The San Francisco call., 1906-10-26

~ - = A4AS Wy dSC was W1thC
54-2I west. when. at 2:so o. m. smoke
was seen pouring from the ventiIators
~ the fore hatch
X was blowing gale OF wind and the
snip was working heavily in a bfgb
cross sea In spite OF the fact that a.
any moment great sea might have
lesped the bulwarls and filed rbe
decks 70 the rail, Captain Mavne de-
ctded 70 fight the IRE by direct meth
oos The ship was hove to and the
hatch cover taken of.
II was then discovered that the IRE
was located IN the cargo just aft OF the
LoreuasL water was pumped into the
hoto until the flames apparently were
-slDoueo To make sure. however the
sailors were ordered TO break out mart
OF the cargo and in some bales Of rags
lt was found that the fire was stSlI
smoldering. All the rags in the vi
entity OF the IRE were thrown over
board, as Captain Mayne believed the
cor-nagrarion 70 have been caused by
spontaneous combustion IN one of these
bales More water was poured into the
hold, the hatch covers replaced and
there was no more trouble with IRE on
the Eullwooo- From the time the
smoke was discovered until the hatch
was closed just three hours elapsed.
Tor thirty days OF Cape Horn the
Fu-lWooo fought gales. The weather
was bitter cold and all hands suffered
greatly from exposure
To make matters worse. SIGNS OF
scUrVy began 10 develop among the
foreguard- Though theoretically per-
feet the diet on the average British
ship Is not calculated to produce gout
and soon grows monotonous- Lime
Juice is served daily in lieu Of fresh
vegetables and is fairly satisfactory
substitute sometimes. The men OF the
F'ullwood, worn out with their month
on Cape Horn, during which tine they
wore wet clothes and slept between
damp blankets IN q moist forecastle
were not al able to build Up again on
the Fullwood's bin Of fare and one by
one they sickened Of scurvy.
When the vessel arrived yesterday
SIX OF the crew were in bad shape. The
mate also was hors de combat as the
result OF badly swollen leg. Captain
4ayne says the food served to the men
was IN accordance with the Board OF
Trade regulations The men question
this and point TO their fiabby limbs and
loOsening teeth in confirmation OF
their contention that their daily menu,
while liberal enough. lacked that va
riety upon which a paternal Govern
ment insists.
Captain AIayne thinks that some OF
the cement that formed part Of the
FullwOod's cargo may have been dam
aged by the water used to extinguish
the flames and that the rest Of the car
so ia the fore hold also suffered
On August 16 in latitude 56.5z
south longitude 69.O1 west. the Full
wood sighted a three -masted ship
partly dismasted- A northeasterIy gale
was blowing at the time and Captain
Mayne says that the distressed ship
was too far away to be distinguished
clearly and that she disappeared alto
gether after a few minutes
Boatman Nearly Drowned.
.Edward Mccarthy. boatman for the
Marine Exchange, ran alongside the
steamer Coos Bay yesterday Of Meiggs
wharf The Coos Bays guard caught
McCarthy's boat, capsized IL and threw
: Mccarthy into the water. Like nearly
all sailors and most bOatmen, Mccarthy
is unable 10 swim, and WOULD have been
drowned but for the prompt action of
Ernest Raynaud q Merchants Ex-
Mccarthy into his boat the Marine Ex-
change man was unconscious, but soon
recovered
WeII-KnOwn Captain Dead.
A telegram received yesterday at the
Merchants Exchange announced the
death Of Captain Pritchard, master Of
the British ship BlythsWood- He died
on October % on board his ship while
on Cape FlEttery. The BlythswoOd ar
rived yesterday at Royal Roads from
Heiphang with the skipper's body on
board Captain Pritchard was for
merly master OF the British ship Had
don Hall BE was well known here
and had many friends In OakIand's
Welsh colony. He was comparative
y young man and leaves an invalid
wife IN Wales.
LOnEshOreman Fatally Hurt.
Patrick Meehan, q longshoreman. re-
ceived fatal injuries yesterday while
working on the Norwegian collier
Tordenskjold at Folsom-street wharf
70 2 Some hosting gear carried away
and a heavy block falling from aloft
struck Meehsn's head, crushing in the
skull He was removed TO the Harbor
Hospital and later transferred 10 the
central Emergency Hospital
negro Assaults Fellow ToiIeE.
Antone Perry, a negro stevedore, at
tscled Tony Basalowine, q fellow
ros1er. Yesterday on Jactson-street
wharf Antoine used an iron bar TO
save his hands He made a sad mess
Of Tony's scalp, injured his right eye
and is now IN jail, charged with as
sault with q deadly weapon Tony's
fnsurfes were dressed at the Harbor
Hospital
Tanker Starts for This Coast.
The steamer santa Rita formerly the
arfnnewasla, recently purchased BY the
Union oil Company, left New York yes
terday for this port The santa Maria,
which was the Min3etonka, also now
owned by the Union OIL Company. Is
ont tFirty-nine days from Baltimore
FOR this port Both vessels are OH
farlers and VIII be operated IN con-
junction with the tank steamer Lans-
ne which arrived at Honolulu on Oc-
,efer 81 with a cargo Of oil from Port
Hartford
cofIfdes with Debris Pile
samuel Factor, who lives at SlS
f-f;urch street was treated at the Har-
nor Hospital yesterday for fractured
rib. He was hanging 70 stancnlon
~ 2 crowded Sutter-street car. At
Kearnv street a pile Of steel debris
lies close to the track 4 rod Of metal
struck Factor on the fourth rib, break
ing tbe bone and throwing him of the
car.
sailor Falls Overheard
Tbe German ship Adolf arrived here
yesterday. 1873 days from Hamburg,
u-i+b 1880 sacks Of cement On Au-
,ust l6 Otto Meinke. an ordinary sea-
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