The San Francisco call., 1905-03-18
NORTHWEST WIND BLOWS MANY SHIPS TO PORT

II the harbor OF San Francisco were
anything but the expansive stretch Of
sheltered water that ii is there would
have been trouble yesterday in accom-
modating the vessels that passed in
through the Golden Gate. There were
twenty-nine arrivals on Thursday and
yesterday more than a score more
came in from sea, enabled to make port
by the grace Of the northwest wind
which had replaced the trouble-mak-
ing southeaster.
There were some coasters among the
arrivals, but the majority of them
were sailing vessels, many of them
square riggers, and most of them COM
PEELED to anchor in the stream until
allotted berths at wharves best suited
for the reception of their cargoes. Off
Meiggs wharf a large fleet anchored.
Others dropped their mudhooks in Mis-
sion Bay. Had there been a hundred
vessels. however, instead Of a few
score there would have been anchorage
space for all and at that the ferry sys-
TENS would not have been cramped for
room nor would the navies of a few
friendly powers have experienced any
onllculty, had they so desired, in per-
forming elaborate evolutions in the
space still unoccupied. san Francisco
may occasionally run shy of suitable
wharf space, but there is anchorage
room here for all the ships IN Lloyd S
register.
The fair wind which carried the
windjammers TO port enabled many CT
them TO sail uD the harbor to their
anchorages. There was plenty of work,
however, for everything in the shape
Of a tOwbOat from sunrise to lcng after
the darkness fell
The barkentine S. G. Wilder twelve
and q half days from Honolulu, en-
cOuntere0 sOUthW est, westerly and
northwest gales and there was hardly
a time during the passage that the
decks were not filled TO the rails. Hans
Nelson. a seaman. was swept ever
board by one Of the many waves which
gamboled across the WilderS deck.
High as the yardarm it flung him and
then carried him away more than
ships length beyond the reach of his
hoTrOr-stricken shipmates. They hard
ly realized that Nelson was overheard
before another and bigger wave, COM
Ing in the opposite direction took the
sailor on its broad bosom and Topped
him back on the vessels deck, wet and
Winded, but Wide-awake enough to
grab a sheet-end and hang on until
the waters receded. One wave which
swept the deck fore and aft carried
the whole crew along the deck for
about fifty feet. The Wilder brought
$500 bags Of sugar.
The bark Amy Turner, fifteen days
from HilO with 23.5l6 bags of sugar,
was also roughly treated by wind and
wave. Five feet Of her starboard bull
wsrks were carried away by one extra
lusty wave.
The bark Fresno, sixteen days from
Gamble, encountered the big southeast
er March 1S and il and came through
the storm with a heavy list to star
board.
The schooner Bender Brothers, when
forty miles west of Point Arena, lost
fifty cords Of wood
The British ship Kirkcudbrightshire
10 days from Antwerp. had to give
battle to the southeaster off this port.
The worst weather of her long journey
was encountered off Cape Horn in the
shape Of full-groWn hurricane A
new main lower toosan was blown to
ribbons. To heave the vessel to a tar
paulin was rigged in the mizzen rig
ging and for twelve hours the lee
davits were under water. When the
gale had blown itself out il was dis
covered that the cargo had shifted and
that the Kirkcudbrightshire was listed
heavily TO starbOard. The displaced
freight was trimmed with great diff
Guilty.