The San Francisco call., 1896-11-07
ALCIDES CAUGHT
IN A TYPHOON
The Good Ship Was on Her
Beam Ends for Eight
Hours.
Sails Were Blown From the Bolt
Ropes and the Ballast
Shifted.
ACCIDENT TO THE UNADILLA.
One Of the Manhole Gaskets Blew
Out AMI She Had to Lay Up
for Repairs.
ACCIDENT TO THE UNADILLA.

The British ship Alcides. which arrived
here yesterday after smart run of thirty
days from Yokohama, had an exciting
experience last month. When the master
saw that storm was brewing he at once
began to shorten sail, but before all the
canvas was in a typhoon struck the ship
and she was thrown on her beam ends.
The few sails that were on the yards were
blown out of the bolt ropes and for eight
hours it was nip and tuck whether the
stout vessel would right or go down. To
make matters worse the ballast shifted,
but when hope seemed gone the Alcides
passed out of the revolving storm and the
danger was over.
1--WE had fair weather after leaving
Yokohama up to October 15 last, said
Captain Dart Yesterday. "Then we we're
in latitude 43 north, longitude 165 east.
A heavy typhoon from the south-south-
west and west came up, an0 we were at
its mercy for several hours. Many of our
sails were blown away, the ship was
thrown on her beam ends and our ballast
shifted. That was our worst experience
and we had no more trouble in reachin g
San Francisco"
Judging from the looks of the Alcides
she must also have lost some of ne- boats,
sshNt eAiC NudhNSo diS tHdt SOlAC iCpdl1o .
will have to be made before she will begin
loading wheat for Europe. This is the
third trip Captain Dart has made to this
port, but 1t is the first time he has ever
reported typhoon. The accomp panying
sketch was drawn from a description OF
the scene when the Alcides was in the
typhoon, furnished by the officers and
crew of the vessel.
The rear admiral, the officers and their
wives ana the enlisted men from Mare
Island did not make the return trip on
the Government tug Unadilla yesterday.
Instead they went back on the steamer
Monticello and paid their way. When
only halfway 10 San Francisco the man.
hole gasket blew out and the water from
the boiler leaked into the biIges
Steam was kept up, however, and the
tug reached Pacific street wharf IN safety.
The water was then pumped out of the
hold and the work of repairing the tug
began. The boilers had to be blown down
and cooled off before the manhole could be
fixed, and that made it necessary to hold
the vessel here until this morning. The
damage is trifing, but still it caused in
convenience.
Six carrier pigeons from the Mare Island
cotes were brought down on the Unadilla
At 1:10 o'clock they were released, and
each one carried message stating that
the tug would not return last night owing
to the accident but would return early to-
day.
The whaling steamer Belvedere got in
from the Arctic yesterday with 1000
pounds of bone, 450 barrels OF whale oil,
i45 pounds of ivory, 70 foxskins and 4
bearskins The body OF Boatheader
Thomas p. Warren, who was killed by
a whale on October Is last, was also
brought down. The story OF Warren s
tragic death was brought down by the
steam whaler Balaena- The remains were
handed over to deceased's relatives, and
will be buried here.
The Belvedere spoke the Beluga and the