The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific

LOS ANGELES Dec 7-Arrived: Steamer
Admiral sampson. from Seattle; steamer Hama
lei, from San Francisco steam schooner Francis
H. Leggett, from Grays Harbor; steam schooner
Hoauam. from Wilapa harbor; steam schooner
Lakme, from Eureka; steam schooner Helen L.
Drew. from Greenwood; steamer Norwood, from
Aberdeen.
Sailed Steamship Roanoke, for Portland;
steam schooner Olympic for San Francisco;
steam schooner James $. Higgins, for Fort
Bragg; steam schooner Yosemite, for Portland;
steam schooner Raymond. for Wiilapa harbor;
steam schooner Iaaua, for Eureka.
Arrived-Steam Schooner Harold Dollar from
Everett.
SEATTLE, Dee. 7.-Arrived Steamer River
side, from San Francisco; stmr President, from
San Francisco.
Tacoma: steamer Riverside. for Tacoma; steamer
Nebraskan. for Salna Cruz; steamer Watson,
for San Francisco; steamer Queen, for San Fran
PORTLAND, Dec. with $50 passengers and
2,100 tons of special freight the steamship
Kansas City arrived at Ainsworth dock at IL
With approximately 20.625 bushels Of wheat
and 1888 bushels of barley. the French bark
and will clear for Ipswich.
steamer Eureka. Captain Noren, arrived at
o'clock this morning from Eureka and Coos bay
With passengers and freight, the steamship
George W. Elder sailed tonight for San PedFo
The British steamer Bannockburn, which
sailed from San Francisco this morning for
Portland. will come here to load about 3,OOo.OoO
feet of lumber at the Inman-Ponlsen mills for
the Pacific Export lumber company.
Word was received this morning at the Mer-
hints Exchange that the tug Nallula arrived
in port having in tow the gasoline boat Gerald
G. The sails OF the latter craft had been
carried away and its engines were damaged.
The steamer Sue Fl. Elmcre arrived in As
toria at $50 O'Clock yesterday afternoon with
passengers and freight from Tiilamook
If underwriters have their way about 1t, no
more ships will be leaving the Pacific coast with
full barley cargoes. 1t is said that>the disaster
which overlook the British bark Matterhorn will
be the means Of bringing about new regula,
tions. The bark had full cargo of barley and
the cereal is. SO light that 1t can not weight a
vessel down in the water properly. This is the
principal reason given for the Matterhorns
laundering.
ASTORIA Dec THE French bark Andre
Theodore H. completed diseharging 900 tons OF
coal at the wharf of ElmTe & Co. and Will
leave up the river to finish discharging and then
load grain for EsFope.
Steamer Nome City arrived this morning from
San Francisco with cargo, principally OF
onions, and few passengers 1t reports a
severe trip, especially from TO O'Clock Mon
Gay afternoon, when continuous gale came
OIL tank steamer Catania. with a cargo of oil
from San Francisco, arrived this morning.
Schooner Virginia. with cargo of lumber
from the Columbia mill at Knappton, for San
Francisco, towed to today.
German bark Wansbeck. which ashore
near Stella. released from its position,
brought down the river. and is awaiting sur
water, and 1t is fully believed that it received
no injury. This incoming libel was placed on
t for small amount by a sailor who claims
not paid off This will not necessarily detain
the vessel when 1t is otherwise cleared.
AT o'clock this morning. as the bar tug
Wallnla looking out over rough bar, it
sighted a small two masted schooner near the
whistlHg buoy with signals of distress flying
and setting in toward the breakers. quick
run was made TO the schooner. a line made fast,
and 1t was towed inside to safety. 1t the
notion schooner Gerald c, Captain Tabel, and