The San Francisco call., 1910-09-03

as the skipper is undergoing treatment
at a local hospital.
The scent of the forest fires reached
the Dunfermline when the ship was
500 miles from the land. The smell of
burning wood was quite unmistakable.
say the officers, who expected to find
ship reached port. The haze from the
fires made it impossible to get an OBJ
servation for about 10 days.
Almost Drowned in Fsei OIL
An eight inch pipe, through which
oil was being pumped from the steamer
Coallnga to the schooner Monterey,
burst yesterday morning and most Of
the deluge that followed settled on the
person Of Mate Thomas of the Coalinga.
1t covered his head and face and
his coat to the cuffs of his pantaloons.
1t submerged his feet to the ankles
and and when he stripped it was discovered
found its way inside his collar to smear
his hide from head to foot.
Captain Mike Downey of the Coalinga
connected hose to the distillate tank
and tried to wash his mate clean. The
oil, however, offered too much resist
ance, and it was not until Thomas
climbed into bath tub filled with
gasoline that he was able to make any
impression on the oil. Believing that
his oil soaked clothes invited danger
from spontaneous combustion, Thomas
threw them overheard and stood out
the rest of his watch clad in pink
pajamaS.
HiiOnian Arrives From Honolulu
The Matson navigation company's
Hilonlan, Captain Fredericksen, arrived
yesterday afternoon from Hilo. The
steamer brought two passengers and a
cargo, which included 41,370 bags Of
sugar and 1850 cases of canned pine
apples The liner encountered heavy
of the voyage. The Hilonian's passen-
gers were allowed to land, but the
steamer was taken over u quarantine
10 be fumi igated
Mariposa VIII Be Here Early
The Oceanic steamship confpany's
liner Mariposa Captain Hayward, is
due early this morning from Tahiti
Among the passengers is United States
senator George c. Perkins, who made
the round trip for the benefit of his
health. Arrangements have been made
TO land the senator and his daughter at
the barge office. On board the Mari
posa are ~ cabin passengers and 25 in
the steerage.
Battle Typhoon for Eight Days
The Norwegian steamer Sark. Cap
tain GJertsen, which arrived yesterday
49 days from Chinwangtao, was for
eight days in the grip of a typhoon in
cred the storm without sustaining any
serious damage. The Sark brought
5,012 tons of coal
Siberia Due Sunday Morning
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia, Captain
Feeder, viii be in port Sunday morning
by o'clock, according to advices re-
ceived yesterday by wireless. The ST.
beria has III cabin passengers, $50
Asiatics in the steerage and large
cargo. Of the cabin passengers only 35
are from China and Japan.
Water Front Notes
G. d. Dunann. general passenpar
agent Of the Pacific Coast steamship
company, returned yesterday from Los
Angeles on the liner President
The Pacific Mail liner Newport Cap
tain Russell, will sail today for Panama
and way ports.
The steamer Tahoe. which arrived
yesterday from Moss landing. brought
10000 sacks of barley.
The navy collier Prometheus arrived
yesterday from Bremerton and went di-
rect to California City.
The japanese liner Tenyo Marl1 ar
rived yesterday at Yokohama from this
port.
The Pacific Mail liner San Jose left
Mazatlan Thursday for this port on
the same day the Acapulco, homeward
bound, sailed from Ancon