The San Francisco call., 1910-04-13
Brings Salvage From Indiana

IL. A. IL
Miss \. Mock Mrs. A. L. Stetson
Miss X. Lucas
Brings Salvage From Indiana
The schooner Dora Bluhm arrived
Yesterday. from Magdalena bay with
about 200 tons of freight saved from
the wreck of the Pacific Mail liner In
diana. The cargo saved included a lot
of sheet iron and some steel beams.
get the most valuable of the Indfanas
freight, a big shipment of copper wire.
for the reason that the ship had
Duckled up around it. Divers were
used in recovering what was saved and
an attempt was made TO blast through
the twisted plates and stanchions to
not help very much. Captain Johnson,
who was in charge of the expedition,
said that the expense of recovering the
rest of the freight would not justify
any further attempt.
Another Line on the River
The Inland transportation company
has been formed to operate on the Sac
ramento river in opposition to the
transportation company. ]. A. Wright.
formerly assistant superintendent of
the Pacific Coast steamship company,
has been appointed general freight
is operating the steamers Resolute,
Requa and Weitchpec and shortly will
here and Sacramento. The steamers
will leave here at noon and Sacramento
at l p. M, arriving here at a. m. and
Sacramento 4 a. m, in time for the
produce that forms the freight to
reach that days market.
Tide Takes Lighter to Sea
Captain James Sinnott, in charge of
one of Crowleys launches, towed a big
lighter down the river early yesterday
morning. The tide caught the launch
and lighter and carried them out to-
ward the heads. In the struggle to
get the lighter out of the full force of
the tide, the towline parted and the
lighter, which was water logged, went
out through the heads with the Sinnott
in pursuit. There was a deckhand on
the lighter, and the life saving crews
Golden gate stations put off to his as
sistance. The steam schooner Bandon,
however, inward bound. solved the diff
Guilty by taking the lighter in tow and
landing it safely at Vallejo street
wharf.
Pilot Boat Lady Mine Ashore
While outward bound yesterday the
pilot schooner Lady Mine missed stays
and drifted ashore inside the Preside
wharf. Captain Clark of the Fort point
life saving station went to the assist
ance of the pilot schooner with his
power ifeboat and succeeded in towing
was not DANA ged and proceeded out to
it's station. The little schooner Mizpah,
which sailed yesterday for Alaska,
tackled at the same time as the Lady
Mine and only a few boat lengths away,
but, having only one captain in charge.
managed to come about all right. The
Lady Mines maneuvering was directed
by Pilots Johnson and Christensen, and
the pilot schooner missed stays. 1t was
case of too many cooks, but fortu-
nately the bottom was sandy and help
of the right kind Immediately avail
able.
Loses License for 80 Days
Captain Fred Miller of the steamer
George w Fenwick suffers a suspen-
sion of license for 80 days, according
to the decision of Inspectors Edwards
pervising Inspector John Birmingham
yesterday. Miller is blamed for the
collision between the Fenwick and the
steamer Coaster off the Columbia bar
out and the Fenwick ran down the
Coaster In attempting to pass 1t. al
though the day. was clear. Miller is
found guilty of carelessness in not
blowing the passing whistle.
Plans for New Steamer
immigration Commissioner Hart
North forwarded the contract for the
new immigration service steamer to
Washington yesterday for approval by
the department of commerce and labor.
The United engineering works was the
successful bidder at $107.500. The new
steamer, for service between here and
Angel island, will be of steel hull and
on the same general lines as the Nc
Dowell. Seats for 250 will be placed
in the cabin and other features es-
pecially designed carried out.
Water Front Notes
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's City of Puebla, which sailed
yesterday afternoon for Seattle, car
ried about 100 passengers
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 4,389,000 feet.
The army transport Sherman, out
ward bound and the homeward bound
transport Sheridan arrived yesterday
at Honolulu.
w. H. Avery, manager on this coast
for the Toto Kisep Kaisha, has re-
turned from business trip to New
York
The japanese liner Nippon Maru, out
ward bound from this port, sailed yes
terday from Honolulu.
David Crowley, vice president of the
Crowley launch company, returned
yesterday from New York and Wash
ington. He went east by way of Pana-
ma and was much interested on his way
Crowley launches doing duty at diff
ferent Central American ports as pro-
tected cruisers and battleships.
Hits Reef in Icy strait
SEATTLE, April 12.-The small
steamer Georgia, plying between Sitka
today, half a mile from where the
steamship Yucatan is aground The
wrecking steamer Santa Cruz, which IS
raising the Yucatan, went to the rescue
with its bottom badly torn The pas
sengers and mail of the Georgia were
transferred to the steamship City of
Seattle and taken to Juneau. 1t is
not thought the damage to the Georgia
is serious. 1t has a net tonnage of
173 tons.
Ten Lives Lost in Wreck
SAINT BRIEUC; France, April 12.-
The pilot boat Hirondelie has been
wrecked off Cape Frehel in the English
channel. Ten persons were drowned.
After striking, the. vessel turned tur-
tie.
Beats EARLY Arrival Record
MONTREAL, April 1.-THE steam
day from Cape Breton. beating the
early arrival record by II days. Cap-
tain Nilsson reported but little trouble
from ice.
By United Wireless
Tuesday, April l2 1910
STEAMER SIERRA-Left Honolulu for San
Francisco at IL noon April 6: o. M ADriI
IL 175 miles out from the San francisco
lightship. Northwest gale; rough sea: passing
squalls; sky overcast; barometer, YES; tenn,
perature, 52.
STEAMER MAvERICK-Left Point Richmond
for Seattle at p. m. April Z; IL noon April
II of Table bluff. Light variable xviydc :.