The San Francisco call., 1898-03-25
NARROW ESCAPE FROM COLLISION Wreck of the Helen w. Amy Is a Menace to
 Navigation.
It Was Nearly Run Down py the Coast Defense Steamer
 MonadnOck.
Official Notifi cation of the Placing of the New Light
 ship.

The coast defense steamers Montere~ and Monadnock arrived from San Diego yesterday. Captain Whiting of the Mon' adnock got a little scare making port. The war vessel was almost on top or the wreck of the Helen W. Amy before the lookout reported it. Then the engines were reversed and the big fighting ma chine brought to a stop. In the mean- time signals were blown to the Monterey which was right astern, and that Ves- sel at once altered her course and cleared the wreck. The Monadnock got under way again on a new course, ana ooth warshps came into port together. Cap tain Whiting gives the location or the wreck as southeast one-half south, six and three-quarter miles form the whist ling buoy.
 Since the battleship Oregon left for Callao there has been no war vessel in this port, so the two coast defense steam CTS were ordered to come here from San Diego. Lieutenant-Commander Adams of the Monterey has been ordered East. and his place will be filled by one of the off, cers now at Mare Island. At noon yes terday the Monterey went to the navy yard. while the Monadnock is still at anchor off Folsom street. It is thought that as soon as the Monterey has been fitted out at Mare Island she will come place so that the harbor will not be left without one or the other of the steam CTS.
 He DTducn once haS 1S- sued the following notice in regard to the new lfghtShip
 San Francisco bay entrance-Intended light vessel and withdrawal of outside bar whistling buoy-On about April [, 1898. steam light vessel No 70 will be established in from IS to 20 fathoms of water. about 412 miles outside of the bar off the entrance to San Francisco har- bor 12h miles south 70 degrees west true southwest s4 west mag) from Fort Point lighthouse, and on the range line marked by Fort Point light and Alcatraz light
 The vessel will show two intermittent white Iiohr from aaph mas fbaaH ch Sor fixed white light for five seconds, followed by an eclipse of ten seconds duration. every fir
 In each lens lantern there will be lOo- candle power incandescent electric light The focal plane of the lights will be 57 feet above the sea- and the lights will be visible 13 miles in clear weather
 imperative the lights will be fixed white and viii be less brilliant than the electric lights.
 The vessel has flush deck. two masts. schooner rigged. and has howsprit; she has a smokestack and fog signal between the terms there is circular gallery. The hull is painted red. with San Francisco Harbor in large white letters on each side and 'I0 in white on each bow
 During thick or foggy, weather a 12-inch seconds duration. separated by silent intervals of thirteen seconds.
 A minutes 27 seconds north. longitude 122 de- grees 43 minutes west.
 buoy black and white perpendicular stripes and marked IS F.. located about 2k miles north 70 degrees east true northeast f4 east mag1 from the proposed position of the vessel. will be permanently discontinued.
 The steamer City of Puebla was twenty four hours late in reaching port from Puget Sound. On her way up the coast she lost part of one of the blades of her propeller. and on the way home another portion went. It was this that caused the vessel to be so much behind time. coffer dam will be put under her and the necessary repairs made to-day.
 Charles Casey and John Brady were arrested by Officer James McGowan yes :. terday and charged with burglary at the Harbor Police Station. They were caught Whitelaw's yard at the corner of Bay and Kearny street.