The San Francisco call., 1897-11-02
Nearly All Of Them Caught
in the Gale of Ten
Days Ago.
The Bark George F. Manson Got
in With a. List to Star
board and Leaking.
Captain Lookyer Out Of the Red
Stack 0ompany-The Moreton
Ashore.

The coasting feet has been having a
hard time of it during the last eight or
ten days All that have made port lately
were caught in the gale OF October % and
sustained more or less damage.
The 81 hooner Uranus came down from
Nehalem River in fourteen days, the ship
Yosemite from Port Angeles in seventeen
days and the bark George F. Mauson from
Seattle in fourteen days. The schooner
and ship were lum ber- laden and both es-
capped with very little damage. The bark,
however, suffered. Several OF her sails
were blown away, her cargo of coal shift
ed and the vessel began to leak. Her
steam pumps gave out and a machinist
was at work on them yesterday. In order
to keep the vessel clear the men had to
man the hand pumps, and in that way
the bark reached port. About half of her
coal cargo Will be discharged into the Ore
gon Improvement Company's bunkers
and the Mauson will then go to Oakland
to discharge the remainder. She will then
be given an Overhaullng.
Other vessels that have probably been
delayed by the heavy weather are the
schooners Amythist and Ber wick, sixteen
DAYS from Nehalem River the schooner
f. K. Wood. twenty-one days from Port
Blakely, and the schooner Premier, fifteen
days from Everett. All these vessels are
lum Der laden.
Captain Thomas c. Lockyer, one OF the
oldest masters in the employ OF the Ship
owners ard Merchants Towboat Com
pany, has severed his connection with he
concern. Years ago he was mate on the
Sea King, with Captain Grey, the present
Il, n Of n oil On
then he has commanded almost every tug
in the feet. Latterly he has been master
of the Sea Witch, but aid not know that
any change was contemplated until Sat-
urday night last, when he was informed
by telephone that his services WITH the
com pany ended with the month, and that
Captain tom" Gunnison would relieve
him Of his command.
The trouble dates back to the time when
Lockyer was master of the Hercules.
While taking the American ship Benja-
min +. Packard away from Long Bridge
he rail- her on submerged rock. The
spot was not marked on the charts, but
since then it has been buoyed and named
Packard rock. The owners OF the ship
brought suit to recover the cost of repairs
to her and the company intended that
it was only liable 10 the extent of .he value
OF the tug. The decision was against them
and the full bill will have to be paid.
Lockyer, the indirect cause of all the
trouble, remained in the employ OF the
conn pany up TO last Saturday night.
Joseph de Mora, while looking for the
French ship Louis Pasteur, fell overheard
from Clay-street wharf. He was rescued
by Officers Courneen and Donohue, and
after being resuscitae ed by DR.. Zabala was
sent 10 his home at 22O6 Mission street.
Lew Vow Sing tempted to drown him.
self at the Clay-street float yesterday, but
was rescued by Sergeant Hayes OF the
State Harbor police. Sing will be sent be-
fore lhe Insanity Commissioners to-day.
Captain Hatch. master and owner of
the steam-r Monticello, left last night on
a business and pleasure trip for Puget
Sound. While be is away Captain Wheeler,
mate of the tug Sea Queen, will take COM
mand of the Monticello.
A private dispatch 10 the Merchants
Exchange states that the British ship
Moreton, from Tacoma for DeIagoa Bay
with cargo OF lum Der, went ashore at the
entrance to Lorenzo Marques. This is the
same place where another vessel went
ashore about year ago. The dispatch
states that the vessel is leaking, but the
cargo Is not damaged. A tug WAS sent to
her assistance. and she was expected to be
got off at the next high tide.