The San Francisco call., 1898-03-26
The Schooner BObolink Lost on the Coast of
 MendOcinO.
Peter Nelson Lost His Life While Attempting to Reach
 the Shore.
A Dog From the Helen w. Amy Washed Ashore Near the
 Oceanside House.

Another vessel has been wrecked on the coast The schooner Bobolink left Mon docino City last Thursday morning with every prospect of making a quick passage to San Francisco. The land breeze car ried her off the coast, but it soon fell light and the schooner began to drift. Everything possible was done to save her, but before nightfaIl she was hard and fast on Rents Point, near Mendocino City. An attempt was made to get her off, and while the men were at work one of the boats capsized, and Peter Nelson was drowned.
 | The Bobolink was loaded with lumber 1 for the Mendocino Lumber Company, and while the vessel will probably be a total | loss, the chances are that the cargo will ! be saved. The schooner was built in 1868 in Oakland Creek and was 161.67 tons net | burden. She was 104 feet inches long. l 29 feet inches broad and s feet inches i deer
 The American ship Susquehanna sailed yesterday for New York in command of Captain Sewell. who took charge of the vessel at the last minute. Captain Lafiin | cleared the vessel, but he will remain here | few days and will then go East to take command of another of the Sewen fleet. The Susquehanna has a cargo that would make her a valuable capture for Span ish cruiser in the event of war. Among her cargo is 547O pigs of lead. l42,646 | pounds of beans, 601 069 pounds of boraX, | 1S4 367 feet of hardwood lumber, 2S,970 cases and 254 barrels of salmon, 15S tons | copper matte and 305,S ,S03 gallons of wine. | Strange coincidences sometimes arise in the names of deSerterS from the United States navy. Thus Charles Oceon, got tired of "a life on the ocean wave, and | deserted the cruiser Baltimore at Hono- lulu, while the fidelity of Louis Fidelity could not withstand the allurements of l sunny Italy, so he deserted the cruiser San Francisco at Genoa. Both Oceon and l Fidelity joined the United States navy in San Francisco, so the record of their de- l sertion had to be sent to this port for filing. It will go hard with both of them if they ever return to the United States and are caught
 Nearly the entire fleet of coasting
 steamers has been withdrawn from the regular channels and is now engaged in
 the Dyea-Skaguay trade. Twenty-six are running between Portland, Seattle and Tacoma and Juneau, Dyea and Skag- uay. Beside these there are. thirteen other steamers now on the way here from | Eastern points to join in the general rush, so big break in rates may be expected l before many weeks are over.
 The three-pile beacon on the end of the shoal at the entrance to Mare Island Strait, San, Pablo Bay, has been de awash at high water. The beacon is to be rebuilt as soon as practicable.
 The crews of the life, saving stations Point Lobos south to Point San Pedro | for the last few days in the hope of picking up so1mething, that might come me Amy. Yesterday while near the Ocean | side House they found the remains of black dog. It wore muZzle. also steel l collar on which was engraved 'Nigger Bohen." H. Mohns of Mohns & Katten- bach asserts most positively that there was no dog on the Amy when she sailed. Others say. however. that Captain Ho, 1 gan owned dog called "Nigger Bohen," and that it went to sea with him.
 Captain Hodgson of the Fort Point life saving station is going out on the light house tender Madrona to destroy the wreck of the Almy. Until that is ac complished the old hulk will be marked 1 at night with a red light.
 The tug Vigilant returned from a search after what was supposed to be a vessel in distress yesterday. The Point Reyes observer thought he saw a vessel sending up rockets and notified the tug ] office Captain Silovich searched the coast from Point Bonita to Females and saw no trace of a wreck so he came to the conclusion that the rockets were fired by some vessel in want of pilot.