The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28
Came Ashore for Supplies, but
Got Drunk While Max
ing Purchases.
IN CHARGE OF THE MONITOR.
The Long Overdue Schooner J. B.
Leeds Got in From Amapala
Yesterday.

The excitement of the day on the water
front was furnished by the keepers put in
charge of the monitor Comanche by the
naval authorities. When the vessel was
turned over to the naval reserve it was with
the understanding that a regular man-of-
warsman should be shipkeeper and fire.
man from one of the warships should look
after the machinery. The former was to
see that Uncle Sans property was prop
erly taken care of and the latter was to at
tend to the turning over of the machinery
every day.
Since the Coma nche was anchored in
the stream Hans Anderson, the seaman.
and J. Lundstrom, the fireman, have at
tended faithfully to their duties, but yes
terday being payday they fell from grace.
Early in the morning they took one of the
naval reserve boats and came ashore for
provisions. AT 1 P. NJ. they returned to
the boat with their groceries. They had a
friend with them and all were under the
influence of liquor. They got the stores
aboard and a S tart for the Comanche was
made. In midstream one of the men at
tempted to climb the mast in order to fix
the halyards and the boat being thus
made topheavy capsized.
Henry Pet ersen saw the predicament in
which the men were placed and at once
went to their assistance. He rescued An
derson, Lundstrom and their companion,
and started to tow the cutter back to the
wharf. 1t was hard work until the San
Francisco laundry launch came along and
towed both boats to the Folsom-stre
steps.
The half-drowned men dried themselves
out and then went uptown to buy more
groceries. When they got back to the
front they were, in the vernacular of the
water front, "feeIing good" Over 500
people gathered to see them off. All
went we'll until they attempted TO make a
tack, in order to reach the monitor, and
then over went the boat again. This time
the launch Amy went to their assistance,
and after picking the men up put them
aboard the Comanche. The boat and her
equipments were also saved, SO that all
that was lost was the groceries.
On both occasions the ferry-boats were
stopped, and the men were called away to
lower boats, but there was no necessity for
their assistance. When the first capslze
took place Lieutenant Commander Turner
sent word TO the Folsom-street wharf to
keep the men ashore, but Anderson said
he was no Naval Reserve man, and only
received orders from Mare Island. He
very nearly lost his life IN consequence,
and the Comanche would have tempo.
rarily been without shipkeeper.
Wha-fngers, collectors and the State
harbor police are all to be decked out in
new uniforms on July next. For the
wharingers and collectors the new dress
will be similar to the undress Of the
revenue marine. The coat will be single
breasted, and there will be-eight buttons
on it. The police will be belted and will
wear helmets. In fact their uniform will
be almost exactly like that worn by the
City police. There is a great deal OF
grum bling over the new order. as many OF
the men only got new uniforms a few
months ago and they are not half worn
out.
The turntable used by the Market-street
cable roads broke down Yesterday, and
during the entire day gang of six men
had to shunt each car as it came along. In
consequence, the entire system was de-
| layed, and toward 5 o'clock some of the
cars were over five minutes late. Every
thing will be in good working order this
| morning.
Morris Moreno, longshoreman, met
with serious accident on the steam er City
of Sydney yesterday. In backing out OF
! the way of a slingful of goods, he missed
! his footing and fell into the hold. His
right leg was broken and his head badly
cut. He was taken to ST. Mary Hospital.
| where his injuries were attended to, after
| which he was sent home.
The schooner j B. Leeds, over which SO
much anxiety was felt, put into port yes
terday after a passage of sixty-three days
| from Amapala. The vessel was on her
way to Portland, but had to put in here foi
provisions. The voyage was a succession
of calms and head winds, and before port
was reached the crew was put to hard
straits. Beans and aapiacks were the sta.
pie food, and even those were giving out
when the Golden Gate was sighted. After
provisioning the schooner will proceed or
her way.
A spanker boom with sail and half
dozen blocks attached drifted foul of thu
schooner Charles Hansen on the 25th inst
| The schooner was off the seawall and tn,
captain thinks the gear came down will
the tide from the Blairmore. If they belong
to the ill-fated ship they can be recovered
from the agents.