The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-27
THE CRUISER
LADELPH|A
IS LEAKING
Will Drydock for an
Overhauling.
WAS BOOKED FOR SAMOA
SHE WILL NOW GO TO THE NAVY
YARD INSTEAD.
British Ship Glenericht That Was in
Collision With the Balmoral
Will Probably Be Cop
demned.

The cruiser Philadelphia will not go to
sea for some months to come. Instead of
starting away under sealed orders for
Samoa she will go to the navy yard to be
thoroughly overhauled and have several
leaks that are now causing trouble
stopped. In order to do this she will have
her coal and ballast removed and will
then be put on the dry dock. One or two
of the plates will have to be fixed up,
perhaps removed, and the hawse pipes
will have to be looked to, as they take in
water during heavy weather.
The Philadelphia arrived here from
Honolulu on October IA, 1897, after a long
term of service in the southern seas. AT
that time she was booked for thorough
overhauling and in consequence her crew
was drafted into other ships and she was
dismantled. Then came the war with
Spain, and the work of getting the cruiser
ready for sea was begun and rushed to
a completion. By the time she was ready
to go into commission the war was prac-
tfcally over, so she was sent to Honolulu
with Admiral Miller to hoist the stars
and stripes over Hawaii. She left here
on July Il and returned again on the Sth
inst
During this voyage 1t was found that in
heavy weather the Philadelphia made
water and the steam pumps had to be
brought into service to keep her clear.
L
are bad enough to make it unwise to send
the big warship on a cruise in the south
ern seas without an oVerhauling. When
the orders came to coal ship and get
ready for sea, therefore, the facts of the
case were laid before the authorities at
Washington. The orders were at once re-
scinded and the cruiser will go to Mare
Island tomorrow About $50 tons of coal
has been taken into her bunkers, but
this will probably all be used up in keep
ftaaf a. hni mr.
plying the launches before the Phfladel-
phia goes on the drydock The chances
are now that the gunboat Wheeling will
be sent to Samoa or on whatever mission
the Philadelphia was to have sailed
The steamer Greenwood. which started
on her usual coasting trip last Tuesday,
had to return to port yesterday on ac-
count of having broken a crank pin:
The British ships Balmoral and NADIA
latter won by few hours. owing to
British Ship Fails of Haliadale and the
from Hull, and while the Macdarmid
reached port yesterday the Falls of Hal
ladale is still 300 miles off shore. There
Of the two races, the Madagascar-Bal
moral event only occupied 135 days. while
the Macdiarnid was 15S days getting
ably been within sight of the Farallones
for a couple of days and yet it may be
an7other day or tive two BET before she gets in
w
one of her morning trips and the San
Rafael had to take her place. A link in
the steering gear broke and caused the
withdrawal Of the ferry boat for one
round trip.
The German bark Henry Hackfeld
which left here 155 days ago for England,
has not been heard from and guineas
per cent REINSURANCE is being paid on her.
She was built in 1865 and was formerly
the bark British Nation. The British ship
Lauralbank is now out So days from
Shanghai for Astoria and Is per cent re-
insurance Is being paid on her, while IS
per cent is being paid on the American
ship David Morgan, now out 213 days from
New York for Nagasaki.
The British ship Glenericht, which was |
in collision off the Horn with the Bal !
moral, is still at Monteyideo. No repairs |
have been made on her and she Is to be |
condemned If the special agent sent out |
by the underwriters cannot arrange a
purchase. Captain Davies of the Giene- |
RIGHT was so certain that his wife was |
safe on the Balmoral that he sent his |
sister here to meet the ship. She was |