The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1901, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1901, CITY, BAY AND COAST ARE SWEPT BY A FIERCE STORM THAT CAUSES DAMAGE TO SHIPPING AND OTHER PROPERTY - * i King took possession of yesterday and from midnight the ele- @ =it convenience t0 ed amount of dam- and on the ast, scaiter- pedestrians and gs to break loose. on the clouds ir contents in ess set in the until between 8 force rged the the sea took the day and to the ship- 1l parts of the ght. At jows were ept over the d and the charge of a property N TREES OBSTRUCT CARS from the top FALLE north- e at B capsized b num- and were ugh a gstore ey rF WIRES el SET HER GOSSAMER AFIRE | e its construo- of the Cal- ster streets has r During a pre- e of the last n more severe than L the uncom- f the bullding to vio- 3 s were attached vicinity, one s and McAliister €. This, bearing es, was broken reet. Two women ment and Frank n of the Hibernia of the main en g aid Ralph, he crosspole that fell k the mackintosh of 2 i of light bed the gar- who was g an portion e first pole other of the rigging of ted sway, re- | the junction | | the derrick, loose planks. live wires and l everything movable was hurled across the | track or down into the basement of the | building. Linemen were summoned and a fc as sent out by the Market | Street lway ompany to clear the til the wires were cut they could do little, as the tangled mass of wires ly- ing acros the track, moved by the wind, | | emitted warning flashes and made quite an electrical display. On top of this, while a crowd azing at the debris- covered street, the b.o advertising fence: adjoining the bullding at 14 McAllister street blew down, narrowly missing one | | | of the cars on the south track. This fence, which is a menace to people walk- ing along McAllister strect. was originally twenty-five feet high, but as it has blown down at almost every gale of wind prop- | erty owners in the vicinity have objected | 10 it remaining at that height. They will | probably take means to prevent its being rebulit. | An old fence in the rear of 351 McAl- lister street and fronting on Ash avenue, the property of Josepn Wores, early went | down on the street, blocking traffic. The | supports were pulled completely out of | the ground. | ENTIRE STATE f STORM SWEPT rer Observer Alexander G. McAdie, the condition of the weather . made the following official | 1d is southeast and is blowing forty miles an hour. The storm e general over the coast, and will | ably move slightly southward. South- ably get a littie >rning it was ng at Fresno. There has been a very eavy rainfall in the upper part of the ramento_Valley d Bluff during the last twenty- ere has been a rainfall of | The river at that town is | At 5 o'clock to-night the d been reached. The dan- | five feet. That the | about pidly is apparent from | t it has risen 12 feet in the | four hours. There is a good | with the storm in the moun- | Carson and Winnemucca it is | miles an hour. | Tancisco will have more rain to- | The wind has been blowing over | bullding at the rate of 35 miles | t it will decrease ir velo- | ning. | “HELLO” GIRLS ; ARE SILENT | he Slin- i Aftoraed x. sood | opening for the effect of the wind while | T | . I ex before mor: it lasted. elephone and electric wires were twisted about each other to such a degree that almost all of the telephone | lines were put out of busi During the period in which these S binations were being ma E al shocks were felt by persons who were at | the phones ready for b The con- tact of electric lines crossing those of th telephone silenced the phones completely and in a good many instances deprived stores and residences of their electric light | Advertising fences, as usual, went by | the wholesale from the ground upward, | only 16 Jand in a confused heap elther on the sidewalks or into vacant lots. Zinc and tin chimney tops were sent wind- | ward in requiem to their last resting | places, sending cold shivers down the | backs of pedestrians who happened to be in close proximity to their flight and land- ing places. ortunately there were no personal in- juries reported at any of the hospitals | through the acts of the storm. ‘ RAILROAD LINES ‘ SUFFER DAMAGE | The storm did considerable damage to | the wires of the raliroad companies. Trouble began to be experienced at about | 4 o'clock vesterday afternoon, and there were a number of stations which could | not be reached at all by telegraph the balance of the afternoon. Threatening weather was reported on all the aivisions early in the day. The ther- mometer in this city at 7 o'clock yester- | day morning was 68, with the wind blow- ing in a southwesterly direction. At Sac- | ramento at the same time the thermom- | eter was 48 and the wind was in the south- ‘;{!s( It rained all day at Chico, and at Red Bluff 191 inches fell during the d 'Mam’ lines were reported snowed unde The Oregon express, due at 8:45 a. m., and last evening, were re- No. 11, due at 7 ported’ snowbound. ] Getting that Boy of Yours Ready for School The hardest knocks that clothes receive are from school-going boys, and we have that sort of clothes that will withstand those hard knocks. Our Bannockburn Scotch Suit, in pleasing, heavy weight winter coloringds, that don’t show dirt or dust, made and con- structed as Raphael’s clothes are mnoted for: strength, durability and fashionableness, the three embodiments which have made our school-going clothes famous. This suit. for chaps from 8 to 15 years; nothing in town at §5 can equal ’em. School-going boys’ special at $9. 98. OF COURSE YOU KNOW WE CLOSE AT SIX. | did | stood at | as far as Flattery. B O B e b e L San Francisco for the second time this winter yesterday felt the full fury of the Storm King. Early in the morning the wind blew with steady force, increasing in volume each hour. In the afternoon the rain descended in volumes and during the evening the city and bay were swept by a miniature tornado. Considerable damage was done to property, but fortunately no loss of life was reported. On the bay and ocean the water was churned into high waves. Early precautions by shipping men prevented serious injury to vessels. During the evening fences, signs, trees and electric light wires and poles were leveled to the ground. A house in the Mission collapsed, and by the fall of a derrick from the building in course of erection at McAllister and Market streets the cable cars on the former street were blocked for many hours. At midnight the storm decreased B e e e e B R SRR wY ¥ — SCHOONER J. EPPINGER GOING TO PIECES IN THE BREAKERS AT FORT ROSS. SAN FRANCISCO, BUT A TERRIFIC GALE CAME UP AND SHE PARTED HER MOORING LINES AND WENT ALL HANDS WERE SAVED. ASHORE. SHE WAS LOADING FOR g— HERE was a scurry for cover yes- terday along the water front. Shipmasters joined their vessels in a hurry and many a perilous voyage had the boatman to make in order to get the captains aboard. All steamers and wind-jammers along the southerly part of the front got out extra mooring lines and some of them procured bales of hay to act as fenders. Wednesday it blew even harder than it yesterday, but then the barometer 0.14 while yestcrday it was down to 20.9 and still falling. Again there came a dispatch from rort Harford say- ing a terrific southeaster was ragin| there and traveling northward. This all tended to make the snipmasters careful and every one of them 100k extra precau- tions to protect their ships. At 6 p. m. the barometer was 20.83 and still falling. GOES ASHORB AT FQRT ROSS The gale seems to be raging not only on the southern coast but all along the line The Gipsy reports a gale blowing at Santa Cruz and the schooner J. Eppinger went ashore at Fort | Ross and became a total loss. The Eppinger left here December 30, and having a fair wind made a _good run. There is no harbor at Fort Ross so the vessels have to make fast to moorings and the lumber and bark is gent out to them in chutes. Wednesday afternoon the gal came up, but it was an utter impossi- bility for the captain of the Eppinger o beat out to sea. When the wind gathered on the beach and watched the gallant little ex-sealer battle with ths elements.