The San Francisco call., 1899-08-24
MAIL STEAMSHIP
DOR|C COLL|DES
WITH HER WHARF
Smashed Forty Feet
of the Structure.

The Occidental and Oriental Steamship
Company's Doric ran amuck at the Mail
dock yesterday afternoon. She struck the
westerly end OF the wharf al full speed
and cut into the piles and planking a
distance of forty feet, besides demolishlnS
one end of the shed
When the DOric arrived early Tuesday
morning the Mail Company's steamer AZ
tee was in her berth so the Doric had 10
anchor in Mission Bay. The Aztec was
discharged yesterday morning and was
moved away from the wharf. At high
water the Doric was TO take her place.
and Pilot Newt Jordan was TO have
been there to dock her. Captain Smith
of the Doric was in the country and the
mate was in charge Of the vessel. When
high water came and the pilot not aboard.
the mate undertook to dock the ship him
self. The anchor was raised and the Dis
liner came along for the dock under Il
good head Of steam The mate miscal-
culated the strength of the wind and tide.
however, and the Doric was carried down
on the wharf. The engines were reversed.
but before the steamer could gather stern
way she crashed into the wharf and the
damage was done.
Pilot Jordan was standing on the wharf
and saw the whole occurrence. Through
some misunderstanding there was no one
there to take him out 10 the Doric, and
+ before a boat could be procured the
steamer was under way. When the big
/ ship began to head for the wharf there
/ was a scattering of the clans and many
/ OF the spectators had narrow escapes
Customs Inspectors Stevens and Shepman
/ were standing right where the steamer
! struck. They made sure she would pach
/ out again. and had just time 10 make the
run OF their lives before the tImbers We're
flying in all directions
/ There was a shooting scrape on East
street Yesterday afternoon. and in conSe-
quence William McCready is locked up in
the Harbor Police Station on charge or
/ assault to murder. The shooting grew
out of a family row. although MCCreadE
! tries to make out that it was a sequel 10
/ the late row in the Firemen's Union
About seven years ago McCready. who
/ is a fireman married sister OF James
ana Thomas Comisky. After year or so
+ he deserted his wife, and has never since
contributed TO her support Mrs NC
/ Cready has had 10 depend upon her broth
ers and her aunt Mrs. Bessingnano, ever
since. In consequence there has been bad
! blood between McCready and the Comlsky
family. When Mrs. BessingnanO went on
! the bonds of Ward and Rogers. charged
with loOting the treasury OF the F1remenS ;
Union. McCready tried 10 have her board
ing-house and the Comisky saloons boy
/ cotted by the fremen. Last Saturday he
went into Tom Comsky's saloon, al o5+
Third street, and after some words pulled
a gun and snapped II three times St
/ Comisky. Sunday he threatened Mrs;
| Bessingnano with the same pistol ana
/ yesterday he fired two shots at James
| COmisky in his saloon, at 23S East street
/ McCready and COmisky met at the cor
ner of East and Folsom and had few
/ words. McCready put his hand on his nip
/ him down McCready half arose and
/ again attempted 10 pull his gun, Wnen
+ Comisky knocked him fat again and tei
/ on him. A crowd gathered and pulled the
/ saloonkeeper away The latter warned the
people that the fireman had a pistol, and
/ then made for his saloon. McCready Lol-
/ One of them punctured a beer barrel and
the other went through the wainscotIng-
The police then came along and put Nc
Cready under arrest
Captain Parsons and the crew of the
steamer State of California made very
smart rescue on the Columbia River bar
this last trip. The British ship Amphi-
trite in tow OF the tug Waloola. was pass
( ing in and the State of California was
passing out at full speed, bound for San
/ Francisco. One of the crew OF tRe Am
phitrite was on the forecastle head get
! ting the anchor ready 10 lower, when he
( suddenly fell overheard. In ninety seconds
/ from the time the man fell into the water
! a boat was lowered from the State OF Cal
ifornia, but it was too late TO rescue the
sailor
/ castle head three sailors from the Amphi-
/ trite jumped in after him. Life buoys were
also thrown. and one or these the man
( caught. He left it, however, 10 catch the
/ log line Of the ship, and was pulled under
: and never came up again. The three res
cuers from the Amphitrite were picked up
[ by the States boat, but no trace OF the
/ other man was found. After putting the
( sailors aboard the ship the States boat
was picked up and the steamer came on
( TO San Francisco.
! of California spoke the tugs Relief and
! Rescue. towing the big raft that is on ITS
way here from Astoria. The weather was
/ fine and the tugs were making good prog
The Oceanic Steamship Companys mail
steamer Australia sailed for Honolulu yes-
terday. There was the usual big crowd
down TO see her on; she TOOK away d
very heavy cargo and the following cabin
Mrs. George Ashley and children. Miss
Atkinson. w II. Bailey, l. Il Beadle,
wife. Miss S. l. Byington,. J; B. Castle.
Z Miss Vera Chandler, c. Christian. Miss /.
( Coleman. f. l. Cutting, Fl. 7. Damon,
/ Miss NJ. Damon, Mrs. a. J. Derby, {. &c
/ rine c Fairchild Miss G. Fernba h.
/ Brother Francis s. p. French. Charles
( Harkinson. Miss NJ Hons, Miss 3. Hop
per Mrs. George W kester and two cnll-
I dren Ernest kopke Ernest Kopke IT.,
/ Miss Ellen VI Lee. Miss n. McCracken,
( G A Mcdonald. Miss Nellie hcPhersun,
/ Brother Michael. John A Moore. Mrs. l.
! K Myers Mrs. George H. Paris and child,
/ Miss N. Peterson. Master J. Petersol.
( Mrs. c. H. Phillips. 5. Schoenfeld. Mrs.
/ Robert Scott, 2. Snyder. II. D. Thirkeld,
I Miss Eugenia Thomas Mrs NJ Thompson,
/ +. VI. Tucker Miss Jennie {. van Nors-
trand A. F Wall Miss a. Wall. F. h.
I Wall. George s. Wells, W P. Nhiteley,
( Mrs S. G. Wilder and Thomas 5. Young
The United States Fish Commissioners
! steamer Albatross sailed for the Southern
! Seas Yesterday. She has Professor Agas-
Z siZ and several other scientists aboard.
and will visit Fiji, japan and the coast u
Siberia The party does not expect 70 re-
! turn to San Francisco before November,