The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1901, Page 3

'Hl SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1901. PREDICTIONS POINTING TO A CONTINUATION OF THE GREAT STORM THAT IS SWEEPING COAST AND STATE AND CAUSING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE —_— Electric Wire- Displaced by the Big Storm Causes the Death of Carl Dorge loh, a Call Carrier i | . N H, THE BY COMI WN DOWN BY 1 SWSPAPER CA RRIER WITH WHO A LIV WAS KILLED | >TRIC | ed the loss to the dam to s ribers and Frederick lad associates. Boreas Gave Way to Jupiter Pluvius. pted piter Pluvius t according the storm king will prob- ncisco again to-day. low which did so much wursday was succeeded y us showers and but little d not retire be- Francisco had work, but he n area of high 1 from British eed the warnin ide thems overshoes es will ng to b er ese artic t down what direction and telephone maged condl as to the d light the poles b ility of anothe wires away, es of passers by reathing spots and in rk and the panhandle the storm was shown by broken 1 flowers. ce and business portion of ment was given to many b to be seen out The storm had back- 2 wind forced the wat right up to the drive- was 1o be seen of the U House. With s dashed on the of white spray alr. Many per- weather yes- ture, was the hap- rday, for all n New Year's as to the storm had come true, caking of the Storm and®the e nditions last e Mr. Mc! st ie At § p. m. the reports show that the storm covers the entire Pacific siope. It i g at Los Angeles and the cor r rain are favorable south of th sapl. Rain 18 wanted badly in hern portion of the Btate and it if they are in for a good scak- San Luis Obispo 2.44 inches of fallen in the last twelve hours ncisco we have had fifty-si redths v;)il an inch in the las an st twenty-four hours. The diminished to-day and I don't will have another blow like that day night. We will have cloudy requent rains, u:gelhex with The chaage of the wind to- the north amounts to very little, e storm is still off the coast of Central California and is being forced slowly southward b; At an area of high pressure ng down from Alberta Frnvlnce‘ in Canada. In other words, the pressure has ® | ana s with the un- elgh angerous advertising fences v seen in the wreckage of th yesores. A the < ~walks were blocked - the ruined ces, and where the wreckage ha cieared away the | printed bills formerly on the 1 s de angerous for pedestriar t he compa roken windows, chimneys | three-quarters of an ! ced the storm ba n it came from snow will contin the Sierras and Cascade Mour 4 The records show some remarkable fig- as to the force of the wind on Thur In the morning it was 26 miles d increased steadily. The highest s at 6:48 p. m., when it recor, an hour from the southeast, mile: Galveston during the big_storm the highest velocity St an hour was 68 miles. At 1 p. m. the wind blew on the top of tha building at 66 miles an hour, but | ¥ for one minute, Had it lasted longer | here would have been serious damage. | The highest velocity recorded in Galves- | ton for a single minute was 100 mile - wind gradually died out on Thursda t, until at 10:15 o'clock, it recorded 2 n hour, whi is our usual summer where the storm now 1 be experiencing heavy weat nk that it was foolish for Pomona and Titania to go n Thursday in face of the warningd!| ~d. 1 predicted this storm om January d every point on the coast was noti- | We are getting but little informa on to-day, as the wires are down in all | We off from the north | pais-by our pn- | m: -morrow you will want | mackintosh, but there nger of your umbreila MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE AT THE PRESIDIO CAMP | «d ha m p! 1d trees mp sulf the te with the | at the Presidic. | red the greatest eing blown to ™ y put up in Model | the Gre brickvards w the recruits with- | down. as were those the gas company but one of the |in this city. tents being blown over. The high fences | _ ThiS