The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18

THE steamer Noyo narrowly escaped
becoming a total wreck on Duxbury
Reef early yesterday morning. She
was on her way here from Fort
Bragg with a load of lumber and num-
Der of passengers, when she struck the
rocks. II was very foggy, and Captain
Daniels thought he was a good three
miles of the dangerous reef, but the re-
cent storm had created n strong north
. easterly set, and that carried the Noyo TO
the rocks.
=. There was no excitement on the vessel.
The captain and first and second officers
were on the bridge at the time, and when
the passengers came rushing on deck they
assured them there was no danger The
steamer worked her way over the reef,
and when she was about a mile TO the
southwark the anchor was dropped, as
the rudder was damaged and the Noyo
:unmanageabe
Besides her crew. the Noyo had on
board thirteen passengers, two of whom
were ladies', and fourteen of the crew of
the wrecked steamer Jewel, that went
ashore near Caspar during the recent
eoutheaster and became a total wreck.
- AS soon as Captain Daniels ascertained
that his vessel was leaking badly he or
dered the boats lowered, and the passen-
gers and their effects put into them. Cap
tain Daniels was in charge of one, First
officer kendall of the second, Second Of
fcer Nelson of the third and Chief Engi-
'neer Thompson of the fourth.
. The distress signals blown on the Noyo'
steam whistle had attracted the attention
OF the crew of the fishing steamer Henri
eta. Owing to the fog, the captain OF
. the Henrietta could not see the Noyo, but
= he knew that something was in trouble on
: .DuXbury Reef, so he sent a boat to find
out what was the matter. Two of the
- NOyO's boats saw the stranger and pulled
toward her. AS soon as the fishermen
= learned what was the matter they re-
turned to their own steamer, and the
.Noyo's boats followed. Two of them got
alongside the Henrietta, and the passen-
gers in them got aboard the fisherman
= The captain of the Henrietta did not wait
for the other boats to come up, but saying
he was in hurry, steamed away for Sar
. francisco.
. Bv noon the Noyo had become water
logged She lay with a list to starboard
and the water was up to her hurricane
. deck. The deckload of lumber began &c
drift away, and altogether she was in q
j: bad position when the tug Alert put in ar
. appearance Captain Daniels did not
8 waste any time dickering about price
: but when Captain John Silovich said
>"Shall I take hold, captain?" he answered
at; once. Yes, tow her in as quickly as
= you' can"
=: When the Alert and her unwieldy tow
i were between Fort Point and Lime Point
the tug Reliance came along and made
. fast to the wreck, and she and the Alert
put her on the Mission mud flats just
twelve hours after she had gone on Dux-
bury Reef.
80 !. Captain w r. Daniels was heartbroken
over the loss of his vessel when seen on
=: the tug Alert yesterday afternoon. 81
Thought I was three miles away from the
. -Teef when we struck" said he. II was
- on the bridge. and the first mate had
"S5ust. returned from examining the patent
log. l asked him how far we had run,
ar L.. eighteen
Just: eighteen miles from Point Reyes to
i. !f?uXbury Reef so I remarked We must
d.. he just off the reef, but We will run an
other three miles before we stand in over
.the bar. The words were hardly out OF
my mouth when We struck
-. We left Fort .2ragg last Monday az