The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Anubis Must Discharge 1000 Tons of
Barley Before Being Docked

The kosmoS liner AnubiS, which was
towed back to port on Sunday after
having been taken off the rocks off
san Miguel island, was tied up yester-
day at Union street wharf, where
about 1000 tons of evil smelling bar
ley will be discharged before the dere-
nct is placed on the drydock. The
Anubis will be drydocked tomorrow at
Hunters point
In spite Of the divers patches and
the canvas reinforcements, the Anubis
is still leaking freely. The vessel lies
deep in the water and the plan to dry
dock the vessel yesterday was aban-
doned until the ship had been further
lightened. The divers who worked un-
der Captain Pillsburys directions are
said TO have done excellent work. One
of them made more than 100 descents
and did SO hours work under water.
When the liner came OFF the rock
Captain van Salzen was below. He
came on deck unaware that the big
where he stood the tug was hidden, but
the island in plain sight. He looked
TO seaward and sighed. He looked at
the island and gave a yell.
Captain Piusbury," he cried "Mein
Gott, mein Gott, the island is leaving
US"
Knocked Out by His Launch
Marshall Stewart. engineer of Crow
ley's launch General who with his boat
had been missing since Friday after
noon, returned Sunday night with
thrilling account of the troubles that
had detained him. He started Friday
afternoon from Oakland long wharf for
Redwood City. He had reached the
fats above Redwood City when a trail
ing line caught in launch's propeller
and stopped the engine. Stewart low
cred himself over the stern and was
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the launch raised on a swell and then
dropped on the engineers head. AL
though daZed by the blow he managed
TO climb aboard where he lost con-
scfousness He lay for six hours in
that condition and awoke in the dark
sore and sick. 1t was not until late
Saturday afternoon that he succeeded
in clearing the propeller and he did not
reach Redwood City until Sunday
morning.
There was no food on the boat and he
was weak from hunger when he ar
rived. He started for home late sun
day afternoon. Two searching parties
had been out during the day, but they
saw nothing OF the missing boat. Stew
little the worse for his 40 hour fast
and feeling no Inconvenience from the
blow on the head.
Late Arrivals Dock Early
The army transport Buford and the
Pacific Mail liner Manchuria, which ar
rived Sunday too late to dock, went
TO their respective Wharves early yes
terday morning and by 10 o'clock all
the passengers Were ashore.
The Buford's holds were cleared of
freight yesterday and today the trans
port viii be turned over the quarantine
authorities to be fumigated. Tomorrow
the transport VIII be drydocked at
Hunters point.
Liner China VIII sail Today
The Pacific Mail liner China. Captain
Daniel Friele. will sail at 1 o'clock this
afternoon for the orient. The China
viii carry about 60 cabin passengers
and $50 Asiatics. The liner viii take
a large cargo. which includes 5000
tons Of government freight for Manila.
The government freight includes 47O
waters.
Water Front Notes
Lendal NJ Gray, manager on this
coast for the Kosmos line, is expected
back from Europe next week.
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany liner President, which arrived
yesterday from the sound, brought 375
passengers.
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted 10 2,S65.000 feet.
The Blunt reefs lightship, which has
been in port for some weeks under
going repairs, sailed yesterday for its
station.
The japanese liner America Maru
from this port arrived yesterday at
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia, out
ward bound, arrived yesterday at
Honolulu.
The Russian bark AIbyn, previously
reported a Durham, has been surveyed
and found undamaged.
The army tug Slocum, which is in
the hands OF the RisdOn iron works un-
dergolng extensive repairs, was placed
on the Sixteenth street drydock yes