MOrning a narrow gauge train was y | stopped by a gum trec across the track. | around the grounds, most of which werc | 1t hoc soin reomm o thickly cov vy, offered a fair | At Larkspur the fuil force of the st mark for wind and fully seventy-five | wa It swept up the canyons a feet were blown flat. Fully fifty large | fence Toofs and vorches went by ths s were uproote i hourd. ree houses were demolishcd. frecs yrers wmwobted and in mauy other § ol Gwelling of A . MATIIOLE was’ ro cases large branches were broken awa duced to debris, the Heydenfeldt from the trunks. Despite the stormy weather the steamcr Resolute was enabled to make one trip from the transport dock to the Presidio wharf with 13 of the bodies brought from Manila on the Grant. Handling the remains was not an casy matter owing to the immense weight of the zinc-lined | caskets and the contents, the choppy ¢ dition of the bay and the heavy rain, but they were all placed under cover béeforc | rl'.'eflfa!l, It is expected the transfer of the bodies will be completed to-day. Acting Assistant Surgeon Walter C. | Chidester has been assigned to temporary luty at the general hospital, awalting transportation to the Philippines. TELEGRAPH SERVICE IS DISORGANIZED was practically useless yesterday. Many poles were blown down by the heav wind Thursday night and the service is especially bad from all points north of Redding. The trains due here at 8:45 a. m. . yesterday could not get out s necessary to send ngers along In two sections with d of cach section. The ated passe: s are expected to reach toward evening. e only wire to Dunsmuir is via Ch A ‘big rotary plow was started orth of Dunsmuir yesterday morning. | The snow is from six 1v eight feet deep of D the pa; FALLING TANK | DESTROYS HOUSE MEDA, Jan. 4—By the falling of a and windmill during the height of | the storm last night a house on the prop- erty of Mrs. J. J. Dunleavy, corner Ninth | street ana al avenue. was destroyed | and the grounds and surrounding places | were inundated. The house was occupled | by a Mexican couple, who got out of it 'Ju!t in time to save themselves from being | killed cr seriously injured by the flying | debris. It was about 7 o'cleck, when the wind was blowing fiercest, that the tank came | down with a crash. It was a rickety affair and had been swaying ominously | all day. The tank had been filled to over- flowing by the recent rains. The noise of the falling tlm!§ startled the entire | netgnborhood. hen the people rushed | out of thelr houses o sce what was the matter they found.ihat the Dunleavy cot- tage had been demwiished. It was flat- tgned on the ground. One or two up- rights of the windmill left standing bore Some fears were expressed among the spectators that the occupants of the welling had been caught in the wreck- and killed. But later they were founa mong the spectators of the wreck and were given shelter for the night. All their | effects were desu-o)’(—d. The water from the wrecked tank root- ed_out a couple of trees and a lot of | shfubbery on the Dunleavy property. The | Dunleavys have a_saloon on the corner | and_the floor of this was flooded. The yards of several other residents in the Vicinity were also flooded, though nc &Zreat damaze was done to them. . . | evidence to what had happened. the hotel, all of whom, fortunately, ¢ caped unhurt. Much of the furniture ha been removed to the pavilon, where | will remain until the hotel is repaire A large bric | it Wind Tears the Roof From Tamalpais Tavern and Sends It Crashing Down the Mountain Side —- Storm’s Damage in Marin, County e | THE T TAMALPAIS TAVERN, WHICH WAS UNROOFED BY THE WIND DURING THE STORM OF THURSDAY NIGHT. 'AVERN STANDS AT THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT TAMALPAIS AND IS WELL | NIANS AND VISITING SIGHTSEERS. KNOW TO CALIFOR- B2 — o > = — = .'rlfl‘fi‘rfi‘?"