The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-30

Lo-rs rom Tacoma. the SchOOners Sailor
Boy was . days, Challenger 40 days. and
bark Gatherer p DAYS: the ships America
and Spartan were . and q days. respect
lively. from Seattle; the schoouers Emma
Utter, Glen and Twilight . days each
from Grays Harbor. the schooner Web
foot - days rom WilIapa. the schooner
Albion > days from CoQuille. the schoon-
er Falcon q DAYS from Coos Bay and the
schooner Uranus . days from Wiuapa
Or the feet thar made port yesterday
the Challenger was the one that Jared
worst during the gale For nearly two
weeks she was either under bare poles or
trying % hold her own under q double
reefed msinsall She ran short OF orovf-
siOns, and when the crew was down 70 n
diet OF plain beans the Albion hove in
sight and supplied her with enough bread
-four and meat 70 last ten days She
spralg aleak. and night and day the rlen
had % work the pumps in order 20 keep
the schooner from becoming waterlosEed
When the Challenger reached port yester-
day she was at once put on the Mission
mud fats.
The Challenger let Tacoma on October
- with 4 load 0f lumber consigned 70 the
Tacoma Nil Company. Almost from the
moment Flarre-y was passed a hard time
was experienced Captain Anderson saws
that the weather was nothing unusual for
this time OF the yeaE Up 20 November :
Then IL blew z sri6 gale, and gradually
increased In force until November .
when u blew d hurricane. accompanied by
heavy rain squalls Not . stitch OF can
vas could De carried on the vessel and
she lay n the trough OF the sea the crew
expecting every minute 10 see her roll Eer
masts out The hawsers and large ropes
were got out and oights put in them after
which they We're allowed 70 DRAG Over-
board. and thus helped % bring the yes
Sc : head up . the wind OIL bags we're
put over ths bow. and these prevented
the seas from breaking aboard.
When the schooner was out tventy-one
days the supply Of provisions began 10
give out. and by November IS there vas
nothing left in the larter but a supply Of
beans There Was enough OF these TO last
: week. but every body on the Challenger
vas glad % see the steamer Albion. She
gave them q good ten days supply. ard
every man on the schooner has i good
word 10 say FOR the captain OF the steam
sr.
During the heavy weather OF November
= the challenger sprang a leak and ever
since the pumps have been kept gouE
night and dav The men took turn ABOUT
az the work and managed 20 keep the
vessel from becoming VaterlOgged- She
now lies on the Mission mud fats and
Vil discharge into lighters. after which
she viii 60 on the drydock for al over
on Coos Bay the Challenger sighted the
schOone- Enterprise with her decki0ad
gone Il had evidently gone by he hoard
=
4 ship. a bark. a three-nasted schooner
and 3 topmasr schooner were also sighted
al making heavy weather % IT, CAP
tam Anderson Is OF me opinion That -ne
Ferris ; Thompson. Highland Light
American Girl and all the feet overdue
on the Sound from san Francisco have
been carried north By the current ana
Will make their way back as soon as 5he
wind changes
The heroine Of the storm is Mrs. LENA
Nielsen. wife OF the captain OF the
schooner Glen She went 70 Grays Har-
Dor BY steamer 70 join her husband aid
came home with him in the schooner At
Grays HarbOr the entire crew deserted
the ship and Captain Nielsen had TO en-
gage q new lot Of men He could not get
a cook. 20 Mrs. Nielsen offered 20 attend
% the galley during the run home. The
voyage lasted - days. and Mrs. Nielsen
says she never wants % 90 70 sea again.
II spite q the heavy weather. she stood
% her post and cooked the mems meals
however. and whenever they requested il
there was always pot Of hot coffee On
the stove
Y never saw such weather" said Ms.
Nielsen yesterday. AT times We could
rot carry q stitch OF canvas 1n the YES
sci and at other times Il seemed as though
Once I made sure We were gone. \ pin
rail broke and let the lumber down Then
l started 10 pack my trunk Just as /
was putting the last OF my clothes IN. IL
struck ne all OF a heap what I was go
ing 70 DO with the trunk. Then l rushed
on deck. determined 20 die IN the open
air. uU[ my husband LOlQ NE 10 70 back
into the Sanin. saying the deck was no
place for ne 1 stayed down in that cabin
thinking every moment would be my last
You can imagine how thankful I was
when daylight came and FOUND the Glen
afOat and not damaged AZ al / am now
preparing the last meal I viii ever cook
on sailing vessel, and the next time |
make holiday trip with my husband III
choose another time OF the year"
None OF the vessels that reached port
yesterday showed any signs OF the heavy
ma N-rNT
that the sourheaster was the heaviest and
longest continued gale ever seen on the
coast, but that outside OF that fact there
was nothing unusual 20 report
The transports Columbia and Dalney
VOstok will sail for Manila to-day with
the Forty second Regiment. and the War
reu viii follow them on Saturday with
the Forty ninth Infantry (COlored). The
Warren Is in splendid shape 70 make the
run 20 the Philippines. Size mas been thor
0ughly Overhauled and couple OF defects
that were found IN her steering gear have
been rectifed. Chief Officer Ford e NJ
guire has the transport in as good con-
dition to-day as he had her on her first
voyage. and II IS safe 70 say that the
Warren Will come back 10 port looking as
clean and neat as she does on inspection
The warren's chief officer is one Of the
best known and best liked master mari
uers on the coast For six years he was
for six years more he was master 81 the
ship J z. Brown He left the latter yes
sci 70 go second mate OF the Warren. and
about a year ago was made chief oficar
He Is a most able assistant 10 Captain
Hart. and between them they have heIpad
70 make the Warren one OF the most nm
Ular transports In the service.
Captain Jepsen OF the steamer Queen
and Captain Wallace. superintendent ~
the Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
are very indignant over a fake story that
appeared in a morning paper YESTERDAY
In the first part 81 the article the Queen
runs on the Fsrallon rocks and IN rbe
latter part the story IS denied Cap-si,
Jepsen says the Queen was never nea re-
than mile and half 10 the Farallores
and the engineers say that they never got
a stop and back bell until the steamer
was nearing the wharf Captain Wallace
says the story was made out OF whole
cloth and the man who could and would
write such a cock and bull story Should
be in = lunatic asylum
The Oceanic Steamship Company's mail
steamer Alameda sailed for Australia via
Hawaii. Samoa and New Zealand last
night She took away 2 very large cargo
and full passenger list