The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

commander In chlef, Rear Admlrdl
Evans. and the other the lack of
salutes. No guns doomed. because there
are no fortifcations In the harbor, and
the feet came to anchor in silence
An incident that marred the arrival
occurred In the channel just after the
anchor had been dropped and while the
steam barge of the flagship and the
commanding officers were on their way
to the flagship of Admira al. Thomas. The
steam tug Nellie. one of the pleasure
boats. which had accompanied the fleet
into the channel. ran down the sloop
voIga. tearing a great hole in its side
and capsizing the boat. S. S. Spauld-
ing, J. s. Edwards and the Misses Ruth
spauldint and Ruth Wood. all of Santa
Barbara. were aboard the voiga and
we're thrown into the water, but all re-
tanned hold on the overturned sloop
until they could be lifted aboard the
Nellie. None of them was injured.
Rear Admiral Emory. who was on. his
cut hurried to the scene OF tile accident
in his launch. as did also Captain
Wainwright of the Louisiana and Cap
tain Potter of the Vermont A launch
and a whaleboat put OF from the Kan
sas, a short distance away. but all of
assistance.
The trip of the fleet from Port Los
Angeles was not without incident Just
after leaving Santa Monica at s o'clock
the ships ran, into "a heavy fog while
advancing in,colun1n and towing spars
were .at once thrown out from every
ship to aid the vessel following to keep
It's distance of 400 yards. The after
searchlights of each ship were trained.
on these spars. and the letter calls of
the various vessels sounded. on the
whistles at intervals of two minutes.
ACCIDENT TO MISSOURI
= During the trip the battleship Mis-
souri, met with an. accident of serious
nature. A high pressure cylinder head
blew out. completely disabling the port
engine, and although the ship was not
forced to drop out OF formation II con-
tinued the journey with its starboard
engine compounded. No one In the en-
gipe room was scafded by the escaping
steam. hut a report teewas made OF the
accident Immediately the ships had
come. to anchor and. asboard has been
appointed TO investigate the extent of
the damage.
= It is possible thatstte Missouri may
be forced to wait in San Francisco bay
until new cylinder head ,-can be
shipped from the east. but it lis not
thought that the, accident will interfere
with its passage from here to San
francisco with the rest Of the feet.
The New Jersey likewise ssustained a
minor accident while the, ships were
-maneuvering to anchorage in the chan
mel. The steering gear became disar-
ranged and the ship was forced to drop
out of formation for a few minutes, but
ESQ quickly was the damage repaired
that the existence of trouble was not
nosiced by any of the thousands of
tpeople on shore.
+ At the moment the 10 anchors were
dropped at Santa Barbara the white
boat beams shot out from the sides OF
every vessel, and within FIVE minutes
the bay was alive with the little white
launches. some headed toward the
flagship and others bearing crowds Of
officers TO the shore. The flagship
Connecticut lies nearest the shore at
the west Of the cove. inside Castle rock.
while the other. ships stretch in two
lines parallel to the shore and east OF
It, No shore leave was allowed for
any of the sailors, but will be granted
tomorrow morning and the city will be
thronged with bluejackets.
THE CITY A. FARMLAND
Until the illumination began tonight
it was really the shore and the city it
self that made the spectacle The