The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14

in a while one of them would come thun-
dering aboard, flooding the cabins and
doing considerable damage.
Ten feet above the upper deck were the
lifeboats strapped into the davits. One
big sea came along and breaking aboard
aft caught up two of the boats and carried
them away in an instant. The crockery
and glassware in the pantry suffered con-
siderably, but luckily no one was hurt.
The Australia behaved like the splendid
ship she Is" said Captain HOudlette yes
terday. During all the time | have been
running TO the South Seas I never saw
such storm, and yet there was never an
instant that there was any danger. Hun
dredS of tons of water would pour on
board from each succeeding wave, but
never bolt gave and there is not a strain
from stem to stern. The only serious dam
age was the loss of our boats''
The cabin passengers on the Australia
were: Miss Boyd. Mrs. +. i. Bishop, Mr.
and Mrs. Cowan, J. II. Carter, Mrs. B. F.
Dillingham;, Mrs. Field, Judge W. F.
Frear, Miss T. Goodall, H. Hugo. A. Haas
G. w. Irvine, W. a. Johnson, Miss Kerr,
II. T. Lewis, Mrs. T. w. Warrington, H.
A. Widemann and H. A. Widemann Jr
Mrs. Warrington had to be assisted from
the steamer in a stretcher. She was on
her way to San Francisco on the steamer
China, and during the gale in which that
vessel was caught she was thrown from
her berth and dangerously injured. At
Honolulu she was taken to the hospital
but she would not remain and insisted
upon coming home on the Australia.
Miss l. Goodall, daughter OF Captain
Charles Goodall, md Miss Boyd, were
with Mrs. Warrington, and they remained
over at Honolulu with her. and all three
came on to this City together. Mrs. Walk
ington is injured internally, and it will be
months before she is able to be about
again.
From the accounts brought from Homo
lulu, 1T appears that the captain of the
Miowera did everything possible for the
disabled steamer Strathnevis. The steel
and manila hawsers parted three times,
and fourth time new ones were bent and
put aboard again. A Mr.. Holland of
Ottawa, one of the passengers, writing OF
the last attempt, says, under date of
December ID:
Between midnight and A. NJ. the wind was
blowing gale, and the ten-inch manila
nawser snapped like a thread. We still held
our tow with the siX-inch wire cable, but in
side of half an hour great hit the Strath-
nevis, the cable parted, and in almost rs short
a time as 1t takes me to describe it she was car
ried away out Of sight on the wings OF the gale
A shudder went through the officers and crew
They felt il was q hopeless case. In the mean
time We lay 10 all night, the seas rolling clean
over our decks. One monster wave cleaned off
the porch that sheltered the captains cabin
door, broke in the skyiights and damaged the
alley-way between the staterooms. Our trunks
were chasing each other round our stateroom
but jumped from my berth and secured them
from possible damage by piling them in be-
hind a coal chute.
The next morning there was no sign of
the Strathnevis, SO the Miowera was put
on her course for Honolulu.
The steamer City of Panama got in yes
terday afternoon after an unusually long
passage of 80 days from Panama and way
ports. About fifty miles south of Acapulco
a little steamer, supposed to be the Bar
clay Golden with Antonio Ezeta aboard,
was sighted. It was at night and as soon
as the tug sighted the steamer all her lights
were at once put out. Captain Seares
watched the little vessel for some time
through his glasses, but he could not make
her out. The Panama brought up IL cabin
and q steerage passengers. She had fair
weather passage except on December 30,
when u heavy gale was encountered. 1t
did no damage and did not delay the yes
sci. When the steamer was at Panama