The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15
1N@A FISHER IN BERING SEA.

The steamer Lakme, Captain Bonifeld,
which arrived in port yesterday morning
fro m he Pribylcff Islands via Dutch Har-
bQr brought budget of news from the
whaling fleet which left here several
mnnths ago for the northern seas.
lhe most important bit of information
Int1fe captains report was the announce
nifnt of the loss of the whaling bark
Abram Barker, owned by j. A. and W. X.
Wing. Of New Bedford, Mass She was
crushed in the ice off Cape MaveTin on the
9TH Of May and in a few hours went TO
DaVy Jones locker. The whaling bark
Hofatio happened to be in the vicinity and
took off the crew, the members of which
were distributed among the fleet. The
captain, {. A. Clifford. came downi on the
Lakme. He says the Barker had been
working her way through the ice for sew
erai days Every now aud then she would
strike foe but she got along well enough
until the night Of the 9th of May, when
she experienced a rather hard bump which
was not thought to have done any damage
until next morning. when the men tired
the pumps as usual and found that there
was ten feet of water in the hold. They
worked the pumps and seeing that they
were making DO Roadway SigDaled 10 the
H0rauo for assistance. The latter vessel
responded and its crew helped at the
pumps, but the water was fowing in too
rapidly and it was soon seen that there
was no hope of keeping the crippled craft
atiest The provisions were under water
and the fresh water supply ruined. The
captain and crew gathered together their
effects and boarded the Horatio. The
Barker settled rapidly and In TWO hours
shewent down.
The Abram Barker sailed hence on the
9th of December and went to Honolulu
Under command of the mate. Captain
Glff.trd joined her there on the 9th of
March and she sailed on the Goth of that
month for her northern cruise. She was
built a t FaiThaven in 1915, and though she
Had seen: much service was considered
= stBnCh Resse. She had no catch aboard
when she sank.
. Captain Clifford reports that some of the
naerof the United States steamer Concord
! were aboard fishing vessel ia Berng Sea
and found there two of the crew of the i'll
fated. James Allen. The men preferred to
remain with the fisher to going aboard the
Concord and were, of course, left with
her,. This news also arrived by telegraph
yesterday as having come from a pas
senger board the Farallon, which il due
here from Seattle and Tacoma next Thurs
day.
Captain Clifford saws that when he parted
had iBet:wlth little success. The Orca had
two whales, the Rosario two and the Mer-
maid. one, but the Jesse Il. freeman,
Reiudeer, Alice Knowles. HOratio. Triton,
AndEew Hicks. Beluga, HtdalgO, John
W<nthrop, EhrasheT, Belvedere. Naracht
and. William Bayles were all light. This
was befUre the fleet mad penetrated to the
ATctlc; nearly Two months ago, and they
4laye had time to recoup since. but 1t Is the
first and only news from them.
- ames Frank, third mate of the steamer
Alexander, died February last of con-
sumption and was buried at sea-
Passenger steamers running out of this
>p0TEaTe still doing a big business on ac-
count Of the stoppage of railroad travel by
the strike. The wharVes and waiting
TDOms are crowded every day, and the
water front has generally brisk appear
aBCe.:
THE City of PuebIa, which sailed yester-
day foT Puget Sound. went out loaded
d0Wn with passengers and freight. There
were" $50 passengers aboard, and on Mon
day smother boat will be put on the line to
'a1fOLd additional accommodations, Can
tain Monroe of the British ship Kings
. GDgpty and Captain Frank Carver went
I'D Uu he Pnebla after having vainly tried
to 20 by rail. CAPTAIN Monroe is on his
way 10 St Johns. \. B.. and Captain Car
Ver.is going TO New York, where he was
10 have taken command Of the ship A, J.
EGier. That vessel has sailed, however.
and Captain Carver is out and injured.
File two captains VIII 60 East over the Ca
madam Pacific.
. .Fhe steamer Santa Rosa went south yes
tsrday with so many passengers that
wooden hunks had to be placed between
DECKS,
line British bark Fiery Cross. which ar
rved Friday, 161 days from Antwerp, re-
ports that JoTgen Hansen, seaman, fell
overload from the jbboOm while furling
tne ID and was drowned in spite of the
efforts hat were made to save him.
-, a dfSpalch from London. England, states
that: the British bark Elginshire. from
:Iendon for Portland, Or, put IN at Valpa-
~Taiso, leaking.