The San Francisco call., 1897-12-18
Fleet Of Coasters Caught
in the Southeaster
Now in Port.
A Smart Run Of Four Days
From TatoOsh Made by
the Santa Clara.
Remarkable Voyage of the Old Time
Schooner Jennie Thelin to
Willapa HarbOr.

GOlQen Gate-One o. the most maSnlllCel
ports of the world.
big fleet of coasters got in yesterday.
All OF them got more cr less of lhe south
easter, and only one vessel made good
run. Among those tLat IN ade port were
the ships Sterling, Santa Clara and St
Nicholas, the schooners Reliance, Daisy
Rowe, Ida Mckay, CorInthian, Sailor
Boy, Parkersburg, Maid OF Orleans and
Marion.
The Santa Clara made a runaway race
of it from Tatoosh, covering the distance
in the record time of four days. She came
in with a small Christina. tree al each
masthead as a sign that the run was ouI
OF The ordinary.
The Santa Clara sailed from San Fran
cisco on Novem Der 81 snori-handed. She
had her full com mplement-fourtt en- men
on sailing day, Tut before The tug got
alongside five of them deserted. Captain
Lndb rg would not wait for new men
and sailed with those he had board. At
Departure Bay he only secured one extra
man, and therefore returned TO port short
handed. He sailed from Departure Bay six
days ago ana passed Tat osh last Tuesday
off Flattary the soutueaster was en-
and then the wind chopped around ami
blew from the north. Every stitch OF
canvas was set and the ship came boom
ing along. Her pest days run was 24O
miles and the next best 80 miles. The
Santa Cara and St. Nicholas dropped
out while the Santa Clara made her run
In five days he st Nicholas took fourteen
/ days to come from Seattle.
! The schooner Jennie Th-lin, which got
in from WIllapa last Thursday, Is a Won
derful OLD vessel. She was built in 1869,
tut ls to-day stencher and better c ait
than many q schooner built in the 80 g..
On her way 10 the WIlap4 mills she wa
driven bv stress OF weather into $40 al
water Bay. There her anchor-chain
parted and she went ashore on En- pire
Spit. The life-saving crew took off the
sailors and all night the schooner pounded
on e sUit.
She finally worked her way across the
spit into smooth water where she was seen
next day by Ca tain Hansen. He and his
men boarded the yes e. and finding he.
in fair condition had her towed 10 the
mill. T.ere she was pumped out and
beached. a new rudder was put in, her
cardboard seams were caiked and the
schooner launched again. She was ,oaded
with lum Der and on the 81 inst. sailed for
San Francisco. She witnstood the full
force of the southeaster and reached port
without the loss OF even rope.
The coast defense steamer Monadnock
will sail for San Diego in few days.
From there she will 20 TO Magdaiena Bay
Tor target practice and thence to Maza,.
Ian.
The gun boat Mariett arrived from stks
direct yesterday. She will be overhaule e
after which she will go on her final As
hour tr al trip. If 1faccepted by the Unite
States she will be sent 10 the China sta
ton. The " he cling will go to ALASKA tt
take the place of the Marietta.
The .southeaster did very little damage
| to the ships G enmOray and Potrlmp pos
stranded near III mouth of the Colum bi;
| River. Lorentz Foard and Captain d. ski
are TO make anoth attempt to get tht
! Potrlmpos off.
| The Pacific Mail Company's steamer
! Newport is last out OF me hands OF lht
rerairers. She has been at the Unior
Iron Works since last August and Is nov
! almost as good as new. Sue will sail 70
| Panama and way ports on the 28th inst.
and Captain Saunders will 60 out in com
mand.
Captain Cook, formerly master OF the
steam whaiers Beivedere and Navarch, ha
contracted for a vessel of MS own IN
! Sweden. She WI be called the Bowhead
! and will be 144 feet long, 90 feet broad anC
| l6 feet deep. She WI | 20 10 the Arctic via
! Yokohama, Captain COOK joining her al
! The latter port.
The British ship Indian Empire, from
! Callao Peru, for Portland, put in here
! yester day. She was IN distress. having
| encountered a succession of gales during
| her quick run OF lOrty-six days. Durins
one OF the storms she sprGng her main
mast, shifted her ballast and capsized one
| OF her water tanks. As the weather wa
still threatening the captain thought il
! better TO put into San Franel co.
The Indian EN- pire left England with
cargo OF coal for Catlao. She discharged
| at that port and made the run 10 III,
equator on her way to San Francisco il
| thirteen days. The round trip so far hal
only occupied 165 days, wonderfully fine
| performance.
The BRUSH bark Indian Empire, Cap
| tain Alien, forty-tve days from Gala O.
| a rived in this port last evening in dis
! tress She was in ballast on the way tC
| Portland, Or. On Decem ber terrific
squall struck The snip, and during The
| storm she gave heavy Iurch to starboarC
I which shifted her ballast nd capslZed al
the fresh-water tanks. After thlrty-si1
hours worK below decks the ballast va.
| trimmed. The crew was put or an allow,
| ance OF three pints OF water day pei
| man.
On Decem Der the wind increased to Q
| heavy gale and the rain fell in torrents
! On Dece M ber 10 the ship rolled heavily
! and during the afternoon the malnmast
settled. The rigging became slick and as
III. mast was sHayine heavily the sail:
| were dropped and taken i'll. After hard