The San Francisco call., 1896-07-26

were drowned. Yesterday Williams, Di-
mond & Co. received the following dis
patch from Dearborn & Co. of New York !:
I Information from Port Stanley confirms
the loss of the City OF Philadelphia.
The vessel was bound from New York
for San Francisco with general cargo and
paid on her. When the British ship
Brenda arrived few days ago Captain
Tullock reported having spoken the City
of Philadelphia on May l in latitude 81
south, longitude 65 west. At that time she
was under six lower topsails and making
heavy weather of it. The Philadelphia
must have been driven back during the
storm that came up and finally went on
Billy Rock near Port Stanley.
A private letter from Port Stanley,
dated May IL, reads as follows:
Four days previously a three-masted ship
was seen under topssils making for Port VIII
liam entrance to Port Stanley. and flying the
jack for pilot.
The piloi-boat Victoria went out and tried to
get near the ship, but owing TO heavy sea did
not even get near enough to signal her. Dark
ness came on and the Victoria returned 10 port,
the ship standing offshore.
Next evening a man rode in from the lig ht-
house at Cape Pembroke with news that the
scene, but everybody on board had been
washed over board and drowned. Had q pow
erful tug been available all hands could have
been saved.
Willing hands were within a short distance
of the doomed ship-so near, in fact, that the
crew could be seen clnging TO the mizzen rig
ginR They were heard calling, "Come and
save u.s." but owing to the heavy sea and lack
of facilities nothing could be done.
George C. Gordon British ships Enoch; W.
Tooar, British ship Pass OF i1 Balmaka; P. Nc
Thetis; Peter Noble, engineer, Falkland Islands.
The United States Consul at Falkland
Islands also wrote, stating that a full
rigged ship had been driven ashore on
Billy Rock, and that all hands had been
lost. The letters were mailed on board
the mail steamer for Montevideo. and
from that point came to San Francisco CO..
The captain reported having passed
through a large quantity of coal oil and
lumber, and as the City of Philadelphia
was laden with coal oil and general mer-
chandise, there can be no doubt but what
she was the unfortunate ship that went on
Billy Rock.
The City of Philadelphia was an old
timer, and was on her first voyage to San
Francisco. She was built at Bath, Me-, in
1875, and was 13S4.45 tons net burden. Her
length was 202 feet inches, breadth 40
feet 2 inches and depth "a feet inches
She was in command OF Captain John
son. who was we'll known in this port as
an able and efficient master.
The American ship Santa Clara from
New York for San Francisco, is also over
due, she being now out 162 days. Heavy
reinsurance has been paid on her. The
British ship Wilhelm Tell, on which 40
per cent reinsurance was paid, reached
port last night, however. so there may be
a chance for the Santa Clara. The Will
helm Tell was 15S days making the run
from Swansea.
The ferry steamer Bay City is to be laid
up for inspection and thorough over
hauling. Her place on the narrow-guage
route will be taken by the Ell Captain. The
latter has had new boilers put in and has
been thoroughly renovated. She is now
one of the smartest boats belonging to
the Southern Pacific.
The ticket agents at the Tiburon ferry
will be kept busy to-day. There will be
the usual excursions to Ell Campo, the
favorite picnic-grounds, and the '49ers will
hold their third annual outing at Schuetzen
Park. There will be valuable gate prizes
given away, a tug-of-war and music by the
Letter-carriers' band
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company's
Oriza ba arrived from Mexican ports yester-
day with twenty-three cabin and eleven
steerage passengers. 1t was afair-weather
passage all the way and nothing of interest
occurred.
Captain w. Rugg. the well-known
master of sailing vessels and more lately
of the steam schooner Newsbov. had q
stroke of good luck last Friday. A lottery
peddler pestered HIM to buy ticket, but,