- Soon the 3eas were breaking all over the Eppinger, and when a rocket from the shore carried a line aboard the vessel. A hawser was made fast to the mainmast and then the other end was sent ashore. When it had been made fast the men left the vessel one after another, Captain Jensen being the last to take to the rope. At 8 p. m. her mooring lines one after the other and half an hour later she was a total wreck. There is a small wharf at Fort Ross, | but the lumber vessels never use It. Neither will any other small craft from this on untll it {s rebuilt. The wreckage from the Eppinger completely demolished it. The storm still continues up the coast and the waves are rolling in mountains | high at Fort Ross. Old-timers report by telephone that it is Lhe worst storm ever | known in that locality. |PILOT FREEMAN CARRIED TO SEA Captain Freeman took the big whale- back Titania to sea and is still aboard her. She went out Wednesday afternoon and hove to for a oilot-boat to come alongside when off the lightship. No small boat could live in the sea that was running, so the Titania was put on her course and Captain Freeman is now well on his way to Puget Sound. He will come home overland and will probably be on duty again next Monday. The colller Czarina was to have sailed for Seattle yesterday, but a breaking bar and falling barometer caused Captain Sea- man to postpone his departure until to- ie mail steamer Alameda got away for the colonies last night after the storm had partially abate SCHOONER IS NGARLY LOST The schooner Occidental left Eureka nineteen days ago and during all of that time the crew has never been away from the pumps. She is now at Ban Pedro, but the men have to keep pumping night and day for fear she should sink at her moor- ings. In his report Captain Rosich says that twice the schooner nearly foundered, owing to the break-down of the pumps. Boon after leaving Eureka the gale came down on them and the Occidental was at once in trouble. She began to leak, and then one of the pumps broke An attempt was made to return to Eureka, but it failed, so the schooner had to run before it. On the fourth day out the Occidental had four feet of water in her hold. From that on th ‘went from bad to worse until San Pe was reached. Captain Rosich says he will have to beach the schooner in order to find the leak before he can get back to San Francisco. MANDALAY HAS NARRQ_V_V ESCAPE The steam schooner Mandalay had a narrow escape at Hathaways wharf yes- terday. Owing to a strike among the men Wednesday she was not fully dis- charged and was lying alongside await- ing a chance to get away. A heavy swell soon began to roll in and the captain or- dered steam up. In the meantime the waves forced the floor plankings out of one of the warehouses and the Manda- lay began to chafe. Finally she was got away only to c%}lde with the Steuart- e street wharf. impact made the structure tremble. Later Chief Engineer Holmes and Assistant Chief Ryan visited the wharf and ordered every one off it. The gates were then closed and a notice , “No admittance, wharf - ous,” was posted on each gate. e Mandalay finally sought shelter in Oakland Creek. Should the gale continue all the city's improvements on the front will go. At noon yesterday twenty feet of the filli; PO one &t the Toot of Main street, haq been washed away and breaks were be- ginning in other places. The schooner 8. T. Alexander and the captain and crew decided to abandon tha | 1. the Eppinger parted | | | | | | egan | to whistle all the inhabitants of Fort Ross | steam schooner Grace Dollar were to have ccme off the drydock last Wednesday. The company will not allow the dock to be lowered, however, as the swell is so great that a general wreck might fol- low. The owners of the two vessels are furious, as they want to use their vessels at_once. The collier Willamette was to have docked at Beale street ies!erdn!fi but the British ship Austrasia held the fort. The captain of the latter vessel would gladly have gone into the stream, but the tug- boats would not take him until the gale is over. The wrecking scow that has been at work on the May Flint had to abandon her job and seek shelter under the lee of & | one of the wharves. The barks Gatherer and Challenger, anchored in the stream, early in the afternoon hoisted signals for tugs. Two boats went to them and towed them to a place of safety. The captain of the Ohfo, the ex-trans- port, sent up town and purchased five extra mooring lines. ~He now =ays that if the wharf holds his ship is safe. The T. C. Walker was in collision with the Goat Island tug Vigilant. The latter was tied up at the foot of Washington- street wharf and the