The San Francisco call., 1897-04-01
THE CRESSINGTON
ARRIVES IN PORT.
She Was Out From New
castle One Hundred
and Six Days.
In a Heavy Gaze Both Her
Main and Fore Sail Were
B own Away.
The Suno's Boilers and Smoksstack
Found-A Lively Scrap on
the Seafarer.

The British ship Cressing:on, after being
out from Newcastle N. S. W., 100 days,
arrived in port yesterday. Her arrival
relieved the mental tension of those in
terested in both the vessel and the cargo,
but their uneasiness was perfectly nat
ural, as LOG days is an exceedingly lengthy
trip for vessel bound to this port from
Australia.
The Cressington is laden with 1867 tons
of coal for J. D. Spreckels Bros. & Co..
Her rlengthy voyage was due to light and
head winds ard calms. On March %, in
latitude 81 deg. N, longitude 126 deg. W.,
she encountered a heavy gale from the
southwest to north, with very high, con-
fused sea, and her mainsail and foresail
were blown away.
The steamer Rio de Janeiro, which ar
rived from the Orient and Honolulu the
night before, WAS day late, owing to
delay in docking at Honolulu, as her
berth was occupied by a Japanese
steamer. The following passengers ar
rivea by the Rio:
s. H soleno, Professor c. McCauley, Miss
c. H. McGilvary, Captain n. KIRBY, Captain
j. NJ James, Rev. and Mrs. W. II. Noyes and
two children, Mr. and Mrs. p. N. Lucas, +. F.
Raper. E. f. Sweeney, Paul NJ. Wenner, c..
Wakefield. a. Weismann, Rev. ]. H. Smith,,
William Beck, NJ. w. Baty, Robert Levers,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Goodhue and c. c. E..
Tiberger.
DR.. Rupert Blue, passed assistant surgeon
of the United States marine hospital
service, began boarding vessels again yes
terday. From the Rio he took off thirty
eight Chinese, four japanese and two Eu-
ropeans, who were taken to the quaran-
tine station on Angel Island. They will
be released some time this morning. One
: Chinese infant died on the voyage from
inanitlon.
Dr.. Roseman is now business bent In
: this City and will leave for Angel Island
TO take up his residence soon.
The English mails, due this afternoon,
were delayed in crossing the Atlantic and
thus Murderer Buffers departure ha.
been delayed for day. The Mariposa
. was 10 have sailed at Ps NJ. to-day hut
she Oceanic Steamship Company an.
nounces that she will not sail until that
hour tomorrow.
The wlecker Whitelaw brought in the
boilers and smokestack of the Sunol yes.
terday at IA. NJ. With the boilers came
up one bar of lead bullion. The safe in
which is the gold bullion has not yet been
located.
One of the liveliest scrapping matches
seen on the front for long time occurred
about 1 O'Clock yesterday afternoon on the
tour-ma.ted British ship Seafarer. For
execution, few prizerings have seen any
thing like it,
1t seems that two men of q quarrelsome
disposition came on board and proceeded
to make things lively, ending with a
threat to throw second mate Tinsley over.
board. They were invited to do so and
started in, when first mate Hall took 8
hand.
The four men had it fIom one side oi
the deck to the other, all the while fight.
ing like demons. The battle ended in the
two invaders, with badly bruised faces
and bodies, being elected forciblv from the
ship. And they never came back