The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

sinking Nova Scotian barken-
Hine Argentina on June IS in the South
atlantic and landed the shipwreoked
company four days later at Monte
KLae9 The Foreric's cargo consists
Of about 5000 tons of cement some
glassware
=, Il ne Argentina. dismasted and flvinp
signals Of distress, was sighted AT 5:I5
? m. on June 25 in latitude 27 81
south. longitude 1855 west. The Foreric
.lIl7soeo Tor the disabled windjammer.
0t-o az 800 was close enough for a
q I9llegaphone conversation.
: N@pIaln OtperSon Of the Argentina
'sdlQ that he was from Buenos Avres
WITH cargo Of bones for New York.
lie had been dismasted about two
: weeks before in a heavy pampero.
~Seioe OF the falling spars had dam
aged the Argentina's huh. Thev had
Kept the pumps going for two weeks,
Dat the water was gaining on them
aho the men were played out He
WIshed TO abandon his vessel
:: Come right over" replied Captain
Gardner Of the Foreric
:. Captain Otterson explained that his
III eooat had been smashed and that
: he had but one small boat left This
eoae was launched. also d boat from
the. Forerfc in charge of Chief Officer
5. -C4eary, and Ia spite Of the high
.:relling swell that made boating
-.tlcklish undertaking the twelve souls.
~lEcluding the captains wife. that
: made up the Argentina's company,
were transferred. with their personal
belonglngs. to the Foreric Before
. feavlng his ship Captain Otterson set
tHe vessel on FIRE, and when the
Fereric resumed her way the barken-
1lne Argentina of Pictou. Nova Scotia.
s-F
water for miles around
+: The Foreric encountered bad weather
all the way from Montevfdeo where
she called on June % 20 land the ship
wrecked crew, 10 CorOnel She was
thirty-six hours passing through the
Straits OF Magellan. At Lota, below
Coronel where she called for coal
the Foreric was driven to sea by
heavy norther. On the way out she
narrowly escaped collision with an
other steamship. also heading for the
open sea
J. Cleary, chief officer OF the Foreric,
was here about two years ago as
mate OF the British ship Thornliebank.
The cat Of the wrecked Argentina.
which was carried to the Foreric by
one Of the Nova Scotiaman's seamen
wrapped in a handkerchief tied around
tie mans neck. is stin on board the
Forerfc, but has declined to make
friends with anybody on board the
tramp. Il lives on the forecastle head
and subsists on what il can steal from
The Forcric's cat.
Transport Thomas Arrives.
The army transport Thomas. Captain
Lyman. arrived late yesterday after
noon from Manila She reached the
.harbor just in time 10 pass quarantine
snd was at the transport wharf before
s o'clock. She brought PA passengers.
90
steersge passengers included &c enlist
ed men, 50 casuals. II discharged pris-
oners. INDECENT citizens and 20 sick
btalisted men and civilians.
-. TWO enlisted men died during the
homeward voyage. Clarence NJ Dunn
died July IS and NJ W. Mosher passed
away three days later.
Among the passengers was Lieuten-
ant Colonel Hugh l. Scott of the Four
teenth Cavalry, who is going TO West
Point TO relieve General Mills as su-
perfntendent Of the Military Academy.
Colonel Scott during his service in the
Philippines was for a time Governor
Of Sulu and latterly Governor Of Jolo.
He was at Sulu during the visit Of the
Taft party. General Mills, whom he
.reEeves at West Point, has been or
dered 10 the Philippines.
Miss Laura McKinstry, well known
ia local society. returned from the Ori-
'ent on the Thomas.
The Thomas ran ashore July at
Guam. but was pulled of a few days
later without having sustained any Sc
rious harm. Captain Lyman says the
rays of the rising sun made it impos-
sible for him to see the color of the
buoys that marked the channel The
reef on which the transport struck was
charted but not buoyed The navy
people explained this oversight by say
ing that they had been unable to get
-suflcient number Of these aids to navi-
cation. but had put in a requisition
for q supply many months ago
The passengers on the Thomas in
. cluded:
Fay A Allen. George B. Andrus. r.
A Bacon: Edward Bennett, lieutenant
Philippine Scouts: Mrs. Bennett and two
children: Arthur J. Boyer. contract sur
seon. L. s. A (HOsp); Walter Boyle.
Mrs. Boyle and infant; Walter o Bos-
well. second lieutenant, Sixteenth In
fantry: Mrs T. II. Brereton G. z.
Burt: 3. A Byrne, lieutenant colonel.
Twenty ghth Infantry; Mrs Byrne
and three children: Robert J. Clarke.
Mrs. Clarke. Renel Carr. Mrs. John W.
Christ Adam COrwine; w. O. Cutlife,
contract surgeon, I. 5. A; W G Daw-
son. assistant paymaster, L. > NJ {;
Mrs. Dawson and two children MRS X
II DUFF and two children. Lucy Dun,
William 7. EnlOe. W. F. Fantin; e O.
Fitch. ensign. L. S. N; Arthur ;. Fiuno.
Charles d. Foster, H. c. First, Mrs. P.
A Calvin and child. Miss Elizabeth
Calvin Henry l. Gayle. w. r. Gleason,
John Hannah, Mrs. NJ l. Hersey and
two children: W. r. Henderson. lieu
tenant. l. = N: Mrs. c P. Hinton; c.
p Hoifingsworth, lieutenant. Philippine
C-onefabillary: :. s. Householder, Mrs
= Jamison and child, Miss Eleanor
N Ienkias. Henry i. Johnson. Mrs. Su-
san Z. Long and infant, James Nc
. e-bestney. Mrs. McChestney. Mrs. Nc
I'm. ". Mckee. William G. Mcmillan,
t-eorsee W. Marvin, Miss Katherine
Sfiller. William r. Muir, George J.
-rFnnf. William H Oury, captain, Signal
corps. L. 5. A.; Mrs. w. IL Curry,
charles H. Pearsoll, J. Pender. Willis
= Platts. James +. Powers, William
II Rocket. J. W. Robb. c. r. Robinson,
L. Sanford. contract surgeon, u >
II c. W Saylor; Hugh. L. Scott
,7ossor. Fourteenth Cavalry: George N
-Snelton. second lieutenant, Philippine
scouts. D. Z. Simelton, James Smith,
NJ smith. z. ". Smell, d. p. Sullivan.
Sfrs D. 1. Tate and boy. l. III Thiba-