The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-11-09

w llle Cdplulil NuOs ucuiiilS MS IilCii
talking about a light, had come on
deck. The vessels were about mid
way in the channel between Molo-
kai, Lanai and Maui, at a point
estimated to be somewhat eastward
of the port of Kaunakakai on Molo-
kai. There was plenty of sea room
for both vessels, and there are no
reefs or distractions to navigation
near the place of collision"
The Court then recited the cir
cumstances of the collision as set
forth by the evidence of the officers
and men on the schooner: and with
respect to the state of affairs on the
steamer, said:
"Capt. Dudoit had lain down on
a transom in the wheel house just
behind the helmsman, few minutes
before / o'clock, and had dropped
to sleep, having had but little rest
the night previous and none during
the day. A Japanese was at the
wheel. The second mate, Liloa,
was on watch at the time. Two
lookouts, Kaupalei, and Kealoha,
were forward of the foremost at the
bits. The engineer, Boyd, was
tending his engine and the steward,
Antonio Galaspo, was lying down in
the cabin but not asleep. All the
rest of the ships company were
either in the house, on deck, or on
the hurricane deck, asleep. The
steamer had left Honolulu the night
before, reached Kuau on Tuesday
morning, discharged her cargo and
taken in 1900 bags of sugar, { l, 800
bags being full load), the crew
working all day. Capt. Dudoit says
he was awakened by shout and as
he jumped up from the transon he
felt the shock (of the collision).
The shout and the shock were almost
together. The man at the wheel
was shifting his wheel to port. He
Immediately rang the bell to stop
the engine, looked out of the wheel
house window and saw the schooner
he had collided with.
;'The mate Liloa said he was
squating down on the port side of
the wheelhouse when he heard Kea-
loha call out three times, "We are
colliding with Cor running into) a
schooner He then started forward,
but before he could get down on the
deck the steamer struck and he was
thrown down.
"The lookout Kaupalei had about
this time left his place forward to
ascertain what time it was from the
clock in the engine room. When he
got as far as the forehatch on this
errand he heard Kealoha call out,
'We are running into a schooner, -
and the collision occurred imme-
diately after.
sThe other lookout was Kealoha,
lad of perhaps sixteen years, who
had been to sea for only two
months. He was asked, What did
you first see of the vessel? and
answered very ingenuously: Il saw
nothing; | saw her very close; die
not see her before. | called out tc
Liloa, "We are colliding with {
schooner" and we struck. " Thus
only one man on the Dowsett saw
the schooner at all previous to tho
collision.
"The testimony of the Dowsett'
people above given is not contra
dicted. 1t is certain that the Moi
wahine was not seen by the Dowset
in time for them to avert collision
The conclusion l have come TO j
that the turn to port given to tn
wheel by the japanese helmsmal
was not made in obedience to an
order of the Dowsett's officers, TO
they testify to giving none, and if
was in response to the order o
Captain Staples it was too late to b
of any effect, 1t seems to me tina
it was only the ordinary moving o
! the wheel to keep her steady on he
course while steering the Difficult
trick of going dead before the wind
"But why was the schooner no
SEEM The case for the Dowsett
, that it was because the schooner ha
no lights His Honor briefly re
views evidence on this point give
, by men of Dowsett, promising t
r return to it. son the other hand
+ Captain Staples, his mate Kuanonl
the two lookouts, Ku and Georg
, Albert, Nehemiah the helmsman
r and the rest of the crew all say mo:
| unhesitatingly that the side light
v were lit shortly after shutdown thi
| night, inspected by the captain, an
l then placed correctly in the for
l rigging, the green on the starboar
: and the red on the port side"
a His Honor proceeded with furtht
Il details of the evidence, adding thu
n personal inspection of til
t schooner's lights on board durin
: the trial convinced him that I'll
i. conditions testified to were possible
:, and continued, comparing the sta
v of affairs on both vessels:
n Contradictions in testimony fro
t crews of opposing vessels are info
), tunately so common in collisic
d cases, that courts of admiralty spec
II of them as the usual thing to be e.
al pected. Which is more likely TO !
If true, in reference to the schooner
, lights, the testimony of the Do'
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