Walker was making her berth. The wind and tide carried her down on the Vigilant. The tug was not badly damaged, but the Walker suffered considerably on the starboard side. NEWS OF THE OCEAN. Matters of Interest to Mariners and Shipping Merchants. The Columbia loads coal at Tacoma for Honolulu; the George Curtls, merchandise for Honolulu; the Vendee, wheat for Europe, 39s 3d. R il The Alameda’s Cargo. The steamship Alameda sailed yesterday for Sydney and way ports with a general cargo valued at $100,617, manifested as follows: For Australia, $60,434; for New Zealand, $37,519; for Samoa, §2664. The following were the prin- cipal shipments: For Australla—6 csks bottled beer, 7 crs bleycles and sundries, 44,800 Tbs bluestone, 47 bales broomcorn, 365 canned goods, 11,350 Ibs codflsh, 31,190 Tbs dried fruit, 47 cs drygoods, 26 cs electrical goods, 5 bbls fuse, &3 pkgs gro- ceres and provisions, 7 cs glassware, 17 _cs hardware, 5935 Ibs hops, 4000 feet lumber, 1350 ™s millstuffs, 1000 doors, 53 pkgs machinery, 24 rolls newspaper, 300 cs 60 bbls ol ofl clothing, 7 cs phonograph goods, 43 5 cs photo goods, 13 pkgs printing ink, paper, 2269 cs salmon, 6 crs wagon material, ¥ cs whisk: For New Zealand—8 cs bicycles and sundries, 24 csks bottled beer, 10 bales broomcorn, 570 pkge car material, 1787 cs canned goods, 3260 s codfish, 35,600 e dried fruit, 10 cs drygoods, 31 pkgs groceries and provisions, 1524 Ths hops, 15 keKAh litharge, 1800 jbs lard, 5 pkgs machin- ery, 188 cs metal polish, 4 pkes printing ink, 5 bbls oll, 8 cs photo goods, 409 bxs raisins, 655 Ibs seed, 10 cs shoes, 701 cs 20 kits salmon, 4 cs wine. _For Samoa—25 bxs apples, 30 cs 4200 18 bread, 17 cs canned goods, groceries and pro- visions, 8 cs hardwar bbls flour, 735 feet lumber, 175 s nuts, s onjons, 20 crs po- tatoes, = 60 cs 5 half-bbls sal- mom, 5000 s sugar, 5 cs whisky. o 25 A Cargo for Mexico. The schooner Eliza Miller cleared Tuesday for La Paz, with the following cargo valued at $11,841: 320 cs dynamite, 1360 cs § kegs powder, € cs caps, 30 cs fuse, 33 bales hay, 152 gals 30 cs wine, 15,467 feet lumber. Notice to Mariners. SHELTER COVE, CALIFORNIA. Notice has been received that Polnt Delgada bell buoy, painted black and marked ‘Del- gada” in white, used as a gulde for entering Shelter Cove, ' California, has been dragged about three-quarters of a mile to the north- ward of its proper position, and is now just outside the breakers. 'This bell buoy will be replaced as soon as practicable. This notice affects the “‘List of Beacons and Buoys, Pacific Coast, 190, page 25. By order of the Lighthouse Board. Commander, U. 8. N., Tnspector Twelttn L , U. 8. N., ctor ] - house District. 2 - o L L Shipping Intelligence. Thursday, January 3. P.!al:r Coronado, Johnson, 35 hours from San Stmr Santa Rosa, Alexander, from San Diego, etc. e 8 Taratey, 3 ursday, January 3. Stmr Columbia, Doran, Astoria. Heftng R e Stmr Westport, Exicsson, —. Stmr Luella, Madsen, —. Stmr Pomona, Sm‘hlnkl. Stmr Excelsior, Humphireys, | A Seattle. Nor stmr Titania, Egenes, Nanalmo. Br stmr Robert Adamson, Morgan, Nanaimo. CLEARED. Thursday, January 2. Stmr Corona, Gielow, San Pedro; Goodall Perkins & Co. I, m:-mt Pomongc‘, Shea, Bureka; Goodall, Per- Stmr Czarina, Seaman, Seattle; B Stmr Alameda, Herriman, S: 3 v’fnmno» lulu; J D Spreckels & Bros Co. Bktn le Castle, Nilson, Honolulu; J D Bros Co. Spreckels RETURNED. Shur Oiger, Nends Bea 8 m’mem;l' POINT LOBOS, Jan & 10 eather , Jan 1 cloudy; wind S8, veloelty 32 milbe " MISCELLANEOUS. , Jan 3—Br ship silgRom, Be B b Jurnt, bun with sundry losses and damages sustained in heavy weather. Shipped a quantity of water, which got Into forepeak. Vessel has seven feet of water in lower ASTORIA, Jan 3—U § stm: here 10-day for cruise in seach of Br ship Ane drada. HONOLULD . Seles. Do se-snto . Tesmes g e N N BATTLB Arved Jan Tos Martha ved Jan Tuft, from Orca. e Y Salled Jan 1-Stmr Senator, for Skaguay; stmr Roancke, for San Arrived Jan' 2-Stmr Victoria, from Hong- NEAH BAY—Passed in Jan 3 for an 3—N i stmr Tel. lus, hence Dec 31, for nus. Passed out Jan 3—Stmr Washtenaw, from Tacoma, for San Franecisco. In bay Jan 3—Stmr Rival, from Port Had- lock, for from Port San Franclsco; schr Comet, Blafaly, for san pedro” S e ALy B oy Sy o sernad — Sailed Jan 3—Stmr