The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-16
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Coaster Aurelia, Damaged in Collision
Reaches This Port Leaking

Weber, arrived yesterday from the Co
lumbia river damaged and leaking as
the result of a collision on the Column
bia river with the steamer st. Helens.
The Aurelia was lying at the wharf
when the collision occurred. The YES
sci was struck on the starboard quar-
ter and a gap in the bulwarks and
rail and dent in the hull still show
where the st. Helens hit.
After the collision the Aurelia was
surveyed by government inspectors,
who decided that the coaster might
proceed to San Francisco provided the
st. Helens would accompany the dam
aged vessel. The st. Helens and the
Aurelia arrived here together. The
Aurelia is leaking at the rate Of nine
inches an hour and had II inches of
water in its hold upon reaching this
port. The Aurelia brought $4,000 feet
of lumber and the st. Helens 100000
feet
VIII BE Released Today
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's UmatiIla, which arrived from
Seattle Tuesday with a case of small
pox on board, was taken to Mission
bay yesterday and fumigated by the
federal authorities. The vessel will
ing and turned over to the company,
and will sail Saturday for Seattle in
command of Captain Jepsen and new
crew. The crew and passengers who
arrived on the Umatilla will be held
in quarantine until the expiration of
two weeks from the day the steamer
arrived. With Captain Jepsen will be
the following deck officers:i w. H.
Hall. P. Kirlee and H. Johnson. Larry
Reed will go out as chief engineer,
with J. Osborn as his first assistant
Isaac w. w. Brown Will be purser.
Has Many Passengers
The Japanese liner Hongkong Maru.
Captain Ernest Bent, had not put in
an appearance last evening at sun
down, but is expected to be in Guaran-
tine awaiting inspection by daylight
this morning. The Hongkong is bring
ing a full cargo and a large number
of passengers. Among the latter is
a theatrical troupe that has been play
ing in the orient and which stopped
over at Honolulu to play an extended
engagement at the island port.
Mariposa to Sail Saturday
The liner Mariposa is still in the
cradle on the marine ways Of the
United engineering works, Oakland,
and the cradle is still off the track.
With the aid Of pontoons it is expected
TO float the steamer out of me cradle.
The liner was not injured by the mis-
hap to the cradle and is now scheduled
to sail for Tahiti at IL o'clock Satur-
day morning.
VIII Hold Early Session
The harbor commissioners will hold
their regular weekly meeting at 8
o'clock this morning. This will be the
hour Of meeting hereafter, as IT was
found impossible to dispose of the
business under the old rule of an aft
ernoon session without protracting the
meeting beyond the dinner hour of
those interested.
Springs Leak In Gale
The scow schooner Annie developed
a serious leak Tuesday night during
heavy blow off Army point in Suisun
bay, and Captain John Lindholm and
his crew would have been in serious
straits but for the assistance of the
scow J. J. Stolen, which was run along
side the Annie and which held up the
leaking boat until the tug Elizabeth
arrived. The Elizabeth locked the An
ME yesterday on the South San Fran
cisco marine ways.
Steamer Owners Win
The owners Of the steamer Grace
Dollar won a victory over the La Fon-
ciere Compagnie insurance company yes
/ terday, when a ruling was made in the
the towage expenses after vessel is
damaged at sea. The steamer missed
/ the channel markers in Grays harbor
August 81, and its rudder was torn
away. The insurance company refused
to pay the cost of towing to San Fran
cisco for repairs. Judge de Haven ruled
that the towing Of the steamer to San
Francisco was an incidental expense to
/ the repairs, and that the insurance
company was liable.
Water Front Notes
The. Pacific Mail steamer Indiana
left Acapulco yesterday for this port
The steamer Enterprise from this
port arrived April 13 at Hilo.
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 2,26O,00c feet.
The British steamer Earl of Car
rick, Captain Jones, arrived yester-
day from Newport News with 5000
tons of coal for the navy.
| The Pacific Mail liner City of Pana-
ma, Captain Holland, cleared yesterday
for the isthmus.
The schooner Defiance, which sailed
! December % from Bellingham, has ar
| rived at Suva in the Fiji islands.
The navy supply ship Glacier went
| UP to Mare island yesterday to load
| stores for the fleet