The San Francisco call., 1896-11-04
KILLED BY A
FLUKIHG WHALE
How Tom" Warren of
the Steam Whaler Bel
vedere Died.
He Was Master of the Bark
Atlantic Lost Near the
Cliff House.
A IMPEDE ON THE FRONT.
Two Cows CAUSED a Great Deal Of
Trouble and Amused the M ny
Voters
A sTfMPEDE ON THE FRONT

Another death among the whaling feet
has to be reported. There have been
violent deaths, deaths in The ice, deaths
from natural causes and suicides, but so
far this is the only occasion on which a
man lost his life from misadventure.
boat was out after whale ami Just as
the boatheader was ready TO cast his bomb
the mammal dived and in doing so struck
the boat with its tail. The boatheader got
the full force of the blow and was knocked
overheard He was hauled aboard but
died before he could be got to the ship.
tom" Warren, the dead man, was we'll
known in San Francisco. Years ago he
was master of the whaler Atlantic and was
in command of her when she went ashore
near the Cliff House. The loss of life was
great. Thousands of people went out to
the beach TO gaze on the wreck and the
papers at the time were full of the
disaster.
After the trouble was all over Warren
again went whaling. as a general hand.
Last season he secured a job on the Bel.
vedere as boatheader and as such sailed
for the Arctic.
His body has been EN- balmed and will
come back on the steamer for interment.
Among the other whalers that got in
were the Navarch and Cape Horn Pigeon.
The Navarch brought 5000 pounds of bone
and 800 barrels of oil. October q. in lati-
tude As deg so min. north, longitude
147 deg. west, southwest gale was run
into and the port quarter boat was carried
away. The storm was heavy one: the
galley was flooded and the crew had to
suff r for want of coffee for twenty-four
hours.
The Cane Horn Pigeon also had to suf-
Ter On October II, in latitude As deg.
| Ion. 10
was caught In gale and the storm carried
away the starboard quarter lifeboat. The
bark had narrow escape, The catch of
the Pigeon was 900 barrels of sperm oil
120 barrels of whale Ordinary oil and
52 900 pounds of bone.
According TO the latest reports tn Be-
vedere has twelve whales and the Rein "a
eleven whales. The former vessel went
further north than any ship in the fleet
and in consequence Captain Williams did
remarkably we'll.
1t was a remarkably dull day on the
water front yesterday. All the Brtishers
were tied up and the masters were uptown
watching the fight between Mckinley and
Bryan. Strange to say nearly all the
Britishers were for protection and had
they had votes every one OF them would
nave gone for sound money. A couple of
coal ships were at work and the whaling
bark Margan took out some oil. but out
SIDE OF these not stroke OF work was done
on the water front The Britishers had
no chance to get any of their cargo out, SO
the captains spent their time in watching
the apprentice boys decorating the ca bins
for last nights celebration.
The revenue cutter Hartley was put to
good use yesterday. The Commodore
Perry has been lying off Meiggs wharf for
some time awaiting repairs. When it
came to moving her to the iron works
there was no boat to tow her, so the Hart
ley had 10 get up steam and do the work.
Strange to say, the little cutter was equal
to the task, and the Perry is now safe in
dock, while The Hartley continues to take
boarding. Officers out to vessels that arrive
during the day.
About the only excitement on the water
front yesterday outside of the election was
the attempt OF two vaqueros to take some
cows to Butcheriowa. The animals got
away when near Fosom-street wharf and
made run for Mission street. cable and
electric cars barred the way, but the
bovines paid no attention. and made
the best OF time. When opposite Howard
street one of the vaoueros iassoed one
| COW by the heel and brought her up with
round turn. The other cow was making
directly for Bryan booth, when the
lasso fell over its horns and it also was
marched away. These cows formed the
only diversion that was furnished the
voters on the water front yesterday.