The San Francisco call., 1909-02-23
TIGHTS GALES ALL
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Way FROM SOUND
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BaFkenfine Good News, Recent
ly Counted Lost, Is Here
From the North
Skipper Tells How Puget Sound
iOwbOatmen Missed a Re-
Insurance Coup

yesterday in ballast was l9 davs com
: 3ts from Puget sound. In that time
tAere were only three days Of fair wind
the Good News rounded FIatterv in .
; southwester, and fought contrary gales
l2ntil four days ago. when the y,ind
suddenly shifted TO the northwest. and
.then blew with such velocity that the
t5sgod News, with double reefs in everv-
thing that was set, tore along at a 10
knot gait. The Good News win load
asphalt for New York.
Phe Good News. a few months ago
was counted as lost. When the barken-
tine arrived at Seattle, 2Io days from
) tsailadeiphia, it was quoted for reinsur
4laee at SO per cent Captain Eriksson
~s2Es that he left Philadelphia. with a
&@Iso winch included $4,000 cases of
a3iaek blasting powder The mate. saws
3saptSln Eriksson, was worthless. and
Aife crew was made up of green hands.
hree days out from Philadelphia the
oafhentlne sprung a series Of leaks
caused by the starting Of the chain
plates during q gale. There was three
1eet OF water in the hold before the
pumps were rigged and in commission.
Later on, during a fine spell copper
patches were nailed over the leaks, but
T1e pumps were kept going until the
snip arrivd al Puget sound, where, ly-
ing at anchor in a smooth harbor. the
water came in at the rate of an inch
an hour.
on Valparaiso the barkentine was
eisAasted, and the rest of the voyage
was made under jury rig. The Good
News arrived of Tatoosh in thick
weather. On account of the vessel leak
ing and because OF the frailty of his
temporary spars and rigging, to say
nothing about the explosives stored
below decks, Captain Eriksson was
anxious TO get towboat, and when the
bsg tug Lorne loomed up out of the
mist he thought his troubles were over.
But he had not counted on the Puget
sound spirit Of speculation.
THE Lorne ran alongside" said Cap
tain Eriksson yesterday, and the cap
tain asked me If this was not the Good
News I told him that il was all that
was left of her.
Al right he said. I have to go
ROW. but viii send another tug.
'- kie steamed away at full speed, head
ed, as / learned later, for the nearest
telegraph station where he tried 10 in
stest by wire a large sum of money on
the overdue barlSenUne Good News TO
Arrive Before he got his telegram off,
however, the fog lifted, the lookout a
. Eato0sh saw my signals and the Good
News was reported in time to spoil
1ge towboatman's little speculation in
reinsurance
Captain Eriksson was joined by his
wife On the sound. and she VIII ac-
company him on the voyage to New I
York
:: Csdashing Schooner Reaches Port
The schooner John D. Spreckels. Cap /
tain Prellberg, arrived yesterday 10 /
daES from Jnga with only $4,000 cod
FISH: The schooner left here last De- !
GEM her. but fishing during the greater
part of its stay in the north was I'M
POSSIBLE on account OF the ice. Captain
p. Trellb berg renOrts the loss, December IA, !
: Of the schooner Lettie in -BaranoH /
harbor. He reports also the death by
. .droWning Of Dan Mlllman. = nsAeIEliah E!iS5 /
employed ar the Unga station. Will
= -fnan was 56 years OF age ana native
81 Nova Scotia The dOry from which /
he was fishing was blown out TO sea
+ during sudden gale ana never seen I
2 gafl. Another fisherman VINO was
blown TO sea at the same time managed
10 get ashore at Popon island after two
DAYS in his frail craft. de was cold /
= I'D hungry but otherwise none the
-sy.orse for his adventure
- The Spreckels brought back the
-frate. cook and four of the crew OF the
:taTkentine city OF Papeete. after
decided that they did not want 10 go
fshing and were given transportation
,: IEhile lying at Sanak the Spreckels !
was twice nearly driven ashore.
sEfppInE Decorated in Honor of Day
p. If the shade of the late George
washington wandered any where withln
sight Of the water front yesterday tAe
ei5Tfr of the great father must have
1.een pleased with the show OF bunting
Suffering in honor OF his luustrlous /
name From Meiggs wharf, where the
quarantine steamer AESOtfa0t wore d
Holiday array Of color, TO the Pacinc |
Mali wharf where the japanese liner
Tenvo Aaru made rainbow look IKE
STR of
line of many colored bunting. Out IN
the stream the little coast and geodetlc
. survey steamer Explorer was almost
smother in the flags that extended from
bow 10 stern, up the forestaNs, from
masthead TO masthead and down the
backstays- AT the transport WhafL the
Logan and Buford were dressed IN hoh-
rha Hartman steamer Senator a
Lombard wharf Illuminated the land
scape at that end of the water 'front.', !
end at nearly every wharf one or more
Vessels We're flying flags TO the limit
Of their signal lockers. -
Along the wharves, for weeks de-
serted except by those whose business
. was of more Importance than keeping
olit. Of the rain, marched a holiday
ffrong and the crowds at the ferry
Depot testified to the universal appre-
value to his country Of the services OF
q. Washington.
Sacrifices Cargo TO Save ship
CAPTAIN Matt c Johnson OF the
schooner Daisy Mitchell. which arrived /
Yesterday from Portland was com
80 PEELED 10 sacrifice $4,000 feet of lum-
Der saturday morning of the Jmpqua
river to save his vessel from founder
.fng The Daisy Mitchell left Astoria
.IFebruary is and that afternoon ran
into a sOutheaster accompanied by a
heavy southWesterly swell Early the
next morning the wind changed to the
southwest nd blew with such violence
that the vessel had 10 be slowed down |
and the course changed TO southwest. I
Trhfs lasted until O'Clock in the aft /
elnoon, when the gale moderated and
-if was possible once more to steer 4
,.9utheriy course There was another
gale. however. and al $50 a. m. sat
,irdaE two great seas threw the
steamer on its beam ends. Water
toured into the engine room and flood /
70 sd Tie galley The chief engineer
reported that he could do nothing with
rhe ballast tanks TO get the ship on
an even keel. so Captain Johnson or
aered the deck lashings cut. About /
10000 feet Of lumber rolled overheard
and relieved OF the Top weight the
Daisv Mitchell righted and finished the
: ovage Oh even keel The vessel suf-
fered no damage and nobody was in
jared
Was n We'll Known Purser