The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-10-04
MEMORANDA.

REPoRT OF SCHOONER MARY FOSTER, J. &. CLuNEY.
MAsTER--saled from Honolulu June 18th crossed the equa-
TOR in long lSS9 w Had sqgaIy and Any weather a e most s Of
q the 9th July, and went in on the morning OF the 2Sth.
long iSOa W, HAD moderate Ne trades sighted Island Of
Hawaii sunday morning, Sept 2Ith; Arrived of Lahaina
the afternoon Of Sept SOth-
Report OF BRIG wISDnoyER, p J. RoELs, MASTER
sailed from Sydney on the 10Th July At 6 P " passed Three
Kings on the s'h Aug, having met easterly winds tl then.
Ffnts Island on the u sept light trades throughout. Cross
ed the line IN long 1859 n on The 10Th sept. Had light
10 81 ". Sept 26Ih or east point Island Of Hawaii. Ar
rived in Honolulu Sept Both At G
REPORT OF scuOOSER DAuSTLEss, BERRILL, MASTER
Len Honolulu on the 2sth Of May, thence to the line in . days,
which we crossed in long I7Oe W thence TO within 600
miles of the coast Of New South Wales, was detained for I2
days with n gale, accompanied with hail, lightning, rain and
running sea sighted no land on the way down except Anei-
tan Island Arrived in sydney on the morning Of July 18th
Found lying in sydney an English man-ol-war and the French
ironclad Atlantic. Several ship loads Of the Communists
had arrived IN sydney and were dispatched to New Caledonia
u seems that 4 lively trade had sprung up in supplying them
caught and delivered by the English authorities. Reports the
Robert Cowan 10 days passage Left Sydney Aug 5h after
10 sydney. sighted Three Kings 14th Aug, and arrived At
Tahiti Sept sth- Heard Of the loss Of the William AMI
Thomas. Can't Ellis of san Salvador. on Easter Islam. Marcel
18TH She was bounI from Puget Sound 70 CalaO, with Ium-
Der. Also the loss on the same island Of the American ship
Elizabeth Campbell, Capt Kelly, bound 10 South America with
lumber from Puget sound The crews Of both vessels were
saved end part Of them had arrived a. Tahiti in a vessel built
oa Easter Island Left Tahiti sept sth- Sighted Hawaii on
Sunday, the 25th, and made port on the morning % Sept 3Oth.
Had light winds and Gains from Tahiti TO port. Brig VIM II
Allen left Tahiti for BOrabora Sept 81. TO Load hrewOod for
Honolulu Bark Iouia len Tahiti Sept 4th for san Francisco.
vessels At Tahiti we're the French steamer BnIiaute, which
Ift on the 9Th on a cruise-and the schooner Coronet, Of
Auckland Bark Chavert was 10 leave SOON for Easter Island.
20 pick up the wrecked crews Of the vessels reported above.
REPORT or BRIGASTISE HELENE, L. p. BRUHN, MASTER.
-Let Hamburg April 18th, favorable winds Passed the line
within % days in long 20 10. In lat SIS : and long 43S
encountered severe pamperUs with heavy seas. Passed be-
tween Falkland and staten Islands July 9Th. saw several
large vessels Rounded Cape Horn il 20 days Had hyOTa-
bic winds and arrived at Hlo on the 18th Sept Discharged
cargo and took ballast in Q days, AMI arrived NJ Honolulu 9th
sept
Loss OF THE BARN ROBEET Towns. or SYDNEY, 5. W.
The following IS from the Brisbane Courier. OF Aug. 9Th
The bark Robert Towns, Of sydney, 269 tons register, John
Henry Edwards, master, came 10 anchor on the west coast Of
81 Bartholomew Island, in Bougaiuvile Straits. AZ : p NJ on
Ihe 9th June, the night being calm and fine up 20 1880 4 ",
when n breeze sprang up from the SW, and increased 20 .
gale At 19O A 81 the cable p~arted-the main staysa1 was set,
struck on q reef and within twenty minutes broke in two along
the kelson some Of the crew left in boats, which were upset
almost as soon as they touched the water, and ultimately
drfed on shore. The only boat that got safe through the
breakers had three ISLANDERS IN 10, and has not since been
heard of= others Of the crew swan on shore or drfted on
pieces Of wreck the steward and Storage hoy were drowned
The captain remained all night on . part Of the deck, and re-
against him. He was taken on the wreck By natives in n
canOe- From what my Interpreter told me- do not hesitate
IN saying thai had these people remained on shore ten days,
few, II any. would have been alive, as the natives had already
contemplated killing them- The Robert Towns was appa-
rently n WeiLbuiIt vessel and perfectly sound.