The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-12-16

DIAMOND HEAD, Dec. 15.-9 PM:
Weather, cloudy wind, light n. E.
The following report of the voy-
age of the 0. S. S. Alameda, Morse,
commander, from Sydney to Ho-
nolulu, is kindly furnished by
Purser J. B. Sutton. After re-
naming in port here nine hours,
the vessel proceeded on her voy-
age to San Francisco.
= MEMO. OF VOYAGE.
Sailed from Sydney Nov. IS discharged
pilot at 5 80 P. NJ; stopped for Auck-
land pilot Dec 2d, at 10:4O A. NJ; dis
charged Auckland pilot Dec. Sd, at 2 40
p. NJ.
Dec 9TH, Lat. q 20, Long. 178 West,
ship going Is knots with strong breeze
from Nm E. with hard rain squalls
shipping but Whitewater. At 5:15 p. NJ.
encountered three heavy rollers, or tidal
waves. The first caused the ship to
pitch heavily downwards-so much SO
that the engineer on duty stopped the
engines to avoid any accident to the ma
chinery from racing. The second sea
came over the bows with its full force.
Mr.. Dowdell, Chief Officer, unfortunately
had just left the bridge and stopped to
close one of the shutters of an inside
stateroom when the sea struck, carrying
away the bridge steps (Which he had
caught hold OF for supporO along the
deck, striking the bits and boat davits
with such force as TO break both legs
the left leg in two places above the knee,
and the right leg below the knee, also
cutting deep cash on the inside of the
left leg above the knee. He was carried
below and placed in a stateroom on the
port side, to give as much room as posi-
BILE to the doctor and where there was
the least motion. No other sea of that
character was experienced during the
night, in fact, there was less sea from
ahead; it changed its direction more to
the eastward
We arrived at Apia on the 9TH, at S 10
p. NJ. Aftsr a careful examination by
DR.. Funk of Apia, DR.. Collins of HI. NJ.
S. Ringamona, and Dr. Carey, Ships
Surgeon. twas decided not to disturb
the broken limbs any more than to make
| the patient as comfortable as possible
| for the passage to Honolulu, leaving
room TO dress the wound and allow the
bones to unite.
Arrived at Honolulu Dec. 18th, at 5 20
A. NJ, 6 days % hours 40 min. from Apia,
II days l hour from Auckland From
Apia had fine weather and smooth sea.
The steamship Alameda sailed
yesterday afternoon for San Fran
cisco. She took from this port
1854 bnchs. bananas, 1914 bags
sugar, 621 green hides and $50
pineapples. The domestic cargo
was valued at $S449.
The barkentine S. G.. Wilder
will leave for San Francisco about
next Monday or Tuesday.
The steamship Alameda has just
made on her home trip the fastest
run on record from Sydney to
Auckland, namely: 3 days, Is
hours, Is minutes.
The steamers w. G. Hall and
Hawaii are due to-day from wind
ward ports.
The schooner Heeia was hove
down at the Fish Market wharf
yesterday to have her bottom
cleaned and reprinted.
The steamer Hawaii is expected
to land cattle this morning at the
Leper Settlement from Kawaihae.
/ The steamer Kilauea Hou ar
4 rived yesterday from Hamakua
with sugar and As head cattle
from Kawaihae. Capt. Cameron
reported heavy northerly swells
along the Hamakua coast.
The four masted American
schooner w. f. Witzemann, has
been fixed to load coal at Sydney
for Honolulu.
Two vessels of the North Atlantic
fleet will conduct series of exper
iments as to the feasibility of coal
ing naval vessels at sea. A wir,
hawser will be attached to tn,
masthead of a collier and then con
! nected to point near the stern o
: the man-of-war which is to b
coaled. The coal on the collier
: to be placed in canvas bags, hoistec
by means of a pulley to the wir
hawser near the top of the mast
=, and then pulled along the wire t
the man-of-war by counterpoise at
=. tached to the wire hawser of tn
; collier. In this manner 200 tons
: day may be transferred.
Advices to Sydney state that th
Kanaka crew of a French vesse
;, the Constantine, recruiting in tn
: New Hebrides, murdered the cay
tain and mate, and threw thei
:, bodies overheard. They afterward
> looted the vessel and turned he
adrift.
# The trial by court martial
C Capt. A. P. Hastings and Con
= mander D. L. Dickson of II.
: M. S. Howe of the Channel Squa,
e ron, which grounded on PEREZ
reef, near Ferrol, Spain, was begu
on November Goth, on board tt
q flagship Victory at Portsmouth.
- AS result of the investigate
&c os of the court of inquiry at Mare l:
i and, Cal, the Secretary of Il
Navy has ordered a court marti