The San Francisco call., 1897-03-19
She Was Towed There Last
Night by the Tug Red
mond.
It Was Impossible to Beach the
Steamer on the Mission Mud
Flats.
Reports Have It That all the Blu lion
Has Disappeared From the Iron
Tank.

Very little was done with the wrecked
steamer Sunol yesterday. During the
night she was towed to the Mail dock and
an attempt was made to put her alongside
the new wharf A sand bank was in the
hog chains and deckhouse caught and
there was no moving her. The officers of
the Pacific Mail Company we're very an
cry over the matter yesterday as the City
of Sydney is to be moved from Lombard
street to the Mail dock to-day and the
Sunol, in a manner, blocks the way. With
a fair amount of care, however, the work
of putting the Sydney into her berth should
not be difficult one.
When it was found that the steamer
was af1oat the tug Redmond was engaged
to tow her to the Mission mud flats. When
an attempt was made to beach her it was
found that the tug was drawing too much
water and could not land the derelict high
and dry. An attem pt was made to beach
her in China basin, but that also failed.
Finally the tug headed for the new ad-
dition to the Mail dock and the Sunol
went aground. She could not be moved,
SO the tug lett her, and to-day the wrecker
WhlteIaw will make an attempt to put
her on an even keel.
During the day diver was sent down to
put some chains in position in order to
have everything in readiness for work on
the morning tue. While down he made
an examination Of the hull, and the people
around the mail dock and the men on the
Whitelaw assert that according to his re-
port all the contents of the iron tank was
gone, while the safe with the specie in il
was intac ct. 1t is said that there were 1900
lead bricks in the tank, all consigned to
the Selby Smelling Works, and each
brick was valued at $25
When asked about the matter, 4. E.
Pryor, general manager of the Pipsr-Aden-
Goodall Company, said:
''No one can tell what was lost or what
was saved. The diver was down to make
fast the tackle, but considering that the
water was very muddy he could not have
seen very much. The actual extent of the
loss will not tie known until the Sunol is
on an even keel"
The Grace Barton went out on the
Vallejo trip in place OF the Sunol and took
quite a number of passengers. Captain
Richardson went out as master, vice Cap
tain Dye, who will remain ashore in the
meantime. In his report 10 the Inspectors
of Huls and Boilers Captain Dye states
that when he found the Olympic was COM
ing down on him he put his helm hard
aport, but that the vessel would not
answer. Then he rang the signal for full
speed astern, but before the Sunol could
gather sternway the Olympic crashed into
her.
All the members OF the Piper-Aden-
Goodall Company are very grateful to the
officers and men OF the revenue-cutter
Rush. The captain of the cutter stood by
during the whole trouble and only left the
scene of the disaster when assured by
Harry Goodall that he could be of no more
as -lstance.
There was no insurance on the Sunol, so
the entire loss will fall on the owners.
They are not given to complaining, how
ever, and every one of them is making the
best of bad case.
Luckily they purchased and practically
rebuilt the Grace Barton few months
ago. so that their business will not suffer
IN The sIip htest