The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
SHIPYARDS ARE ALL BUSY
FLEET OF STEAMERS AND WIND
TANNERS BUILDING.
A Valuable Cargo for Vladivostok.
Wreckage Sighted by the CO.
guile River-Transports
Renamed.

age from Puget Sound to Yokohama. 1t
is the old story of Didn't know it was
loaded" a tale of which rarely If ever
comes from the sea. The Haddon Hall
arrived in Japan prior to the sailing of
the Doric and the story of the tragedy
is as follows:
The Haddon Hall sailed from the Sound
last December and all went well until the
vessel was passing through a group Of
islands known to be infested by pirates.
Chief officer Thomas Jones had no gun,
so Captain Pritchard loaned him re-
volver with which TO arm himself in the
event of the ship being attacked. The
mate put the pistol in a drawer in his
room and there Harry Hartog, 19-year-
old apprentice boy, found it. He had
never handled such a weapon before and
was delighted with the plaything." He
showed it to William Hughes another ap-
prentice boy, who said the revolver was
not loaded, as the mate had drawn the
charges. Hartog began swapping the pis-
tol at Hughes and the third time the ham
mer fell it went off and the bullet struck
Hughes in the neck. Captain Pritchard
and Mate Jones did everything possible
for the lad but he bled to death in twenty
minutes. The Haddon Hall went from
San Francisco to the Sound to load and
both boys were we'll known in this port.
Hartog was tried before the British Con-
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There is a big demand for vessels for
the coasting and island trade, and In con-
sequence the shipbuilding yards from San
Francisco to Puget Sound are all busy.
Hind, Rolph 6; Co are having two schoOn-
ers and a barkentine built for the island
trade; G. A. Hooper & Co will shortly add
d barkentine to their fleet of lumber yes
sells; J. S. Kimball & Co. have contracted
for a large steamer to be built on Puget
| Sound; Gray & Mitchell will have a fine
11-knot vessel on the coast early in July
and half a dozen other firms in the city
have ordered vessels.
c. A Hooper & Co.'S new barkentine
has been named the Manila. She was
launched on the 18th inst, and will soon
North Bend, Or, and will carry million
feet of lumber. AS there is a great de-
mand in Australia and South Africa for
! Oregon pine the chances are that the Ma
Mia will make her maiden voyage to one
or the other of these places.
Gray & Mitchells new steamer is to be
named the Dispatch. She is being built
at Eureka, and will be 1913 feet on the keel
and 205 over all, So feet inches beam,
Is feet inches draft and will carry 700,--
900 feet of lumber or 900 tons of general
cargo. She will come here with a load of
lumber will be engined by the Fulton Iron
Works and will be ready to go into COM
mission July l. A description of the
other vessels being built has already been
published in The Call.
If shipping and shipbuilding is good in
the United States it does not seem to be
equally so in England, judging by the
prices offered and accepted for shares in
vessels at a sale in Liverpool recently.
For an eighth of the Miltonburn SIT 800
was offered and refused, for an eighth of
the Otterburn ST. 900 was the best offer,
and it was refused. 1.-TWO sixty-fourths of
the DrumrOck were sold for $4,000 Forty
$500 shares in the HelenSlea brought $3.50.
Twenty $25 shares in the Frances Fisher
brought $3.50 and twenty S25 shares in the
Beechdale brought $3.50. All these vessels
are well known in this port, having been
here on many occasions from either Eng
land with general merchandise or Austria
liza with coal.
The captain of the steam schooner Co
guile River, which arrived from Co
guile yesterday, reports that on March
| Is between Cape MendOcino and Point
Arena he passed through large guam
! tity of lumber and shingles. There is a
big fleet of lumber-laden coasters on its
way here and the chances are that one
of the schooners lost her deckload dur
| ing the recent heavy weather.
The schooner Albion. which arrived
! from Coquille Saturday, lost her jib boom
while crossing the Coquille River bar on
| March 10.
The Chilean ship Temuco, which put in
| here in distress on the list inst, tried to
resume her voyage yesterday, but had to
| come back again on account of a foul an
! Choir. The Temuco was on her way from
! Iquique to Victoria, B. c., with a load of
! nitrate when she was partly diSmasted
! in a gale and had to put in here for re-
pairs. She will probably get away to-
| day.
The names of the United States trans
ports Scandal and Arizona have been
changed. The former is now called
| Warren and the latter Hancock The
Warren was formerly a German tramp
steamer and the Hancock a British pas
senger steamer
The transports Charles Nelson and Zea-
landia will sail for Manila on Wednes-
day The Nelson will take away about
900 tons of supplies and 100 soldiers and
Red Cross nurses, while the Zealandia
will carry about 900 soldiers.
The ship Lucille, which sailed for Vladi-
vostok, Siberia, last Saturday took away
the most valuable cargo that has ever
left San Francisco for that port. 1t con-
sisted of -four, tallow, bicycles, salt
hardware, agricultural implements and
other goods valued at over $4,000. The
bark wilma is at Howard street loading
for the same port Frank. Mighell. son
of the managing owner of the vessel
will make the round trip on the Wilma
for his health.
The British sealing schooner Geneva
put into Fort Ross the other day with
| l243 skins, all taken on the coast The
captain reports all well.
! The revenue cutter McCulloch is be-
ing repaired at Mare Island and there
are no quarters for her crew. The cutter
Rush has therefore gone to the navy yard
and the McCulloch's crew will live
| aboard her The Thetis is coming down
from the yard to be repaired here, and
while work is being done on her the crew
will live aboard the Bear, which is to
come down from the yard and anchor in
Strear1 for that DurDOSR.