The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-22
WHARF AND WA We.


York cannot be foated again
When the Irrngard passed out 0
the Golden Gate on November
Captain Schmidt saw two wrecking
steamers alongside the New York
and the freight was being passed
over to them. There were about
six steam pumps on board, each
having a discharging capacity of al
least 2OOO gallons per minute, but
the pumps Were almost powerless,
as there were several big holes in
the ships bottom.
The barkentine w. II. Dimond
due at Kahului to-day, left San
Francisco November 5tb, with the
following cargo: 450 bbls. flour,
los pkgs. groceries, 100 bxs. crack
ers, 6 bbls. oils, IS pkgs. lead, 1C
cs. butter, % kgs. powder, 10 cs
lard, 200 bxs. sugar, 175 bbls. lime,
400 cs. coal oil, 100 bis. salt, zoo
SKIS. rolled barley, 900 SKIS. bran,
10 bdls. Goldfish, 800 SKIS. barley, %
chts. tea, 4 cs. hardware and 268,-
$50 lbs. fertilizer.
The steamer Lehua was hauled
alongside Wilder's wharf yester-
day. She will soon go into COM
mission.
The fi0e-masted schooner Cover
nor Ames, Captain Davis, belong
ing to Bath, Me-, which has been
in the coal and lumber trade be-
tween San Francisco, Hawaiian
Islands and Puget Sound, is about
to leave the coast. The schooner
sailed October % for Port Blakely,
to load 100000 feet of lumber for
England-S. F. paper.
The bkt. Irmgard brought the
following cargo: 112 pkgs. furni-
ture, $50 SKIS. ground barley, 1901
SKIS. rolled barley, 1914 gals. wine,
10 rls. leather, 229 pkgs. hardware,
1902 SKIS. bran, so SKIS. corn, 100
SKIS. middlings, 272 gals. vinegar,
20 bxs. lard, 1920 lbs. vegetables,
800 bxs. soap, II cs. canned fruits,
80 pkgs. ship chandlery, 14S bxs.
crackers, So bxs. candles, Al cs.
canned goods, SO bis. salt, 5 kgs.
butter, 50 bdls. straw paper, 661
gals. so cs. whisky, 100 bbls. lime,
10000 bdls. shingles, $50 bbls.
flour, 5 bbls. pork, so bbls. rs CO.
bottled beer, % cs. % bis. dry
goods and IA cs. boots and shoes.
The steamer G. r. Bishop took
yesterday afternoon $50 tons of
coal for Maxwell, and the Pele
will take 240 tons of coal for the
same place next Thursday or Fri
day.
The steamers Kinau and Waiale-
ale are due this morning from wind
ward ports.
The historic man-of-war Hart
ford has been hauled up to the
dock at Vallejo and is to have
large amount of money spent in
putting her into commission again.
The collier San Mateo, 2291.66
tons register, which was badly
wrecked by coal gas at Victoria,
B. c., on October 30th, flies the
Hawaiian flag. On her way out
from England via the Suez canal
several years ago, she called at this
port to be registered under the
Hawaiian flag. She is owned by
NJ. Z. M. Makalua, and others, of
England. The vessel will be
patched in Esquimalt and taken
to San Francisco to complete the
work. The cause of the disaster is
supposed to be accumulation of
coal gas from the cargo, which was
ignited by lantern taken into the
hold.
The City of Picking arrived at
San Francisco from the Orient
November ID, after the toughest
passage of the year. Several
storms were encountered in the
China seas, one of which, amount
ing to a typhoon, necessitated
stopping the engines and lying
head to the blow for eighteen
hours.
VICTORIA, (B. c., Oct. 30-The
official statement of the catch OF
the British Columbia sealing fleet
for the season just closed has been
presented, and shows that with
fifty-four vessels empleyed-ffty-
two from this port and two from
Vancouver-a catch of 60, 741 skins
has been secured, this total being the
largest in the history of the indus
try. The fifty-four vessels have
given employment to SOC white
men and 432 native hunters, utiliz-
ing 256 hunting boats and 2O4
canoes. The Maud S. is credited
with 9S9 for the season. The grand
total of 69,741 is thus made up {:
Catch of vessels-British Colum-
bia coast, 26,57S; Jar~a coast, 29,->
10Y Russian side, 1885; Indian
catch (canoe), 2,1O1.