The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02
THE STEAMER
zEALAND|A IN
A HURRICANE
Escaped Destruction
by an Ace.
SAVED BY SEAWORTHINESS
ACCIDENT TO THE. CITY OF
PEKING.
She Sailed Yesterday, but Proke
Down at Lime Point and
Was Towed Back to
Port.

The transport Zealandia had a terrible
time of it in the typhoon that drove her
| into Nagasaki for repairs. 1t was known
| that she had been damaged and was put
on the drydock in Japan for an overhaul
| ing, but it was not known that nothing
| but the vessels seaworthiness saved her.
From a letter written by one of the Zea-
landia's crew to a relative in this city
the following extract was taken: I'VE
were pretty badly shaken up. The ty-
phoon carried away boats, ventlators
ratings, deckhouses, and, in fact, every
thing movable on deck. Even the an
chors broke loose and took charge for
while. 1 tell you it was risky work Sc
curing them.
The quartermaster's arm was broken
and the butcher had his shoulder broken,
while five of the firemen We're scalded by
bursting steam pipe. Everything was
wrecked in the steerage; and the stew
ard s room and StoreTOomS were Hooded.
In consequence we had neither sugar nor
salt for two days.
But alPs well that ends well, and say
what they may the Zealandia is as stout
seaboat as l ever set foot on. The peo-
pie here on the other ships are surprised
that we escaped as easily as we did as
typhoon generally plays havoc with what
ever it catches. We have been on the
drydock three days and it will be three
more before we get OFF, The pntle of
the rudder are sprung and the men are
working on them now. 1t will take some
time to make the necessary repairs but
hope to be home before THANKSGIVING
The Mail Company's steamer City of
Picking sailed for the Orient yesterday
She carried about one hundred piles on
her deck which are to be used in the re-
pairing OF the company's wharf at Yoko-
uhama. Among the cabin passengers was
Captain George F. F. Wilde, who Is on his
way to Manila to relieve Captain Frank
W1ldes of the cruiser Boston. Just before
the war broke out Captain Wildes' time Of
service on the Asiatic station expired and
When the latter. arrived orders had
been given for the feet to proceed to
Manila so Wildes refused to give up his
snip. He appealed to Admiral Dewey and
his appeal was granted. How the Bos-
ton fought in the battle of Manila has
already been told.
Chlnese Government has decided to estab-
lsh a consulate at Honolulu. The first
03nsul &c General will be Yang Wei Put,
MS wife and children. He was accom-
panied by Yuen Chang, who will be sec
retaIy, and LANG, who will be clerk of
The machinery of the Picking became
disabled when off fort Point yesterday
aatgr moo ana she tut back and anchored
on Lime Point, from where she was towed
by the Mtllen Griffith to an anchorage
near the Mail dock A number of the pas
sengers came ashore on the tug to await
the repairs necessary before another
start can be made.
The bark Alden Besse will sail next
MERCHANDISE for the United States troops
at Honolulu. She will also take away a
considerable quantity of feed for the
horses that left here on the ship Taco
ma for Manila. The horses are stiIl at
Honolulu, and the Tacoma is on her way
back to San Francisco.
The steamer Humboldt is at Washing
ton street wharf, being cleaned and paint
ed. She will probably be nIaced on the
Eureka route when her oyerhauling is
completed. When on Puget Sound a few
days ago the Humboldt showed the
steamboat men up there what she could
DO when called upon; The City of Kings
steamer on the Sound. She was on her
way from Victoria, B. c., to Tacoma. and
Michael TO Seattle. When off Port Town
send the City of Kingston was two miles
and half ahead of the Humboldt. but at
OaDtain Bonnifield to try to catch her
When he saw the black smoke come
pouring out of the Kingston's funnel in
for Chief Engineer Ford. The latter
watched the Sound f1er for about five
minutes tn1 oa and then with ths remark IN
was at once opened out and inch by inch
she crept up on her rival. Both vessels
did their. best: but in an hour and a half
that on she had the race all her own way
w. A. Boole, the well known ship car
HarbOr Receiving Hospital yesterday for
a lacerated wound over the right eye and
a number of abrasions of the head and
hands. BoOle was driving from Mill Val
ley to Sausalito. and was leading a horse
behind the buggy The animal took a
sudden desire to get into the vehicle, and
during its efforts its two fore feet got
around Bodies neck. The wounds were
dressed by Drs. Hill and Zabala.
The bark Edward May while being
lowed to sea yesterday. collided with the
pilot boat Oracle S. The bark lost her
martingale and headgear and the pilot
boat had her fiyir~ jib torn and her lib
boom damaged. The Edward May came
to an anchor to repair damages.
. The raft that so nearly sank the Santa
Rosa is now a worse menace to naviga-
ton than ever. A message to the Mer-