The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-21
TWO OLD-TIME
WIND TANNERS
: ARE IN TROUBLE
:.
One Dismasted and
the Other Ashore.
HOPE FOR THE w. S. PHELPS
=.
= LoTTIE CARsoN's CAPTAIN
:. - THINKS he SAW HER.
Harry Tibbitts, Mate of the Alden
: . Besse, Drops Dead at His Post.
- Captain SiIovich's Mar
=: row Escape.
HOPE FOR THE w. S. PHELPS
LoTTIE CARSoN'S CAPTAIN
:. THINKS he SAW HER.

Two Qeep-W2Ler vessels were ISpul lCN
In trouble yesterday. The British ship
Drumlanrig. from Liverpool for Puget
Sound, had to put into Montevideo hay
ing been partially dismasted in gale,
and the Chilean bark Elisa, from Puget
Sound for Shanghai, went ashore at the
entrance of the latter port and may be a
total loss.
The Drumlanrig, Captain Farren, sailed
from Liverpool for Victoria, B. c., on
December 16 last. She was spoken eight
days later in latitude As north, Longitude
is west, and was not heard from again
until reported in Montevideo in distress
The chances are that the ship was caught
q. in a pampero off the River Platte and dis
nasted. She is an old vessel, having been
built in 1876.
The Elisa left New Westminster on No
yemher % for Shanghai with cargo OF
lumber. She went ashore while trying
to make port News received by the
Merchants Exchange states that tugs
and lighters have been sent TO the 4,, as
was formerly the Elizabeth Nlcnolson
and was built at Amman, Scotland, IN 1000
She outlived her usefulness on the EnS
fish coast and was then sold 70 soIne
persons in Antofogasta, VINO put AeF I'LL
der the Chilean flag. z
The Norwegian bark Prince Edward
now out 2O6 days from Baltimore FOR
Honolulu, is long overdue, ana " per
cent reinsurance is being paid on ner. for
the schooner W. S. Phelps, now out forty
days from San Pedro for Eureka Inc
schooner Lottie Carson arrived ar Eu-
reka on the 18th inst, having MADE the
run from San Pedro in seventeen days
Captain Johnson reports that Wneh sIAtS,
five miles TO the westward ne saw
schooner which from her general appear
ance he took TO be>the w. :. Phe!ps; he
also spoke the British bark w ooIlara'
now out forty days from Honolulu TOT
Eureka, to load lumber for South AIrlca-
The fine new Japanese steamer amer
lea Maru was thrown open 10 NlSItoIs
yesterday afternoon and evening. She IS
big crowds which inspected her were Wen
repaid for their trouble. me America
10 do some record-making on her next
voyage. The Hougkong Maru sailed from
-Hongkong for San FRANCISCO and the
Nippon Maru arrived at Yokohama from
San Francisco yesterday
Captain Jepsen Of the steamer queen
was in anything but good humor Wnen
:he saw his vessel yesterday morning. On
Sunday she was as Spick and span as a
yacht but during the evening the Column
gan blowing out her boiler tubes. This
threw SCOT In every direction and nearly
all Of II settled on the Queen. Instead OF
sailing yesterday morning Tor the SOUND
with her white paint gl1Stenlng IN the
sunshine she went out looking like col
Her. No wonder Captain Jepsen was an
The Iowa was taking coal from lighters
Yesterday. This is for use IN keeping
steam on the DONKEY DoileLs- oIle WIN DC
again open 10 the public tomorrow
CWashington's birthday.
Harry Tibbitts, mate of the bark Alden
Besse dropped dead on the Vessel's fore
castle head yesterday. The bark had
been on the drydock for an overhauling,
and after being foated out was getting
som street wharf The tug came along
and Tibbitts started to throw her a line
Just as he was preparing to throw lib
. bits reeled and fell. When the doctor
from the Harbor Hospital arrived the
:. Captain John Silovich Of the tug Alert
=. had a narrow escape for his life last Sun
day morning. The Alert, Monarch, Sea
Queen and Liberty We're taking the
land Creek. Silovich was helping 10 haul
in z tow rope, when some one carelessly
. made II fast on the Roanoke The rope
the stomach and knocking him over
board. Luckily he fell clear Of the tug,
but her revolving wheel created a sue
ton which kept the captain under water
captains danger and stopped the tug.
In a few minutes SiOvich was back
aboard. The escape was marvellous
one as Captain Silovich was right in the
middle of ali -four, tugs. all of Which had
, their wheels revolving. The Roanoke
was finally got off and locked at Folsom
street wharf.
Victor Genereaux, late second mate of
the Kenilworth, has accepted the position
of quartermaster on the steamer San
Juan. II was GenereauX who naVigated
the Kenilworth into port after the cap
tain and mate had been smothered to
Re death in their cabins.
p The Australian mail steamer Moana
will not get away for the colonies until
was to have sailed Wednesday evening,
but the English mail did not arrive In
New York until Sunday night. and will
therefore not reach here until Thursday.