The San Francisco call., 1907-02-07

Whlch salled on Tuesday for Willapa
drifted ashore yesterday on Duxbury
reef The tug Dauntless was dispatched
70 her assistance. and it is believed that
the vessel viii be fioated today. The
life-saving crew is standing by the
stranded schooner. News of the yes
sells plight was received at the Mer-
chants Exchange yesterday afternoon.
and later Sanders & Kfrschman. own
ers Of the WStzemann. received a mes
sage TO the effect that their schooner
was resting easily on sandy bottom.
that the sea was smooth and that the
vessel was in no danger
The wind evidently failed the schoon-
or before she got well clear of the
land and the tide carried her ashore.
The fog is thought TO have been re-
sponsibie for the failure to anchor be-
fore she touched bottom.
The Witzemann is commanded by
captain Lindquist and carries a crew
OF seven men, whose names are con-
tanned in a book in possession of the
captain on board the vessel. She is a
vessel of 407 tons register and was
built in 1887 at Fairhaven.
VIII Carry Many Tourists
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
liner Sierra, Captain HoudIette. will
sail at O'Clock this afternoon for Aus
tralia by way Of Honolulu, Samoa and
New Zealand She viii carry a full
cargo and large humber of passen-
gers. among the latter many tourists
Mrs Edyth Tozier- -Weathered of Berke-
ley viii personally conduct a party Of
ten through the Hawaiian Islands. It
was Mrs Weathered who took charge
Of the bevy Of most beautiful" Oregon
girls who We're sent to the islands
about a year ago by a Portland news
paper. In the party that viii leave
with Mrs. Weathered today on the
Sierra is one lone man, Colonel H B.
Max The others in the party are Miss
E Chase, Mrs. G d. Perkins, Mrs. H.
c. Chase. Mrs. c. Shurtleff Mrs. B. Pay
son, Miss n. Fittman. Miss II. Mesow
and Miss Mary A. Case. Miss Mesow
who is blind, is well known in Berkeley
as a sweet singer Miss Mesow and
Miss Case viii not return with the
Weathered party. At Honolulu they
viii take the liner Sonoma for Austria
liza Thence they will proceed to Lon
don, where they expect TO devote two
years TO study. DR.. c. H. Grimm has
been appointed surgeon Of the Sierra
as successor to the late DR.. Younger
who died at Sydney on the liners last
voyage.
VIII Try TO Make Quick Trip
The bark Homeward Bound Captain
Chadwick Thompson, sailed for Ia
coma yesterday, TO load lumber for
san Pedro. Under the Inspiration of
Chad ThOmpson's driving the Home
ward Bound. which as the German
ship Otto Gildemeister once made the
slowest voyage on record. has done
some remarkably fast sailing, and as
time means money in the lumber
carrying trade a smart passage for the
Homeward Bound is expected. Al
though still classed as a bark. the
Homeward Bound carries a set Of
miniature yards on her jigger- mast
and Captain Thompson believes she
should now rate as a "jackass" ship.
Schooner Neuman Missing
The gasoline schooner Rita Neuman.
from Cbquille River for san Fran
cisco. has been missing for fourteen
DAYS ana fears are entertained that
she is adrift on the Pacific with
broken engines. The usual time for
the trip is seventy hours Customs
Collector StrattOn has ordered rev.
enue cutter in search of the dere-
lict.
National City still Ashore
The steamer National City is still
ashore near Redondo. Her cargo of
railroad ties is being discharged over
board and towed TO the beach. The
vessel it is feared, win prove a total
loss.
Water Front Notes
The army transport Sherman ar
rived at Manila on February >.
The steamer Nevada from this port
arrived yesterday at Honolulu.
The liner Alameda left Honolulu
yesterday for this port
Cape Beale reports a bark an
chored near Danger Rock. The tug
orion has been dispatched TO her aid.
James Richards, carpenter on the
British ship Wayfarer, fell into the
vessels hold yesterday and received,
numerous injuries. including a broken
head. a dislocated shoulder and several
fractured ribs His hurts were treated
IN the Harbor Hospital by Surgeon
Pinkham.
The British ships Dunfermline and
Wsyfarer viii proceed in ballast to
Newcastle, Australia. The former VIII
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