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Show HAD ROUGH VOYAGE. Steamship Elder Reaches Port After Struggle With Wind and Wave. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23. Westerly and southwesterly gales made the trip of the George Blder very trying, not only to the passengers, hut to officers and crew. The steamship arrived today, forty-eight hours from Astoria and sixty -two hours from Portland. Twenty-five cabin nnd twentyvsix second cabin passengers were glad to reach port Soon aft--r arOMlng the bar off Astoria last Friday morning the Elder ran Into rough weather, nnd until Point Reyes was ah'am the Elder was plunging and rolling In seas that were sometimes mountainous. moun-tainous. On the starboaid, or seaward, side great waves boarded the Elder and smashed doors and windows One of the mal pns?nger. was washed from his bunk and Injured by striking on the door frame Many of the staterooms were flooded and the water even entered the dining saloon The assistant cook, j Ifahoney, was thrown across the galley b the lurching of the vessel and Sustained serious In-Jury In-Jury to his hit arm and hand |