The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-05-23

Since the memorable hurricane Of March,
1875, when numerous buildings were blown
down or anrcofed and the steamship H7hgHgJ
was almost blown to pieces of Cape Flattsry
and limped into harbor on Good Friday NOM
ing with Der upperwUrks, steering apparatus
and her warehouses shattered, there has been
no gale in this neighborhood which oqualled
10 severity that which on April 18th swept
over this city and vicinity The wind rose
about o'clock on that morniug,and al about
o'clock the steamship Geo. ". Elder, then "
ing in the Jaws Of the harbor, began 10 drag
her anchor with 50 fathoms Of chain cat. Capt
Hayward increased the chain to IS flthoms,
which held the ship securely, but It was deem
ed advisable, az the wind continued 70 rise, TO
run into Esquimalt, which was done. As the
Ez,isr passed through Royal Roads the follow
ing vessels rode at anchor there in apparent
security: The Dilis 1f ATygls, IibsT, Con-
llGsyh and Tiger, (British;) and the EsggsJug
and S0glssTH ChIsf, (AmsricaD.) Before nine
o'clock the two American ships had been blown
ashore and were beating their bottoms on the
beach outside Esquimalt harb0r, the sea max
clean Breaches over them, and the TiyT was
dragging anchors. The wind howled and ragged
all day. Il was found impossible TO reach the
distressed vessels. Her NJ. ;. A,1iBs got up
steam with that intention; but had she lett the
harbor 10 good could have been effected. so
she did not move. During the afternoon some
Of the crew Of the Gshgs5Ty and S1ltEsru
Ciisf got of and were seen On the spit; but
they could not be reached from Esquinalt At
6 o'clock last evening the position or the Tfgz-
became more peril0us as the wind freshenei.
About ! o'clock she took the beach little out
side the S0ials7s chg, and about o'clock
the C0rugdugIa followed. There Is very little
hope that either Of the vessels will he got of
without serious damage, The CgulGsgh is
laden with lumber for south Africa; the other
three vessels are in ballast. The Captain Of
the CgElGugh was on board his vessel; the cap
tains Of the TigsT and GstyS5,Ty were on
shore, and the captain Of the Sgr9laH Cliffs
at San Francisco. No particulars Of the tf0r
this loeality) unparalleled marine disaster
could be learned last night, but It Is feared
that the vessels are wrecks.
On shore the scene was one that baified dcs-
eruption. The wind tore and ragged throughout
the entire day and far into the night, Upro0t-
ing trees and blowing down fences and sign
boards, and causing much discomfort and, In
some cases, peril. About . o'clock the wind
fell; but until midnight It sobbed and walled
like an evil spirit Il i a remarkable fact
that during the gale the glass was c0mPara-
lively high, never falling below 1850.
The steamer Alexander, Captain Urquhart, |
arrived from NsnaiIl5 last evening about $50 /
O'Clock, after taking up tie bark Ella 5, TIM I.
sT, IN charge Of pilot Thompson. Capt. UVu- |
hart reports gale blowing at Nauaimo when I
he left..but with no damage resulting 10 ship I
ping or otherwise. The passage down was I
pretty rough one, the spray dashing over the I
steamers funnel and some coal being washed /
from the deck. As the AlGauldsT passed /
James Island she found tie steamers Enter
priss, A1iNis and H,1f safely anchored there
SeztL'c Post.