}"l‘fl*}-H-{-l-Hfi*}‘ B e e e e e e e L e ) ¥ Telegraphic reports from various points in Central and Northern California testify to the fury I of the storm of Thursday night and yesterday. In Marin County and throug: the Sonoma Valley exten- 31: sive damage was done. A number of dwellings were razed by the wind and in all directions leveled feness < % boats were lost. : E ; + AN RAFAEL. Jan. 4—-With d structive fury the storm king tra- versed this cics and county night, causing Gamage that amount to thoussands of doll S w rs. The storm reached its height at 8 o'clock. | Fallen trees, wreck dows, leveled fenc .d splintered she and outbuildings greeted the eye to-day as reminders of the breezy visitation. The storm vented the full force of its fury upon the Tamalpais Tavern, situ- ated at the top of Moant Tamalpais. r the brush-covered ridges and across s bleak summit the wind and rain swept with terrific force. The roof of the tavern was torn from the builaing and scattered over the moustain side. ‘tae sound of its fall was rd above the din of the storm and caused terror am>ug the inmates d roofs, broken W Ov r iy chimney on the Whlk building in thi€ city was blown dow ¢ hed through the roof and | to the offices of Lennon & Hawkins. Mr. Leu- non narrowly escaped death from the show f bricks. A roof wi 'n from a cot by M. F. Cochrane. A warehouse Cheda & Co. at th landing was down. West of this , on the Hotaling ranch, a large bar in course of construction was blown down Dozens of ral ¢ porches and roofs were wreck whilc storm raged 1 telephone a the telegraph service was put out of comm it sion and eral days outb will b 1. The s Wi and Helling houses. By good fortune the houses were unoccupied at the time. At Sausalito the s narrow gauge carsneds, many cars in the debris. vhart was damaged and severa! small beats were lost. Last night the steamers had much difficulty in landing, but beyond fright and seasickness among some of the pas- sengers little damage was done. In’ Mill Valley the Woodward House lost its roof and windows and fences throughout the valley suffered. At Tiburon several small boats were lost. At Point San Pedro the Chinese shrimp fishing villages were almost swept away. The frightened Mongols left their flimsy shelters and sought refuge in tho gulches back of their camps. Many of their nets, wharves and junks were lost. A half doZen of their huts were picked up by the storm and scattered over the ridges. Up_ the channel of a siough this side of Black Point two market hunters battled all night for their Iives. Their small ark pounded itself to pleces in tlLe shallow water and the two men tried to wade to the shore. They mired in the soft ooze repeatedly and several times almost gave up hope, but by hard work they reached solid ground. at midnight and made thelir way to a farmhouse. Bolinas has not been heard from. Fallen trees blocked the road and have destroyed the telephone line. In Lagunitas Canyon a woodchopper’s cabin was crushed by a falling pine tree and the man had a miraculous escape from death. The trunk of the tree fell across the lower end of the small hut, crushing the little struc- ture to the ground. Its occupant was sleeping on his bunk at the other end of the cabin and escaped with a few bruises. WOMAN STAGE-DRIVER HAS A NARROW ESCAPE CLOVERDALE, Jan. 4—Mrs. C. J. Milde, wife of the contractor carrying the mail between this place and Christine, Mendocino County, had a thrilling ex- perfence this morning. For the past few weeks Mrs. Milde has been making alter- nating trips with her husband, owing to the bad condition of the roads. Each would leave opposite ends of the route at the same time, meeting and passing at Yorkville. This morning Milde arrived at the meeting place first and while stand- ing before a store in which the postoffice is Jocated he heard a woman scream. Looking in the direction of the sound he saw his wife had just started to fopd Rancherfa Creek, thé bridge being washed awag'- and the stream greatly swollen by the heavy rain. She had discovered when too late that she had