The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
Chinese Coolies ES-
cape From Liner
Siberia.
Undesirable Aliens
Outwit Their
Guardians.
Pacific Mail People
Seeking Runa-
ways.

Ten members Of the wrecked steam
schooner Newsboy arrived here yester-
day from Eureka on the steamer Roam
oke. The shipwrecked party was in
casrge II Mate J. z. johnson and they
All unite IL placing the blame Tor the
Newsboy-s disastrous finish on the
steamer wasp.
There Wss nothing particularly eX-
citing about the wreck Of the News
boy A succession Of rnfshaps prepared
al hands for the worst and when the
tine came 10 abandon hope Of saving
r1e vessel the life-savers were there 10
"a ke OF the crew and master. A cat
was left behind and Peter Hendrickson,
s sailor returned 70 the wreck and
saved the pet. Pussy had miaOued dis
uaIly when abandoned, but when Hend-
rsckson boarded the derelict she ran
away and was not caught until she
had given her rescuer a lively chase
With Tabby in his arms Hendrickson
climbed back into the waiting lifeboat.
IN his edorts 10 make what was not
an easy leap from the wreck 20 the
-uubling boat the sailor handled the
cat somewhat roughly, which puss re
sented by scratching two deep grooves
down the cheek OF the man who had
risked his life TO save her. When they
got into the boat the cat deserted
IIeudrickson and cuddled up TO some
body else.
Nate Johnson SAYS that the tug
Ranger would have pulled the News
boy out OF difficulty if the master Of
the Wasp. in his desire 10
earn salvage, had not "butted in
He did this so unskillfully that the
Wasp's bow raked the Ranger, inhict-
tng considerable damage and putting
The rug out of commission so far as
her usefulness TO the Newsboy was
concerned. The Wasp not only marred
the Rangers work, but TO save herself
was compelled TO steam away. The
Newsbov was left 10 her fate. She
drifted On the rocks and some time
after the crew had abandoned her
turned turtle.
EUREKA. April 2.-Bottom upward on
the south jetty spit at the inner entrance
no Humboldt Bay lies all that is left Of
the steamship Newsboy, Captain John
son. which met with mishsp on the bar
SATURDAY. afternoon when trying TO put
20 sea in the face Of a uOrtherly gale.
. word was received from the hfe-saving
fation today that last night the derelict
made e voyage across the bar and back.
In returning she took a new berth This
afternoon she appeared TO be hard and
fast on the rocks at the first bend Of the
north fetty. but with the ebb tide she
foated out only 10 return on The flood
and 20 aground on the south spit, well
In toward the entrance. Here II is
thought she viii stay
The loss by the wreck OF the Newsboy
ss about szs 800. Her cargo consisted Of
e zoo feet OF lumber from the Vance Red
wood Lumber Company, consigned 10 w
s. Scammel. owner OF the vessel, and
1se 000 feet from Korbel. consigned TO the
Charles Nelson Company OF San Fran
cisco. .
Legal complications have already arisen
over the part played by the steamer wasp
s- the wreck The owner OF the tug
Ranger which was run down by the
1Essp. viii hold that vessels owners re-
suousible for the damage done the tug
The owners Of the Newsboy also have
sn action pending against the Wasp, as
* is certain the Newsboy could have oeen
saved had not the collision occurred