The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-12-10
LOSS OF YACHT NYANzA.
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The report Of the total loss Of tho
English yacht Nyanza, given below,
will bc OF interest TO many llonolu-
lans who formed the acquaintance Of
the owner, Capt. Dcwar, y British
army officer, and others aboard oi
her when she visited Honolulu in
1888.
The Nyanza was n yacht of 2lS
tons and left Plymouth, July 81,
1887, for voyage around the world.
She arrived at Honolulu Dec. 81,
1888, 80 days from the South Seas
under command of Capt. Hunt.
After some trouble with Capt Hunt,
resulting in his dismissal, the Ny
ANA sailed for San Francisco Feb.
2, 1889, in command of Capt. Hol-
land. The yacht visited British
Columbia and was afterward report
ed at various places in the Pacific.
An account of her wreck in the
Hongkong Daily Press of October
20, outlines the cruise of the Ny
ANA from Plymouth to Kobe,
Japan, and then proceeds as fol-
lows:
1.-The Nyanza left Kobe on the
Sth May, 1890, bound for KAN
chatka and from thence TO the Mar
shall Islands. They then set sail
for the Carolines and Ponape was
sighted on the morning of the 2Sth
July. The weather was fine, with
light winds, and all went well until
shortly after a. M, on the 2Sth
July, when the vessel struck on
reef which surrounds the island,
about one and a half miles from
land. AT the time of striking the
vessel was going about u to 2 knots
per hour. Shortly after she struck the
vessel began to be lifted gradually
higher on the reef and in about
quarter of an hour or twenty min
utes she turned on her beam-ends.
The boats were lowered and all on
board were got safely into them.
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left in boat for the Spanish Co
lony, distant about sixteen miles,
the owner and the remainder of the
crew standing by the vessel all
night. The next morning the ship
was boarded and few things were
saved, The news of the wreck had
by this time reached the ears of the
natives and they began to come
down in great numbers, and having
got on board the ship carried off a
large booty.
''On the afternoon of the 29th
July four armed boats were sent
down from the Spanish Colony to
render assistance at the wreck. Dur
Ing the next four days an endeavor
was made TO save few more things
from the wreck, but the result was
not very large, as the crew were OBJ
liged to return to the Colony every
night and during their absence the
natives came on board, carried of
whatever they could lay their hands
on and wrecked and destroyed such
things as did not take their fancy OIL
were not portable, even tearing the
bulkheads out Of the ship. The
crew Of the yacht were sent on boart
the Spanish transport Manila. They
remained in Ponape till the LIST DC
tober, when they were brought on tt
Manila. From that port the crew
and the owner and his wife were
brought to Hongkong by the Nan
zing. The Nyanza was insured a
Lloyds. An enquiry into the los
will shortly be held here
The crew of the Nyanza publish {
letter in the Hongkong Press, com
planning of mean treatment by tn
officers of the Spanish transport
They say the food given them wa
not fit for pigs, that they wer
robbed of their clothes, and com
PEELED to sleep in the coal storag
space, and to pass coal to the bunk