The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-12-21


Yesterday afternoon the Relief after
several hours graphing, picked up the
anchor dropped from the British ship
Kate Thomas on Thursday.
The steamer Signal sailed for Vancou-
yer, B. c., yesterday, with 400 tons of
merchandise for Japan and China, and
fourteen Chinese passengers.
The State of California left out for San
Francisco yesterday with 700 tons CT
freight and 226 passengers. She went
down to the mouth of the river early, but
lay inside the jetty for an hour before
crossing out.
Wong Ding, a Chinaman who was
brought down from Vancouver, B. c., by
the Signal, several days ago, and taken
up to Portland on the steamer on account
of the absence from the city of the neces-
sary witnesses, returned here yesterday
and was permitted to land by Collector
Page. The witnesses were present and
swore to his identity.
II. A. Jones and William Mackay,
wealthy citizens of Vancouver, B. c., are
large salmon cannery at Village point,
Lummi island, across the bay from New
Whatcom They have already purchased
the ground for the site and are now pre-
pairing to build. The cannery will be one
of the largest and most expensive on the
Pacific coast and will be ready for oper-
alton next season.
Yesterday says the Call of Tuesday,
the big battleship Oregon grounded on a
sandbank that has grown up around her.
So helpless is the huge craft in her shoal
that the Union Iron Works yesterday
asked the harbor commissioners for a
dredger to dig her out. Colonel Chad
bourne, of the commission, who Is the
chairman on naval affairs, was directed
to hurry to the scene ofthe imperiled
battleship and dredge her out of the chan
mel.
Cautain Jung, of the German ship Flot-
beck, now at Shoalwater Bay, came to
the city yesterday morning overland and
arranged for the Relief to take his vessel
in tow from her present anchorage to this
port. The consideration could not be
learned, bat it was satisfactory, and the
Relief starts round for Shoalwater Bay
crates the particulars of the Flotbeck's
arrival at shoalwater, published in the
Astorian some days ago.
The output of the Beaver Hill mine,
Coos bay, is increasing and the quality
improving. To keep up with the demand
further transportation facilities are
requisite, and the steamer CZarlna, now
under the American flag, and formerly
the British steamer G. w. Jones, an iron
vessel of 661 tons net register, is on the
way from Pensacola, Fla, to take her
place in the line from Coos bay to San
Francisco carrying Beaver Hill coal Ar
rangements are being perfected which will
give ample accommodations for landing
the product of this mine, as well as
other descriptions of coal here.
CASTOR Dambrne, the steward of the
steamer Washtenaw, which is lying at
Lombard street wharf, fell into the hold
of the vessel yesterday afternoon and was
killed, says the Examiner. The main
hatch of the steamer was open, but on
account of the rain a tarpaulin had been
stretched across the opening, and, the
unfortunate man thinking that the
wooden cover had been placed over the
hatch, leaped from the end of the fore
and-aft bridge down on the tarpaulin and
went through 1t to the bottom of the
vessel twenty-four feet below. When
found few minutes after he was un-
conscious and died almost immed ately.
1t is against all orders and is considered
almost a crime to cover an open batch
with a tarpauin or canvas, as anybod,
is liable to attempt to walk across such
a veritable death trap, consequently the
gross carelessness which sacrificed Dam
brines life yesterday was little short c.
manslaughter. The hatch had been Gov
cred by the stevedores who were hand
ling the cargo