The San Francisco call., 1899-10-11
TROUBLE CAUSED
FOR SEAMEN BY
A NORTHWESTER
Aberdeen Lost Part OF
Her DeCkload.
THE PORT PATRICK DRlFTED
The Storm Blew Down Door on tno
Mail Dock Which Knocked Stone
overboard-The Austria
liza in Port.

Contains of vessels in port have been
nrenaring for a storm during the last
twentvfour hours A low barometer gave
them warning Monday night ana yesIer-
! dav afternoon the weather bureau OF
! dered the northwest storm slghals us
| n1aved On the vessels at the north eilu
| of the water front extra moorlns HlieS
| were got out while in many hSldHces
straw tenders were put between the yes
sells and the wharves to keep them from
cbaffnp out in the stream extra an
chors were let CO. but the British snip
| Port Patrick was caught mapping. she
began to drag and before the second an
chor could be dropped she had drltted
down on the Postal Telegraph Company
cable
A week ago the big pile raft broke the
! cable as it was toWed up the pay. "A
gang of men was set to work ana the
| tugs Alert and Transit employed and by
Sunday morning the cable was repaired
and in working order again. Now it is
again broken and it will be several days
before another one can be laid. The tug
Relief was sent out to move the Port
Patrick, but she was too late to prevent
the damage.
A very heavy storm has been raging
off the coast and every vessel making
Houdlette of the mail streamer Australia
says it blew very hard from the north
west during the last part of the voyage,
and Captain Smith of the City of Peking
and Captain Saunders Of the Newport had
similar experiences. All of them agree
in saying that the storm was accompa-
MED by heavy westerly swell
The steamer Aberdeen caught it, off
Point Reyes. The northwest storm was
accompanied by mountainous seas, one of
which broke aboard The deck lashings
We're broken and part of the deckload was
washed away. Some of the lumber
caught in the rigging and pulled the
mainmast out of the vessel The engine
room and cabin were flooded and for
time it looked as though the fires under
the, boilers would be put out. Captain
Petersen got his vessel before the gale
and kept her there until repairs were
made, after which he came on to San
Francisco. The Aberdeen was docked at
examination of her damages she was
towed to Oakland Creek to discharge
| The Aberdeen was from Portland with
800 900 feet of lumber.
Customs Inspector ]. T. Stone had
narrow escape on the Mail dock The
wind blew one of the doors down and in
and then fell on top of him. Luckily he
was under water when the door struck
the surface and so escaped injury. Be
ing a good swimmer he was rescued by
some of the wharf hands who threw him
a line.
The transport Newport docked at the
Government wharf yesterday. afternoon:
Captain Saunders is very sick man, and
| has been ever since the vessel left Ma
Mia. The chances are that he will not go
! out on. the steamer next trip. The New
| port had a hard time of it in the storm
! off the Japan coast that delayed the So
! lace, Tartar, PENNSYLVANIA and City of
! she only made a thousand miles, while
| under ordinary circumstances she would
have made $500. One of the port lifeboats
was smashed into kindling wood and some
of the dead lights were stove in. The SOL
diers aboard got great scare, as they
made sure the vessel would never reach
port again.
The Australia, from Honolulu, brought
up forty-three cabin and forty steerage
| passengers. There was a coal famine in
! the islands and the mail boat had to get
! 240 tons Of coal from the Government. She
/ had enough fuel in her bunkerS to bring
! her to San Francisco, but in the event
| of heavy weather she might have run
| short. so after considerable pressure the
agents of the vessel got the 24O tons from
| the Government. The cabin passengers
of the Australia were:
4. ". Anderson, S. C. Allen and
wife G F. Bradshaw, 2. B. BarthorR,
]. Cross c. W. Dickey and wife, Mrs.
Colonel George de la Vergne and maid,
Mrs. Hendricks, F. Hustace, wife and
Captain c. W, Hay, Mrs. G. F. Kim
1. K. Kentwell, Miss L. Leslie, Miss
Meyer. Mrs. W. G. Morrison, Mrs p
Peck and the Misses Peck, H. C. Peck,
Sam Peck, Miss H. S. Smith, F. A.
Smith, Captain Taylor, c. D. Vincent
and Miss K. Ward.
Mrs. Hendricks is the widow of Profess
sor Hendricks. Soon after she left for
Hawaii her husband died and the news
was forwarded to her by the transport
Sherman. She at once came back home
on the Australia
Captain Hall Of the steamer Alice
blanchard has been appointed master Of
! the steamer South Portland 1t has not
been decided whether the South Portland
will run to Coos Bay or Puget Sound. Two
coal mine owners want her, and the one
offering the most charter money will get
her.
! Captain A. ]. Storrs of the steamer
! Leelanaw has been eXonerated from all
/ blame in connection with the vessel going
on the beach during a dense fog at Mon
tara Point by the Inspectors of HuIls and
Boilers.
The schooner w. G. Phelps made port
just in time yesterday morning. During
/ the run from San Salvador she was
caught in two storms which drove her
out of her course. The voyage was in
consequence very much protracted. and
! when the Phelps reached port all the pro-