The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-18
Keweenaw is more or less a grouudless

Keweenaw is more or less a grouudless
fancy.
There is no regular list of the Montser-
rats crew in the city. Captain Black burn
was in the habit of keeping his ships pa
pers until the completion of his fcturn
voyage from the north before turning
them over to Captain Merry, the Mica
raguan Con sui. At the consulate the fol-
lowing list was obtained of those who
manned the collier on the trip before her
last ana fatal one. The names of the ses-
men. hrsmen and coalpssSers are omitted,
as 10 is usual that a number OF changes
srs made In these positions each voyage.
Thefs is not liksly 10 nave been any ma
tsria change in the list of officers here
given:
Captain d. o. Black burn, commanding
Jonn Brewer. first officer.
NJ. Crowell, second officer.
thomas Williams, carpenter.
THOMAS Brennan, CHI f engineer.
1. Llnehan, first assistant.
.Jonn Graham, steward
George Edwards. cabin man.
Seven sedmen, oilers. cOalpasSers, 3 fire.
men, messb0y and l Waterman.
The ksweenaw's list. subject to correc-
ton, is rs follows:
W. FL. Jenkins. commander
A. W. Bowdoin, first officer
ID. q. jenkins, second officer
Charles =. Smith, chief engineer
Arthur Jackson, first assistant
l.. n. halUck, second assistant, and crew of
eighteen men.
The loss Of Captain Black burn will be-
felt not only by his numerous friends in
San Francisco, but in Nova Scotia, where
be leaves mother and sister, He was
always very rsticent about his family
Affairs, So dom cOniidng them to any one
eptain Blackburn was character not
often met with in life, a strange mixture
oil caring, generosity aud lack of resuect
Tor Certain restraining laws which are
looked upon by certain classes of humanity
as particularly binding. 1t is said of him
that he was never forgatful of his ola
mother In Nova Scotia, and only few
days before he sailed hs sent her a kind
letter and inclosed his usual monthly
check Tor good round sum.
For years the well-known skipper lived
with Police Officer Morton and his wife.
Mr.. Merton was seaiaring man once,
and an old friend of Mr.. Blackburn's fam.
lily. Mrs. Moiton said yesterday, when
interviewed at her home on Stevenson
street, that ths captain rented apartments
in the Baldwin until about six months ago.
but, she added, that he always made it a
practice to visit hers If aud her husband
whenever he was in town.
Captain w. Ii. jenkins of the Ksweenaw
was an Eastern man, and, as heretofore
mentioned In these columns, he came ont
with the steamer about three years ago.
He was large handsome man OF an easy
gong, good-natured disposition. Though
somewhat reticent about making new ac-
Quaintances, Captain jenkins. In the com
paralively short time that he has been
running TO the Sound, has made a number
of stanch friends.
ID. q. jenkins. second officer of the
kewesnaw. was the brother of the skip
Der. A. w. Bowdon, first officer. was a
well-known steamship officer. and an ex-
Ntoy of ka e. Al ~.
Yesterday the tug Vigilaut returned
from outside the heads. Captain Glenn
Randall said that he saw nothing of the
steamers, and In his opinion they are both
at the bottom OF the sea. The steamer
Mackinaw, which departed yesterday from
the sound for San Francisco, has been
ordered to steam some distance from the
coast oCt CT the usual line of vessels that
travel north CT south. If either one of the
vessels is towing the other il would seem
that they would have been sighted by this
time.
Il don't know OF an accidentin marine
history similar to this one" said sea
captain who was discussing the overdue
vessels. ''The ships left part only twelve
hours apart. passed Tatoosh in company,
aud must have gone down, if gone down
they lave. within a lew miles of each
other.
No boats could have been lowered in'such
sea as must nave pesu running POSI-
bly, some survivor elung TO ! iece OF
wreckags. but he must have persisted from
exhaustion before picked up, for no pass
ing ship could have aided him even had
the crew of that ship sighted him."
Anxiety is beginning 10 be deeply felt
Tor the barks Columbia and Germania
The former is one OF the relics of 1886,
and pretty shaky old vessel to De facing
big storms. She is out fourteen days from
Fort Blakely with cargo of lum ber The
Germania is sixteen days from Seattle
with cargo of coal. She was built in
1850, and had no moro business to be In
the coal-carrying trade than a mud scow.
Time has come for the proper authofi-
ties TO take in hand the question of
whether ship shall overload with coal,
and whether she should carry coal when