made a terrible mistake. The stage started to float down stream. Calling for help, Milde made a dash for the edge of the stream, less than 100 yards away. A bystander. picking up a coil of rope. joined him. Milde made a splendid throw of the rope aud his wife caught one end and fastenad it around her bosy. Then she threw herself bodily into the torrent and was hauled ashore, though nearly drowned. The stage was carried away end the mall lost. Both horses drowned and their carcasses were founa this afternoon a mile below the scene of the accident. The storm of yesterday and to-day did a great deal of damage in this section. {mprisoning Aw - | Frem orm demolished the | and trees and the wreckage of chimneys, signs and roofs are left as riminds:rs of the prankish zephyrs. Guests of Tamalpais Tavern, at the peak of the mountain across the bay, wer: given a severe fright. famous hostelry was unroofed and its inmates fearcd for a time that the entire structure would be car- ried away. At Tiburon and Sausalito considerable damage was done tc wharves and a number of small Throughout the interior of the State there was much destruction of property. ports the loss of the entire plant of the Sheba Mining Company, in which San Franciseans ars heavily in- terested. The damage resulted from a snowslide that occurred on Weduesdoy. e all parts of Scnoma County reports of hiown down, br ed aw phone and light wires ed. Th b! a br cr an River here carried a w LANDSLIDES INCREASE AND DELAY TRAFFIC ASHLAND, Or., Jan. 4.—With the ex- ception of Sisson, Cal.. where it is still snowing to-night, all points in the track f the great owstorm that has been raging in Northern ( fornia & South- ern Oregon since New Year's night re- | port an abatement of the storm. The tuation on the S en Pa road has fmproved during the evening the blockade which h on the acramento ivision south of Du; muir was raised. One passenger train was started from Dunsmuir on its way yuth and one nor that they will get through. In addition to con ting the snowdrift in tne Sacran nto Canyon and in the deep cuts of the u Mountains the raliroad has two la s tella to contend ind several hundred men has succee clearing the track ive snow an immense force of snowshovelers are operating south of {ne summit of the 8, nd no effort or expense is being red to clear the road. gines that day's south-bound expr skiyous to Hornbrook on re- ng this mo g to Ashland en- : countered a drift m: than fourteen feet deep in a two-mile cut on the north side of the mountains, a few mlles south of | here. A snowplow and ajlarge gang of | men have been at work dll day digging them out and it is expected that they will reach Ashland before to-morrow morning. The _company been engaging the | men along the line that could be had at increased wages to sihovel snow and clear the tracks and two iarge gangs of them arrived here from the north this morn- ng. The passengers on trains Nos. 11 and |15, which arrived from Portland this | morning, are held i Ashland, those on !No. 11 also will be held here. A train was made up here this afternoon and started for Portland with local passengers and mail. A4 'STOR-H CAUSES EEA-VY DAMAGE IN PETALUMA PETALUMA, Jan. $—The wind and rain | storm of last night caused considerable damage to property in this city. Three houses were demolished and others were damaged. Roofs were blown from business blocks and scores of fences, signs and trees were leveled. The telephone, tele- graph and electric power and light wires were broken and tangled, and the city was without light. power or communica- | tion service. Factories and machine | shops had to close this morning on ac- ; count of there being no power. he wind caused several small fires, and in the midst of the storm the fire department responded to an alarm. The John Tobin home, on Keller street, was overturned and wrecked. A house on Kentucky street owned by the F. Timms estate was crushed by a falling tree. Samuel