The San Francisco call., 1898-04-16
Diver Keefe Thinks He Has Found the City
 of Chester.
Nine Well Known British Ships Have Passed Under
 the German Flag.
Arrival of "King" Greig of Tanning Island on Another Visit to
 This City.

What are supposed to be the remains ot
 the steamer City of Chester have been located off Black Point. There is only fifteen feet of water over them at low
 tide. and in order to prevent a possible ! accident they should be buoyed. The en- zines and boilers stand on end, and a
 dozen jagged ends stick up out of the
 mass. A vessel striking on one of them
 would be instantly pierced, and would
 probably sink before she could De
 beached.
 Some time ago the barkentine J. M
 Griffiths arrived from Port Hadlock and
 anchored off Meiggs wharf During the
 northwestern she lost her anchor and sev-
 eral attempts have been made to recover
 1t. but they all failed The next vessel
 to lose an anchor in the same vicinity
 was the barkentine Ruth, which came in
 from Honolulu with load of sugar. For
 several days past men have been dragging
 for both these mud hooks, and yesterday
 one of them was located. A diver named
 Keefe grappled it with a four-inch line,
 but whenever the tug Redmond began to
 haul on 1t the grapping iron slipped.
 Keefe put on his suit and went down
 only to find that instead of an anchor he
 had located an immense mass of iron.
 Had the wrecker WhiteaW not gone up in smoke at Skaguay he would have kept his find to himself until she could have got to work on 1t, but as there is nothing suitable on the coast to save the remains, he thought it better to have them buoyed. A few hours after the remains of the Chester had been found the Griffiths' an- chor was located and hauled aboard the tug, after which the search for the Ruth's anchor was continued.
 It was about eleven years ago that the steamers Oceanic, bound in from China and the City of Chester, bound for Puget Sound, were in collision off Lime Point and the Chester sank. drowning many been located by Diver Keefe it must have drifted considerable distance during the past years.
 G. Lagomarsino. CT 352O Sacramento yesterday. He was thrown out of his coal wagon and the vehicle passed over him. He was taken to the Harbor Receiving Hospital. where Drs Deas and Dfggins found that his left arm was broken in three places, his right arm in one and two of his ribs were also fractured. After his injuries had been attended to he was taken to his home.
 Germany is rapidly increasing its fleet of sailing vessels at the expense of the British mercantile marine. At the present cargoes in the Columbia River, and three of these fly the German flag. The Ger man ship Barmbek, which sailed recently from Astoria, was formerly the British ship GilcruiX, and the Ben Vovilicn was formerly under the British flag. The four- masted bark Norma was formerly the Auchencairn, the Ortrud was formerly 1 the Maulesden. the Emelie was formerly l the British Ambassador, the Willkomenn | was formerly the Dawpool, the Henrietta l was formerly the Strathearn, the Adolf | was formerly the Udston, and the J. C. l Pfuger was formerly the Waikato. Thus nine vessels that for years came to San Francisco under the British flag are now coming here under the German.
 a a al yrh ca,,ly ofT ToIe street wharf a couple of days ago, was l taken to the Fulton Iron Works last l night. An examination showed that when | she was lowered from the Morgan City into the water her seacock was open and | that the two exhaust pipes had been dis 
 aboard the Monterey yesterday for Lieu tenant Mcdonald. They will be eventually | taken to Mare Island and there trained | so that when released from one of the at sea they will return to their | dove cote at the navy yard.
 pr. N. M Nelson, who for time was connected with the Harbor Receiving | died at the Lane Hospital yes | terday. He had suffered for a long time from a spinal complaint, and two opera 1 tions were performed. but without any beneficial result.
 After many years of active life at sea | Captain J. s. Deliver aof the pilot service | has retired. His wife has been urging | him for some time past to retire, and to | plcoSc iel, llt IlIldlly sent III HIS r0SlSnd- tion a few days ago. It Is said that 'tAd- | miraP von Schmidt, the we'll known mas ter mariner and yachtsman, will take his | place. In that event the Whirlwind will | not be seen in many of the yachting events on the bay this season.
 Victor Morina was run over early yes terday morning by one Of the belt rail- | road engines and seriously injured. At | the Harbor Receiving Hospital 1t was | found necessary to amputate his leg. He | was clambering into one of the cars when | the train started and threw him under the wheels.
 The schooner Falcon arrived from the southern seas last evening. Among her | passengers was King" Greig of Tanning Island and his wife and child The | King is on his yearly visit to his son, who Is at school in Alameda. This Is the | first occasion on which his wife has ac- him. MT. Griegs father died here in San Francisco a few years ago, and his body was sent to Tanning Island 1 for interment.
 The coast defense steamer Monadnock will sail for Puget Sound ports to-day l As Port Angeles is the first port of entry l in Washington, the chances are that the warship will make her headquarters there | until the trouble with Spain Is over.
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