The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15

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 The American ship New York, late the T. F. Oakes, has been one of the most unfortunate vessels that ever left the stocks. Misfortune followed her from ths day she was launched in Phil adelphi4 until she laid her bones on the beach at Haffmoon Bay. When s5e was losSed and ready to sail from Phil adelphia for Port Townsend on her maiden voyage old sailors said that she would have terrible time of it round ing the Horn. At that time she was the loftiest spared ship in the world and the old sailors predictions came true She was dismasted on that voy- age and put into Valparaiso in dls- tress. She was repaired and started again for Puget Sound, but again the masts were blown out of her and she was lowed back to Valparaiso for the second time On her third attempt she got well up the Pacific coast, but was caught in another gale off Columbia River and finally had to be lowed to Port Townsend in distress.
 On her second voyage she was sent out to China and was caught in ty- phoon and nearly wrecked. She was thrown on her beam ends, and steamer picked her up and lowed her into Hongkong.
 The latter part of 1896 she started from China for New York, and was 264 days making the trip. She was so long overdue that she was given up for lost, and so guineas per cent rein surance was paid on her. During that voyage some of the crew died from scurvy and nearly all the others were so sick from the disease that they could not work the ship, and had to be driven to their stations with ropes ends and belaying pins. It is as a hard ship" therefore, that the New York is best known. She never made an American port without the captain or mate being arrested for beating the men. As a. general rule they got off. but the trip from Hongkong set tied the captain and the mate, both of whom were punished by the Federal Court of New York.
 In May, 1893, Captain Reid and First Mate Mckay of the Oakes (now the New York) were arrested on twenty eight charges in San Francisco. Six
 
 wounds inflicted by the officers, but both of them got off on a technicality
 In February, 1895, Captain Reid and Second Mate Ross were arrested in San Francisco on a charge of extreme cruelty and murder. Frederick Owens, able seaman, was assaulted, dragged out of the forecastle and compelled to work during the very cold weather off Cape Horn, notwithstanding that he complained of sickness. Owens couldn't work, but was ordered to walk the deck" He was given no medical aid, except dose of salts and mustard plaster. Two days later he died. Later "a simple minded Swede" named J. Johnson failed to address the second mate as Sir" and was knocked down and kicked in the eye by Captain Reid. The second mate ran away to escape trial, and the captain was again acquitted on a technicality.
 After that the ship went to Ma naimo, B. C., to load coal for Santa Rosalia, and four crews deserted one after the other before she could get away. Then came the fearful voyage from China, and that sickened even the owners. The name of the ship was changed to New York, and an entire new crew, with Captain Peabody as master, was put aboard of her. He had been successful as master of the Tam O Shanter. and during one voyage left New York the same day as the Shenan doah. and they both came in through the Golden Gate together in the fast time of III days. Captain Peabody made one trip in the Sintram after leaving the Tam O Shanter and then he accepted command of the New York. But his advent did not relieve the 'hoodoo." After leaving Hong kong she lost her foremast in gale and had to put back for repairs. A second start was made, but misfortune again overlook her. In another gale she lost her foretopgallant mast and foretopsail yard, and altogether there were five serious accidents during the voyage.
 Captain Peabody had his hands full during the voyage. His crew became mutinous, and the belaying-pin had to be used occasionally in order to get any work out of the men.
 The New York and the Tillie E. Starbuck were sister ships, but there the resemblance ends, as the former has been a continuous failure while the Starbuck has been a success. The New York was an iron ship, built by the American Ship Building Company of Philadelphia in 18S3 She was 255 feet long, 40 feet inches broad and 23 feet 5 inches deep. She was 1897 tons burden and had aboard the following cargo consigned to Williams, Dimond & Co.,: 100 boxes 50 bundles cassia, $50 half chests 10 packages tea, 1042 pack ages green tea, 60 bales gunnies, 2OO0 bundles hemp, 75 bags coffee, 730 bundles kopak, 20 packages camphor- wood trunks, ITO bundles 743 bags P boxes tapioca, 6S bundles palmleaf fans, 46 packages rattan furniture, 22,- 605 packages 21 bundles 300 bales Al boxes 1907 bags merchandise, TOO rolls mating, 109 bags hemp seed, 40 pack ages trunks, 2320 quicksilver fiasks, 107 bundles gambria 800 cases pineapples, S243 mats rice, 61 bundles rattan, 40 | cases Soy Lo, packages bamboo shoots,