be able 10
stand very much of hammering by the
sea. She can though She rode the
waters like seafowl during the early part
of the storm which she found off Point
Reyes last Friday night, and when the
breeZes got angry at their inability to
tumble her over into the trough of the
great waves that dashed around her, she
just stuck her saucy nose into the
combers and let them wash her fore and
aft until the spray flew over the pilot
house like fog over the Seal Rocks on a
summers day. That's saying a good deal.
1t is pretty generally conceded by the Off
GERS and men OF the COrwin that the ad-
mirafs little cutter and her admirable
crew were on their very best behavior
when the blow came off Point Reyes, for
below in the main cabin were three ladies
who, though they were the wives and
daughters OF naval officers. did not thor
oughly appreciate the pitching and rolling
of the boat, the bowling of the wind and
breaking of mad waters. These ladies were
Mrs. and Miss Munger and Mrs. Healy.
The first two mentioned are the wife and
daughter respectively of the Corwin's
skipper and the third is the wife of Cap
tain Healy of the revenue steamer Bear.
Mrs. Healy accompanied her husband
in the Bear to the BerDg Sea when that
vessel was detailed for patrol duty. She
did not desire to emulate Mrs. Peary,
search for the mystic open polar sea, nor
navigate the closely packed ice-hOes in
quest of the northwest passage, but she
did want to find out something about fur
seals and auroras. Mrs. and Miss Nun
ger, like Mrs. Healy, went north to see the
| Arctic sights.
| Mrs. Healy left the Bear at Unalaska
| and decided to return to this city with her
| friends the MungerS. Size said that she
had seen enough Of the Boring Sea to last
her through score of years. The hotels
of San Francisco, she averred. were good
enough for any woman.
Mrs. Munger and her daughter have also
declared in favor of snug landsman's
quarters and against icebergs. They are
perfectly willing to travel from the stream
to the Oakland estuary in the Corwin. but
beyond that the life on the ocean wave
hath last all its briny charms.
The storm off Point Reyes did it. 1t was
the final period of the ladies' nautical
journal. They do not care to travel any
more for the sake OF manufacturing men,
! oranda or news.
From the time the COrwin sighted the
| bold outlines of the Olympic range of
mountains and the rocks of Cape Flattery.
| she commenced to roll. She plunged, too,
and numbered along at a six-knot speed
| with more troth churned by her wallow-
| ing sides than had been worked up by
them for long time. The wind increased
until 1t blew hurricane, and when Point
Reyes was reached the vessel had to be
hove to with the seas going almost over
her Dilol-hOuse
The ladies had hard time Of it, for the
cutters quarters between decks are rather
limited. They could not enjoy their meals
as we'll as they II light have been expected
to do under more favorable circumstances,
for they all declare, with some emphasis,
that balancing cup or plate, with a vessel
rolling and plunging like mad, is difficult
task.
"We were frightened at first" explain ed
Mrs. Munger to a friend, ''but the scare
did not last long. though the storm did
| hold out for sixteen hours. Our great fear
was of being injured by rolling out of our
hunks, and to prevent this we did some
pretty good holding on by both hands,"
| The gale was the most severe that has
been encountered by the Corwin for
| years, according to the statement of her
| crew.
| One sea boarded the ship almost burying
her out of sight. When she shook off the
water two of her boats were found to have
been stove in, and some damage was done
| TO the sails.
The strange part of it all is that the wind
came out of a perfectly clear sky. The
usual furry of storm clouds and patter OF
raindrups did not accompany the blow.
SIT was wicked sea we rode" said one
of the sailors. "And / eau tell you one
thing sure, the Corwiu is good little
| weather boat.
'The ladies remained below during the
worst part of the gale. They did not seen
to mind the wind and waves though, fol
| Eve than, danlr han Ii a Z