The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08

---N SN--'@44NA w r WIIZerNan. which
left here February for Willapa. lost
herself in the fog and ran ashore near
DuNbury reef, probably will prove a
total loss. although she may be saved
~ the present fine weather continues
The tug Dauntiess, which was sent 10
heF assistance, returned yesterday,
having been unable TO move the strand
cd vessel.
The Nitzemsnn struck lightly. hut
sustained considerable damage later
and previous 10 the arrival Of the
Dauntless by the swell She lies on
The rocks half way between Duxburv
and Bolinas. Her rudder and shoe are
gone and she lies five feet deep in the
sand. Until II o'clock "Wednesday
night the hull was kept clear of water,
but she began 10 pound, and yester-
day morning there was six feet of wa
Ter above the keelson.
The Dauutless reached the scene of
the wreck about o'clock Wednesday
evening, but on account Of the tide
could not get near enough to get a
line on the schooner. BY the time the
tioe made possible the approach Of
the tug the schooner was full of water
and buried deep in the sand. and al
though the Dauntless broke several
hawsers the Witzemann refused to
bulge.
The life saving crew from Point Bo
nita and Fort Point stayed with the
wreck all night and left yesterday
after rigging a breeches buoy from
snip TO shore by means of which the
schooner's crew can land If the vessel
shows any signs of breaking UP. The
underwriters are not hopeful of saw
ing the schooner.
sierra Sails for Australia
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
liner Sierra, Captain Houdlette, sailed
last evening for Australia by way OF
Ee1olulu, Samoa and New Zealand She
carried q fun cargo and large num-
Der Of passengers, including many tour
lists for Honolulu. l. T. Ayson, COM
missioner and chief inspector of fish
cries for New Zealand. was passenger
on the liner. He is taking back with
him the annual shipment Of hsh eggs
with which. by the courtesy of Uncle
sam, New Zealand is adding to the food
value Of her streams and bays The
shipment on the Sierra, which will be
under Ayson's constant personal care,
includes SOC, 600 chinook salmon eggs
from the United States station at Baird
on the McCloud River; 1900, 600 white
fish. from Worthwhile, Mich: 1.000o00
lake herring eggs, from Putin Bay.
Lake Erie. and 10000 Atlantic salmon
eggs from Eastern Canada
The Sierra's passenger list included:
For Honolulu-C. P. Brstnober. Mrs. Brstno
ber P J Bell; Dr; W X BriTnkerhon, II Mrs Mrs
2. Chase. :. 7. Coke. D z Felt. Mrs. Felt,
Miss NJ Fillman. G. ". Fisher. c. A J. Ginaca
Mrs James. J. 3. Johnson Mrs Johnson c. E
Livingston. Miss II. Mesow. J. E. Miller. Mrs
Miller. A A. Moore, Mrs Moore, Mrs. 3. Pay
son. Mrs. c. D. Perkins. Alex Smalley. II. c.
Smalley. Miss c. Shurtlen. Z. r. Smith. L. G.
= TuIlett D. A. wightman Mrs E. r.
Westhered, Irving White ]. Carlo. Miss B
I5ausmeyer. Miss II. Hausmeyer a. J. Perkins
Miss s. Swenson-
For Pago PaSo-H- hrause-
For Auckland. T. Ayson. Father Tubmsn
land Mrs Holland Miss Z. II. Holland Mas
ter F. Holland a Il. Wallace Mrs. wallace
Dr. Corbin. Ms Charles B. Parish. DR.. J. ?.
sOeken, Colonel ;. a kellogg Albert McMnl-
Moore. "A G. Seymour. Miss seymour. Miss L.
shaw. R IS Sinclair. Mrs Sinclair. " J spru-
Mrs. Wheeler, A. Crocker. A. Crosby. Miss A.
2. Cherry Miss DELANEY, ". ". Dreibelbis. Mrs.
S. DreibeIbi< Miss G. Dreibelbis. Master R.
Dreibeihs, John Dunno. Mrs. Dunno Miss Anna
Gillespie, Mrs c. Hasluck, Charles Inman W.
Noenken Miss c. NOenken, Master y. Noenken,
Herman Tied, 2. shaw, A Simpson.
Join az Honolulu for Sydney. H. Empson,
e r. Van Zant.
Assumes New Duties
william Chisholm. formerly chief en-
gineer Of the liner Mongolia and later
in charge OF the resurrection of the
Manchuria's engines, yesterday as
sumed the Office and duties of marine
superintendent OF the Pacific Mail
b Company Chisholm succeeds the late
S. ". HawxhUrst, who occupied the
position for many years and died, a
few weeks ago. still in harness. Per-
sonally Chisholm is popular and pro-
fessionally his standing is of the high
est He is endowed to the degree of
genius with the gift of handling men.
He has had a varied and valuable ex-
perfence, and takes to his new Office
with its heavy responsibilities the rep
utation for always making good" Be-
fore entering the Pacific Mail service he
was guarantee engineer for the Union
Iron works.
Launch Sidelight Is Raised
The launch Sidelight. which foun-
dered on Monday of Angel Island, was
raised yesterday with the assistance of
Diver Abrahamson and was towed to
Oakland Creek lashed to lighter. The
Sidelight's owner landed on the beach
OF Angel Island last Monday afternoon
70 gather driftwood. AS he pursu ed
with the launch, finally dumping her
heavily on the beach. The owner man.
aged TO get his boat off, but when she
got into deep water she filed and sank
the bump on the beach having opened
some OF her seams
Suit for Salvage
The J. D. Spreckels & Bros Company
UlGQ a llD6l EctLcTQdy IN the 1nllSo
States District Court against the steam
tug Wizard to recover $4,000 salvage
The libel recites that on January OF
this year the Wizard was on fire and
drifting about the bay to the great
peril of shipping and IN danger Of be-
coming a total loss by reason of q
large tank OF oil on board when the
tug Reliance towed her to a place OF
safety and extinguished the flames. The
value of the Wizard was stated at s4o,-
O00 Frank & Mansfield are attorneys
for the libelant
Schooner Alpha Ashore
The schooner Alpha, which left here
January 20 for Coos Bay. went ashore
Sunday night eight miles north OF
Umpqua- The crew is safe. The cap
tain is standing by, the wreck.
Water Front Notes
The collier Sheila arrived yesterday
from Ladysmith with 5000 tons of coal