The San Francisco call., 1898-03-16
Left San Francisco Thirty Four Days Ago for
 TillanOOk.
Two Overdue British Vessels on Which Reinsurance
 Has Been Paid.
Tales of Misery on Shipboard and at SkaGuay Told in Private
 Letter.

The British ship Ecclefechan, now loading at Port Costa for Europe is one of the handsomest vessels in the bay and Captain George E. Hinds, genial George is one of the best known and best liked masters that come to this port The Ecclefechan arrived here from Calcutta on February 10 last, after a smart passage, and was chartered at the good figure of 33 shiIlings and pence to load wheat for Great Britain. As a char ter al 2 shillings cannot now be procured, Captain Hinds has done remarkably well.
 During her voyage from London to San Francisco via Calcutta the Ecclefechan was caught in a series of gales which nearly sent her to the bottom. She man. aged to pull through, however, with the loss of a few sparS and several sails, and is now ready for another battle with the elements, Captain Hinds has been com ing to San Francisco for seventeen years, and during that time has only command ed two vessels-the Dunscore and Eccle- fechan-
 Several overdue vessels are causing un- easiness in insurance and shipping cir cles- The British ship RaVenscrag left New Whatcom for CallaO October last and has not been heard from since. Yes selS that left San Francisco after she left Puget Sound for the same port have ar rived, discharged and loaded again, but no word has come from the Ravenscrag. Very heavy reinsurance has been paid on her, and the underwriters have about given her up for lost.
 The British ship Glenfnlas, for Ma nia, and the bark Kate Thomas, for San Francisco, left Newcastle, N. s. w., Oc- tober last together. When twenty-four hours out the Kate Thomas was caught in a hurricane that came up in a mo- ment and was dismasted. She reached Sydney, N. $. w., where she was re- paired, and came on to San Francisco, ar irving February last The Glenf1nlas has not been heard from since she and the Kate Thomas parted company, and So per cent reinsurance has been paid on her. Had she been diSmantled in the same storm as the Kate Thomas she would have been heard from, as she was only about 200 miles off the coast of Aus tralia, so the graVeSt fears are entertain ed for the vessel and crew.
 Captain Patterson of the Glenf1nlas was well known here, and his wife is a San Francisco young lady. They were mar ried here several years ago, and Mrs. Pat terson made a number of voyages with her husband. Whether she was with him on this occasion or not is not known.
 The coaSting schooner Arthur left here for Tillamook on February Il last in charge of Captain Jacobson and has not been heard from since. couple of weeks ago a British sealing schooner put into Astoria in distress and her captain re- ported that off Ttllamook he passed the hull of schoonF bottom up. This IS schooner. N. IVerson. the agent of the Arthur l, has not yet given the vessel up:
 
 her spars and being driven off shore has been unable to beat back again. She is as other coasters have made the round trip to the same port of late in almost half that time it certainly looks black for the Arthur ]. The schooner was built in 1889 and was 122.S1 net tons burden. She was 8 feet long, H feet inches broad and feet inches deep. She has always a been engaged in the lumber trade and left here for TillamoOk in ballast.
 C. Repetto, an Italian, got drunk on foot wine" yesterday and in moment of depression came to the conclusion that life was not worth living. He went to the end of Broadway wharf and saying good- by to some men on the pier he jumped to the HarbOr Receiving Hospital where Dr. Zabala pumped him out and put him
 & J. Hilderbrand got his right leg caught in the belting at the Del Norte flour mill and had it broken in two places. He was taken to the Harbor Receiving Hospital, where pr. Zabala set the in-
 The bark Martha Davis and the coast survey steamer Patterson that were in collision during the recent mortimer have both been docked for repairs The Mar tha Davis is at Section of the seawall and the PattoNsOn is at Main street, so nearly the whole of the water front is be- tween them. Captain Soule of the Davis says, however, that the Patterson cannot be too far away to suit him.
 The last vacant berth on the water front was assigned to the barkentine ACQenQa Dy CnleI WndT1HB 1lOOI yes terday. It is at section of the seawall, and considerable maneuvering had to be resorted to in order to make room for her. Incoming vessels will have to wait their turn now until there are again berths enough to go around.
 Captain Kay of the British ship Earl of Dunmore is at St. Luke's Hospital, a very sick man. Several other British ship masters are laid up with the grip, and a number of apprentice boys are also sick
 Dr. Rupert Blue, who for three years has been assistant Federal quarantine of ficer in this port, leaves to-day for Port land, Or, to take charge of the Marine Hospital and quarantine affairs on the Columbia River. During his stay here the doctor has made a host of friends and it is with regret that the ship owners of the port will see him depart. He has always performed his duties in a thorough manner and yet when it was disagreeable duty it was performed with so much tact that a kindly feeling in- stead of anger always followed. Dr. Blue leaves for Portland on the overland train to-day.
 Asthma, bronchitis. catarrh, cure guarntd. Dr.