The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-29

that the vessel had hit the bar but
captain Noren, master of the shin.
hooted at the suggestion, which was
porn, he declared, of their inexpe-
rlence in marine matters To the in
experienced passengers il seemed that
the stern Of the ship struck some
thlng more solid than water To the
experienced captain it was Just as
plain that the striking had all been
done by the sea and that the forward
part of the ship was where the blow
landed. Captain Parsons. who was on
the bridge at the time the crash came.
Endorsed Captain Noren's opinion, and
until yesterday the word of the two
mariners prevailed against the belief
Of the mere landsmen.
The landsmen, however, were right.
The brand of the bar is on the Santa
Clara's hull as plain as day
The survey made yesterday showed
That 30 feet of the Santa Claras keel
had been ripped off and the propeller
post reduced to ShVers. The propeller
also was broken, evidently as the re-
SUIT OF chunk of the keel getting
damned In the wheel. A further sur
Ley VIII be necessary to ascertain the
run extent OF the damage to the hull,
put THAT the Santa Clara struck the bar
Is evident a a glance
After hitting the bar the Santa Clara
proceeded a few miles and then began
10 MI. The passengers We're trans
ferred TO a tug sent from Eureka and
Ia ter the waterlogged coaster was
towed 10 this port by the tug Her
IIarbor Commission Meets
The harbor commission yesterday
awarded TO the 4IealY-Tibbitts con-
Suucuon company the contract for
tearing down Main street wharf The
state is TO have the old piles and the
contractor Will receive $4,000 and win
retain the old timberS and planking.
The California navigation and i'm
proNement company was given permits
sion 10 make some changes in its Of
nee which viii be necessary when the
headquarters Of the company are trans
/ Ierred from Stockton to this city. The
claim Of the Pacific Coast coal COM
pany for $3.50 for the loss Of a horse
killed March I on Pacific street wharf.
was referred to the boards attorney.
The board viii meet again next Tues
day.
Santa Rosa Sails south
1 The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's Santa Rosa sailed Yesterday for
southern California with about 200 pas
sengers. Among them were:
Miss T. B. Suan A. L. Richardson
4. Meuren Miss Deuchera
Mrs B. Benson Mrs G. Il Coqueniot
C. L. Cook Miss W. Marker
Il. wasserman and Miss N. '. Hail
Mrs. T. J. Close and &. Dieieabangh
W. E Foreman and .. J. n Emery
Rev. Pizey. wife and Mrs. E. Donohue
Mrs, i. S. Gillingham Mrs Mrs. A Dodge Sdge
Miss ]. Shedau V. r. Turner
Miss T. Trusseli DIR. W. L. Morrison
W. G. DOwdle b. Haney
+. ". May and wife A Eisen
W. +. Kremer and !. Blgene
wife J. 5. Dunleavy
r. H0ritz r. Lewis
J. F. Foster !. Bctz
". L. Johnson Mrs. Z. Y. Bradley
HyndfOrd in Heavy Weather
The British steamer Hyndford. Cap
tain MOrne, which arrived yesterday, 80
days from Newcastle, Australia, with
5.26l tons of coal. encountered heavy
gales for 20 days of the voyage across
the Pacific. The worst weather was
encountered March IS and %. The
decks were flooded repeatedly and $50
hardwood logs slowed on the forwa r1
4 deck were washed overheard. Much
Z damage was done to the bulWarks rails
and steam fittings about the deck. The
Hyndford was ordered into quarantine
TO be funligated
Another "UnknOwno Identified
1t was the British tramp steamer H.
G. Henry that was in collision the
night of April % off this port with the
barkentine Kohala. The Henry from
AIiddlesborough via San Diego, arrived
on the sound yesterday and made full
confession. The people on the Kohala
reported that they were run into by a
large white steamer, and it was sup
posed that il was a northbound steam
schooner. The damage sustained by
the Henry, if any. has not yet been as
certained. The Kohala is still in port
undergoing repairs.
VIII Invade Southern Field
Los ANGELES. April 2S.-G. L. Blair,
general freight agent of the Sab Fran
cisco and Portland steamship company
while here yesterday admitted that his
company contemplates extending its
service to Los Angeles, and it is re-
ported that if the plan is carried out
the steamers Bear, Beaver and Rose
City viii be used on a six day SEIZED =
Me haEL-aen here and the mort horn ter-