The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-29
The Llewellyn j. Morse
Put In With Her
Pumps Choked.
She Is Leaking Considerably
and Will Have to Go on
the Drydock.
Another Storm Beaten Ship Arrives
After a Long Passage From
Dundee.

k1IlOlucI NlCllIIl VI tic
that wrecked the steamer Cleveland
and did so much damage on the Oregon
coast has arrived in this port. The
American ship Llewellyn J. Morse,
bound from San Diego for Nanaimo,
B. c., in ballast had to put in here in
distress. During the run south she
sprang a leak and was buffeted about
until the crew thought she would
never reach port. After discharging
at San Diego she was calked and over
hauled as well as the circumstances
would permit. Sand ballast was taken
aboard and a start for Puget Sound
made. When a few days out it was
found that the ship was again making
water. The sand soon got into the
pumps and choked them, SO, finding
that the vessel could not be kept clear
of water, the captain determined to
run for San Francisco. For three days
the Morse was off the Farallons, and
it was not until yesterday morning
that the tug Vigilant picked her up
and brought her to an anchorage in the
bay. The ship will be placed upon the
drydock for a thorough overhauing.
and will then proceed to the sound for
coal.
The British ship Crompton arrived
from Dundee yesterday, after a long
passage of 1873 days. She was caught
in a terrific gale off the River Platte
and suffered considerably. The three
lower topsails were blown away, the
starboard gig smashed to pieces, the
starboard bulwarks were carried
away and Seaman Morris fell from the
crossjack yard and was drowned.
Rough weather was experienced off
the Horn, but from that TO port it was
plain sailing.
The new gasoline launch America is
to have her trial to-day. All the little
minor defects that were found in her
have been rectified and the launch is
now the finest pleasure boat of her
kind on the bay. The machinery put in
by the Union Gas Engine Company is
able to drive the launch at better than
twelve knots an hour, as during d
preliminary run from SauSalitO to
Melggs wharf she logged two knots in
ten minutes and five seconds with the
engines only three-quarters open. The
trouble with the hull was caused by an
unused nailhole. 1t had been puttied
when the nails were being covered, and
the cause of the leak was not discov-
cred until the launch was placed on the
ways. DR.. Buckley, owner of the
Satellite, took the America twelve
miles outside the heads a couple of
days ago, and he says she is a splendid
seaboat and that the engines work like
clockwork. r. P. Engelbrecht, the
builder of the boat, says she is now in
first-class order and will make at least
fourteen knots an hour on her trial
trip.
McNear's launch, the Port Costa, will
be ready for her trial in a short time,
SC, 70 ha fNria of emo
between her and the America Both
engines were built by the Union Gas
Engine Company, but McNear's boat
was built by George Kneass, and at
least a dozen wagers have been made
on the result of the race. The Augusta
owned by Senator Moffit of Oakland
has also had a 50-horsepower engine
put in, and it is said that she is faster
than either of the above boats, so the
race may be turned into a three-cor-
nered one.
The schooner Report arrived from
Coos Bay yesterday on her maiden trip,
with a cargo of lumber. She is a very
handsome craft, and is a welcome ad-
dition to the coasting fleet.
Otto NJ Ekberg was treated at the
Harbor Receiving Hospital yesterday
for opium poisoning. He took the drug
in saloon at 210 Grant avenue, and,
in a letter addressed to Miss Minnie.
box 151, Benicia, Cal, he said he in
tended TO commit suicide. He was
pumped out by Drs. Hill and Zabala.
and in an hours time was as well as
ever.
officers Conner and Foley found a
man in an unconscious condition near
215 Broadway yesterday, and took him
to the Harbor Receiving Hospital.
Mrs. Morando of 1919 Dupont street
identified him as NJ. Tore. ner brother
IN nf III
Drs. Hill and Zabala found him to be
suffering from a fracture OF the base
of the skull, which they think he prob
ably received from a fall while drunk.
Tore died shortly after he was adj
mitted to the hospital and the police
are now investigating into the cause
of his death
The representatives of the California
Sanitary Reduction and Fertilizing
Works were before the Harbor Conn
missioners again yesterday. They
want permission to dump the garba pc
into scows at the Powell-street wharf.
but Commissioner Harvey would have
nothing to do with the scheme until
the matter was first passed upon by
| the Board of Health. The matter will
come up again tomorrow, when
| Colonel Chadbourne is present.
On the motion of President Colnon IT
was decided to extend the Clay and
| MISSION street sewers out to the ends
| of the wharves. This will be a boon
| to the thousands of Stockton, Vallejo
and Sacramento people who use these
wharves daily.
All the small houses opposite the
+ Receiving Hospital are to be removed.
They have been hitherto used by
Eschen and Miner the ballast men, the
masters of the tugs Annie and Transit
and a cripple who keeps a cigar-stand
All these have been notified to vacate
their premises by February 1, as the
| places are to be torn down.
The German ship Bertha has on
| board one of the largest and most val
liable cargoes of wheat that have left
| this port in some time. She will take
| away 1907 tons, valued at $4,000.
The sloop-of-war Marion is to be
! berthed at Howard wharf when she
comes down from Mare Island The
| Naval Battalion will then give I'D its
! lease of it's armory and will move bag
| and baggage to the warship. Since ii
was definitely settled that the Marion
! was to remain here the battalion has
! gone ahead with leaps and bounds and
| new members are joining daily.
ASTORIA, Dec. 2S.-The Spreckels
tug Fearless, the finest tug in San
|