The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-29
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.

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ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
The bark Brussels went up the river
yesterday
The steamer Elmore leaves out for Til
| .amook tomorrow.
The British bark Drumuir was towed
up to Portland yesterday morning by the
Harvest Queen.
| The steamer Harrison was expected in
from the Nehalem yesterday afternoon
but did not arrive She will probably be
in this morning,
Captain Seaman has been transferred
to the Homer, vice Captain Drisco, and
Captain Dugan has succeeded Captain
Doran to the command of the steamer
Bonita.
The shaft of the steamer Lurline was
broken yesterday, necessitating her being
laid off until next Monday. 1t is probable
that another steamer will be put on her
run till that time
The Bailey Gatzert hoated off the sands
in front of Bay View on Tuesday night,
uninjured, and continued her run up to
Portland. She arrived here on her down
trip on time yesterday.
AT Bremen the largest sailing ship afloat
has just been completed. She is called
the Pctosi, is tive-master, 394 feet long
so feet broad, with draught of 25 feet
and carrying capacity of 6l5O tons.
The Chilian bark spoken some days
ago off the mouth of the river has not vet
put in an appearance. The fog and smoke
hung so thick off the Cape yesterday
that nothing could be made out by the
observer.
Yesterday the sealing schooner Bow
head, recently seized by the customs Off
GERS for taking skins in prohibited waters
without license, was bonded for $l7O0
and her load of sealskins for $4,000. She
will be taken to Benicia by William
Brent and laid up pending her forfeiture
trial in the United States courts.-Call.
The steamship ANSi, of the Pacific Coast
Steamship company, will sail from San
Francisco for Seattle August 30, and will
go on the Alaska route running in con-
junction with tine Topeka The All<i will
carry both freight and passengers and
being very roomy is especially adapted
to the Alaska trade, which produces much
freight.
After drifting aimlessly about the
al,
months, the derilict schooner Z. II. Cor
nell, which was abandoned on March l6
last, in latitude 1888, longitude 72.O9,
while bound from Fernandna to the
Delaware breakwater, has been towed
into ST. Michaers, one of the Azore
islands.
Recently the Georgia, the latest addi-
ton to the White Star fleet and the
largest cargo steamer afloat, left Belfast
on her trial trip and to have her compass
adjusted. This vessel is $40 feet long, 60
feet broad, 40 feet Deep and has a
gross tonnage of nearly 10000 She has
arrangements for carrying about 1000
head Of cattle and horses.
The Hawaiian steamer Kahulul Is the
vessel that ran ashore at Trial Island,
The kilograms said it was the steamer
Peter Jebsen, but the Jebsen entered
San Francisco with cargo of coal last
Wednesday. Latest advices are that the
Ka.hului got off the rock after jettison-
ing 100 tons of her cargo. She was in
charge of a pilot when she got into the
predicament.
The steamer Chehalis, on the way from
no1
ers Elwood and Vesta becalmed near the
mouth of the canal while trying to sail
in. The Chehalis towed both vessels up
Sound, bringing the Elwood to this port
and returning for the Vesta. which she
took to Port Blakely. The Elwood was
formerly called the Yukon and is on the
way to Alaska. Yesterday she went on
the beach at West Seattle for repairs.
The Chehalis has been doing a big freight
and passenger business of late. She
brought in twenty-five passengers Sun
day, which is small number for her.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
1.-The money collected among merchants
and shippers by Al White for the benefit
of the schooner Whites survivors was
distributed to them yesterday" says Sat
urday's Chronicle. "The amount raised
was $61, and was expended as follows:
e. W. Bail, who is in the hospital with
both feet and a portion of his hands
gone, was given $500; E. j. Voisinet, $125,
and four other survivors $67 apiece. One
man who escaped injury was given $58.
A finely engrossed testimonial in parch-
ment was ordered prepared for DIR. A.
Dickinson, the heroic physician Of Wood
Island, who attended the frozen men
alone and without sufficient medicines
and appliances for his work"
The schooner Vine, Capt. G.. F. Gil
more, twenty-six days out from San
Francisco, came into the harbor yester-
day morning at 8 o'clock, in tow of the
tug Discovery, says the Post-Intelli-
gencer. In explanation of her long voy-
age, her captain states that she was de-
layed by head winds of long duration,
which caused the vessel to double back
over the same course for several hun
dred miles. The Vine is a very fleet
schooner, of a decidedly yacht-like ap-
pearance, and under ordinary favorable
winds would have made the run easily
in ten days. She has but two masts,
and is not a large vessel, being more
adapted to speed. The Vine was former
ly engaged in the Honolulu and San
raHclsco traue, "here' uurlh6 lhe heIsht
of that traffic, she did good service.
''The crew of the schooner James Town
send, wrecked Sunday morning on the
Mendocino coast, arrived mere yesterday
on the steam schooner Point Arena. Cap
tain Jensen states that they left Fog
Bragg Saturday evening in tow OF tRM
steam schooner Noyo and soon encoun-
tered rough weather The night was dark
and foggy and the sea ran high. Early
next morning the tow lines part ed end
the vessel began TO drift in the heavy
swell on to the beach. When she struck
the crew took TO the rigging. and all that