The morning call., 1894-02-16

BOATS CAPSIZED.
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Italian Fishermen Were
( in PERIL =
..ruds GO TO THE RESCUE.
Two Crews Picked Up by the
. Sea King. .. s..
TUGS Go TO THE RESCUE.
ROMANTIC MARRIAGE AT SEA.
A Surprise to Passengers and Crew
on Board the Steamer Alameda
Wednesday Morning.

-, A lively gale on the bay and outside
played havoc with small boats unfOrtun-
ate enough 20 be subjected TO its fury. and
: came near causing the death of several
italian fishermen.
AT a late hour last evening boat
which put out from the Sausalito side was
still missing and no news of its where
+ aboutS could be ascertaned.
=: Al about 30 O'Clock yesterday morning
= the regular feet of fishing boats put out
: through the harbor in spite OF the threat
ening weather. No trouble was reported
until about10 80 o'clock, when man N a
skff was noticed by the Fort Point life.
saving crew drifting out to sea. The fell
low was signaling frantcally for help, and
his craft was apparently without oars or
sail. Beforethe lifeboat could be launched
the skiff was upset by the rough breakers
of tho waters between Fort Point and
Point Bonita. The occupant OF the boat
clung TO the skiff and was rescued by an
Italian crab-hsher just as thelifeb0atcame
alongside. "s-'.-:
Z Almost simultaneously with this acci-
dent TWO fishing boats which: were beating
in along the south: shore of the harb0r
entrance capsized.. The Hte saving crew did
not observe this catastrophe, so started back
Tor ibe beach In the meanwhile the over
turned craftdrift ont to sea.
On the bottom OF one OF the boats were Gae-
- tano Oreoleo and Nicolas Batago. while on the
other was AN Italian named PaHlo.
Paulo drltted near the Cliff House, and came
near. being dashed upon the Seal Rocks. An
-ouigolng tugbQat noticing him IN tile distance
:: picked him up, but had TO let his boat go adrif
as tile sea was running too high TO get line 10
'iffor tow. Panlo had not been landed up 10
Is O'clock M the evening. but it was definitely
known That lie had been saved.
> AT > O'Clock in the afternoon the tug Sea King
OF The Red. stack Company observed Paulo's
deserted boat floating Seaward and also saw
thr other boat with The two men cllnging 10 her
Keel drifting near by i Both small crafts were
lustableast of The fort, and II required but a
lew minutes TO render AID TO OreOleO ana Ba-
taigo, hoist PauO'S boat on deck and start for
: VallejU-street. wharf: The,1wo rescued meu
-. were dropped of at atEisherman's whaIf.
=. Later N the day another boat capSiZed near
Black Point, but IL was plckedup:by one of the
: Unbound fishing fleet. -
Another version of the story, as told by the
: Signdlman at Point .LobOss+fs that the man in
the SKIN was a bOattbief, who stole the craft
from f'landlng near the fort and put out 10 sea
: with.it de was capsiztd and \ number of the
. nSDlnT neet, which was anchored under the lee
of the bluffs. put out 10 .Saye him. I be result
was that three OF The latter were nearly
wrecked; as described. - -. =
Nothing could be learned regarding the boat
which Is alleged IA. have dTiTIed 20 sea from the
Marin side OF the bay. Sofar as local Usher
men are concerned. all are accounted for, and
no lives were lost. -
just b. fore Ihe steamer Alameda arrived in
port her passengers and crew were surprised
by the aIn0uneem MT that marriage would
take place. 10 he captaiu's room at which Rev
q. j. Ialham. a::cabln passenger, would
Qtlclate. Miss Jane Graham Reid, aged IS
years and James William Travathie aged 2S
were decided 10 be. Unite ed a man and wife and
acknowledged that they were an clipping couple,
The bride from Dunedin, New Zealand, and the
groom from Auckland.
Whea Miss Reid boarded the steamer she
=. gave The name OF Jane Graham. while Mr. Ira
:. yalhie recorded himself as plain James VIII
Hams. Mrs. i faYathle is pretty aud Intelligent
and gave. as her reason fOI being party TO so
Tomantlesa marriage ceremony thar her parents
had objected to her marriage with Mr. TTava-
tblei whom sh= was determined 10 wed. Tne
:couple came together at.Aucklaud and took the
steamer for San Francisce., They did not make
their Identity known until this port was almost
reached: q:
Dusty" Hart and Johnnie Hodges. market
runners. were storm: bound at Point Bonita
WedneSday:ntghta and could not get back. 10 the
city uniilNtfxei day afternoon. The men had
gone. out, as IS helr custom, TO meet inbound
,Xesselsand were compelled TO land at The noiuJ
on account of the heavy seas and tile fierce
: southwest gale .::-..:.: -
p. The arrivals yesterday were the British shin
Eochee, l26 DAYS fIOm LiVerpOoI; British ship
*ManlesdeE,129; days from Hamburg aud lhe
British ship Sierra Cardena from Cardiff.