The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-02
e1E HE .ococidanrsat and Oriental
Il Yesterday from tie Orient, brings

% HE .oocidantaE and Oriental
:. steamship Gaelic, Which arrived
Iii T.. Yesterday from tie Orient, brings
n a.atpry of si1eor al. sea. On Au-
! >: gust '29:. IN. latitude 81. II 'inprthi
langituae 12s~ 81 west: she. supplied :the
schooner Andy :jMahony with provisions:
The schoener:s signal Of distress, Which
in. flag Language. said, Short Of pFovis-
lions. starving. attracted Captain Finch 5
attention AND the Gaelic's course' was
changed so THAT the finer. came within
a short distance of the schaoner: and
. stopped "A boat put OFF from the A9Rdy
Mahony in charge Of the mate, wher hand:
ed Captaia Flnch a,letjer from the skip
per reporting that the schooner. wis the
AQdy Ma hong. 'Out "a days from Ia Trims
Ged, 1Ie%3co, for Portland, OR. That they
were short Of provisions, haYiftg eXpe-
riehced .calnls and light winds for q long
period: also that his:'vessel was ..vegy foul
ahd he wished TO be repofted. :.
'+CaptainE Ftfrch gave orders for THE ini+
mediate RELIEF Of the hungry sche6ner>s
creW and in: the cessrse' of half: ali hour
the bcat' was: pulling to. the Andy deeply
laden :witFl- beef. POTATOES -four, eggs and
other .eatabieS. " -: :
Tho. nate:ef the 8fahenY said the " were
on short ratfons and had almost used zap
IhelT last SACK lOuT- 1AeE were also
short Of tobacco, he said. -CaPtaim Finch
gave them: a. Supply of the: weed. and
when the officers and passengers learned
Of the tobacco famine they .bombaFded
the boat with cans of. pipe anmSinitien
and cigars. The sailor WHO .received the
sra ekfng Ipatsrial proved himself 9 won
der as "a catcher. He missed not a: single
can and. LET not as much as a cigarette
escape HIM The Gaelic's. officers were
-shsrt OF: tobacco and cigars: when the
liner reached"port but nobody complained
and the company of the. Andy Mallory
as. provided. with smoking nateEial.:t e
serve ali hands until Portland is, reached.
: The Andy; Mahony people. say they
sighted a: steamship that" they took to
be one of the American Hawaiia;f line.
but could hot attract her a$tentioti.
The Andy MAI ony- is a new VESSEL AND
rs owned by O. j Olsen OF this city =.
The Gaelic brought but seven cabin pas
sengers.. She is one of the fayorites OF
the trans-Pa ciflc- service and her. light
-tassenger list is direct result. of the
Treasury. DEPARTMENTS administration of
the fact that the fieW and announcement
system had been abandonFd and the old
method resumed had not reached the. Or
.ient when the Gaelic sailed Tales Of the
HONOLULU search were being told among
travellers. however, :shd when the Gaelic
REACHED. yokohama all BUT Seven of: her
passengers left her and catie to this:side
on one Of ahe EMPRESS line to. Victoria.
" THE Gaelic. brought 1875 tons of cargo.
including 4sQ bales of raw. silk She: was
six days sTx;hours coming from Honolulu.
Her passengers were DR.. J. e: Stubbs
and wife d. G. Walker and wife. nr. r.
Pick G.: LIE Grand and Victor Marsh.
:. She also brought from Honolulu. one
stowaway. who gave his narne as Ross,
and is being held by the immigration
commissioners