The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-24
THE SHIPS
THAT SAIL
kewsy No es OF the Harbor
and Sea-Vessels That
Come and Go

The steamer Majestic Il tied np al
the City dock receiving some neces-
sary repairs to her machinery. The
Resale win take care Of the former
steamers passengers TO and from
Victoria pending the MaJessic's tie
mp.
The steamer Rainier OF the Pollard
line. sailed from san Francisco for
Seattle last evening. She viii ar
rive here Wednesday morning. This
delay In sailing viii alter her SEIZED
uled time o. departure somewhat
The saip Wanderer left Port Town
send today IN tow for Tacoma
The ship Inderkip left Port Town
send for Tacoma today In tow. She
has but two days to save her char
ter.
The North America Fish and Cold
Storage co. has been formed In Vie
toria- A specially built steam trawl-
er has been purchased In England,
and a cold storage depot will be es-
tabiished on Keats island at the
mouth u the Fraser river. The COM
rany Is capitalized at t150000
The steamer Independent Of the
Alaska Fisheries Union, came over
from West Seattle last night. sna
will load cannsry supplies today at
the Gaffney dock preparatory % sail
ing tomorrow for the mouth Of the
Chilkat river, where the eanaery IL
located.
The vessel Oscar and Hattie, u
the Victoria Sealing Company ~ re-
ported 70 have gotten into Il heavy
gale OF the mouth Of the Columbia
river. She sprung q leak and the
men were kept necessarily az the
pumps. She finally reached Bam-
field creek. The captain with two
men SET out IN a small boat for Cape
Beaie, the boat overturned in at
tempting TO land there and ali mar
r0wly escaped drowning.
The steamer John s. KlmbaH. Of
the kruse line, arrived last night
from San Frauciaca. She brought
forty-five passengers aud zoo tons OF
freight.
The steamer Excelsior. Of the pa
cific Packing and Navigation Com
pany. which arrived from the north
Saturday evening. is being over
hauled preparatory TO sailing for
Naldes on the Zsth inst.
The steamer Queen u the Pacific
coast line, sailed for San Francisco
yesterday morning. She carried
fifty passengers and 100 tons of
general freight.
Bids for carrying the United
States mails between Seattle and
Naides. will be opened IN Washing
ton, y. G., today. by the postmaster
general Among the bidders are the
Pacific Packing e Naviga lion Com
pauy. Fish Bros. Of Valdes, and the
Pacific Clipper line.
The people of Port Townsend got
little scare upon the arrival Of the
steam Al n there. bound for the
north with a cargo Of dynamite The
wind was quite gusty when the Al
81 reached that port and the steam
ar was swung around and crashed
into the Union wharf Then the dock
gazefa scattered IN every direction.
expecting 10 have the pier blown
out below their feet the next mo-
ment. But the dynamite. luckily.
never exploded
The little tuRboat Fortuna IL about
20 start from ChsrIeatOvn navy ward
on q tour around Cape Horn 10 pu-
get sound. II will be the longest
trip eyer attempted by q vessel OF
her class. She Is only rs feet long
and about 35-foot beam.
The schooner Sequel. from San
Francisco for Port Blakeley IN bal
last, IL out 81 days and some fears
are entertained Of her safety. She
has not been spoken nor aeen since
her departure.
A story has been brought by the
ateamcr Mlowera Of the abandon
ruent ~ the bark Port Patrick bound
from South Africa 10 Newcastle. ln
ballast. after "a storm Of the Austria
Iian coast. The vessel had been