The San Francisco call., 1910-11-11
MANY FACE death
ON FOG HUNG BAY
Nineteen Naval Cadets Swept to
Sea in Open Boat and
Vessels Crash
Steamer Roanoke Rams An=
chOred Ship and Passengers
Are Terrorized

| A heavy blanket of tule fog which
enveloped the bay yesterday morning
| brought disaster to one ship, almost
caused a collision between two ferry
boats and caused 20 men in an open
boat to drift out to sea- During the
few hours that the impenetrable mist
lay close to the waters shipping in the
bay was practically paralyzed and the
boats which were forced to keep NOV
| ing operated under the slowest speed
while creeping through the fog.
The most serious accident of the day
| befell the cutdown bark Amy Turner,
which was rammed by the steamer
Roanoke and narrowly escaped sinking
off the Golden gate. The Amy Turner
left Oakland long wharf with a cargo
Of cement in tow of the steamer Rose
Grams Wednesday afternoon.
When opposite the Preside off the
Marin shore the fog settled and the
Rosecrans dropped anchor for the night
with the Amy Turner lying astern at
the end of the towline.
At o'clock yesterday morning the
steamer Roanoke, Captain Dunham,
from San Pedro, braved the heavy fog
and came through the heads. When the
Roanoke approached the Rosecrans the
fog signals of the tanker were recog-
niZed and the passenger steamer Veered
astern of the oiler. The lookout on the
Rosecrans claims he sung out that the
Amy Turner was In tow and lying
astern, while Captain Durham of the
Roanoke says no such warning was
given and he did not hear the bell on
the bark ringing. The Roanoke struck
the Turner a glancing blow with her
sharp Prov and in the twinkling of an
eye the bowsprit, jibboom and nose
of the sailing ship were sheared off
and the forward topmast snapped at
the base by the heavy lines which We're
anchored to the forward rigging of the
ship. The collision caused a panic
aboard the Turner, and the passengers
on the Roanoke tumbled from their
hunks and ran on deck prepared to
| seize life preservers.
CREEPS BACK TO AID SHIP
The fog was so dense that the men
on the Turner could not make out the
vessel that had run the sailer down
and the Roanoke passed out of sight
Captain W. J. Macleod of the Turner
ran forward over the wreckage and,
after a hasty examination, notified the
men on the Rosecrans that his ship
was in, no danger of sinking. Twenty
minutes later the Roanoke, which had
turned around and crept slowly back,
so as to avoid another collision, spoke
the Turner and asked If aid was needed
On being informed that the damage
was all above water line the Roanoke
proceeded. to dock, while the RoSecrans
stood by and held onto its tow. When
the fog lifted the Rosecrans brought
the Turner back to the stream opposite
Meiggs wharf, where the tug Pilot took
| the bark and brought it to a berth at
| the Folsom street wharf The Rose
! Grams then put out to sea on it's way
to Seattle. The Roanoke suffered a
dented plate in the port bow, but tenn
porary repairs will enable the steamer
to proceed north today on regular
! schedule.
LOOKOUT FACED DEATH
Hans Boye. the sailor on the Turner
who was lookout and ringing the fog
bell, had narrow escape from injury
or death when the deck under his
feet was splintered by the shock and
the rigging came tumbling down
around him. He claims that he rang
the bell continually, but the fog was
so dense that he could not make out
the steamer until fraction of sec
ond before the collision.
Shortly after o'clock in the morn
ing the Key Route ferryboats Fernwood
and San Francisco missed colliding in
the fog off GoatSisland by a narrow
margin. The Fernwood was coming
from the Oakland slip and the San
Francisco was on the way over when
the boats loomed before each other.
Quick work by the men at the wheels
avoided a collision, but the passengers
were in terror for few seconds.
10 MEN DRIFT TO SEA
Nineteen naval cadets from the train
ing school on Goat island in charge
of Inspector Seeber experienced a
nerve trying voyage on the bay in the
fog, when they lost their way yester-
day and were carried by the tide
through the Golden gate to within
! short distance of Landsend. The men
put out from the island in a cutter for
their morning practice. When the fog
bank settled down they rowed out to
sea instead of back to the island as
they thought. Off Lime point Inspector
Seeber recognized the Lime point siren
/ and tried to give his men a course for
Meiggs wharf, but was unable to dis
Germ any landmarks by which to steer
! and the little craft continued on to
sea.
Just before reaching point opposite
| Landsend the revenue cutter Nc
! Culloch heard the shouts of the boat
load of men and came to their rescue
The McCulloch was on It's way to sea.
but put about and towed the men, who
were exhausted by this time, back to
| the Washington street pier.
! The fog, which had been shrouding
| the bay for several mornings, is one
/ of the heaviest in years and the marin
| ers consider it a miracle that more
serious accidents have not happened
During the fog no boat that is not
absolutely required to move will ven
| ture forth, and most of the regular
shipping is being handled during the
afternoons when the fog usually lifts.
| HANNAH WELSH is