The San Francisco call., 1897-12-13
When the
Smaller Shows the

was to the stern of the barkentine. A COL
ision occurred last Friday evening, the
circumstances of which were attended
with great deal more excitement and
danger, when the Stockton steamer Daunt-
less backed into the sloop Periwinkle.
The Periwinkle is owned by Captain
Baettge, proprietor of the New California
House, on East street lie had been out
fishing with a companion and was return
ing home. At section two Of the seawall
the Dauntless backed out o her slip and
dead into the small sloop, the stern wheel
Of the larger vessel crushing the puny
obstacle as If it had been an eggshell.
Baettge passed completely under the
wheel and came up alongside the Daunt-
less to where he could lay hold of her
guard and be hauled into a safe position.
His com panion was weighted down
with pair of heavy yum boots and was In
The act OF sinking when ii line was thrown
him and he, too, was hoisted on board.
Captain Baettges escape was little short
OF the miraculous. The owners of the
Dauntless will doubtless make the proper
reparauon, although they cannot morally
be held responsible for the accident, as
the hour was dusk and the circum stances
favored an accident.
The Bay City was returning from the
other side of tho bay on the narrow
gauge route yesterday, when she olided
with the Mary Winkelman, the accident
occurring at about 8:25 A. NJ. There was a
heavy fog and a strong Tide was running
at the time. The ferry boat missed her
slip aud went in toward the dock OF
Mission wharf l. Her bow merely scraped
the stern of the barkentine, but her guard
struck II heavily on the starboard quarter
caring the tlmbers and openiHg all the
seams above the wafer line. 1t will take
a FNurI l.l<
Captain Bradley is not held to blame, on
account OF the thickness of the fog and
the strong tide.
The barkentine which sustained the
damage lately arrived here from Sydney,
Australia, and was to sail TODAY Tor the
Hawaiian Islands with a general cargo
Captain Nelson, the managing owner,
now believes that she will be delayed for
some time.
An unknown man fell into the bay
while fishing at Green-street wharf yester-
day and was drowned before assistance
could reach him. AT first he drifted under
The wharf and several times laid hold of
Pile, out seemed to be too weak to hold on.
u sailor dived for him, but he sank too
quickly. When seen TO sink he was frotk-
ing at the mouth, giving rise to the
opinion that he fell off the wharf while in
nj. Boatmen were graphing for the
body until a late hour. Though there
were fifty people in the viclnity at the
time, about 1:30 o'clock P NJ, nobody
seemed to know who the unlorjunale Nas.
He is described as being of medium height
and light complexion, with red hair,
closely cropped,a heavy red mustache and
was neatly attired in a suit of dark
ma teral.
The three-masted schooner Guide came
INTO port, ten days out from Eureka,
yesterday, with part of her foremast
gone. She reports encounteripg gales all
the way down the coast, which explains
her long trip, and lost the mast above
Cane Mendocino.
The bar bound feet, which has been de-
tanned in port five days on account of
heaVy seas at the the bar, got awav yester-
day and made pretty picture with their