The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-05
WENT ASHORE IN
A NORTHWESTERN
Schooner Nettie Sundborg
in Trouble at Hardy
Creek.
Parted Five Lines and the Stern
Hawssr Could Not Hold
Her off the Bach.
The Employees of the S. F. and N. P
Railroai Company Will Enjoy
Themselves To-Day.

Hawsers would not hold her and even
when the best bower lost its holding
ground the Nettie Sundborg made a brave
battle for life. Five lines were out and
one after another they snapped like pack
threads. AS it is the smart little schooner
is now high and dry on the beach between
Hardy and San Juan creeks, the chances
being that she will be total loss.
The Nettie Sundborg left San Francisco
week AGO to load bark for this port.
When off Hardy Greek the Northwestern
came up and five anchors were put out.
When the gale was at its height not one of
them held and the stern line was the only
thing that held the vessel. A big breaker
came along and in few minutes the
sundborg was high and dry on the beach.
The men saw the wave coming and it
did not take them many seconds to get
into the rigging in order to escape the
overflow. All were finally rescued and
the fate OF the schooner is still in doubt.
THE catastrophe happened between
Hardy and San Juan creeks" said Mr.. May
er of Heyman & Mayer yesterday. "The
schooner had FIVE anchors out, and. had
it not been for the fact that the stern an
Choir held, not only the vessel but all
aboard would have been lost" Tho Sund-
borg was built at Port Madison, WASH,
in 1891, and is one of the finest vessels of
feet long, 25 feet 4 inches broad and 6 feet
deep. Her net tonnage is about sixty
four tons, and q better equipped craft
never left the port of San Francisco.
Chief Engineer Holmes OF the Harbor
Commission is making systematic ex-
animation of the piles which have been
driven ''along the 'front.' during the last
ten years. Some OF them have been down
for a generation, and all have been in the
mud long enough to test their durability.
Not one of them has made showing that
would cause Mr.. Holmes to change his
mind.
Rowe's method was on exhibition in the
Mechanics Fair ten years ago, and the
inventor asked the State TO pay him $3.50
900 for the secret. When his piles were
pulled yesterday it was found that the
iimnoria had eaten away the outside
dressing and the teredo had got in its
deadly work on the pile.
McKeon of Oakland also had q pile
down as a test, and the Paraftlne Paint
Company covered the remainder of the
wharf. The test was at LON bard-street
wharf, and was, therefore, at one OF the
worst points on the water front. Accord
Ing TO the experts, thC P'iS "hiSH VIC
Legislature asked the State to pay $780,
600 for is no good, the McKeon patent is
good for six wears and the paraffine paint
still stands off the teredo.
The crack liner Of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company = the Queen - has
been thoroughly overhaued and put in
commission for the Alaskan excursion
season. She will leave here the first week
in June, and is scheduled to leave Tacoma
on the Sth Of next month. Being one of
the fastest and best equipped vessels in
the com pany s fleet the demand Tor berths
is out of the ordinary run.
Whenever a steamer or sailing vessel
has to leave part of her cargo behind the
papers never fail to make note of the
fact" said Edwin Goodall yesterday, but
when the other side of the question has to
be given to the public the story is diff
ferent"
Mr.. Goodall;s remarks were the result
of the folio wing telegram:
SEATTLE, May 4.
Al-Ki arrived last night. Four cabin and 8
steerage passengers and tons freight. Sails
tomorrow via Tacoma at 8 A. M.
"The rush lasted for three weeks" said
Mr.. Goodall yesterday. During that
time we had to put on extra boats, and
even then we could not handle tho tort b.