The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-01
WHARF AND WAVE.
DIAMOND HEAD. Jan. 3d. PM:
Weather, clear wind, light \.

The Danish bark John G.. Lott,
in command of Capt. Nielsen,
formerly of the Forest Queen, ar
rived yesterday 10 days. from San
Francisco. She brought 500 tons
of general merchandise, and she
will commence to unload at
the old Custom House wharf this
morning. 1t is likely that she
will be placed under the Hawaiian
flag before she returns to San
Francisco, and her name changed
to LEAH"
The o. S. S. Co.'s brigantine w.
G. Irwin, Capt. J. E. McCulloch,
leaves to-day for San Francisco.
The barkentine John Smith has
finished unloading coal. She will
soon commence receiving sugar for
San Francisco.
The bark Sonoma was sighted
last Saturday twenty miles off Ma
wiliwili, Kauai, standing S. E.,
and not off Waimea as reported.
The steamer Pele takes 240 tons
of coal to Makaweli to-day.
The barkentine Irmgard took to
San Francisco yesterday 1904 tons
of sugar valued at 4,O15.S7.
The barkentine Planter has been
moved to the P. M. s. S. Co.'s
wharf. She will leave tomorrow
for San Francisco.
During the month of November
there were launched from Scotch
shipbuilding yards twenty-six YES
sells, aggregating 25,207 tons, of
which seventeen, of 16,649 tons,
were steamers, and nine of 1850
tons, sailing vessels. To the total
the Clyde contributed thirteen
steamers of 1,412 tons, and nine
sailing vessels of 1850 tons; the
Forth steamer of 1, 200 tons; the
Tay two steamers of 1885 tons, and
the Dee a trawler of $50 tons. The
total for last November was A, 231
tons; but not withstanding the
fact that in October the tonnage
launched was only a little more
than half of this, the returns for
the eleven months of the year show
a substantial increase over those of
1S91.-Ex.
The penant to be borne at the
masthead of the United States
mail subsidy ships is 20 feet long,
s feet 6 inches at the mast, and 5
feet at the end of the swallow-tail.
It's field is red, bordered by 9 inches
of blue. In the upper left-hand cor
ner is an eagle in blue, with arrows
and a branch in its talons, and
bearing on it's breast a shield with
stars and stripes in red and white.
Captain G. L. Hooper has been
detached from the command of the
revenue steamer Corwin and placed
in command of the Rush. These
vessels are intended for the enforce
ment of customs and revenue laws
in Alaskan waters.
Captain Watkins of the British
bark Countess of Derby, from &C.
noa, has arrived at Baltimore, and
reports that an apprentice named
Samuel Coolidge, aged eighteen
years, fell overheard on December
Is, and was devoured by shark.
He appeared in sight after drop
ping into the sea, and being good
swimmer kept himself afioat a
while. Captain Watkins threw
him a life buoy and prepared to
launch the lifeboat, but he disap-
peared from view, and in a mo-
ment an immense shark was seen
wrestling with an object in the vi
cinity where the poor fellow went
down. No trace of him was after
ward seen, although the vessel
cruised around for more than an
hour. The lost boy was the son OF
Capt. George Coolidge of the life
saving service at Saltburn-on-the.
Ties, who is now in Australia