The San Francisco call., 1907-06-25
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Schooner Sausalito Goes Ashore on
Ocean Beach, but Is Towed Off

The schooner Ssusalito. Captain
Bressem, which sailed Sunday for the
Sluslaw river. was towed back to port
yesterday after having narrowly es-
caped destruction on the beach below
The CliT house The schooner lay IN
the breakers until : a. N. yesterday.
when the tug Sea Fox drew it into deep
water. The schooner will be dry doeked
and surveyed before going 20 sea, but
IS believed 10 have suffered little dam
age
The tug Sea Lark towed the sausa
Tito 10 sea on Sunday and after taking
the sailing vessel well out on the bar
let so and returned 10 port Before the
schooner had made a good clearance
from the land the tide made food ana
az the same time the wind died. leaV-
ing the vessel at the mercy OF the cur
rents. The schooner orifted toward the
beach opposite the Oceanside house
and came 20 an anchor during the aft
ernoon close inshore. about mile
below the south side life saving station
A towbost was sent 10 the vessels as
sistznce. but Captain Bressem thought
he could get his vessel of without
assistance when the tide turned, and
the tug returned 20 port As the after
noon wore on the schooner began 10
drag closer 10 the beach and ct 5
life saving station went alongside. The
lfs savers boarded the schooner and
remained on board until o'clock yes
terdey morning, when the tug Sea Fox
hauled the vessel Of
At low tide the Sausslito's stern was
high and dry and there was a depth
OF only 20 feet under the bow. For
tunately the sea was smooth. and as
the vessel pounded very little In the
h-aaEerS che elfEht
Many Passengers Booked
More than three score cabin passen-
gers are already booked for the next
voyage OF the Oceanic steamship COM
pany's liner Mariposa TO Tahiti and re-
turn The Mariposa viii sail July /
and Is making q stay at this port longer
than usual so that the passengers may
reach Papeete in time 10 enjoy the
celebration Of the fall Of the Bastile
by the natives. Tahiti is a French
possession and the Bastile's fall Is cele-
brsted with the same enthusiasm as IL
IS in the European republic The ma
ives know little and care less about
the historic event that all good French
men love TO celebrate. but the south
sea islander knows q holiday when he
sees IL and his method OF celebrating
has made this July festival at Papeete
4 magnet for tourists for many
sion since the days when the island
ers used 10 love their enemies.
broiled and stewed. ere brought out
on that occasion and the tourist, fresh
from the common places Of modern
civilization. IS plunged into the middle
Of south set iambOree such as he had
fed 10 his ina gination in the forbidden
fiction Of boyhood that came in single
packages, each one dime The bill of
fare. however. OF this modern south
sea celebration IS strictly censored and
largely vegetarian.
Seeking stolen Materials
The harbor police have been re-
Quested TO locate. If possible, a. large
quality OF veueered wsinscoting
stolen Sunday night from the Muirhead
building At Lsrkin and Market streets
There is no other wainscoting in the
city like the material stolen and the
police expect 10 find Il with little diff
culty. i is composed OF three layers
Of oregon pine glued together. the mid
ole layer being the thickest. It comes
in strips S feet long. so inches wide and
half an inch thick.
Docks at China Basin
The French steamer Amiral Jaure-
euiberry. which was released from
quarantine on Sunday. locked yesterday
st the China BASIN where the cargo will
be discharged The steamer brought
considerable freight, all from the orient.
The cargo included 31.577 bags Of sui
phur from Hakodate and 4 large con-
signment OF mating. The Amirai called
at Honolulu and was 10 days making z
the run from the island port being
handicapped by strong head winds
Is Making Good Progress
The log raft bound from the Columbia
river 10 san Diego in tow Of the tug
Dsuntless is making good time and
passed by the Golden gate last night
n good condition. The steamer West
port which arrived yesterday from
Westport, passed the Dauntless and raft
yesterday about five miles southwest OF
Point Reyes.
Water Front Notes
The Pacific Coast steamship com
psny's City Of Puebla sailed yesterday
FOR Puget sound with a large number
OF passengers.
The tanker Santiago with 1000 bar
rels Of oil arrived yesterday from Mon
terey in tow OF the tug Fearless.
Receipts OF lumber by sea yesterday
amounted 10 I,70I 600 feet.
The Pacific Mail steamers Aztec and
san Jose sailed June % from Panama
for this port
The Kosmos liner AmnTon. bound for
this port TO finish loading, sailed June
IS from Victoria.
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