The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26
Narrow Escape of the Bark
Mohican on Her First Trip
to This Port.
MORE DAMAGE BY THE GALES.
Deputy Sheriff Lindsay of Eureka Lost
Prisoner, but the Harbor
Police Caught Him.

The American bark Mohican arrived
from Honolulu early yesterday morning
after a rather eventful trip. For years she
has been well-known trader on the At
lantic. but last year Welch & Co. of the
well-know PLANTER Line' purchased her
and in future she will run between San
Francisco and Honolulu.
The Mohican left New York for Callao.
and rounding the Horn some very heavy
weather was experienced. The cabin was
gutted and almost everything movable on
deck was washed overheard, Several of
the crew were seriously injured and a
number of vacancies had to be filled before
the vessel sailed again for Honolulu. At
the latter point a cargo of sugar was taken
aboard and a start made for San Francisco,
On the 18th inst. heavy gale was epcoun-
tered which raised very heavy cross sea.
The decks were again swept and consider
able damage done.
Off the Golden Gate last Friday night
there was fair wind, and the captain de-
termined to save towage of $500 by sail
ing in. Off Lime Point the wind died
away to calm, and the Mohican began to
drift toward the rocks. Over seventy-five
fathoms of chain were run out before the
vessel brought up, and then she held Sc
curely. Early the next morning an at
tempt was made to take in the anchor and
make sail, but the anchor would not
bulge. Finally tug was signaled for,
and the Sea Witch responded. She could
not move the firmly fixed mudhook. and
finally both anchor and chain were slipped
and the vessel was towed to the sugar re-
finery. Later in the day the tug Rescue
went to Lime Point and picked up the
anchor and chain.
The Mohican was built in 1875 of heart
of oak, and is now as sound as vessel
launched three years ago. She is 100 feet
2 inches long, 80 feet 2 inches broad, and
10 feet inches deep. The first mate of
the bark Martha Davis, now in port and
owned by Welch 81 Co., will take COM
mand of the Mohican.
There was a great deal of excitement on
Broadway wharf yesterday when the Pa
cifc Coast Steamship Company's Pomona
docked. A prisoner from Eureka for San
Quentin had escaped, and the Deputy
Sheriff had every body on board searching
for the escape. harry Jones, Mexican
morphine fiend, had been sentenced to
three years in the States prison for per-
jury, and Deputy Sheriff n. G. Lindsay
was told to take him to San Quentin.
When the Pomona came into port Jones
was locked up in spare stateroom, and the
Deputy Sheriff forgot all about HIM until
a few minutes before it was time to go
ashore When he opened the stateroom
door Jones was gone and had left no trace
behind him. Lindsay appealed to the
Harbor police and Captain Dunleavy in
structed the morning squad to keep look
out for the missing man. Ten minutes
later Officer Harrigan saw a suspicious.
looking character wandering aimlessly
along East street and thinking he resem-
bled the description of the missing
accosted him. The stranger could give no
account of himself, so he was marched to
the Harbor police station. When Deputy
Sheriff Lindsay saw him he wept for Joy
it was his missing prisoner. Three hours
later Jones was safely lodged in San Quen-
tin and Lindsay was on his way home.
The early morning storm of yesterday
did considerable damage along the south
ern part of the water front. The schooner
Rough and Ready got considerably chafed
at Beale-street wharf and while getting
out tenders Mate Hans Peterson fell over
board and was nearly drowned. Fortu-
nately a line was thrown to him, which he
managed to grasp and helped himsel If
back to the deck. The schooner Alexan-
der, at Hathaways' wharf, banged into
the ship Roderick Dhu. The latter was
only slightly damaged, but the Alexander T
lost her jibboom. The schooner Novelty
broke away from her moorings, but was
picked up by the tug Active, and the brig