The San Francisco call., 1907-06-17
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Cape Breton Brings Coal and
Coke From Australia

The British steamer Cape Breton ar
rived in port yesterday afternoon, heav-
lily laden with coal and coke from New
castle. 1t comes at a time when these
commodities are greatly needed here.
In its hold are 1881 tons of coal and
1,425 tons of coke.
Captain Warden says that the trip
across the Pacific was unevenIful. The
vessel was S61s days from Newcastle
and 3015 days from Sidney.
Japanese Badly Burned
F. Kahida. a Japanese employed in
the Ferry creamery in Market street
near the water front, was badly burned
yesterday morning by an explosion in
a gas stove. Kahida was unacquainted
with the workings of the water heater
and turned on the gas full force before
he applied the match. The result was
an explosion which blew him across the
kitchen. His face and arms were ter
ribly burned. He was taken to the
harbor emergency hospital and later in
the afternoon to Lane hospital. He is
expected to recover.
Salmon Fleet Renche. North
The fleet of vessels of the North
northern waters. The first to arrive at
Nushagak was the bark Charles B.
kenney. which reached that port on
May Is. 1t was followed by the steam
| ship G.. r. Haller. which reached there
on May %. The first of the feet to arr
rive at Kvichak river was the ship
Oriental on May 1S 1t was followed
on May 30 by the steamer Expansion
and the ship Standard on May %.
| Yachting Party In saualI
A merry party from up the bay in the
sloop Precilla got a ducking yesterday
afternoon while off Angel island. The
occupants of the yacht were jolly
swains and maidens. There was music
on board and. as the bay was smooth,
the party was enjoying q dance on the
upper deck. A sudden squall struck
the boat and the merriment almost
ended in tragedy. The dancers were
hurled from the deck down the hatch.
| and two were nearly thrown into the
hay. 1T happened that these two were
bride and groom. and the little outing
was in their honor. When the vessel
! was hove to it was voted unanimously
that they should put back to Paradise
!; cove" where they landed and refresh
nents were served.
| Lively Day on Front
The water front yesterday was a
scene of much life and activity Hun
| dreds of persons crowded the docks
| from Meiggs wharf to the Pacific Mail
dock. Many enjoyed the delights of
trying to catch members of the f1nny
tribe, while others simply sauntered
around, watching the craft floating in
/ the bay. Around the ferry building
crowds surged from early morning un-
| til late at night going to and from
the transbay cities. An enormous
throng attended the iron molders' pic
mic at She'll Mound park. There were
many private picnic parties to Mill val
! ley and Mount Tamalpais
/ Lumber Arrivals
Lumber arrivals by sea from the
north coast yesterday amounted to
4.643.00 feet This was a great in
crease over the arrivals of last week.
! The steamer Scotia brought 276,000
feet. the steamer Tiverton 525, 900 feet,
the steamer Cascade $4,000 feet, the
steamer Brunswick $4,000 feet, the
| steamer Westport $780, feet the
steamer Sea Foam 100000 feet. the
steamer Noyo $4,000 feet, the steamer
Jim Butler $4,000 feet, the steamer
Ravalli $4,000 feet and the schooner
| w. F. Jewett 100000 feet
/ Steamship Uarda Arrives
The German steamship Uarda. Cap
/ tain Peterson. arrived yesterday from
Seattle and will complete taking on
49,
/ from here for Hamburg tomorrow,
stopping en- route at Mazatlan and
other Central American ports, also at
| Valparaiso and Havre.
Bark Annie johnson Arrives
| The bark Annie johnson arrived in
port yesterday. 81 days from Hilo. Cap
! tain Johnson reported that the voyage
| was unusually pleasant The vessel
brings 27.973 bags of sugar to the j. d.
Spreckels & Brothers company.
Big Cargo of Lime
The brig w. G. Irwin, Captain Fisher.
arrived in yesterday, eight days from
Roche Harbor. 1t brings 1895 barrels
of lime.
Sails for the North
| The United States torpedo boat de-
stroyer Paul Jones sailed for Portland
Ore, yesterday afternoon
New Steamship Sails
/ The new steamship Temple E. Dorr
Captain Panzer, sailed on it's maiden
trip yesterday. 1t goes to Eureka to
load lumber for this port.
/ SequOia Sails for Apia
The schooner Sequoia, CAPTAIN Hut-
man, sailed for Apia yesterday.