Whitesboro, for San Fran- cisco. ASTORIA—Salled Jan 3—Stmrs Signal and Geo W Elder, for San Francisco. Arrived Jan 2—Br ship Province, from Aca- pulco. SAN DIEGO—Sailed Jan 3—Stmr Lakme, for San Francisco. TACOMA—Salled Jan 2—Br bark Adderly, for Sydney. EASTERN PORT. NEW YORK-—Salled Jan 2—Stmr Alllanca, for Colon. FOREIGN PORTS. HONGKONG—Arrived Jan 3—Jap stmr Nip- pon Maru, hence Dec 6. Jan 2—Schr Com- merce, from Port Blakeley. YOKOHAMA—Salled Jan 1—Jap stmr Hong- kong Maru, for San Francisco. NANAIMO—Arrived Jan 2-Stmr San Jose, hence Dec 2. WCOLON —Afrived Jan 1—Stmr Advance, from New York. DOVER—Passed Dec 18—Ger stmr Penteur, from London, for San Francisco. f‘A}LLAO—Saned Dec 10—Br bark Stillwater, burg. 'APULCO—Salled Dec 31—Stmr Newport, for San Franc 3 NEW YORI cogne, for Havre: Grosse, for Bremen, via Cherbourg and South- ampton; stmr Oldenburg, for Bremen. ANTWERP—Arrived Jan 3—Stmr Switzer- land, from Philadelphia. QUBENSTOWN—Arrived Jan 3-Stmr Mont- , from St John, N B, and Halifax, for Liverpool, Sailed Jan 3-Stmr Lake Superfor, for Hall- fax and St John, N B; stmr Germanle, for New York; both from Liverpool NAGASAKI—Sailed Dec 24—Stmr Frederica; for San Francisco. LIVERPOOL—Sailed Jan 2—Stmr Pennland, for Philadelphia. At SLILIE Steamer Movements. TO ARRIVE. From. Crescent City Newpor Mattewan...... | Tacoma ........ R T State of Cal.... | Victoria & Puget Sound Jan. Gaelic. China and Japan........|Jan. Alllance. San Diego .| Seattle . Humboldt TO SAIL. Sails. | Pter. Pler 13 Pler 2 Pier — Pler 11 Pler 2 Pler 2 Pier 13 Pier 11 Pler § Pler 7 Pler 2 Piler 11 Arcata......|Coos Bay North Fork. Humboldt Coquille Riv 12 9am |Mexican Pts. Coos Bay. Portland . |Pan. & Wi Newport . ‘hina & Jap. an. & Way. Bonita, N City Peking |C] Peru P Jan. Grays Harbor|Jan. 9, Ptld & C. Bl|Jan. 10, . Sun, Moon and Tide. United States Coast and tic - Survey— Times and Heights of High Low Waters at_Fort Polnt, Francisco Bay. Published thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and. low. waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty- five minutes later than at Fort. Point; the height of tide is the same at both places. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 wumber given is by the charts. The plat .I: ‘mean of the lower low waters. S HOUSE PILED INTO DEBRIS A new residence, situated at 2151 Folsom street, was blown down last evening by the force of the storm. qm ruahmu ‘was frame an Trecentl; e Samoioren B Contractor William 1 Helbing for Willlam Foley, a saloon- keeper at Seventeenth and Fol streets. e force of the wind razed the house to the foundation and piled up into a mass of debris the entire material used in construction. Th}] oss will amount to about $3000, which will fall on Contractor glolll%l'ns. as no insurance covered the ng. Shelrlfeefocfofeefule AN RAFAEL, Jan. 3—A terrific windstorm {is raging here to- night. Tin roofs have been car- rled away, fences and signs blown down and much minor damage done. It Is reported that the steamer San Ra- fael, while docking at Sausalito, was car- ried broadside on against the piles. The passengers at once became panic-stricken and the efforts of cooler heads to pacify them were futile. Screaming women and children climbed over the side of the ves- sel and sprang to the wharf. Wires are all down and full details of the accident are lacking. Two chimneys on the Wilkins building in this city were blown down and crashed throug%the roof, wrecking the upper floor of the building. A rumer is current here that a large gum tree fell across a broad gauge freignt train, wrecking it. Owing to interrupted telemfhlc and telephonic communica~ tion it is impossible to verify the story. A number of yachts and arks are an- chored in the bay. All have suffered se- verely, and it is feared that some will go down. The full extent of the damage cannot be estimated. TRAIN IS BLOWN FROM THE TRACK RENO, Jan. 3.