The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-18

from the Vastly deep industriously fished
all day. He could not attend to his tackle
and keep his almost flooded furnace hot,
so he made fast the lines to an electric
light wire and let them swing. No fish
came to Collins hooks that day and the
lines hung limp and idle while the fire.
mems mess discussed the strong cid salt
horse.
The indomitable Collins says that when
the vessel hit the reef he was an port
bunker with lantern after coal and one
Of the sharp rocks pierced through close
to him. He examined the projection and
found it covered with shellhsh, which he
Immediately began to PICK off with his
shovel. Collins is an easy narrator.
Ships Baker George Borowsky says the
crew of the schooner Jewel are pirates.
On the night the men abandoned the
steamer he carefully carried his five par
rots away with him, and in the morning
three of them had flown. He is sure the
sailors on the Jewel had much to do with
their flying. They were the most intelli-
gent birds ever Matched in Central Amer
lean tree, he says. and under his instruc-
ton were learning to express themselves
quite fiuently. One of the lost pollies, the
first and brightest pupil of mis- bird school,
would recite whole chapter of Chlmmie
Fadden without lapsus lingu@. So the
indignant baker brought his other ieath-
cred monographs back to the steamer,
and if they catch the language he uses re-
gardIng the Jewel pirates, they will not be
fit associates for nice birds or nice people.
Borowsky was the baker of the Colima
and missed sailing in her on her fatal trip.
He went up the dock on an errand, and
the steamer pulled out before his return.
He doesn't regret losing that job, as the
man who took his place is somewhere IN
der the Mexican seas He says he lost the
Colima by being stopped OF the street by
a reporter who wanted to interview him,
consequently he looks upon a newspaper
man as his mascot. On the subject of
mascots, Chief Steward RodeH of the CO.
lOmbia intimates that he is one, or was up
to last Tuesday. He has been at sea for
almost forty years and was never before
shipwrecked.
His last vessel was an Atlantic steamer
that for nine years had been in all kinds of
trouble. If storm came in her locality
she caught it, and if there were no gales
around her she hunted for one. He went
dOOdIQ VI ucI Will grip dAQ nSSo
books, and straightaway there was a calm
for that boat evermore. He admits, how
ever, that the Colombia's disaster crosses
just corner OF his mascot theory.
Captain Clark is beloved by his officers,
and one and all express sincere sorrow for
his misfortune. Not a man of the latter
in the many interviews has uttered word
against the master of the lost steamer.
Yesterday Vice-President Schwerin
visited the lighthouse and carefully noted
the bearings of Ano Nuevo Land from
Pigeon Point. and also the deep indenture
of the cove in which the Colon bia lies.
Two steamers were passing several miles
west of the island and point and their dis
lance from the land was also carefully
noted by the observer. Several persons
here well acquainted with the locality
state that strong current sets toward
the land just south of Pigeon Point, and
there is possibility that the luckless
Colomb ia was caught and driven toward
the reef and with the dense fog hiding all
his land bearings Captain Clark lost all
reckoning of his actual position.
Late this evening at high tide the
steamer sits low with the water in her hull
far above the between decks. She is
almost on even keel and hardly moves in
her bed.
The sea continues smooth and only a
light wind is blowing. The large number
of visitors to the scene of the wreck has
not diminished, many coming from long
distance.
They bring their lunch and make beach
picnic of their sightseeing.
Tom GREGORY,