The San Francisco call., 1906-11-05

sighted a great sea of ice. Here
the sun was shining brightly and the
immense float and its great towering
icebergs glittered like shimmering dia-
monds. For seventy-fve miles the
ship threaded her way through the
broken ice and every minute Captain
Roberts expected his craft would be
caught in a nip. He finally sue
ceeaed in navigating his vessel TO
safety and bringing her into the open
sea.
Favorable winds were encountered.
The Rhuddlan Castle brings a cargo
of general merchandise. consigned to
c. ". McNear. The ship has made
many trips to this coast before
Nearly Loses Life.
John Curran. engineer of the scow
Eva, came nearly going TO Davy
Jones locker early yesterday morn
ing. and had it not been for the
prompt work of Bob Farrelly the
water front would know Curran no
more" Il all happened this way; Cur
ran wanted to board his scow at :
o'clock yesterday morning, and to do
50 il was necessary for him 10 take
his rowboat, lying at Crowley's dock.
and pull out TO her. The wind was
blowing a gale, and waves were sWash-
ing against the docks with force HIS
friends on the dock advised him not
to make the attempt to go out on the
bay in such frail craft or he would
be sure TO come to grief He started
out however, and had no sooner
reached the end Of the slip between the
two piers when a wave hit him ana
capsized his boat He set up howl
for help. The night was dark ana
nothing could be seen Of HIM Bob Far
reilly jumped into one of Crowley
launches and ran out to where he heard
Curran shouting. When finally fouhd
Curran was nearly drowned ana was
holding himself up by two oars me
boat drifted out into the bay and was
not recovered until daylight
Pigs Cause Excitement.
A drove of pigs caused a merry scene
Of excitement as they were pelhS
driven up East street yesterday morn
irg As they were passing Howard
street one Of the pigs tried TO make d
..gpt away" He was at once pounced
On by the big Shepherd dog who
~10bed him by the ear. The pig set
u7 a terrific squealing, and in an IN
slant the whole drove set up stam-
pede and began dashing about in all
directions. Some ran toward the wharf
rnd others on To the sidewalks. where
they knocked the people down right
and left II the general scrimma ge
three Of the pigs fell into the bay, but
were later fshed out. The rumpus at
tracted about 1000 people TO the scene
Comes From Quarantine.
The whaler Monterey which arrived
from the north on Saturday and was
ordered into quarantine, was released
Yesterday and Captain Foley and MS
crew aIlored- 20 come ashore. Cal.-
tain Foley said that the voyage so Tar
as the xveather had been concerned
was uneventfuL He brought ashore
with him four witnesses to the stab
b.ne ARRAY that took place on his
vessel when in northern waters. They
are Nose ". HOrnsley. Samuel StepneY,
Edward J. Reilly and Peter Johnson.
They were taken to the Southern Police
station and today will be turned over
10 the Federal Court
Logan VIII Sail Today.
The transport Logan will sail at noon
today for Manila. Robert Balm. for
merIy Of the Dix, viii go as first officer
Previous to her departure she Will be
inspected by General J. J. Pershing, the
new commander of the Department OF
California The sailing of the Logan
today inaugurates the new monthly
schedule of the transport service be-
tween this port and the Philippines.
Heretofore they have been running on
a twenty-day schedule; now. under the
new regime, they will depart from here
on the 5th OF each month
Foot BADLY Crushed.
John Dick. first officer of the steamer
Rio Rey. was injured at Jenner Land
ing last Saturday. His foot was
crushed.
Dick was attempting to get the ships
boat on board. when the tackle slipped
and let the boat fall on Dick. throwing
him with force TO the deck. The Rey
arrived early yesterday and the injured
man was removed to the Harbor Emer-
eency Hospital where he was attended
by DR. HerzOg. The foot was swollen
and the patient was suffering great
pain Late yesterday afternoon he was
removed to the Marine Hospital
SIocum Reaches Honolulu.
The United States transport tug Slo-
cum arrived at Honolulu yesterday.
She will start back for this port to-
morrow and, aided by the Buford, will
tow the Sheridan home.
Sails From Honolulu.
The transport Thomas sailed from
Honolulu for this port on Saturday
She has on board the Sixth Infantry,
who are coming home from the Philip
pines
Wrist Is Broken.
Il. r. Atkin. who lives at 1886 How
ard street. fell of Mission street car
late Saturday night and landed on his
LEFT hand, which caused the bones
above his wrist TO snap in two.
Higgins Arrives.
The steamer James S. Higgins. Cap
tain Higgins, came to port yesterday
hfteen hours from Fort Bragg with
a cargo Of lumber and proceeded over
10 Point Richmond. There she will
take on oil and then viii sail for south
eru ports.
Comes 10 Land Passengers.
The steamer Samoa. Captain Madsen,
tvcnty-three hours from Caspar, came
into port yesterday to land passengers.
and late in the evening sailed for the
south.
Big Cargo of Lumber.
The steamer Francis II. Leggett ar
rived yesterday from Eureka with the
ship Indiana in tow, laden with 1900,
600 feet of lumber.
sampson Starts North.
The tug Sampson, Captain Jones,
towing the bark Alice Mcdonald. start
ed for Astoria yesterday afternoon.
sferra Due Today.
The Oceanic Steamship conpanys
steamer Sierra is due to arrive today
c-.-r,o.r rrso hr,nEIonI opd TIonn-