The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

heavy sea, and IN nearly every case
the jump from boarding cutter to ship
was made through steady shower OF
spray.
Among the arrivals were three ships
from European ports, three from Aus
traiia and one from Peru The first
ship from the old world TO arrive was
the Brltisher Crown of Germany, Cap
tain Helms, I49 days from Antwerp.
The Crown of Germany. except for the
usual disturbance off Cape Horn, ea-
perienced fne weather all the way
There came from Antwerp on the ship
two StowaWays, who We're found hid
den in the forepeak the day after
leaving Antwfrp-
The FrencR ship Ernest Reyer was
10 days from Glasgow. and the Brit
ish ship Musseicrag 172 days from
Newcastle England. The schooner
Susie NJ Plummer, in ballast, made the.
run from Callao in 81 days.
The other deep sea arrivals were
from Newcastle. Australia. with coal,
and all made rather long passages,
light winds The barkentine Kohala
made the run in SO days. the barkentine
Puako in SO days, and the schooner
Inca in loo days.
VIII Sail Today for Manila
The navy. transport Buffalo. Captain
Brown, will sail today for Manila with
officers, marines and bluejackets for
the ships and navy yards on the
Asiatic station. The Buffalo recently
brought most of its passengers from
Panama. The majority of the blue
Jackets and marines on the Buffalo are
recruits. and Will relieve the short term
men on the ships in the far east The
officers on the Buffalo, except those
regularly attached 10 the transport,
will relieve officers whose tour OF duty
in the orient has expired. The time
expired men and the relieved officers
win come home on the Buffalo
First of the Nome Fleet
The Pacific coast stea mship COM
pany's Umatilla viii leave here. June 1
for Nome direct, crowded with passen-
gers and carrying a heavy cargo. The
June > and both steamers will be
among the first To reach the northern
port this season. c. d. Dunanns the
compsnys general passenger agent,
viii so north soon and viii be a pas
senger from Seattle on the Spokane,
wl1ich sails June ) from the Puget
sound port on one Of its regular eXcur- ,
sion trips TO the Muir glacier.
sailor Dies Before suit Is Tried
With his suit for $50 000 damages to
come to trial June in Seattle,
Matthew Burgess died at the city and
county hospital yesterday of pneumo-
MIA. A year and half ago. while a
member of the crew OF the steamship
Olympia, owned by the Alaska steam
ship company of Seattle, Burgess was
severly. injured by having cask fall
down an open hatchway and strike him
on the head He was getting ready 20
go 10 Seattle to press his suit for dam
ages when he was taken i'll with pneu-
moria.
VIII Change Wireless system
The Pacific Coast steamship com
pany yesterday signed a contract with
the United Wireless company to equip
all its steamers with the United in
struments instead of sthe system orig
inally installed. The Pacific Coast
steamship company was the first con-
cern on this coast to adopt wireless on
large scale. and all its ships were
equipped more than a year ago with
talking machines.
British Steamer on Fire
The British steamer Coquitlam took
fire yesterday off Bowen island. Puget
ted. one deckhand was suffocated and
several others were burned.
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted TO 100000 feet.
The French steamer Amiral Hsmelin
viii sail tomorrow for the old world by
way of Central and South American
The Pacific Mail liner san Jose, Cap
tain Thompson, Will sail tomorrow for
Panama and way ports.
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's Curacao is due tomorrow from
Mexican ports.
Oriental Liner Launched
VICTORIA. B. c.. May 27.-Afnid the
fiuttering of released pigeons and foun-
new Osaka, Shoseh kaisha liner Seattle
Msru slid into the water at Kobe the
day before the sailing of the steamer
Aki Maru. which reached port last
night The new steamer. TO run TO
Puget sound in connection with the
Milwaukee, railroad, was christened by
OF the Osaka Shosen Kaisha.
The new steamer, displacement II, 200
tons. slowly glided into the waters
amid loud shouts of -Banzai, Seattle
Maru"
steamer sinks Windjammer
steamEr Suveric Of the Weir line was
in collision on her outward voyage TO
Manila and way ports, according to
advices received today on the Aki
anese sailing ship. Yoshiyama Maru
of the coast OF Toyoura at the south
ern entrance to the inland sea of Japan.
The Yoshiyama Maru sank quickly
after the Suverfc had ramned her and
amid intense excitement the boats res
cued the seamen of the sunken vessel
The accident occurred in daylight. The
sailing vessel was loaded and was
bound for Kobe.
Picks Up YawI on bar.
The little fishing tug Elem. coming
over. the bar yesterday, picked up the
yawl of the pilot boat Lady Mine.
DrOuSHL II into port ana nanoed II over
to the pilot boat America. How the
yawl came TO be adrfft is not known,
but II is supposed to have been washed
overheard by a heavy sea The Lady
Nine is still outside and has made no
report of its loss
Liner Collfdes with Iceberg
ST. JOHNS. y. F., May 27.-With her
bow badly damaged after a collision
with an iceberg, the Furness liner
Almeriana came into port today from
Liverpool. She reported great quanti-
ties OF ice of the coast.
The Aimeriana hit the berg about
midnight Tuesday.
Passengers on board the~ steamer
Prospero, which was obliged 10 put
back into the harbor today because of
the ice foes. stated that they counted
more than a hundred icebergs during
2 sail of 20 miles
NEWS OF THE OCEAN
Shfnueufn for, Hauolrlu