The San Francisco call., 1896-11-19
THE AMARAP DORA
IS IN TROUBLE
Although Now on an Even
Keel No One Will
Insure Her.
Narrow Escape of the British
Ship Conway Castle on
Pillar Point.
Death of an Alaskan Gold Miner
While on His Way Home From
Cooks Inlet.

What will be done with the British
tramp steamer Amarapoora is still mat
ter OF doubt. The underwriters refuse to
insure her and in consequence the owners
of The cargo aboard will not allow the ves-
sci TO sail. That the Amarapoora is top
heavy there can be no doubt
All OF Monday she lay in the stream
with list to port. Yesterday with the
transfer of several tons of cargo from port
TO starboard she Strengthened I'D and is
now on an even keel. Every inch of space
on the steamer has been utilized and a
schooner has been chartered TO take away
the freight left OH Lombard-street wharf
which she could not carry. All day she
lay with steam up, but no satisfactory un-
derstanding could be reached, so the
Amarapoora had to remain at anchor.
She is one of the longest vessels in port
for her beam, being $50 feet long and only
20 feet broad. while her depth of mold is
IL feet. The chances are still that the
captain will have to dock her again and
take off some of the deckload.
The smartest trip OF the season from
Honolulu has been that of the barkentine
Skagit, that made the run to Port Town
send in ten and half days, thus beating
the Japanese steamer Kiushiu Maru by
twenty-four hours. The steamer sailed
ahead of the baTkentine, but the latter
beat her into Puget Sound.
The British ship Duncow is on her way
here from Talcahuano to load wheat. Her
charterers have changed their mind. how
to send her on 10 Port Townsend as soon
as they speak her. Captain Graves of the
Duncow is we'll known in San Francisco,
having been here on several occasions as
chief officer of the Cawdor.
President Colnon of the Harbor Com
mission returned from Colusa yesterday.
He says the stone for the new ferry de pot
is being got out quickly and in splendid
shape. There will be no delay on account
OF the stone and the building will be put
up in contract time. Mr.. Colnon is we'll
satisfied with the progress that has been
made and will so report to the board al
the meeting TO be held to-day.
The Spreckels tug Reliance has been
fitted with new corrugated wheel. This
is 4 new invention anu great things are
expected from 1t. The propeller is lust
the same as an ordinary one, only that
the blades are corrugated or waved the
same as the material used for roofing
buildings. On her preliminary spin The
tug did not do as we'll as with the old
wheel, but then she was flying light and
! the propeller may not have got good
hold on the water. She will be given an
official test this week and then the merits
| or dement's OF the new invention will be
known.
+ The Norwegian bark Stjorn is one of the
handsomcst vessels of her class in port
and Captain Drye Halse Is Justly proud of
her. The Stjorn was built in England.
but Is owned in Tvedestrand, Norway. by
syndicate composed of about twenty
four persons or more. The father of John
Fjeren, assistant superintendent of the
Sailors Home, Is part owner, and CAPTAIN
Halse himself has considerable interest
in the vessel.
| TIE United States sloop- of-war Alert
started for Honolulu yesterday; but some
thing went wrong with her machinery
when she was Just over the bar The ting
| Vigilant was signaled, and Captain SiIo-
vich was asked to stand by in case of acci-
dent. In the meantime the Alert made
sail and gathered headway. Later the
damage TO the machinery was repaired
and at P. NJ. the warship was again under
steam and on her way to Honolulu.
The British ship Conway Castle, that
got III last night, had narrow escape on
Pillar Point. On the 18th inst. at 8 A. NJ,
she went ashore in dense fog and bum ped
over dozen times. She was got off and
anchored in Halfmoon Bay. where a tug
was telegrapbeG for. The Sea King was
sent down and brought the vessel up
She is not leaking and has apparently sus-
tanned no damage.
The schooner Sophie Sutherland ar
rived IN port from Alaska yesterday. On
the way down T. NJ MiIroy, native OF
Michigan, aged 27 years, died of con-
sumption. He was one OF the miners " ho
went to Cooks inlet to seek fortune last
spring. While in San Francisco he had
plenty of money and was we'll known in
sporting circles. The gold craze" took
hold of him and he joined one of the ex-
petitions got up in Oakland. 1t is from
that on the same old story over again.
Gold was only found in very small guam
titles and finally the party broke up.
With nearly all his money gone and
broken down in health Milroy took pas
sage on the Sutherland and died on the
l4th inst. The body was brought to San
Francisco.
The Captains Ducks on Ice.
An army officer stationed in Washing