—Reno was visited last night and to-day by one of the most se- vere windstorms ever experienced in this vicinity. The wind attained a velocity of something over sixty miles per hour and the destruction of property will reach into the thousands. Parry’s livery stable, one of the largest brick buildings in the town was badly wrecked. Four persons barely escaped with their lives, two of them being quite badly hurt by falling brick and timbers. The Central Pacific roundhouse was almost totally wrecked. Dozens of large chimneys and smoke- stacks were toppled over. Telephone wires and poles in all parts of the city are down and business is virtually at a standstill awajting the cessation of the storm. Fire alarms are of frequent oc- currence, but fortunately none of the fires have as yet gained any headway. Considerable damage was done to the bullding of the State University. Plate glass was smashed in some of the large residences throughout the city. The storm is general throughout this section and as far east as Western Utah. A report has just reached here that the Nevada, California and Oregon narrow gauge passenger train, due here this even- ing at 5 p. m., has been blown from the track, fifty miles north of Reno, and sev- eral passengers hurt. one of whom, Miss Dodge of Susanville, is badly in- jured and will probably die. A wrecking force has gone to the scene of the disas- ter. The Virginia and Truckee passenger train, bound for Reno from Virginia City, had a narrow escape from being wrecked about twenty miles south of here. train, while going at fuil speed, was sud- denly brought to a full stop by the force of the wind as the train was rounding a curve and one of the trucks on tha ba, gage car left the ralls just as the train came to a halt. Rain is pouring down and no prospect of cessation. TRAFFIC TIED UP IN OREGON ASHLAND, Or., Jan. 3.—The unprece- dented snowstorm which began January 1 has been raging all day throughout the Siskiyou Mountains, Northern California and the canyon of the Sacramento with unabated fury. At Ashland and the lower levels it has been raining, with snow at intervals. The railroad situation on the Southern Pacific is not as hopeful as it appeared last night, and a blockade exists at Castella, seven miles below Dunsmuir, on the Sacramento division. Two local passenger trains, No. 12 and the Oregon express, No. 16, are south of that point, unable to get through. South-bound pas- senger trains Nos. 15 and 11, which left Ashland yesterday, have run as far as Dunsmuir, where they are held. No. 15, which left Ashland at noon hauled by eight engines, had only proceeded as far as Siskiyou, seventeen miles, up to 10 o'clock to-night. No. 11, due here at mid- night, will be held at Ashland. Manager Koehler, Superintendent Fields and Resi- dent Engineer Grohndall of the Southern Pacific are at Dunsmuir. No freight trains are sent south of Ash- land. At 10 o’clock to-night the snow lies all over Northern California and the Sis- kiyous from one to two feet deeper than the previous record breaking year of 1589- 90, There is eleven feet of snow on the level at the raflway crossing of the Siski- yous, six feet at Yreka, six feet at Sisson and nine feet at Dunsmuir. The wind is blowing hard and the snow drifting badly on the south side of the Siskiyous, while it Is wet and heavy on the north side. e TONS OF SNOW BLOCK ROADS YREKA, Jan. 3—The snowstorm of the last forty-eight hours has passed all pre- vious records, seventy-two inches having fallen since Tuesday evening and it is still snowing furiously. Buildings are fall- ing in under the tremendous weight and every person in town that is able to handle a shovel, including many profes- sional men and merchants, is working night and day cleaning snow from house- tops, and the demand for shovelers has been so great that $2 au hour is being ald. pNorfll and south bound trains, engines and snowplows are snowed in at different places in the county on the line of the railroad. The Fort Jones and Etna stage has been since yesterday morning trying to cume a distance of eighteen miles and it is feared that it is helpless in the Scott Valley Mountains. To-morrow the stage com- gnny intends driving twenty-five head of orses across the mountain in the at- tempt to open the road. Two_engines hauling g single car left here for Montague yesterday and have been unable to return. Two hundred and twenty-five excursion- ists from this county and as many more from Southern Oregon and other points are in San Francisco unable to return on account of the blockade. PERISHES IN SIGHT OF HOME YREKA, Jan. 3.