Smith’s house was wrecked by timbers from ihe warehouse building of the Petaluma Incubator Company, which | was demolished. The roof of the City Hall was blown into the street. and the roofs of two warehouses owned by George P. McNear were blown off, MINING COMPANY’S PLANT DESTROYED YREKA, Jan. 4—The big snowslide that occurred on Patterson Creek swept away the entire plant of the Sheba Mining Comipany. The property is owned largely by San Francisco partes. At a late hour this afternoon five weary horses and riders came into town, one man leading a horse to which was lashed the body of Harry Smith, the unfortunate young man who lost Lis iife in the severe snowstorm of Wednescay night. The res- County Asesessor Nally and Messrs. Nol- ton, Bridges and Brown, anrd had been out since daylight this morning. BLOCKADE CONTINUES ON OREGON DIVISION SACRAMENTO, Jan. 4—The storm continues in this locality, with a heavy rain and a high wind. Snow is falling in the mountains from Emigrant Gap to Tunnel Thirteen, on the Central Pacific, but traffic is not impeded, all trains ar- riving on time. ‘On the Oregon division | the blockade continues and no trains have arrived in two days. The telegraph lines are not working north of Red Biuff, and no word has n _recelved from the scene of the blockade. b WINDSTORM AND RAIN AT INTERIOR POINTS RIO VISTA, Jan. 4—During the storm last night the t end of the California Transportation Company's large corru- wated iron warehouse at the foot of Sac- e, joofeeleets with the expectation | culng party consisted of Sheriff Freshour, | The Yreka Gt about and roof was biown off. Large psed a of the sections cf the £. with timbers a different directions nsferred to the He expo River Steamers During Thursday’s Seek Cover Storm. Revenuz Cutters in Trouble N underpinning of the wharves has and the bay A few v suffcred considera -d with floating pile -d thelr anchors. Dr. K cum all of yesterday getting the ne hulk Omaha back to her prop- chorage. camers were delayed, th v is cove drags steam | fishing fiect had to take refuge in Drakes | | covered part of the building. The damage | will amount to several hundred dollars. MILTON, Jan. - of the heaviest windstorms Cf vim-s prevailed here last night. > iamage resulted. | Al day the wi ained high, com- ying from the rainy quarter, and showers have fallen at intervals during the day. | The indications point to a corilnued and heavy storm. | VALLEJO, Jan, 4.—The heaviest wind- | storm in ten years struck Valiejo last evening at 8 o'c’oc nice brick of the Pi blown down. Two I the Starr Mills toppl SANTA CRUZ, J was a he rain- heavy rain and At Boulder Creek there Thirty feet of cor- adelphia House was 1 was 1 inch. was 415 inche: JAMESTOWN, Jan. | windstorm yesterday atternoon | menced raining throughout this section | shortly after dark. The precipitation up | 10 5 o'clock to-day was .§3 of an inch. A telephone me 4.—After a it | ports a stead wfall all \day above MANTOW Jan. 4.—The new y r opened with the heaviest frost of the sea- i Yesterday during a terrific wind- m rain fell in torrents throughout this There vy snowfall in the Coast rang ntinue: SANTA CL 5 y rainfail is fecorded for the last twenty-four hours. The storm began at 4:15 p. m. yesterday and up to 2 p._.m. 1.6 inches had falle | SAN JOSE 4.—Between § o'clo last night and daylight this morning 2.35 inches of rain fell in San Jose, while in the hills the precipitation was much reater. The high wind of yesterday in- ired fruit trees throughout the valiey. PACIFIC GROVE, Ja The severest windstorm of the year occurred here last | night, acccmpanied by a copious rainfall. | Wires throughout the entire district were | down and telegraphic and telephonic com- | munication was completely cut off up to § | o'clock to-night. SANTA MARIA, Jan. 4.