The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-09-04

since the departure q the ;. ). Arabic.
there has been simple time for the occur
renee q many events Of importance.
A Chapter % Disasters
The 6rst. snd thAt which is nearest
| horne, Vas the fStal collision between
the Occidsntsl and Oriental Steamship
| Com pSnv'S Oceanic Sni The Pacific Coast
! Comp&uy'S City Of Chester, This o.
CURED shout 80 - M on August I'd.
The Oceanic WAS entering port After s
| rapid run from Chins Snd JSpSn, while
/ the CITY Of Chester waS outward bound
| Tor EurekS Snd other coast pO-es- The
! Sccideut occurred inside the Golden
| Gate. and Of the Preside, during one Of
| those very dense toSs tfSt are peculiar
10 ssh Francisco. No investigation hiss
| been held AMI II i impossible 70 say
who, If ANYBODY, Was 70 blame. The
I OcsS1ic wSs IN charge or Pilot Never;
Captain Mstcalie IS her commanding Of
| fcer. Captain Wzllzcs holding the same
position on the City Of Chester. Each
steamer VS. aware o. the spprOdch Ct
! the other, their whistles being plSlnl,T
heard. VET the Oceanic crashed half
wzy through the City Of Chester which
sunk IN Eity fathonls Of water within i've
minutes There ESS : very strong hood
tide 81 the time. and Il Is claimed thSt
this swunE the City Of Chester round 80
that she could not answer her helm. The
Oceanic had on board about i thousand
Chinese passengers besides forty IN the
cabin, snd the City u Chester carried
shout eighty p4SSen Fortunately
the OceSnic hung N the gap she had
made IN the City Of Chester, thus en-
zblinz many Of the lSrter's passengers
sud crew 70 climb mp On the Oceanic
Those vino were not 50 fortunate were
sucked down with the sinking steamer,
whose boilers exploded s. the water
reached them, or jumped overheard and
were picked up by tie boats and tugs
chzr were quick on the spot There
we're many sets OF herOjsm S1d fag
Of cowSriice, snd II Is marvellous that
the number Of deaths did not eS-
coed fifteen. Coming so soon sitter the
similar accident on the Atlantic, between
the Geiser sud ThingYaIla, It hiss Gre
zred : universal feeling OF horror.
Following close upon this disaster
came smother, the explosion OF the
accidents Sre becoming OF almost annual
occurrence, the I&st oue II the same
place happening On August II, 1851
L non this occasion, though the deS-
-ructiOu Of property vas not 50 great,
there we're five lives lost, some OF the
bodies being burned =nt uutilsted be-
youi recozuitiou The accident &C.
Cured II the drying house, where there
was fortunately bot = couparztIy, ly
snail GUSntity Of powder.
The next disaster 10 De recorded Is s
fearful rzinScoru, extending through the
Southern snd Eastern States. In Louis
iznz there hiss been great damage done
70 the SzzSr and rice crops, which were
blown down while the buildings were
demolished The loss 10 the sugar crop
i estinstsd 81 70 per cent, and from
70 70 30 per cent. Ioss 70 the rice crop.
Fifty coal vessels were sunk and several
suSlI steamers damaged 81 New Orleans.
At WiIui1zroc, Del, there was ter
rife cyclone Or EztsrsPour, which swept
everything before Il, including i large
rolling mill sui IL machinery, u which
nothing Ess left hut the f. wheel The
storm vas also experieuCed 81 Wheeling,
phiS and New York There wss 81 en-
0suoUs rainfall, accompanied by ter
rife wind Buildings snd bridges we're
swept zEsyr shipping wrecked, property
flooded s1t lives lost. Of Chester
tuz-boaE Ezs caught II T9ter-sp0ut
sud Erenehsd almOst olE 0f shape. 1t
Bostou almost every boat IN the hzrbor
WIS stranded Or sunk, and the Coh4Sset
YACHT s,ll1zdruu Ms Guuihilsted-
! different kind Of disaster L reported
from Neeuzh, Wis, where large paper
mill WIS burned The boilers exploded,
throwing the roof and EsILs oUrEaris,
killing eizhteen persons Seven more
were 50 seriously Injured thEt they can
not recover, while nuubeC Of others
we're uors or less hurt
Sugar and Commerce
In sazzr matters there Is but little
70 report The New York re6uerIss are
said 70 be storing their sugar, IN prefer
euce 70 selling. IS they intend 10 force
prices I'd n September Ehea the fruit
VII De canned The CzI quotes raw
sugar. ~ 81 cents II New York, though
this Is not confirmed elsewhere. The
ulsrSss Is very firm both II Europe and
the East
Sales Of Hawaiian Commercial stock
have been elected II SzI5z
Oceanic : :. Coupany's stock Is now
Listed and quotations n the Stock Er-
change give sSzlz bid and $50 asked.
The company * nov regularly paying
monthly dividends 0f ore dollar per
share, the amount paid ID being 81 80
par saare-
There has been ! sharp advance II the
WHEAT MARKETS Of the world. Cargo lots
are selling II San Francisco f1r 81 50 and
81 60
Donald VI. Ge,fzs, agent f1r N Con
szIves Z Co, znd formerly q resident OF
Honolulu, has been granted trade marx
United states Politics
Tie Fisheries Treaty has been rejected
by the Senate On : strict party vote 0f
2 70 %, the Republicans being II the
uziorftF- Cleveland then sent 4 las
sage to Congress asking To Dc gwen the
power 70 Suspend the right granted
Canadian vessels 70 land. gods At Port
Laui. Bostou and SeE YORK % be trans
ported II band free Of d1ty s.russ the
United States 20 Canada Ii this pFiFil-
eye be Withdrawn then gods amounting
Il valve 70 $50 900, 600 annually vii
have To pay d1-y CT be landed On the
Canadian cast This you'd lot violate
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