The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-11
FALLS OF DEE OVERDUE,
A British Ship Which Is Many
Days Out From NeWCaS-
tle-on-Tyne.
The Arrival of the Vessel Means Six
Thousand Dollars to a Local
Firm.

The British ship Falls of Dee, bound to
this port from Newcastle-onTyne, is
out 1856 days and among the local under
writer's considerable apprehension exists
for her safety. The vessel was spoken
several times on her voyage, the last time
she was seen for a certainty being on
March u, when she was sighted in latitude
4 deg. south and longitude 26 deg. west.
The British ship Travancore arrived
here from Newcastle. n. S. W., on May Is,
and Captain Jones reported having spoken
the Falls of Dee on May IL in latitude 35
deg. north and longitude 139 deg. west.
Up to this time the English underwriters
had been offering 10 per cent for reinsur-
ance, but on the report of the Travancore
they refused to do any further business.
The position of the Falls of Dee would be
Just about 1000 miles to the westward OF
San Francisco if the report of Captain
Jones is to be relied upon.
The captain of the Travancore based his
report on the fact that the ship he saw was
painted white, as are all the vessels in the
Falls line. Since his arrival the British
ship Waterloo, from Calcutta, reached
here and the British ship Dowan Bill ar
rived at San Diego from Liverpool. Both
vessels are painted w Lllc duC DObil dIt lOuI-
masters, as is the Falls of Dee.
That the Falls of Dee is out long time
is obvious from the fact that the average
trip from Newcastle. Eng, is 145 days.
That the usual weather to be expected at
this time OF year prevailed is evident from
the arrivals from the European side of the
Atlantic. The Ainsdale arrived here in
1877 days from Liverpool, the Hollywood IN
139 DAYS from London, the Ravenscourt in
from MnnpO
142 days from Swansea and the lakewood
The cargo of the Fails of Dee consists of
800 tons of camel coal, coke, pig iron and
steel blooms. She is four-masted ship,
full rugged on every stick to her iigger-
mast. She is 276 feet in length, Al feet in
breadth of beam and % feet In depth OF
hold. She was built at Greenock in 1882
by Russell & CO.
The coming of the Falls of Dee is
awaited with unusual interest, not only by
the underwriters, but by the shippers. She
was chartered prior to arrival by Eppinger
& Co. at a very low rate, to carry grain to
the European markets. If the vessel is
! lost or If she does not turn up In time to
make good her charter option, she cannot
be duplicated by her charterers for less
than 35 shillings a ton. This means a
clear loss of $1,000 to Eppinger & Co:
"Charters have gone up considerably
! since Eppinger IL Co. closed their contract
with the agents of the Falls of Dee" said
well-known shipping man yesterday
"At the time the charter was made freights
were probably 81 shillings 6 pence, and
now they are up to 80 shillings. This
means big loss to the charterers If the
vessel does not show up. 1t seems almost
impossible that the Fails of Dee was the
vessel spoken by the Travancore. 1t tool
the latter vessel only seven days to come
from that position, and surely. the shiE
spoken could have covered the distance in
side of thirty days. The fact that she ha.
not put in an appearance gives the i'm
preston that she was not the vessel which
/ was spoken