The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
ALONG THE WATER FRONT
Death of Captain William E
Bushnell of the Steamer
Piedmont.
The Revenue Cutter Bear Breaks
Down the Morning of Her
Trial Trip.

Captain William Edward Bushnell, the
well-known master of the ferry steamer
Piedmont died at his residence. 81 Fell
street. early yesterday morning. For some
time past he suffered from cancer, and all
efforts to stay the ravages of the dread
disease were futile. He suffered terribly
toward the END, and death was happy
release. Captain Bushnell was born in
Connecticut in 1892. and in Septem Der,
1S49, arrived here as second mate of the
ship Harry Lee. A month later he took
command of the Sacramento River steamer
Senator. From that time to a couple OF
months ago he was master of river
steamers and ferry-boats on the bay of San
Francisco. The funeral will take place
under the auspices of the Society of Pio-
neers, of which he was member
w. Hurley, a Doatman, came near to
losing his life last Friday. When off
Mission Rock his Whitehall capsized, and
for nearly half an hour he hung TO the
keel. Finally Chief Officer Charles Neu-
green of the ship Falls of Halladale saw
his predicament and at once ordered q
boat lowered and manned. AS he was on
his way to the scene he hailed the San
Francisco Laundry 5 naphtha launch and
sen0ing his men back to the ship, went on
the launch 10 the rescue. Hurley was
about to give up when hauled aboard. but
after he had been on the Falls of Halla-
dale for half an hour he was as well as
ever. His boat was picked mp. but he lost
the sail, mast and oars.
Captain Johnson Of the schooner Pilot
reports to the branch photographic Office
at Port Townsend that there is excellent
fishing ground twenty miles north of Rose
Spit, the northeast extremity of Graham
Island: approx innate position, latitude "a
deg. 80 min. north, longitude 131 deg. 50
min. west. Halibut can be obtained on
these grounds during the whole year, but
are more plentiful during the summer
months. The fish vary in weight from 20
to 100 pounds.
John Wilson and Thomas Gillen, two
"sure-thing operators" were arrested by
Officers Shaw and Ellis of the Harbor DO
lice yesterday. They were attempting to
5unco farmer in a waterfront saloon by
means OF the old lock game and were
caught in the act. When searched num-
Der of counterfeit bills were found in their
pockets.
The sailing date of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company's Orizaba has been
postponed from the 5th to the 7th inst at
10 A. NJ. She will have an unusually heavy
cargo and there will be enough left over
to load the Coos Bag, which leaves on the
10th inst.
The revenue cutter Bear was to have
gone out on her trial trip yesterday, but
when her engines were being turned over
the head OF one OF her cordensers blew OF.
and she had to be laid up. 1t will take
some time to repair the damage, and the
chances are that the cutter will not be able
to sail with the rest of the fleet.
n spite of all that can he said about the
hardshlps attending trip to the Alaskan
goldhelds, the rush still continues The
barkentine Marion is now being fitted out,
and the tween decks look exactly like the
tween decks of the old '49ers, when the
California gold fever was at its height
The hunks are piled one on top of another,
and all IN all 10 men are expected to find
accommodation. The fare is $50 and
every QRe of the would-be miners expects
TO make fortune.
Private advices received BY the Mer-
chants Exchange report the the loss of
the well-known barkentine Modoc near
Santa Rosalia. The crew was saved, but
the vessel and cargo Will probably be
total loss. The Modoc was from Port
Blskeley with load OF lum Der. She was
built at Utsalady, WASH, in 1878, and was
owned by S. b. Peterson of this City.
Mrs. j. Sohji, whose husband was a
cabin passenger on the China March a.
denies that he went to Japan to escape her.
According to her he went to see his folks
and will return in about three months.
He will not bring back Japanese sailors,
and he and his wife never had any trouble
They have been married two wears