The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Coaster Watson and Bark Servia Collide
in Darkness and Both Are Damaged

The tide and the darkness were re-
sponsibIe for a collision on the Day
late Thursday night between the steam
er Watson and the bark SerVia Both
vessels sustained considerable damage
The Servia was anchored in the stream.
The Watson was heading for her dock
The tide was running with unusual
velocity and when the Watson turned
with her full broadside 10 the current
she drifted faster than Captain cam
had calculated Before she was IN
der. control she had been carried across
The Servia's bow. which she struck with
a terrific crash
The bark's bowsprit and jibboom
were snapped of like so much match
wood and about fifteen feet OF the
Gervia's stern was torn away Before
the bowsprit OF the bark carried away
however, it had raked the Watson
port side, swapping stanchions and rip
ming the rail A deep dent in the Wat
sons smolkestack marks where the ser
Was bowsprit got in one expiring jab
before the strain snapped it
Captain Cam Of the Watson declares
there were no lights visible on the
Servia- Captain Petersen Of the Servia
says that his vessel was Illuminated
according to the laws requirements
for ships at anchor. The Government
inspectors viii settle the question later.
Temporary repairs VIII be made on
the Watson here. She was 10 have
sailed today for Seattle, but the acci-
dent viii delay her departure about
forty eight hours. Nobody was injured
on either vessel.
Captain Feeders Revenge
Peter Hyrup has been appointed pur-
ser Of the Pacific Mail liner Siberia TO
succeed Harry jerome. Charles +.
TIicBok was originally appointed as
a aTuni
was turned down by Adrian Feeder.
master Of the liner Feeder and HickOk
were shipmates some years ago on the
Panama run. On one eventfUl voyage
Feeder violated one of the rules laid
down by R. p. SchWerin and Hickok
declined 20 cover up the captains dere-
LECTION by dereliction on his own part
Feeder was suspended for one round
trip without pay. 1t was Feeders turn
Yesterday. Hickok's appointment
brought back memories of that bad
ouarter-hour on Schwerin's Office carpet
and the subsequent vacation" Honors
are now even.
AIEOa 10 Be Laid Up
The Pacific Mail Compsny's big
freiehter Algoa viii be laid up for re-
pairs which VIII take about three
months TO make. On her last voyage
across the Pacific she encountered fear
y ~
been discovered that her rudder post is
cracked and her stern frame damaged.
VIII Do Work at Santa Cruz
The old bark J. B. Brown, which has
been converted into q floating dance
hall for service of the beaon at Santa
Cruz, was taken off the Sixteenth-street
dry dock yesterday without having had
any work done on her. After she had
been docked the amusement concern
that owns the vessel learned that the
carpenter work it had been intended to
have done on the drydock could be
done much cheaper at Santa Cruz and
TO that port the old bark viii be towed.
Water Front Notes
The Oceanic Steamship Company s
liner Ventura arrived yesterday al
Auckland from this port
The Pacific Mail liner China, ca ptain
Friele, is due Monday from the Orient.
Receipts Of lumber by sea yesterday
amounted TO 1900 feet
The name Of the steamer Bee. which
sails this morning for Grays Harbor,
viii be changed TO Westerner upon her
arrival at the northern port.
The barge Washington, which arrived
yesterday from Astoria in tow of the
tug Samson, brought 100000 feet Of
lumber.
The British ship Lyndhurst Of the
standard Oil feet cleared yesterday for
Hiogo.
P Murphy. a State employe. was
knocked down by d rope yesterday on
the State piledriver at the foot Of Bay
street. He suffered a laceration Of the
scalp, which was treated at the Harbor