—Rain fell here | ail day. The season’s rainfall to date is nearly eight inches. | TFRESNO, Jan. 4—To-day's rain has | come to the people of Fresno as a wel- | come change from the severe cold of the last three or four days. The frost did | no material injury and the rain has only been a drizzle. | STOCKTON, Jan. 4—A cold wind has | been blowing all day here and local show- ers fell at intervals. The strong wind early this morning caused some damage =bout the city. but the total is small. | ,LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4—Rain began | falling at 9 o'clock this evening, putting | an end to the apprehensions of the citrus | fruit growers, who had been led to fear a killing frost by the temperature of the last few days. SAN MIGUEL, Jan. 4—After a week of the coldest weather ever experienced in this section a steady, soaking raln is falling. ——— CROSSED WIRES GIVE SHOWERS OF SPARKS The alarm from box at 6 p. m. was caused by crossed electric wires on the Murphy building at 1238 Market street. No damage was dona. Soon after 9 o’clock the cut wires became crossed again and gave a brilllant electric display for half an hodr or more. Linemen were called and the wires were cut for the second time. There was considerable consterna- tion amonf the tenants of the building, but thelr fears were quickly allayed. —_— PROBABLY A SUICIDE. Inquest Over Headless Body Found on Mount Markham. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4—Coroner Hol- land went up to Mount Markham, just east of Mount Lowe, this morning to hold an Inquest over the headless human body found there. No trace of the missing skull was found, though a careful search was made. Near by, however, a razor was found, and it was determined by the jury that it was a case of suicide, the disappearance of the head being ac- counted for on the theory that it had been carried away by wild beasts. The bones were buried on the top of the mountaln, an undertaker having been taken up trom Pasadena for the purpose. The Coroner obtained pleces of the varfous articles of clothing, one of the shoes, the cuff but- tons and other articles to aid in identifi- cation of the remains. g gl TWO SCHOONERS ASHORE. NEWPORT, Or., Jan. 4—The schooner which was reported ashore, bottom up, six miles south of Alsea Bay, is the Jo- seph and Henry from San Francisco. Thy is nothing in the hold. Men Trom the Scene this afiermong 3‘5}: another three-masted schooner ashore, waterl , a few yards below the J and . It Is thought b; some to be wrecl rIrom the .Yocegh .ni Hen‘r{. but that considercd unlikely. The life-saving crew has gone to the age from Strawberry re- | out- sters were all behind time, ward bound vcssels are waiting for gale to subside in orcer to get to sea and work along the front is at a standstlll. Should it clear up during the night there will be a rush to discharge and load, and longshoremen will be in demand. arrivals yesterday were very few and far between. The Point Arena got in from Point Arena. Last Wednesday she ran into very heavy weather. When the steamer began to labor the captain ran into Drakes Bay. There she lay for twen- ty-four hours, and while there the fishing fieet came rrying in to keep her com- pany. When the Point Arena steamed away for San Franc'sco yesterday morn- ing she left quite a fleet behind her. s ‘ River Steam:rs in Plenty of Trouble. The steamer Gold started for Petaluma last Thursday afterncon. When the gale came up she was in a perilous position for a few minutes, but the captain managed fo get her about and succeeded in reach- ing a place of refuge under Point Pedro. The J. D. Peters and the Captain Weber both left Stockton while the gale was rag- ing. The Peters went back to her berth but the Weber kept on. She was blown on a mudbank and hung there for ten hours. Finally she was got off and made San Francisco at 1:30 p. m. yesterday. The Peters remained at Stockton all night, and when the gale was over started for | San Francisco, arriving here at 3:30 p. m. The Sacramento steamer Apache here at 1 p. m. Thursday, but when well on her way the gale became so heavy that