The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05
Captain Jardalla of the British
Ship Cawdor Severely
CenSured.
SUDDEN DEATH OFF PORT.
Though Within Three Hours Of an
Anchorage the Body Was
Buried at Sea.

Captain Jardalla of the British ship
Cawdor is not in very good odor with sail
ors along the water front. Jack" spends
the greater part of his life on the ocean
wave, but when it comes to dying he al
ways wants TO be buried ashore. He has
an Unborn horror of being buried fifty
fathoms deep, and if the vessel is any
where near port his wish is generally
granted.
The Cawdor was 153 days from Hull, and
last Tuesday morning was off the Faral-
lones. At 10 A. NJ. James Mcdonald, one
of the sailors, died, and two hours later his
body was consigned to the deep. At3P. NJ.
the ship was at anchor in the bay, and
James Mcdonald was forgotten. When
the funeral took place heavy snow squall
was raging, and the sailors say that it
would have been an easy thing to preserve
the body, but then the expense of burial
ashore had to be looked to.
The following interesting letter in re-
gard to the barkentine Discovery was re-
ceived yesterday:
UNITED STATES REVENUE CUTTER GRANT,
SEATTLE, Wash.
To the Editor of the San Francisco Cdll-SIR: !:
saw an article i'll your paper of Thursday,
prevails in San Francisco that the barkentine
Discovery is lost. AS one of the original crew,
on leaving San Francisco, | think may be
able to inform you of something about said
ship of which you and the public at large are
in ignorance.
/ shipped aboard her in San Francisco think
ing her to be seaworthy vessel, but wnen we
got to sea found that said ship was in an al
together unseaworthy condition, because she
was leaking badly, and ner rigging and spars
were altogether rotten. ! often went up aloft
tf rrf CO. n hn
deck In safety, expecting that her masts would
go overheard while was up there.
The Discovery was overloaded when she left
Port Gamble and leaking so badly that they
could not keep the pumps clear of water in
port. With the working OF the ship at sea it
would be impossible to keep the water out OF
the hold.
Now, few words about myself 1 had a
little difference with the cartain of said ship
ana caused him to pay me off at Port Gamble.
Thomas Scull was also discharged at said port
on account OF sickness, and l consider myself
very lucky to get out OF that ship before she
got lost. This is my fourth lucky escape from
vessels on this coast just before they were lost
Yours truly, HENRY PETERSON,
Revenue steamer Grant.
The steamer Corona that got in from
southern ports yesterday covered herself
with glory at Port Los Angeles during the
up trip. The British ship Dunboyne went
on the fats and the Southern Pacific Com
pany's tug Coils could not bulge her.
The Corona went to her assistance and be-
tween them they succeeded. The Pacific
Coast Steamship Company's vessel then
helped to take the Britisher to Santa
Monica. Yesterday General Manager
Fillmore wrote a very pleasant note to
Goodall, Perkins & Co. warmly thanking
them for the assistance rendered the Coils
and Dunboyne.
Captain Debney of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company's City of Puebla was
the recipient of q very handsome present
on the last trip of the vessel. On the pas
sage up the passengers raised subscrip-
ton and when the vessel returned to
Seattle after her trip around the Sound