The San Francisco call., 1899-09-16
The Morgan City Will
Be Raised.
BELGIAN KING SAILS TO-DAY
TUG RELIANCE FOUND NO
TRACE OF THE RAFT.
Ship Invincible Was in No Danger.
Governor Lind Visits the Iowa
Many Accidents on the
Front.

Second Mate Mile Of the transport
Sikh is not likely to forget his visit to
this port in a hurry. He is SO badly bat
tered up that his own mother would not
know him. and it will probably be q week
before he can leave his room His right
eye was nearly gouged out his scalp is
badly torn, his wrist is sprained and his
body Is black and blue and covered with
scars.
Mile was uptown and spent the even
ing at one of the theaters. On his way
TO where the Sikh was lying he was accost-
ed by man who asked for the price of
drink The request was denied and the
beggar became abusive. The mate tried
10 pass on. but the man called some of
his companions and said they would take
Whatever money Mile had. a free fight
ensued, and during the scuffle the mate
IhreW one OF the gang overheard. He
grabbed the man who flrSt accosted him
ana was going TO send him into the water
after his companion when one of the gang
struck him with a slungshot. Mile re-
members nothing after that, but the gang
must nave jumped on him and nearly
kicked him to death.
A few hours later one of the crew came
along and with the assistance of the
watchman got the unfortunate fellow
aboard the snip: AS soon as he is able to
leave the ship Mile will report the mat
ter TO the harbor police.
The transport Belgian King was to have
got away for Manila yesterday, but was
NCldg Gu AT y. H. lO-Qdy SIS ana the
Aztec viii both sail for the Philippines.
The Aztec will carry horses and the Bel
gian King troops. The hospital ship Re-
lief will get away at $3.50 o'clock this
morning. She will carry about one hun
dred members of the hospital corps,
nurses and doctors and will stop at Homo
The Relief has been overhauled and is
now in good order for the voyage. The
Grant will follow. the Belgian King on
Monday, while the Centennial with a
load of horses will get out on Tuesday.
The quartermaster's department has
received the following telegram from Nag
Morgan City: The ship lies well shell
tered. Her bows are out of water, while
her stern is submerged. Divers report
that t. her her, foref9ot is damaged. She can
be raised The vessel will be got into
Nagasaki as quickly as possible and there
Syerhauled, after which she will come to
The tug Reliance returned to port last
night after vain search for the raft and
fog was thick enough to cut" and he
never caught sight of what he was after
He spoke several steam schooners and
the ship Invincible and bark Merom. but
none of them had seen or heard of the
raft He steamed all over the place where
the Szarina and her tow We're spoken by
the North Fork, but could find no trace
OF either. He thinks they have gone off
shore TO get out of the track of incoming
vessels and Will remain hove to until the
Captain snoaden of the British ship Dy-
nomene and Captain Rae of the Spring
burn have been presented with a very
handsome set of resolutions by Alcatraz
PaFlor. y. s. G. ". During the ceIebra-
ton in Santa Cruz the two captains were
the guests of the parlor. and in the grand
parade Captain Rae carried Bear flag
and Captain Snodden the Stars and
Stripes. The resolutions refer to the fact,
and speak in glowing terms of the friendly
feeling existing between England and the
United States, and winds up by hoping
that on many a future occasion the Brit
Usher and the Yankee might be found side
by side carrying each others banners.
The presentation speeches were made by
AL Furlong and c. II. Turner. The cere-
mOny took place on the ships, both of
which are lying at Union-street wharf.
Governor Lind and staff We're the guests
of the Governor and his staff during a
trip around the bay on the State tug
Governor Markham yesterday. a visit
was paid to the battleship Iowa and the
entire party was shown over the Union
Iron Works by Irving NJ. Scott.
Edward Pine of 1911 Broadway had
narrow escape from drowning yesterday
He went down to Lombard-street wharf
TO examine some bran. and while doing so
some boys who were romping bumped up
against him. knocking him overheard. He
was very nearly drowned before a passing
boat picked him up. Pine was taken to
the Harbor Hospital and pumped out.
Bernard McCabe. teamster, was seri-
ously injured at Second and Howard
streets last Thursday. He was helping to
when it slipped and pinned him against
the wall. He did not think he was
seriously hurt until yesterday morning
when he found it painful to breathe. He
walked TO the Harbor Hospital. where DR.
Morrison made an examination and found
that two of his ribs were broken and a
small bone in his back fractured. It will
be several weeks before he is able to
work again.
Charles Locke, a carpenter. living at 475
Jessie street was nearly killed on the
transport Belgian King. He fell from the
deck into the lower hold, and escaped
with a sprained knee, two sprained wrists,
of fro afJ he a M a tod
chin. He fell on some sacks of wheat,
which broke the fall, or he would have
been instantly killed. He was treated on
the hospital ship Relief and removed to
the Harbor Hospital yesterday morning.
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