The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23

IL
1901 waiting list and
4 may retire from the
service of which he
is senior comman-
der or commodore
: captain. Captain
stevens. who has been here before, is
a lieutenant in the British naval re-
serve. Officers holding commissions in
the reserve must put in certain length
OF time at stated intervals on board
some ship of the line Captain Stevens,
in accordance with this regulation, was
ordered TO the British cruiser Bedford,
finished his period of training on that
ship shortly before the cruiser started
for this port. His first act after enter
ing the Nippon Maru at the custom
house was to go aboard the cruiser and
pay his respects to his old shipmates.
fhe Nippon Maru brought % cabin
passengers, is in the Steerage and 40
Asiatics. In addition to silver treasure
valued at $4,000, the liner brought
1920 tons of cargo, which included 9y4
bales of raw silk. Among the cabin
ing auditor for the Pacific Mail COM
pany, who has been on a tour of the
company's oriental agencies! Another
passenger was n. SamweH, Rangoon
mining man, who has come to this
country TO purchase mining machinery.
Before returning to Rangoon he eX-
poets to contract for machinery to the
extent of $1,000,000. He will buy most
of il in this country.
On board the liner was the body of
Bishop Seth Ward, who died suddenly
at Kobe. Seth w. Ward Jr., the dead
bishops son, was a passenger on the
Before the Nippon left Hongkong the
British steamer kwuyang arrived there
and reported having passed many dead
bodies at the entrance to Haltan StraltS
The remains were those of victims of a
terrific typhoon. Many of the bodies
were lashed TO spars and were in an an
advanced stage OF decomposllion. On
one waterlogged sampan so bodies were
counted
The Nfppon's passengers included:
From Hongkong-William Milne and wife.
Shanghai-Chee 500 Lowe and Mrs. H. j.
OfSoSt- Kobe~chsrles B. coIlyer and Seth W.
Yokohsma-chsrles. A. Aslet, Fred S. CLARK
and Wife X Hraoka. kuwango kojima, k.
SIatsushfta. A. /. Peel and wife, r. B. Byles,
*. Iwakami Edward Laboubye, p r. U Neill
K. c. Whitenack Lord Osborne Beauclerk, c.
Eftifecht, X. kejima. ID. McRde, Ernest Shoste
and NJ. Samwell.
The bsrkentine S. n. Castle, Captain Won Dab
lern and the schooner S. T. Alexander. Captain
Johnson. arrived yesterday from the south
seas Both vessels were loaded with copra, of
which the Castle 40 days from Pago Pago,
brought $50 tons and the Alexander. from Mu
lifanua in the Tanning islands. 500 tons.
The Castle encountered hurricane October
and hove TO for 20 hours. The vessel suf-
fered considerable damage about the decks and
lost some sails. One sea that swept the deck
threw Captain Won Dahlern against a bulkhead.
He injured. but not seriously.
WELLESLEY HITS sUNKEN PILE
The steamer Wellesley, Captain Lindqnist,
coming tbroHSh Bonita CHANNEL YESTERDAY after
noon. about 400 feet. inside the striped buoy,
struck submerged obJect with its wheel. 1t
may have been a rock, but the fact that after
the steamer had gone few yards there ap-
peared astern a log made Captain LindQuist be-.
lieve that after all the log was more likely
T1sc Lon ufc linz
upright. with only about foot OF its length out
Of the water The steamers wheel was not
damaged.
BUSY BUILDING POWER BOATS
Two so foot twin screw towboats will be
launched in a few days from William Cryer's
East Oakland shipyard- The little tugs viii be
power ON each boat. They are being built for
the North Alaska salmon company and will be
used FOR towing barges between the different
canneries in Alaska. Cryer is also building
power pleasure boat for d. Donzell secretary of
the Pelton water wheel company, and two %
foot boats for the GOrham engineering works.
SAGINAW IN HURRICANE
The steamer Saginaw, which arrived yester-
day from Aberdeen. encountered hurricane
from the southeast October 20 on Cape Blanco.
The barometer fell 10 1922 and the tempest
stirred up heavy The Saginaw's deck
lashings were carried away and the whole of
the deckioad of lumber went overheard.
WATER FRONT NOTES
The Pacific Mail liner Mongolia from this
port. arrived yesterday at Yokohama.
. The Curacao left Mazatlan October 81, home
ward bound from Guaymas.
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia Captain Feeder,
homeward bound, sailed at 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning from Honolulu.
The liner Mariposs. bound for Tahiti was
]. $50 miles from this port at p. October 21,
and at the same hour the Alameda homeward
bound aud due here next Tuesday. was 436 miles
Receipts OF lumber yesterday by sea amounted
to :. go 600 feet.
The Pacific Mail company's freighter Aztec,
in clo
The army transport Logan sailed October 10
from Manila for home.
BURNED ON STEAMER HENRIETTA M
OAKLAND. Oct. 22.-WhiIe Alfred Ortiz an
employe of the Western fuel company living at
siI Ninety fifth street. was lighting FIRE on
board the steamer Henrietta NJ this evening at
the foot of Market street he spilled gasoline.
which became ignited and set fire 20 his clothes,
burning his left and hand badly.
Orth dived- from the vessel into the estuary,
and though the fire in his clothing was at once
extinguished his burned disabled his move
ments so that he could not swim. Hans Hansen
came TO bis aid by springing into the water and
bearing him ashore. Orth was taken to the re-
ceivIng hospital.
His left arm and hand were burned so deeply
by the gasoline that it is doubtful whether the
limb VIII not be permanently MANNED. Orth Is
% years old.
DEATH OF AGED MARINER
VALLEJO. Oct. 22.-After a lingering illness
extending for period of four years, beginning
with the death OF his wife at that time, Captain
schoOner wachusett. who sailed the Pacific coast
for - years, died this morning at the residence
Of his Captain Williams a prominent
Mason. of which order be has been a member
for almost two score of years
MAY HAVE SIGHTED AN OVERDUE
PORT TOWNSEND. Wash. Oct 22.--Maripe
advices from Cape Flattery, which report two
masied steamer passing south at O'Clock this
morning, apparently from the north, are believed
in local shipping circles TO refer to the Norwee-
ian steamer Henrik Ibsen. long overdue at Port
land. The Henrik Ibsen is "a days ont from
Yokohama and her failure 10 arrive during the
last week has given rise TO fear for her safety.
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