The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-13
THE ENGINES
STOPPED, BUT
NOT THE SHIP
Havoc Played by the
Progreso.
OVERDUE DRU MCRAIG GOT IN
BRITISH STEAMER FAsTNET IN
THE soUTHEASTER.
The Little La Chilena Defied the
Storm-others of the Weather
beaten Fleet Safely in
Port.
OVERDUE DRU MCRAIG GOT IN
BRITISH STEAMER FASTNET IN
THE SoUTHEASTER.


thing went wrong in the engine-room,
however, and, instead of stopping, the big
steamer went full tilt at the ship l. r.
Chapman, moored to Beale-street wharf.
Luckily there was a barge laden with
railroad iron alongside the Chapman, and
1t gave the Progreso a sheer. In conse-
quence the ships headgear only was car
ried away, but had the barge not been
there she would have been cut in two.
Continuing on her way, the Progreso
cut her way for twenty feet into Beale-
street wharf and then came TO stop.
The collier denied number of her plates,
and it will be several days before she
will be ready to go to sea again.
The bar was very rough yesterday after
the storm, but nevertheless a big fleet
came in. The vessel with her mantop-
mast gone that was outside Wednesday
night turned out to be the British ship
Drumcraig, 173 days from Swansea. She
was the first to come in, the tug Sea
King bringing her through the north
channel. Late in the afternoon she was
followed in by the Henry B. Hyde, the
American ship which kept her company
outside Wednesday night, and after the
Hyde came the British bark Birkdale
from Newcastle, N. S. w, American ship
Lucille from Puget Sound, British ship
British General from Antwerp, the steam
er Chilkat from coast ports and five lum-
Der Schooners.
The subsiding of the gale gave the YES
sells in port chance, and nearly all Of
them that had sails bent had them out
drying. The gunboat Yorktown was able
at last to get her coal aboard, and late in
the afternoon sailed for Manila. While
the storm was raging lighters could not
lie alongside of her, but yesterday morn
ing bright and early two scowS laden with
coal made fast on each side, and it did
M ia Ea To ha rCh ir1tS hum
ers. The revenue cutter McCulloch spread
her sails, as did also the Drumcraig, and
both took all the advantage possible of
! the sunshine
The Drumcraig came here from Ant
Werp via the Cape of Good Hope. She
encountered fine weather until September
6, when she was off the coast of Brazil
On that day pdmpero struck her, and
for three days the crew had a tussle with
the elements. On September 8 the storm
moderated, but while the men were set
ting the maintopsail the tie carried away
and the yard came down with a run,
smashing in two on the deck. Then the
main cap broke and the mainmast head
sprung, and Captain johnson decided to
run for Rio de Janeiro. After a time,
however, as everything seemed to be
working smoothly, the captain changed
his mind and the course of his vessel also.
He gave up the idea OF going into Rio,
stripped the mainmast and started for
San Francisco by way of Good Hope.
All went well on that course until Octo-
Der 81, IN LATITUDE 1919 south Longitude .1tU
east, when very heavy gale from the
west southwest was run into. The port
lifeboat was stove in and other damage
was done. No other accidents or gales
were met with until the ship was off the
Golden Gate. Then she got a touch of q
southeastern. Captain Johnson was stand
Ing on the bridge amidships, when a big
sea struck the ship and heeled her over.
Captain Johnson lost his balance and fell
to the deck below. When picked up he
was unconscious. His face was badly cut
and his back injured. AS soon as the ship
locked yesterday morning he came ashore
to consult doctor about his spine.
Another vessel that caught 1t off the
coast was the British steamer Fastnet.
She is only a small vessel and the seas
completely buried her at times and swept
everything movable on deck overheard.
She was hove to for thirty hours, and
Captain Moeckler says he was never out
in a worse gale. The FaStnet was built
in England in 1878 and was for years in
the trade between Prince Edward ISL
and Halifax. Then she was purchased by
people in British Columbia and came out
here to go into the Klondike trade. When
the boom burst she was sold to l.. A.
Martinez of Guayaquil, who is going to
put her in the Central american trade.
| He is now in Portland negotiating for an
| other vessel to run in company with the
Fastnet. The steamer will be oVerhauled
here and will then sail for Guaymas. She
! is 33S tons gross and 155 tons net burden,
1854 feet long, 23.5 feet broad and 11.3 feet
deep.
! Captain Moeckler who brought the Fast
net down, was one of the best known
sealing captains on the coast Since the
loss Of the schooner Matte T. Dyer on
French Frigate Shoals three years ago he
has made his home on the sound and
turned pilot He will leave the Fast
net here and will go back to Seattle. Be
tween Point Arena and Point Reyes, Cap
tain Moeckler says, he saw. tens of thou
sands of fur seal, all making for Boring
| Sea.
OF all the vessels that were out in the
storm none of them made better weather
of it than the little gasoline schooner La
! Chilena. Monday last she was lying at
| Fort Ross, and when the gale came up
| Captain Matsen had TO cut his mooring
lines and put to sea. He had to run in
| the teeth of the gale to Bodega, and il.
spite Of the fact that the schooner was
more often under than over the waves,
she made the eighteen miles in three
! hours and came to sheltered anchor
age. On Tuesday morning it had Gained
down so that Captain Matsen made an
! other start, but had not got half wav to
Point Reyes when 1t was blowing living
! gale. The crew could not see the length
of the vessel for the driving spray, and
the La Chilena weathered the point with
! splendidly, and for her inches the skipper
! says there is not a finer sea boat atloat
| He had to seek shelter again in brakes
! Bay, from which place he got away again
| yesterday morning. A few hours later
| the saucy little schooner came speeding
| in over the bar and up the bay as If such
| a IIllIlS dS d SOUTHEASTERN ndu never down.
| Sergeant Tom" Mahoney is down with
| the grip, and the passengers by the
! Tiburon and Sausalito ferries will not see
! the genial and obliging officer for some
! days TO come. Chief Wharinger Percy
Henderson is recovering from his attack
and expects to be able to return to his du-
| ties to-day.
The Shenandoah Is now on Hunters
Point drydock undergoing an overhauling
It will be remembered that her cargo Of
coal caught fire when she was lying at
Mission street. 1t was put out and started
again three times, and in consequence the
! lining of the ship was badly burned 1T
will cost many thousands of dollars to
make the necessary repairs.
On May IA the British ship lamar left
! Vancouver, B. c., for Melbourne, austria
! liza. On July the following note was
written, put in bottle and thrown over
| board: ''British ship lamar, latitude 8
degrees Al minutes, longitude 156 degrees
20 minutes. All we'll Forty-five days out
from Vancouver. H. w. W." Since then
the lamar has arrived at Melbourne, from
which port she went to Sydney, NJ S. w,
! and after loading sailed for London on
! November 10.
The bottle left by itself was carried by
the current on to Danger Island, where
the natives picked it up on August Is last
| From Danger Island 1t was taken to Fam
ming Island and there given to the cap
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