she had to put about and seek shelter un- der the lee of The Brothers. The Vallejo gteamer Monticello was also caught In the ‘gale. Crossing from Lom- bard-street wharf to Angel Island she got the full force of the blast and lay over until her decks were awash. Passing The Brothers she caught it again. but her cap- tain stuck to It and she finally reached Vallejo, not on time, but still in the ring. STEAMER AMERICAN COMES INTO PORT The Hawallan-American Steamship Company's new steamship American ar- rived from New York yesterday. She is a_duplieate of the Californian, bullt by the Union Iron Works, aud seems to be as equally good a vessel as the one now under charter to the Government. The Amer- fcan left New York sixty-six dn‘ ago and called at St. Lucas for coal. Her next stop was at Coronel and from there on to San Francisco without We had a splendid trip all the around until we struck the Farallones,” said Captain Macdonald yes- terday. “Then I thought I was off Cape Hatteras again. It blew a hurricane and carried away a few ventilators and smashed in a few skylights, but the dam- age does not amount to a row of pin: The American will go from here to Puget Sound, where she will load Honolulu. Hilo and load sugar ‘or New York and will then come back ‘o San Francisco. NEWS FROM AMONG WHARVES AND DOCKS Captafn Metcalfe, Lloyds’ surveyor, writing from Santa Rosalia, is of the opinion that the German ship Edmund that went ashore there last month will be got off. She is broadside on the beach and drawing twelve feet aft and nine feet forward. The Spreckels’ tug Luckenbach is hard at work pumping her out, while stevedores are at work remov- Ing the ballast. Judging from the news recelved, the Edmund should now be off the beach and any day a telegram may be expected stating that she is on her way to San Francisco In tow of the Lucken- bach. A. Peterson, an insane man, jumped off the Jackson-street wharf yesterday. He was rescued by some of the dock hands and hurried to the Harbor Hospital, where Dr. Putnam soon had him out of danger. He says he formerly worked in the Iron Mountain copper mines, but that his home is in heaven. et - VLR OLD HULK OMAHA DRAGS HER ANCHOR The quarantine hulk Omaha had to take her share in the gale, much to the disgust of Dr. Kinyoun. She went adrift early in | the gale, and driving at the rate of five miles an' hour came near fo going ashore, The keeper and his wife flew signals of distress, but no help was at hand. When the Omaha was almost on Point Pinole the anchor heli. The keeper and his wife n got a kedge out to help matters, and 'w’gen Dr. Kinyoun ventured out this morning he was able to see, by the aid of a glass, his “torture vessel" safe and sound many miles away. The old Omaha had the narrowest escape of her life, and had it not been for the presence of mind of the man In charge in mlu out chain as soon as the anchor " she would now be a wreck on Point Pinole. REVENUE CUTTERS HAVE LIVELY TIMES There were lively times on the revenue euttars MeCulloch and Mannine and tha for | From Honolulu she will go to | | | | | THE HAWAIIAN-AMERICAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S AMERICAN | MAKING PORT DURING THURSDAY'S GAL SHE 1S A SIS ! SHIP TO THE CALIFORNIAN, DUILT AT TH UNION ITRON WORKS. R e i : HE aftermath of the rm does | Fish Commissioners’ amer Albatross not reveal any great amount of U night ves: were 'u; _— KEGEIE BB Weac g s - crew had she fact so many men were away from the vessels that all were short handed. Just about the time the last launch was to leave for the cut- ters the gale came down in all its fury. The officers on shore would not let the launches leave the shore, and in spite of all the signals sent up by the laboring Government vessels in the stream. not a man went aboard. No launch could have lived in the gale that was blowing and it would have been certain death to have ventured out. The officers left aboard the McCulloch, Manning and Albatross