The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
A NATURALIST,
BUT KNOWS HOW
TO SAIL A BOAT
Prof. Anthony Com
mands a Schooner.
THE SUNDB0RG IN TROUBLE
=.
OUT THIRTY SIX DAYS AND
sHohT OF PROVISIONS.
The Five Masted Schooner John B.
Prescott, the Largest Sailing
- Snip in the World, Just
Launched
THE SUNDBoRG IN TROUBLE
OUT THIRTY SIX DAYS AND
SHohT OF PROVISIONS.

The little ffty-ton schooner Stella Err
: land arrived in port yesterday from se-
atue after long and stormy passage.
Inc Eriand is owned and sailed by
Professor a w. Anthony. and his crew
. Is composed Of Henry P Kading, the nat
Gralist' one sailor and cook Last :
FroiesSor Anthony lost the schooner H
=. Nanloerg on the coast of Lower Cali
iornla, and the Stella Erland was pur-
u CHASED TO take her place. Professor An
thony IS connected with the Smithsonian
institution, and as soon as he fits his YES
SCI out mere he is going for cruise in
lhe Gull OF California. He expects to
secure many valuable specimens of birds,
reptiles and insects, and will be gone
about q year.
The Stella Erland was out in the recent
storms, and although many large ship
put back into Clallam Bay Professor An
thony remained at sea and the schooner
rode out the storms. OF Flattery the
gale was the heaviest The little vessel
VAS swept by the waves and her deck
load OF nay was washed away. The jib-
: ooon was smashed, and the schooner
SpEang d leak 1t was not a very serious
Ieak, however, and Professor Anthony had
no dlI1euIty IN getting the vessel into
port. The Stella Erland was built at Bal
tard, Wash, in 1891. She is 6S feet inches
long, lS feet broad and feet 1 inches deep.
AFTER a number OF nishaps the steamer
terqay. While trying to get over the bar
at Illlamook the vessel went ashore and
the captain had. to jettison 5000 feet OF
lumber before he got her of. Captain
Thompson reports having provisioned the
schooner Nettie Sundborg. She was thirty
six days out from San Francisco, and for
" nearly week the crew had been living on
hardtack and water. The crew OF the
:cuTId borg sighted the WaShtenaW, but the
Lookout on the big collier did not see the
schooner. The men on the Sundborg flew
me flag at halfmsst and waved signals
from the deck. but they could not attract
the attention of anybody on board he col
i. Her. The Coquille River was not any too
we'll provistoned herself. as she had been
:bsrbound for three weeks in TIlamoOk.
and owing 10 the rain no supplies could
be procured. Everything he could spare
In the shape OF grub Captain Thomp-
son gave TO the hungry men on the Net
tie Sundborg, and when last seen. they
were all enjoying a square meal for the
hrst time in a week.
The largest sailing vessel afioat was
= launched at Camden, Me. q few days
ago. She viii be f1ve-masted schooner.
and an idea of her size can be gained from
the fact that she is larger than the four
:masted snip Shenandoah, now IN
he tie " John B. Prescott and IS
go feet long, e feet Z INCHES bread read
fiye masts are Of oregon pine and are 112
feet inches long, while the topmaSts are
:. IS feet long. The dimensions 10 OF the shen-
:: breadth f9 feet l inch, depth 1s feet
inches
The schooner spreads over 900 yards
Of canvas, carries 800 tens of coal and
will be handled by twelve men. On her
last trip here the Shenandoah brought
$3.50 tons OF coal, but it takes crew OF
nearly thirty 10 man her. The John B.
Prescott will be seen here during the
: The soldiers on the scandia received two
months pay yesterday The paymaster
took his station on the wharf and the
men were marched ashore in companies
70 receive their money. The Scandia and
latter vessel has $50 cabin passengers,
nearly all of whom are the wives of Off
gers either now at or on their way t1
Manila
The American ship Charles E Moody.
row on her way from this port TO New
York with general merchandise, has been
purchased py san francisco parties.
When the Moody was here last year she
was for sale for $4,000. a number Of
ship-owners looked her over, but none Of
them would pay the figure Her owners,
therefore. loaded her here and sent
her home. A. Anderson of Lewis, An
Gerson & Co and others got together and
submitted an offer for the vessel few
weeks ago, which has been accepted, so
the Moody will return 10 San Francisco.
The price paid is said TO be in the neigh
Commodore Lewis Haven of the yacht
Sappho and DR.. Mckenzie of the gaso-
line launch Alberta have made dicker.
small sum Of money changed hands and
now Commodore Haven owns the Alberta
and will entertain his friends aboard her
next season, while DR.. Mckenzie will be
at home aboard the Sappho
The British ship Laurel Bank has
been posted at Lloyds as missing"
She left Shanghai for Portland l45 days
ago and has never been heard of since.
The chances are that she went down in
the typhoon that nearly wrecked the Zea-
landia and several other vessels.
Captain Gallop. late OF the schooner
Mary Dodge has been appointed master
Of the barkentine Planter. Captain Dow.
who was formerly master of the Planter.
died on his way home from Lysan Island.