The San Francisco call., 1906-12-18
Shipping News and Gossip
OF the Water Front
Liner Iathor Saves Big British
Steamship From Destruction

The Kosmos liner Hathor which ar
rived yesterday from Hamburg by way
OF South and Central American ports,
saved the British steamer Beacon
Grange from destruction by FIRE in the
Atlantic last September and at the
same time saved the passengers ana
crew OF that vessel from much suffer
ing. II not death. A cloud OF smoke.
ltehtened by the glare Of fire. attracted
the attention OF the Hathor's lookout
late iu the afternoon OF SeptesDbe~'-s.
The Hathor's course WIS changed, anu
in an hour or so she was alongside the
Beacon Grange. which apparently was
doomed 10 destruction by the hames'
which seem completely TO envelop her.
The passengers OF the Beacon Grange
were in lifoboats. which lay under the
lee OF the burning steamer. whose crew
had about given up the fight Rein
forced by assistance sent from the
Hsthor. however. the tide Of battle
turned and late that night the Beacon
Grange was out Of danger as far as the
fire was concerned.
The Beacon Grange was a big
steamer. bound from Brenos ANres,
with frozen meat and fifteen cabin pas
seagers for London The fire had FOL
lowed am explosion in the engino-room.
and when the flames had been eStin-
Euished ii was found that the engines
were in bad shape. The Hathor stood
by for twenty-four hours When the
ships parted company the Beacon
Oranges engines had been temporarily
repaired and under her own steam The
3re-scarrcd steamer proceeded TO Bahia.
AS the fire had destroyed the passen-
gers quarters. the Hathor carried the
Beacon Oranges passengers to Monte
video.
Among the passengers who arrived
here on the Hathor was Juan a. Searie.
who comes TO san Francisco as Consul
General FOR Chile. Searle SAYS that
Valparaiso is going 10 be "A better city
than ever Advantage wil he taken of
the destruction Of the greater part az
the city to rebuild on new plans. for
the carrying out OF which the Govern
ment has appropriated $4,000. GOO.
BrlnGa Valuable Cargo
The Japanese liner Nippon Maru ar
rived yesterday from the Orient She
reached port early ina the afternoon.
and was near enough 10 the Pacific
Mail wharf at 4 o'clock FOR heaNing
line 10 be thrown TO the pier The
tide WAS low, a mud bank inter
vened and IL was after o'clock be
fore the liner was alongside, As a
result Of this delay most OF the pas
sengers remained on board an night.
The Nippon's cargo OF 269S tons in
cludcd 1880 bales OF raw silk and 9IS
cases Of opium. She brought large
number OF passengers. among them
Captain =. NJ. Durand. son OF the
British Embassador TO Washington.
Captain Durand. who holds COM
mission in the Lancers, has been
travelling in India. Another passenger
was p. Masenilu. formerly Commis-
sioner OF Railroads in Chile he is
known as the nitrate king. and while
in Japan closed a contract 10 supply
the Japanese Government with a large
quantity OF inter TO he used in the
manufacture OF smokeless powder. An
other passenger was L. Darrell. n gun
ner sergeant OF marines. who has been
stationed at Yokohama in charge OF
the guard at the United States Marine
Hospital. Darrell was in the United
States army when the Boer war broke
out He deserted and got as far as
Cape Town In an effort to Join the
Beers. He was arrested and sent back
on n charge OF murder. OF which he
subsequently was cleared \ military
court-martial cleared him of the
charge OF desertion. hut be was pun
ished FOR absence without lesve. At
the expiration Of his enlistment he
Joined the marine corps
Nearly Wrecked In Storm
The steamer Olympia. which arrived
here yesterday from Everett with
l.6eS12S feet OF lumber. narrowly es-
capped destruction on December or
Gravs Harhor in terrific south
wester She was swept repeatedly by
seas which flooded her engine room.
partly filled the fore hold. carried
SWAY four lifehoats and left the
steamer listed over at 8 dangerous
angle. she put into Port Townsend
FOR repairs and resumed her voyage
on December 1s
Arrives In Leaking Condition
The barkentine 5. 6. Wilder. Cap
tain Jackson, arrived az Grays Harbor
yesterday in a leaking condition. she
left this port on November - in bal
last
Rudder Damaged
The schooner Philippines arrived at
Crays Harhor yesterday with rudder
damaged. She sailed from san Pedro
on December T.
Water Front Notes
The Pacific Msn liner Newport viii
sail tomorrow for Pansma and way
ports.
Chief Engineer William Chisholm
has been transferred from the liner
Mongolia TO the Msnchuria- Chisholm
superintendent the construction OF the
Manchuris's engines and viii oversee
the extensive repairs necessary as the
result OF the liners experience on the
Hawaiian reef.
The British ship Muskobs. l6s days
from Hamburg for Portland Ore. was
placed on the overdue list yesterday
At 10 per cent