turned to amd helped the sailors. Extra anchors were let out and everything was made snug and Unele Sam’s boats rode out the gale in safety. NEWS OF THE OCEAN. Matters of Interest to Mariners and Shipping Merchants. The Saint Anne loads wheat for Europe, 3Ts 6d, chartered prior to arriv Faaatsan Canned Goods for Europe. The British ship Riverside cleared yester- day for Liverpool with 41,216 cs canned fruit, 31,523 cs canned salmon, G484 ctls wheat and %00 ft lumber as dunnage. The cargo was valued at $256,562 it An Additional Manifest. An additional manifest has been reported at the Custom House for the Alameda. which sailed Thursday for Sydney, consisting of the tollowtng: For Australta—2 cs dry goods, 14 cs shoes, 1 roll ieather, 5 bbls glassware. Value, $1342. For New Zealand—8 cr bicycles, 2 pkas ma- chinery, 10 cs paper, 24 bbls beer. Value, §i3ik s o cn Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Friday, January 4 Stmr Aleatraz, Carlson, 3 hours from Cleone; bound to San Pedro; put In on account of los~ eck load hours from Bu- reka. Stmr San Pedro, Zaddart, 33 hours from Bu- reka; bound south; put in to land passengers. Stmr Eureka. Jessen. 2 hours from Eureka. Stmr American. McDonald, 6 days from New York, via Coronel 21 dav Stmr Roanoke, Weaver, 74 hours from Se- attle. Stmr laqua, Bash, 28 hours from Rureka; bound south: put in to land passengers. CLEARED. Friday, January 4. Santa Rosa, Alexander, San Diego; Perkins & Co. Vorth Fork, McLellan, Eurek: McCully, Stmr Goodall, Stmr Nelson. Br ship Riverside, four, Guthrie & Co. -SAILED. Friday, January & Stnr laqua, Bash, San Pedro. Stmr Grace Dollar, Fosen, Grays Stmr Coronado, Johnson, Grays Hi Stmr Czarina, Seaman, Seattle. Stmr Arcata, ‘Nelson, Coos Bay. Stmr Gipsy, Leland, Santa Cruz. Stmr Alameda, Herriman, Sydney and Hono= 121w Stmr Corona, Gielow, San Pedro. Schr Mary C, Campbell, Fort Ross. SPOKEN . Nov 27, lat 1 S, lon 28 W—Br ship Black- braes, hence July 23, for Queenstown. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, Jan 4. 10 p m—Weather thick: wind NE, velocity i§ miles. DOMESTIC PORTS. GRAYS HARBOR—Sailed Jan 4—Schr San Buepaventura, for San Francisco. HONOLULU—Arrived Dee 21—Ship Wm H Macy, from Sydney COOS BAY—Arrived Jan 4—Schr Emma Utter, from San Pedro. Safled Jan 4—Schrs Ivy and Gem, for San Franeisco. SEATTLE—Arrived Jan 4—Stmr Robert Dol- lar, hence Dec 30. Sailed Jan 3—Stmr Bertha, for Valdez: stmr Farallon, for Skacday. SAN PEDRO—Sailed Jan 3-Stmr Sequoia, Charles Liverpool; Bal~ with stmr Alice- Blanchard in tow, for San Franciscs ASTORIA—Sailed Jan 4—Br stmr Cping Wo, | for St Vincent. Jan 3—Stmr South Portiand, | | | i for San Francisco. TACOMA—Sailed Jan 4-Schr Ludlow, for San_Pedro. ABERDEEN. Wash—Arrived Jan 4—Stmr W H_Kruger, hence Jan 1 PORT LOS ANGELES—Salled Jan 4Stmr Greenwood, for San Franeisco. FOREIGN PORTS. COLON—Arrived Jan 2—Stmr Advance, from New York. QUEENSTOWN—Arrived Jan 3—Br ship M B Watson, hence Aug 9 and sailed for Ipswitch. ROCHES POINT—Passed Jan 3-Br schr Rimac, from Tacoma, for Liverpool. KINSALE—Passed Jan 3—Br ship Black- braes, hence July 23. for Queenstown. LONDON—Arrived Jan é—Br ship Brynhilda, from Tacoma. AUCKLAND—Arrived prior to Jan 4—Stmr Sierra. hence Dec 13. PORT PIRIE—Arrived prior to Jan 4—Ship | Star of ftaly, from Port Gamble. SHIELDS—Safled Jan 3—Br ship Maxwell, for San Franeisco. OCEAN STEAMERS. NEW YORK-—Sailed Jan 4-Stmr Alsatia, for Mediterranean ports; stmr Patricia, .for Naples., LIVERPOOL—Arrived Jan 3—Stmr Montfort, from St John N B. and Halifax. BRISRAN%— tled Jan ¢—Stmr Aorang!, for i . I CBENSTOW N Atrived Jan 4—Stme Cam- pania, from New York, for Liverpool, and pro- mf%x,u-—s.ned Jan 4—Stmr Columbla, tor New York. Sun, Moon and Tide. States Coast and Geodetic Survey— uu"l:?m- and Heights of High and Low Franeisco Ba. ”‘l’h“;ht.: d low waters at the NOTE- an oceur city front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty- Continued on Page Nina.