The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-11-23
Pacific Whaling f1eet-lS67.

L0>s o. rHE B1zx Srs1L.-Capt- I'VE. late nAs-
ter q the ~hsling lark SaLa, q Ne- Bslfori, has
furnished u \ fan account q the los q h- yes-d.
Which to.k place n the morning q August l2th. On
East GEa-BPu- Island, northeast gull q the Oehotsk
SEA Tie bark 49, cruising near The isiaEi, looking
Er = whale whish they hal kilel and sunk About
Eoon they GgBd hin, toak him aIoIz-sie. =El about
! r n ksi him AZ cgt IN. u iumsIl;sy made sail
% W0sk % the southwet. The wilI wAs light. With
a heavy 80 on. and the ship male several tseks.
working 20 the sogih- About midnight the Wind
hauled to ~e,. ani : thick fs ~ in, wIth = strong
tile Ab0gt one o'elcck in the morning. Land VAS
discovered night ahesi, but though every eforr vas
male % clear i, the -hip struck. With the tide falling.
On the 18th. the ship W4s w0rSsl II the rocks, and
anchored clear. but = souih~e-; gz,e coming on SON
aae-. aasei bert % drag OF shore again. and IN = few
hoars she beezme a complete wreck Two s-Amen,
EiEari Burns al Corral Fogniy ~erv killed. and
the seeoEI mate. ecop@r. AMI several -eamen wound
81 IN q 1rts - zye their vessel. On the 18th. the
-hips Rsis5o<. HsresiSs. Ben. CHaaiaSS and SsE-
5,ga bgse IN -ighr. AMI their Captains oEsrri asst
anee. vhieh ~as q ~ use. 1aey. however. took the
Oseens All men On their ve-es. but fund IL unsafe
10 try 70 save anything The Stella vAs one % the
hsess vessels IN the feet, aud only thirteen months
cut from home. She VS. opz~i By Nsssrs- Lo1m
Sno~ = So. o. BslSri. W2s vAIg.d ~ $500,
AMI partially insureI. 1T the tine q her loss
she hal ca bo2ri 1@J tarryis q sperm, 575 barrels
d WhaI- u sai 2.SyJ poaHls q hone Capt Nye
~ho eoamaEI-I her. 5 ons q the OiIst AMI msst
careful sh;FmAs;ers IN The feet. bat in So life - o.
shore ~.ecflsHts 0asa Cccar ~hich 10 skiIl " foresight
can prevent -
wH.trxs MtDE E1sT.-we have rvesntly sI-
sainsi = wishing gun, invented ~ Capt Pierce Of
the Jmss -4Isa. frw q which have b-sa male
AL are Icing tri~l By various masters IN the whaling
seSt- uis Instrument Is the simplest and yeI mos;
eEsrtivs uezPoa that can P-.ibiy be e0nceiyei % Il
consists q a short brass gun taFel. eighteen inches
long AMI on@ aHi = haIf inches in diameter. which Is
made o 80 On 4 r.Is just Ike a ha-Tpon- The gun
IS sttei With t~o Psrvussion eaps. ani = spring The
boEb-asss - in the Ean. AMI attached to the gun
IS = harFoon. Whieh Lee N = @eket 0gtsils the lar
rel. and : eonnsct-i uiik the heat y = line. 4 ri
protests beygai the mgr1ie. which Is e~oaneet~i With
The srriaz triz-xr. TIE vkaiem1a Standing in the
beat. thryEs tbs Light weapon Just as he w0aii = bar
pom As =ea - The ri strikes the whale. il Is
driven back. abl frs The gun The bomb-labes and
harpoea eater tie whale - the sane tin the frusr
sxplsiins arI killing the znia4d aimost Immediately.
IL has been EssI with much sasse. the psf sason.
A rhaIs@zn using this Instrument. saer throwing IL
az the whale. Las @ereiy . bssk his ar and wait
the des;h u tie animal. whseh Is already f.s; by the
% the bat. For killing sperm whales aud
e CaEA-zs 1ys," which are 80 viii and Desperate
after icing wozn5ei, il aust prove = valuable invea-
ton. Il promises 70 b~,one the most popular and
e&-sEt weapon IN 49,, sli ~Il certainly reIaes the
aai inerelse the success q whaling.