The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-12
LUMBER AND
COAL. VESSELS
BY THE DOZEN
A Big Fleet of Them
Makes Port.
SCHOONER SPARROW ASHORE
LIFE-sAVING CREW MAKES A
GALLANT RESCUE.
An Unknown Man Jumps Overheard
From the River Steamer j. D.
Peters Saturday Night and
Is Drowned. .

1t was a record-breaker for Sunday ar
rivals at the Exchange yesterday and
Clerks Daily and Downs were kept busy
from morning till night. Between sun
rise and sunset no fewer than twenty
eight vessels passed in through the Gold
en- Gate. Between II a m. and p. m.
the bay was covered with coasters, all
sailing in before a strong northwest
breeze.
There was one mishap The schooner
Sparrow, lumber laden from Eureka, at
tempted to sail up river direct and off
California City she became becalmed and
in spite of all the captain could do. drift
ed ashore on Bluff Point. The steamer
Caroline, on her way back from San
Quentin. went to her assistance, but was
unable to get her off. The schooner is
in no danger and will probably come off
without assistance at high water.
OF the arrivals eleven were steamers
fourteen were schooners, the barkentine
Eureka and the ships Louis Walsh from
Tacoma with coal and Hyderabad from
Newcastle, n. S. w, with coal. Many OF
the steamers and nearly all the schoon-
ers were lumber laden and between them
they brought in 1880 feet and 5000 rail
road ties. Four were coal laden, and they
brought in 1882 tons among them.
A crab fisherman nearly lost the num-
Der of his mess outside the heads yester-
day When the breeze sprang up during
the morning 1t brought nasty cross sea
in with il. The fisherman had his nets
out just below the Cliff House, and the
big crowd on the beach watched him with
absorbing interest as he began to gather
in the nets and prepare to get into smooth
water Just as he was taking in the last
net big sea struck the boat and over
she went
1t did not take long to carry the news
of the capsiZing of the boat to the Golden
Gate life saving station, and the crew
launched the lifeboat in quick time. They
pulled out through the breakers and soon
had the half-drowned fisherman aboard
1t was impossible to make a Iandlng
through the surf again, so the fishing
| boat was taken in tow and the lifeboat
rowed around to the Fort Point life saw
ing station where the fishing smack was
righted and returned to its recovered and
grateful owner.
An unknown man committed suicide
from the Stockton steamer j. d. Peters
last Saturday night. The vessel left
Stockton at p. m. for San Francisco and
all went we'll until Bouldin Island was
abreast. When off Central Landing the
cry of man overheard was raised. Thls
was about II p. m. and the night was very
dark. The steamer was stopped and 4
boat lowered, but a search extending for
| nearly an hour failed to disclose trace
of the suicide A muster Of those aboard
showed that none of those who had taken
rooms nor any one of the crew was miss
ing. but four different people saw a
man climb over the rail and drop into the
water. it must have been some one who
wanted to conceal his identity.
The transport Charles. Nelson arrived
from Manila via Nagasaki last Saturday
night and locked at Mission street wharf
Yesterday. AS soon as she is released by
the Government she will go into the
Alaska trade under the flag of the Alaska
Exploration Company.
The Nelson left Manila with six soldiers
aboard but Corporal ]. J. Ryan of the
Utah Battery was taken sick and had to
he left behind at Nagasah for medical
treatment The other Utah Battery boys
who came up on the transport were Cor
roroI Frank Utz and Privates A. G. CAT
fuIl and J. Licklederer and also Corporal
Ebarles b. de Moss, Company E, Twen-
10Th United States Infantry, and NJ. Kel-
" Company G. Sixth United States Ar
tillery.