The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
Fulton Loses $4,000 Feet of Lumber
Through Parting of Line
Deckload Goes Overheard at Mendocino ano
Coaster Is Badly Damaged

Loading lumber in winter at an open
port is never an auuring job and at
this time OF the year il is risky un-
oertaking. The steamer Fulton. which
arrived yesterday from Mendocino, had
a thrilling experience at the northern
lumber port.
Loading had been carried on under
cifhculties, but was almost finished
Rhen the wire that held the steamer
an place parted. heavy swell was
cunning and seas poured over the
coaster in realistic Niagaras. Fifty
thousand feet OF lumber was washed
overheard and the sterbOsrd fore rig
g1Ag was carried away. One boat and
al the Fulton's lines accompanied the
aeckload and were lost.
go me Fulton put 70 sea and arrived
S9sterday. ls hours from Mendocino,
with 100000 feet OF lumber.
Empress OF China Ashore
The British steamer Empress of
China OF the Canadian Pacific line ar
d. RIVED yesterday at Kobe and reported
having been ashore on an island in the
IS leaking and the liner has been or
oered oocke0 for survey. The Empress
:of China was bound from Hongkong
- Seaman Is Drowned
William Leonhardt, a seaman, slipped
IRON the guard of the steamer Acme
yesterday, fell into the bay and was
drowned.
= The Acme had been taking oil at the
SeawalL The lines were cast of
preparatory to leaving, and Leonhardt,
? who had been on the wharf. jumped
10 the steamers guard. Second Nate
n Nielsen lowered himself TO the water
II the expectation that Leonhardt
would come TO the surface. The man,
however. was weighted down by oil
b skins and rubber boots and did not
reappear.
The water was dragged in the vicin-
not recovered.
Lands Dissatisfied sailors
The Norwegian steamer Hovding,
from Everett for Lourenzo Marquez, put
Into San Pedro yesterday at the demand
refused to take the ship any further.
The dissatisfied mariners We're landed
and other men viii be shipped in their
places.
Korea Leaves Honolulu
The Pacific Mail liner Korea, Captain
Andrew Dixon. sailed at O'Clock yes
terday from Honolulu and is due here
early Friday morning. The Korea has
a. large number OF passengers and a
pig cargo.
Alameda sails for Honolulu
The Oceanic steamship company's
liner Alameda. Captain Dowdell. sailed
yesterday for Honolulu with a full
cargo and about hundred passengers
Fhe Alameda is now equipped with
wireless and viii probably report its
ewn progress for at least half way
? TO the island port.
-: Water Front Notes
3: The Portland and san Francisco
steamship Companys Rose City VIII
3 sail at II o'clock this morning for the
columbia river.
liner Tenyo Maru. which viii sail next
friday for the orient with more than
LOO cabin passengers and 8 large cargo.
:; The Pacific NAH steamer Acapulco
sailed February IS from Ancon for this
port
The Curacao. homeward bound, sailed
: February II from Guaymas-
The Oceanic steamship companys
:Ener Mariposa sailed February IS from
Tahiti for this port.
. The Nippon Maru sailed yesterday
from Yokohama for this port.
4 The tug GOlish. which left here Feb
Tuary l. for Puget sound, arrived yes
TeTday at Tacoma.
The bark Andrew Welch. which left
here January %. arrived yesterday at
Honolulu
Wrecked Steamer Breaking Up
BRIDGEPORT. Conn, Feb. 2o.-The
steamer John II. Starin Of the Starin
of the outer breakwater last night,
was in q precariOus position this morn
p ing. with the waves breaking high
oNer her, and she was in heavy list.
no passengers on the Starin. and the
crew was rescued in safety by the tug
sarah McWilliamS. The John II. Starin
went ashore during the gale which
swept Long Island sound while she was
on her way from New Haven 10 New
was. suffering from shock and eX-
UOsure and was removed TO the Bridge