The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21
SHE LOST HER
WAY, BUT FOUND
COAT ISLAND
LorenZ and William
Ran on the Beach.

The fog was thicker on the bay yester-
day than it has been in months.
The ferry boats were all late, and some
of them made the wrong slips. Some of
the bay schooners got lost and had to
come to anchor, while the Lorenz and
William brought up on Goat Island with
all sail set. The captain and crew walled
ashore and made their way over the hills
to the light station, where they procured
a boat and thus reached Oakland long
wharf. Once on this side they secured
the tug Mile and returned to the strand
ed schooner. The tug worked on her all
the afternoon, but failed to get the Lor-
enz and William off. About half of the
load of tanbark went overheard and was
lost, but the vessel is not much damaged
and will come off to-day at high water.
The United States dispatch boat Iro-
quois sailed for Honolulu late Thursday
night. A number of dispatches arrived
from the Navy Department in Washing
ton, and as soon as these were put aboard
the Iroquois got under way. She ray
have instructions for the Oregon, now due
at Honolulu, to proceed to Samoa, or she
may follow the Bennington to Guam and
order the gunboat to the new scene of
trouble.
The schooner Mizpah, from Coquille
River lost Is, 900 feet of lumber and one
of her boats during a storm on January
g. This was probably the lumber which
the Czarina passed through on her last
voyage here from Seattle.
All steam schooners running between
San Francisco and Eureka will in future
carry mail. Hitherto there was only a
mail once a week by steamer, the other
times 1t being sent by train IL ukiah
and thence by stage to Eureka The
roads of late, however, have been almost
that should have reached Humboldt a
month ago are only getting there now.
In future the steamers will carry the mail.
=, The wrecked Noyo is damaged more
down and examined the hull yesterday,
and they report that there is a large hole
in the port bow. the keel is gone, the en-
tire bottom on the port side is badly
chafed and will have to be replaced, and
the rudder and rudder-post are gone. AS
soon IS a thorough examination has been
made the divers will patch up the holes
and the vessel will be pumped out and
placed on the drydock.
Captain George M. Anderson is now in
command of the ship Lucille, and Cap
tain 0. Erickson of the steamer Albion.
Frank j. kuofke, private in Company
A, First Nebraska Regiment, U: S. ",
over to the military authorities yester-
day. He is said to be one of a gang of
twenty. who broke. open boxes on the
transport Ohio during the voyage from
Manila and stole number of relics and
$500 in cash. Ruofke admits taking the
relics, but says he thought they belonged
to the company as a whole.
The mail steamer Rio de Janeiro ar
rived from Hongkong via Yokohama and
Honolulu yesterday. She brought up a
large passenger list, which includes the
names of a number of soldiers homeward
bound from Manila. Captain Glass of the
Charleston returned and after short va
cation will take charge of the naval sta
ton now being established at Goat Island
I. III. Goodman, general passenger agent
of the Southern Pacific, and his niece.
Miss Hosmer, came back from Honolulu
on the Rio Miss Hosmer is very sick
woman, and had to be carried ashore in
a litter.
The State of California is to be laid UP
for repairs, and the George W. Elder will
replace her temporarily on the Portland
run.