The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

board was unbolted from its supports,
which were sawed down flush with the
flooring of the wharf
| The next change took place in the after
noon among the employees. Captain Joseph
+. Petzinger was appointed to the COM
mand of the tug Governor Markham, tax
ing the place of Captain Pike. The new
tug skipper is an old Stockton River steam
BOAT man, having been recently in COM
mand of the 7. C. " alker. Michael Red
mond took the place of Captain Baxter in
charge of dredger No. 2, and w. H. O'Don-
nell was appointed engineer of the
Markham.
A big storm has been blowing outside
the heads for the past few days. Old
Boreas let himself loose on Thursday night
and came swooping down from the north
west armed with heavy guns. AT 6 O'Clock
Lobos at the rate of 48 miles an hour, and
word was received at the Merchants Ex-
change from the station-keeper at Point
Reyes that it had been blowing out there
| the night before at the rate of 100 miles an
hour. If the report be true this is the
worst storm which has ever been known
on the coast, and it seems hardly credible
that the wind could attain such a velocity
| The schooner Bessie K started out for a
| trip down the coast on Thursday morning.
| She got in the blow and had her staybolts
carried away and had to put back to port
| for protection. The damages were re-
paired and she made a second venture out
| went out on Thursday and found the wind
| too heavy for her canvas. She put back to
| port and went away again yesterday and
| evidently got away with the blow. The
schooner Occidental shared a similar ex-
perience and also braved the elements
again yesterday, riding through the hurri-
cane as if it were zephyr.
The pilot-boat Young America, while
crossing the bar Thursday evening, sud-
denly became becalmed and almost foun-
dered. The great waves rolled down upon
the little vessel as she fell off in the trough
of the sea and swept her deck fore and aft,
| smashing rails and doing considerable
seamen aboard of her had the breakers in
that locality been so high. The schooner
was tossed and pitched about like a cork
on the awful waves, and only her excellent
seaworthy qualities and the skill of her
crew saved her from destruction.
News was received here yesterday from
Stockton of the drowning of Samuel Olsen,
second engineer of the steamer 7. G.
Walker. The vessel left here on Thursday
night for Stockton, and arrived at that
place yesterday morning. AS she was
pulling into the wharf Olsen went out on
the fantall to Oil the machinery. Whether
he missed his footing and fell into the
| river or was knocked overheard by stroke
| from the shaft is not known, but when
the steamer arrived at Stockton he was
| missing. According to the latest advices
| his body had not been recovered.
The Nicaraguan bark Don Carlos, which
left here on February 26, loaded with a
| general cargo of merchandise by G. d.
Bunker & Co, turned up yesterday at AGA
Julia, San Salvador. The vessel had been
out ninety-four days and the underwriters
were considerably alarmed over the absence
of news from her.
| The Don Carlos is one of the ablest ves-
sells on the coast and one of the best
known. She is owned by Nick Bichard,
| the well-known coal man of the City
Henry Peterson's new naphtha launch
Amy bids fair to be the flyer of her class in
the bay. Yesterday she passed the Hus-
tier, Ethel and Marion and several other
crafts, and her owner spent the rest of the
day looking for more boats to conquer.
He cruised for the launch Satellite but was
unable to get race out of that speedy YES
sci: He expects to best George A. Knight s
Athlete the next time he catches that
small cruiser loose on the bay.