The San Francisco call., 1906-09-10
One Brings Details
of Burning of
a Cannery.

-eh vessels heaNlly laden with salmon
arrived in port yesterday from Bristol
Bay They were the schooner Premier,
Captain Hassar. twenty-five days from
Nushagak. with 5000 cases Of salmon;
the ship Indiana. Captain Olsen, eigh-
teen days from Nushagak, with 44792
cases of salmon; the barks Paramfnta,
Coalfnga. Charles b Kenney. Sea Witch
Electra, Tacoma and Lucille and the
steamer Jennie.
The Jennie brought further details
Of the burning OF one OF the big can
neries OF the Alaska Packers Associa-
tion situated at Kageon the latter part
OF June. The plant was entirely de-
stroyed- Il was supposed to have been
set arre by some men from Dutch
HarbOr. The loss, including buildings.
plant, machinery and stock, was esti-
mated at nearly $1.0oO.00O. Nine people
Perished N the flames and several 9TH
ers had narrow escape for their
lives.
o The run OF salmon was very light
~ in the season. but at the close it
was unusually heavy; IN fact, IL was
SO heavy that the canneries could not
begin q take care of the catch.
HAS TEMPESTUOUs VOYAGE
The German ship Magdalene arrived
In port yesterday after a most tenn
pestuOus voyage. From the dav she
left Ipswich she had nasty weather
Beginning June 4 until July she ran
into succession Of northeast gales. On
July u she ran into a hurricane when
on the river Platte. The sea ran noun
tsins high. In the stress Of the tur-
moil the waves swept away the bridge,
the starbosrd boat and skids and also
did damage TO the abaft decks.
The ship was in such a state that
Captain Timm expected her TO 20 to
the bottom az any moment. On July 2
she ran into a hurricane, WHICH threw
her on her beam ends. During the
storm her doors were stove in, her
windows smas-led, her sails were bsown
away and she came nearly being dis
mantIed- During this period the crew
were working up 10 their uecks IN
water. wlMe heavy seas were con
stantly washing over the vessel.
When OF Cape Horn the ship passed
between four immense fcebergs. She
is consigned TO Girvin & eyre and is
rs DAYS from Ipswich and 40 days
from South Shields.
ENCOUNTERS ROUGH WEATHER.
The British bark Caradog came into
port yesterday showing signs of the
C~lgh weather she had experienced on
- way from Liverpool 10 this port
Captain Williams says il was one OF
the toughest voyages he ever expert
enced- on March %, when inlatitude
81 south and longitude 20 west, he ran
into severe westerly gale, accom-
panied by high cross seas, which car
ried away the rnaintopmast. back stays
mizzsn stays and stsnchions on both
sides Several sails were also carried
away She was so badly battered up
that on March 50 she put into Port
Stanley. She sailed from that port in
June 2 She was 25s days from Liver
pool and ss days from Port Stanley
The bark brings a cargo Of general
merchandise TO Meyer, Wilson & Co.
WILL MEET SCHEDULE.
A United States transport Is sched-
uled TO ssil from this port on Tuesday.
September Z5. for Manila The Sherf-
dan. which now lies stranded on the
rocks OF Honolulu. was the vessel
scheduled TO sail from here on that
date. What vessel will leave here on
that date has not yet been determined
by the Government
The Buford which left Seattle last
Tuesday 10 bring back the passengers
OF the Sheridan, is expected 10 arrive
az this port about the gath inst. This
would. Of course. preclude her from
sailing on the prescribed time The
transport Crook is lying in the stream
and she might possibly be pressed into
the service. The transport Warren is
alongside the dock undergoing repairs
and ii is possible she may be des-
patched
ALERT GOES TO SANTA CRUZ.
1Tle naval training ship Alert left
yesterday afternoon for Santa Cruz to
Join IN the festivities now going on at
that place in connection with the cele-
bration Of Admission Day. Captain
Bauer went in command
ARRIVES OFF PORT.
The bark Homeward Bound. Captain
Thompson, arrived off the bar yester-
day. where she received orders to pro-
coed 70 Portland, Or She was in bal
last 50 days from san Jose de Guate-
mala.
MARY f. FOSTER ARRIVES.
The schooner Mary E. Foster arrived
yesterday, 80 days from Honolulu.
Captain Johnson reports a succession
Of light winds all the way up from
sugar 10 Williams. Dimond & Co.
MAKES LONG TRIP.
The schooner H. c. Wright. CAPTAIN
Nelson. arrived yesterday after a long
trip OF sS days from Mahukona. This
long voyage was occasioned by a sue
cession Of unusually light winds She
brings 500 bags OF sugar TO WeIch &
Co
SHIPPING NOTES.
The schooner Ottilie Fjord and the
barkentine Fremont. both laden with
Goldfish, arrived yesterday from Behring
Sea
The scene at the Golden Gate yester-
day was 8 busy one Twenty-Five yes
sels put out to sea, and q vessels came
INTO port
The United States transport tug Slo-
cum is undergoing extensive repairs at
the transport dock She VIII 20 into
commission again on Thursday
The Pacific Mail Steamship Com
panys steamer Siberia is due today
from the Orient.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
steamer Mariposa viii sail at II o'clock
tomorrow FOR Tahiti
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