The San Francisco call., 1909-12-16


circles outside Manila bay held the
troopship for hours at Merivales Cap
tain Lyman rather likes the excite
ment OF a typhoon but on accounnt @ oa
his passengers could not very well go
TO sea when the weather bureau was
sending him an avalanche of red not
wireless warnings advising him 10 stay
where he was until the typhoon blew
When the Thomas did start it was
in fine weather which everybody mad
enjoyed for about six hours when q
perfectly new typhoon began playing
around the troopship.
Green seas swept as high as the
bridge deck. A companion Ladder was
torn from its fastenings and Washed
overheard and a boat spar on the
bridge deck was pulled away from It's
lashings and carried after the Ladder.
The Thomas lost SO hours on the run
from Merivales to Nagasaki. At the
Japanese port advantage was taken OF
the light freight carried by the Thomas
10 load an extra quantity Of coal. This
took more time and the extra burden
stiil further handicapped the snip,
which ran into more heavy weather
between Nagasaki and Honolulu
The Thomas brought only SSl pas
sengers. which included llO in the
cabin. 81 in the second cabin, l2o
casuals 1877 bluejackets and marines,
Al invalids "A military prisoners and b
Tie ranking officer on board was
Major J. D. Glennan of the medical
corps. who has come home to take
charge of the general hospital at the
Presidio On board also were the fol-
lowing medical officers Captains j. a.
Murtagh, II. p. O'Connor, L. Brechemln'
H. NJ. Smith and George p Heard
Among the civilian passengers was
Captain j. W Simmie, retired master
mariner, who with his wife and daugh-
ter has been visiting his son, who IS IN
business in Manila.
Filipino currency consigned to the local
branch of the mint to be recoined-
steamer Homer Reported Ashore
The steamer Homer of this port is
reported ashore about 40 miles north
Of San Bias. Homer Frltch, owner OF
the vessel. has cabled for further in
formation as to the steamers prediea-
ment The Homer is commanded by
Captain George II. Pierce, whose pre-
vious experience with a stranded ship
may be of assistance TO him in his
present trouble. The Homer was char
tered recently by the Pacific tropical
fruit company and was to have made
regular trips between Mexican banana
ports and San Diego. The steamer was
on its first voyage south. The Homer
was built at Bandon. Ore, in 1891, and
is a vessel of S31 net tons register.
Homer Fritch values his ship at
$4,000. and SAYS that it is fully COW
cred by insurance. The vessel is on
sandy beach and passengers and crew
are safe.
Tenyo Maru Due Tomorrow
The Japanese liner Tenyo Maru, ac-
cording to a wireless received yester
dav from Captain Bent by the Togo
Kisen Kaisha, will arrive al this port
about o'clock tomorrow morning.
Owing to the fact that Baron Uchida,
the new Japanese minister to Wash
ington, is on board and in a hurry to
reach his post it was believed that
the Tenyo might make a record run.
Captain Bent's message dispelled this
idea. The message left the Tenyo at
D. m. December IA. The liner was
then $50 miles away in iipe wea ther.
The Tenyo has on board 81 cabin
passengers and As Asiatics- The cargo
of 1851 tons includes % tons of raw
silk.
Wreck of Majestic for Sale
The wreck of the steam schooner
Majestic. which lies high and dry on
the beach about seven miles south of
writer's this morning at private auc-
tion to be held in the Office of the San
Francisco board of marine under
writer's.
Mexican Arrives From South
The American Hawaiian company's
steamer Mexican. Captain Tapley. ar
rived yesterday from Salina Cruz with
cargo of New York and European
freight shipped via the Tehuantepec
route. During the voyage north on
December 10 George Donnerlien, an
oiler native of Germany. died of
heart disease and was buried at sea.
Part OF CreW MISSING
Confirmation was received yesterday
from Philadelphia of the loss of the
British ship Johanna The vessel was
bound from Ilolo for Delaware break
water with a cargo of sugar and foun-
dered November % at sea, 1872 miles
east by south from Delaware break
water. One boat has not been heard
from.
Water Front NOIes
Receipts of lumber. yesterday by sea
amounted to 2.S00,000 feet.
The freighter Bessie Dollar. Captain
Cow. cleared yesterday for Victoria,
B. c.
The British ship Balasore cleared
yesterday for Liverpool.
The submarine signal system has
been installed on Lightship SO. which
marks Swiftsure Bank off Vancouver
island
The survey of the British ship Gulf
Stream. which broke adrift during the
Columbia river freshet, shows the ves-
sells bottom to be undamaged.
The steamer Casco, which arrived
yesterday from Astoria, lost a blade of
its propeller by striking a snag in the
Columbia river.
VIII Double Its business