The San Francisco call., 1898-04-10
The Steamer Corona Ar rived Yesterday From
 Puget Sound.
She Will Be Put on the Union Iron Works Drydock
 at Once.
It Will Probably Take Two Months to Get Her Ready for Busl-
 ness Again.

The wrecked steamer Corona of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company's line arrived in port yesterday in tow or the Puget Sound tug Tyee. While on her way from Seattle to Dyea and Skaguay the Corona went on the rocks near DlAoh Point, Alaska. This was in January last and it took Captain c. Miner Goodail ana a. party of divers and wreckers heariy two months to get her off the rocks' ana onto a sandy beach where temporary fe' pairs could be made.
 The work was much delayed, owing to the fact that the wreck was in Brltlsh waters and only British tugs were ai- lowed to render any assistance. While the wreck was being lowed to Vlctorla' B. C., the British tug was cast OH When opposite Port Townsend and an Ameri- can tug immediately made last ana LOOK the Corona into Port Townsend. mere she was made ready for the voyage to San Francisco, and five days ago the start was made. It was long, hard null but the Tyee was equal to the emer- gency and brought the Corona Tn all right. The work of repairing the ves- sel will be begun at once and GoooaIi' Perkins & Co. expect to have her pacK early next month on the northern route again.
 The Tyee will not go back empty hand ed. The tug Tiger wants tow as Tar as Cape Flattery and the Tyee Will do the work The Tiger is to be used dur ing the summer months as tender be- tween St. Michael and the steamers run ming up and down the Yukon. As she has only bay and river license she can not go to sea under her own steam, so she will be lowed to the straits or Juan de Fuca and will then take the inland passage to St. Michael. The Tiger has been decked-in most securely and she looks something like a whaleback as she lies at Howard street wharf.
 Eddie Hammond was arrested py ser geant Mahoney of the Harbor police yes terday and charged with petty larceny. get the officers of the Whitelaw Wreck ing Company into trouble. Eddie stole a shackle worth about S20 from the old whaler Hunter, and taking 1t to Whlte. the scales when Sergeant Mahoney ar rived on the scene, but no record Of the pany's books. Consequently Sergeant Mahoney is going to teach somebody con- nected with the firm lesson:
 Purser Thomas Smith and Chief Officer James Rennie O. the steamer Alameda were treated to quite surprise party yesterday. A delegation from the pas sengers who came oyer on the steamer from Australia boarded the vessel and presented MT. Smith with a solid silver fnkstand and MT Rennie with a solid sil yer match box and tobacco poX. Eacn article bears a suitable inscription, and they were accompanied by a testimonial thanking the two officers for their kind ness and courtesy during m the the troy,3 tVoyagTTii Tin, ron brought over an ambulance in which was John Donnelly. one or the oldest en- cisco and North Pacific Railway. MT. Donnelly is thought to be suffering from a fracture of the skull, ana ne was at once taken to St. Mary'S Hospital rom
 The engine which MT. Donnelly was driving had been overhauled and a new shoe put on the brake. When the brake was put on the shoe squeaked, and the engineer leaned out of the cab to see what was the trouble. The sunposltlonl out of the fast moving engine, as when the fireman turned around to speak to him he was gone. The train was at once stopped and backed up until the unfortu- nate man was found near the track in an unconscious condition. Engineer Don nelly has been nearly twenty years in the employ of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railway, and this is the first time that either he or his engine has met with a mishap.
 is having great deal of trouble getting a crew. His vessel is going to Vladivo- stok, and coasting sailors do not care to running to the Sound. Captain Johnson has secured one man out of seven, and he has to employ waterman to see that the one does not run away. Monday the bark will be moved into the stream, and then a vigorous effort will be made to get the bark away.
 The cigar-stand at 36 Market street and L.. Kaufman, who was in it at the time, had a narrow escape yesterday. The ad- joining lot is being excavated, and the brick wall of the cigar-store was acci dentally undermined. Without mo- ments warning it fell. and in its fall took nearly all the cigars with 1t. Kauf man thought 1t was another earthquake and made his escape just in time The flooring began to follow the wall into the excavation below, and he would have gone with it had he not been very quick on his feet All of yesterday afternoon the cigarman did business in the fruit stand next door, while gang of men were at work removing the wreck and repairing the damages.
 w. H. Hamilton, who until recently was travelling freight agent for the Chi cago and Northwestern Railway, was taken to the Harbor Receiving Hospital yesterday morning, partially asphyXi- ated He was found in one of the com pany's offices with the gas turned on. Dr. Diggins worked over him at the hos pital for an hour and finally saved his fife Hamilton was later removed to his home at 1269 Sacramento street, where Dr. Diggins visited him during the after noon, and now says he is out of danger. Hamiltons friends scout the idea of sui eide, and the patient himself says he does not know how the gas came to be turned on,