—Harry Smith, one of the most favorably known young men in this, place, perished from exhaustion and exposure in the Humbug Mountains last night within ht of his home. He and his father work at the Sgulliu- mine, twelve miles distant, and when the storm set in he started for home to look after the property. His mother was alone, his only brother having left a few s since or San Francisco on ais bridal trip. oung Smith was a strong and powerfully built man, but the snow piling up deeper and deeper exhausted his vitality during the many hours he struggled in his efforts to reach his mother and home. The Red Men'’s lodge, of which he was a member, sent out four men on horseback to at- tempt to recover the body and bring it into town. STORM BREAKS UPON OAKLAND OAKLAND, Jan. 8.—Rain In torrents be- gan to fall at 3 o'clock this afternoon, with little abatement of the high winds which have :ed for (‘y-dfl:lzblhnun hereabouts, There was a ptible ris- ing of the temperature m: coming of the downpour. Fruit men are well con- tent with the prospects. The cold of the preceaing days has checked early budding o of frult. With ample rain the trees will be in excellant condition for the spring blossoming, which now will not come un- til there has been moisture to supply the trees and vines. During the gale this morning the anemometer on the High School building. was wrecked. The bay was foamy and so rough that the creek boat Newark was withdrawn from regular service. The steamer had a very hard trip to San Francisco at 8 o’'clock this morning. The freight boat Mount Eden started from Oakland about the same hour. but was turned back because of rough water. TWO VESSELS IN COLLISION Shortly after 8 o'clock and while the wind was blowing its hardest the Ameri- can bark Theobald and the British bark Invermark crashed together in the stream below Harrison-street wharf. Distress signals were fired from one of the vesseis and a few moments later the tugs Re- llef, Monarch and Rellance were engaged in separating the ships. In less than an hour both had been towed to a safe an- chorage and extra mud hooks were put out to Insure against drifting about in th_le.h storm. e Invermark lost her jibboom part of her bowsprit in the c’olhslou. — | the Theobald suffered to the extent of a sprung mainmast. The Theobald is a Wooden vessel and has a full load of lum- ber. The Invermark is of iron and is logded with wheat for, Europe T ent of the Theobald's cannot be estimated until her ¢ un;“.: been unloaded. When the tugs left her she had a bad list to starboard and there is a chance that she migh badly dam- aged below the water Hne = > FERRY BOATS ARE STOPPED Passengers on the 8:30 o narr gauge boat to Oakland 1-fé°3¢m ~ given a ride across the bay and th brought back to this side to await the pleasure of the gale. When the steamer reached Alameda mole the wind was shifting in all directions and making such a choppy sea at the slip that the captain put about and headed for San Franeisco, deeming it unsafe to attempt a z at the other side. Th assenge: transferred to the broad-gange b?ns." The Stockton River boats were ed for some little time waiting £ to moderate. Most of t.b‘. 5’ m. ‘:‘r: Wwere more than anxious to avold crossing and the upper bay during th: detention caused fewgm'o«tu.° o BATTLESHIP GOES ADRIFT Reports were current last the big battleship Wisconsin dnrgth:d tr‘::; her moorings at the Union Iron Works and was seen off Hunters Point in dan- ger of being driven ashore. Captain Stlovich of the tug Rellef says he saw the mi fighting machine or Hunters Polnt but apparently in no serious dan- r. When the storm waned the diffi- culty of holding _the s! steady was not “great, and she had doubtless found secure anchorage. ADVERTISEMENTS. THE MONEY-SAVING FURNITURE and CARPET HOUSE. LT T OUR NEW STORES. It will pay you to visit us and see our new stock of good goods. Wil be pleased to show you around. The latest designa. lowsst prices 104 best of all 10 per cent off for cash. Brices marked in plain figures. Special bargains in every department. Otfice furniture a spectalty. Household goods of_every description. Commence the New Year by duying from us and save money. CASH OR CREDIT. KRAGEN FURNITURE CO 1015-1017 Market Street, Tel. South 87L Ovp. Taylor st. MONARCH SHOE COMPANY FOR SALE. 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