The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
DID MORE THAN
 HE. CONTRACT: CALLED ]: F0R. l. The arragut's Aver age Over 30 Knots.
 SHIP !. HANGING IN A PAMPERo.
 SAILS BLOWN TO PIECES AND
 THE VESSEL. DAMAGED. +.
 Revenue Cutter eolden Gate and the Tug Sea Queen Nearly Repeat the Peters Czarina :. Catastrophe. #
SAILS BLOWN TO PIECES AND THE VESSEL DAMAGED. Y: :.

There. were three items of interest on the water front yesterday. The United. States 'torpedo-boat* destroyer Farragut made a snccessful trial trip, doing better than. the Government requirement.; the: revenue cutter Golden Gate and. the tug. Sea. Queen narrowly escaped crashing into each other and the British ship Lancing: arrived. from Swansea after splendid run of 135 days. =. The Farrasut. was to have had her sec- :ond official trial trip last Thursday, but ewing to the fog. it had to be postponed ;: when the flyer. was being. got ready yes- teEdaY- the crew predicted that sne: would not make the requisite thirty knots be- cause the. attempt was made on Friday. The builders of the boat laughed at the idea, and; were ready to wager any amount that .the Farragut would fill the bill on the first asking. ...:
 On her last trial the destroyer was
 started from the Hunters Point end of tie
 course. Yesterday. she was started from
 The Brothers, and raced to Hunters Point
 and back again. On her way down the
 bay her speed went up as high as S11a knots, but on the way back it fell consid-
 erably below that. The average for the run, however, was 9O. IS knots an hour. or about one-tifth of a knot more than the Government: requirements. She did this with 4l9$4 revolutions a minute, while all that was required was 417. That being all that: was wanted, the vessel was headed back to the Union Iron Works. It was
 then she: made the best showing of the day. With one engine she worked up to 456 revolutions and made better than: .thiTty-two knots an hour. The Farragut has now filled all the terms of the con- tract, and will be at once accepted by. the. GoVernment As she returned to her dock yesterday the crew had a new broom on. her bow, one: on her masthead and one on each end of her yard. As she passed along fl fnf.rN -1Oa tc on
 the bay .saluted her, and everybody. seemed pleased that she had at last passed the crucial test. 9:-:
 The Lancing was in the same pampero that forced the Eaton Hall and Routen- burn into Rio de Janeiro and gave the l Afon: Alaw a list to port that took Cap tain. Thomas and his crew twenty-four hours to straighten up. Captain Chanman or the 'Iancing says the pampero blew with. terrific force. The ship was bowling along ten knots an hour before a strong northwest breeze, when without a mo- | ment's warning the wind chopped around .tQ"the southwest and brought the Iancing up standing. In a twinkling the eight top- i gallant sails, the main topmaSt Staysail I :. and the main sail were blown to ribbons, and the stout vessel was going backward ! fIrnQst aS fast as she was previously l .f ing ahead. After a great deal of hard | " ork the vessel was put before the wind 1 under her lower. topsails, and the force of l the :gale:d drove her bows under. The storm 1 lasted four hours, and during that time | the .Lancing was driven back sixty-five 1 were blown to ribbons, and it took the crew, a- week to pick the pieces out of the The Lancing followed the Afon Alaw +around the Horn, but strange to say she encountered neither ice nor snow nor any
 son Septenlber-7 H. Elmquist, an A. B. on the Lancing, fell from the. main yard to the deck. and broke his neck He was a, native. of Sweden, aged q years.
 The day after the Lancing had caught it in the pampero. Captain Chapman re- ports sighting a British bark. She also had been in the storm as the only. sail her crew was evidently repairing dam ages.
 The revenue cutter Golden Gate came close to. being a wreck yesterday. She and the tug Sea Queen were moving along the front in company when the Golden Gate slowly forged ahead. The helms man on the cutter thought he could take the inshore running, and cut across the l bow of the tug. Captain George Harvey l on the Sea Queen saw in an instant that | a colllSlon was imminent and at once 1 blew the danger signal and ordered the | engines of the tug reversed. The cap tain of the Golden Gate did the same and | the two vessels just touched and parted | This was case almost identical with | that of the Czarina and J. D. Peters. | there was this difference, both vessels | blew the danger signals and the crews | escaped with nothing worse than a scare, |
 Two of the stern wheel steamers that | spring are to be sold at auction by the Sheriff next week. The Mary Ellen Cal
 win, that was built for Pat Calvin and | left on the hands of the builders because she was not according to contract viii | go to the highest bidder next Tuesday
 while the City of Dawson, which was built | for Dr. H. H. Hart and his friends will be sold on the 10th inst.
 At Pacific-street wharf yesterdav | Dredger No. 2 picked up a barrel of beef | that dropped overheard from the bark Alden Besse a year ago. It was in a l good state. of preservation.
 The steam whaler Fearless drifted into the fatrway. yesterday, and Captain Me not care about hiring a tug to do the Job as he was: not sure of his ability to pay the billr so Assistant Chief Wharfin- ger Scott; with the consent of the liar bor Commissioners, moved the whaler to safe anchorage off Angel Island.
 ga The. Saunterer