The San Francisco call., 1897-11-18

June last the lookout on the Royal
Forth saw a vessel apparently in distress
away in the distance. Captain Cooper
was called and be at once headed for the
ship, which proved to be the Norwegian
bark Alma.
"She was eoal.laden from Cardiff and
lesKing badly" said Captain Cooper yes
teIday. "As soon as the men of the bark
Jaw US making Tor them they deserted
he pumps and Captain Christensen
could not get them to do another stroke
of work. They lowered q boat and de-
serted in body leaving the captain alone
on the sinking ship. When l found out
the state of aft airs / sent q boat and
took CAPTAIN Christensen off and my
men brought the cat with them. Shortly
after got the Royal Forth on her course
again the Alma went down bodily.
Captain Christensen was almost
hystericai over the loss of his vessel. She
was all he had in the world and unless
fortune has favored him he is now penni-
less. He parted with his wife in Cardiff
and gave her the money with which 10 in
sure the vessel and cargo on her return TO
Norway. Mrs. Christensen was to spend
a week or so in England before going
home and the question was. Did she get
loss Of the vessel reached the agents As
the Alma was only ten days out when we
picked up her crew l am afraid fortune
favored the underwriters. We trans
ferred the men of the Alma TO the steamer
Berthoum and few days later they were
landed at Rotterdam"
There are over 26 coo Japanese in Ha-
| waii and yet the supply was not equal to
the demand when the steamer R:o ue
Janeiro was there. She brought over for
| the planters 400 coolies and the followin g
| steamer with 400 NOR aboard was eager v
| looked for. The bark Ceylon from Sc
| attle arrived in Honolulu tie same day as
| the Rio. She was caught in a hurricane
| on the way down and lost her deck DAD of
| lum ber, bes des ing considera bly dam
| ages about her upper works.
The British bark Iredale has arrived at
| Honolulu and Captain Plunkett is baving
| plenty of trouble with his men. When
| the Rio de Janeiro was in port nine of he
men were IN Jail charged with mutiny.
They complained of the quality OF the
| food and attacked the cook. The officers
went TO the assistance OF the man and a
| free tight ensued. Captain Plunkett ap-
peared On deck with revolver and Kept
the men al bay until the police arrived.
| According to one of the native Japanese
papers the crew of the American sealing
| schooner ST. Lawrence has been making
trouble in the Kuriles. They went ashore
tor water and after filling the barrels with
water began insulting the women. Lieu.
| tenant Gunji, who was on the island with
body of soldiers, ordered the sailors tC
desist, but they refused. He then warned
them that he would fire on the schooner
but was laughed at for his pains. The
shot was fired and then the sealers got
aboard their vessel in short order and
sailed away. The crew OF the st. Law.
renee has still to be heard from.
The fleet of bar-bound schooners that
| got out of Grays Harbor last Tuesday il
playing in hard luck Alter getting out
they had fair wind for San francisco
but during the night it chopped around
and blew ninety-six miles an hour from
the southeast; consequently, every one o
them will make long passages. The Pho
neer, Enterprise and Novelty are the
favorites in the betting, in the order
named.
| The steamer Czarina came into por,
/ yesterday in Command OF Captain j.
Magee, one of the best known pilots and
| towboat men on the coast. Captain
i George Seaman, master of the Czarina, is
very sick man and had to remain be.
hind at Coos Bay.
The gunboat Yorktown got in from
| Honolulu at an early hour yesterday
morning. She will 60 up to Mare Island
| to-day.
Jim Corbett, Iongshoreman, was seri-
ously injured on the steamer Colum bia
yesterday. His foot get caught in the
freight elevator, and Drs. D.as and Ia.
bala had to amputate three OF his toes al
the branch receiving hospital