The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27

every SIX wv %
Of their steamers will leave, one bound
north and the other bound south. The
oates of sailing from here will be April
g. y, Is, - and 30 and on each of those
dates the Alaska Pacific company will
have two steamers from here, one for
San Pedro and the other for Seattle.
The new schedule was decided upon.
say the company officials. to take care
OF the increased travel along the coast
by water.
There will be no cutting of rates.
British BIuejacket Falls Into Bay
bluejacket from the British sloop
OF war Shearwater fell into the bay
yesterday while helping TO make fast
the coal laden schooner Pinole, which
had just run alongside.
The tide carried him along at a rapic
rate and his chance of being saved
would have been slight but for the
prompt action of Captain Heine Plate,
master of the Pinole.
Plate threw heaving line to the
drifting sailor and the latter succeeded
in grabbing il. He held on and the
crew of the Pinole soon had King Ed
wards sailor out of the water. The
CLEARWATER coaled from the Pinole and
will sail tomorrow for Esquimault.
wireless Does Good Service
The steamer Mann Smith which ar
rived here yesterday, reported that on
Friday afternoon q wireless message
steamer Atlas which left here March "a
for Portland, stating that the Atlas had
lost its propeller.
once upon a time this would prob
ably have involved long delay for the
Atlas. Tugs might have been sent in
search when the tanker became Sc
riously overdue and, If bad weather had
come along, the pTedicament of the
helpless Atlas would have been serious.
Wireless however. has changed all that
a few hours after the Atlas turned
loose its s. O. s" the tanker Asuncion,
which also picked up the message, had
hooked on to the Atlas and began tow
ing the disabled steamer to Portland
Nippon Msru is Due Today
The japanese liner Nippon Maru is
due today from the FAR east and is eX-
pected 10 be in port early this morn
Ing. The Nippon has on board % cabin
passengers and ~ Asiatics. The liners
cargo of 1854 tons includes 40 tons of
silk. 45 tons OF mating and 90 tons of
tea
VIII Take Command of John Ena
Captain n. Lorenz left here yesterday
on the liner Sierra for Honolulu to take
command Of the American ship John
Ena. Captain Lorenz was formerly in
command Of the schooner Alvena and
the bark Isaac Reed
Hove To OF Point Reyes
The steamer Kansas City, which left
here at noon yesterday for Portland.
was seen hove to off Point Reyes. The
steamer Melville Dollar. also bound
north. spoke the passenger steamer,
but the Kansas City signaled that no
that the delay was caused by some
slight trouble in the engine room.
Encounters HaiIstOrm at Sea
GALVESTON. Tex, March 26.-The
British steamship Oriole, Captain
Gaines, from Amsterdam, with q cargo
of creOsOte. which arrived yesterday,
reports having encountered a most un-
usual hailstorm in the gulf on Tues
day evening about 200 miles off the
west Florida coast The vessel suf-
fered considerable damage to its su-
perstructure by the hail, which ranged
In size, il is said. to larger than hens
eggs The hail stones rained down on
the vessel for half an hour, forcing the
crew below decks. The temperature
dropped about 80 degrees.
Flood Injuries Uncompleted Steamer
= VANCOUVER, B. c., March 26.-
Floods caused by an unusually heavy
*the canyon today near Soda creek,
causing the water to rise to summer
height, and flooded off a. steamer under
construction for the British Columbia
The steamer was seriously DANA ged
and may be wrecked by the ice A
second stern wheeler just commenced
was also floated off the blocks and
damaged
Riverside to Go on Alaska Run
SEATTLE, March 26.-The Alaska
steamship company has chartered from
the Charles Nelson steamship company
Ol oau IduclScO lnS steamship River
SIDE, which viii be placed at once on
the Alaska run. The steamer Hum
boldt, which sailed for Skagway today.
carried 265 passengers. Travel to
Alaska is heavier than in any spring
since the Klondike mining excitement.
Water Front Notes
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia. Can-
tain Feeder, homeward bound from the
orient. sailed at il o'clock yesterday
morning from Honolulu.
The Wilhelmina left Honolulu at 10
O'Clock yesterday morning for this
port.
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted TO 1,130.O00 feet
The tourist steamer Cleveland az
rived March Is at Hongkong.
The tanker Pectan- from Port Ga n
Louis, arrived at Taltal o'clock %. m.
Friday. - ~
The japanese liner Chiyo Maru sailed
Friday from Hongkong for this mort
The Pacific Coast steamship com
panys Governor, which sailed vester-
day afternoon for Seattle, carried 200
passengers.
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