The San Francisco call., 1897-02-13
TROUBLES Of THE
SHIP KENNEBEC
The Crew Refused to Sail
With the Second
Officer.
Parted Her Hawsers and Went
Into the Trough of the Sea
on the Bar.
Death of N. A. Nelson, Who Was for
Thirty Years Freight Clerk on
the Sausalito Route.

The ship Kennebec was in peck OF
trouble last Sunday. While lying at
Third-street wharf some of the sailors re-
fused to go to sea with the second officer.
They had sailed with him in the bark
Martha Davis, and according to them his
record was not good. There was free
fight aboard, and when the second mate
drew his gun the men fed. As it was
easier to get a second mate than half a
dozen seamen, The captain compromised
the matter by paying off Second Officer
Hayes. The latter asserts that he has a
claim for damages and will libel the ship
when she returns to port.
While crossing the bar the Kennebec
was again in trouble. During a particu-
larly heavy squall the hawser between the
tug and the vessel parted. The Kenne bee
rolled gunwales under, and the captain at
once began to get sail on her. Captain
Harry Marshall was not behind time,
however, and inside of twenty minutes he
had new hawser aboard the ship and
had her under way again. 1t was q re-
markably smart piece of work in the cir
cumstances on the part of the captain of
the Alert.
The following has been issued by the
Lighthouse Board:
Notice is hereby given that for the purpose
OF making necessary repairs the fog bell at
Ediz Hook, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washing
ton, will not be in operation from the 18th of
February 10 about the 1st OF March, 1897.
Due notice will be given of the date on whicn
the fog bell will again be in operation.
This notice affects the List of Lights and Fog
Signals, Pacific Coast, 1896, No. 1101, page
90; also List of Beacons and Buoys, Pacific
Coast, 1895, page 90.
The E. B. Sutton wants sailors and the
Sailors Home is willing to supply them
for $14 month pay. All the other board
ing-masters want S15, but as men are plen-
Iiful on the beach the chances are that the
Home will get the job of filling he
Sutton. Fourteen dollars and found is
not to be sneezed at" said one of the men
yesterday, land the Sutton is q good
ship"
n. A. Nelson, who for thirty years has
been freight clerk for the Sausalito ferry,
dropped dead last night while at his post.
He had neither kith nor kin, and died
worth several thousand dollars. Captain
Mckenzie of the San Rafael is his execu-
tor, ana, according to the statements
made on the front, he left $1,000 to Ticket
Agent Newcombe, $1,000 to Captain Nc
Kenzie and the balance of his money to
different men along the front.
Captain Titchworth of the tug Annie
has been very sick man. He has had a
severe attack of lum bago, but was able
to be about again yesterday. He had to
be helped from the wharf to the steamer
and vice versa, but was able to handle the
vessel with his old time skill.
The Sterling will not discharge her
cargo here. A few hundred tons of cargo
will be taken out, and then she will sail
for Alaska. The stuff taken out will be
about $50 tons of coal. and the balance of
the consignment, consisting of coal and
tin plates, will be taken to the canneries.
The steam Golden Gate is to be
launched at Seattle at 9:19 A. NJ. to-day.
She is for the customs service and will be