The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-05-25
MARY \. FOSTER SUNK.
The Old Schooner Gets Her
DeathblOW from the s, s.
Mikahala,
No Lille Lost hut a Narrow Escape from
an Awful Calamity.
No Lie Lost hut a Narrow Escape from

The steamer lwalani. which ar
rived this morning from Kauai,
the schooner Mary T.. Foster in a
collision with the steamer Mikahala.
twenty miles the OF her side Of kaena
Point, a few minutes before twelve
o'clock Tuesday night. Tn. Mika-
hala left here for Kauai at = O'clock
Tuesday evening in command of
Captain Haglund. The sea was
smooth Us a mill pond. Al the time
Of tn" collision second officer Shaw
was on watch. Main and jib salts
were sot and the Mikahala was max
ing slow progress A few minutes
before midnight there was cry Of
sail ahead Captain Haglund
came ON deck and the wheel was
turned so a. to avoid the schooner.
but the steamer did not answer
quick enough.
The Mary l.. Foster, a the sail
proved To be. was struck three or
four feet from the stern. aud she lee
gan Ia settle. Boats were lowered
from tn. Mikabala and the crew aud
their effects were taken oil the
ia" schooner. In about half an
hour from III" time she was struck
IL" Mary T.. Foster went down.
Every body on board was saved. but
III. cargo III iUO bags II sugar went
down with the Inflated schooner
Tn" Mary T.. Foster was coming
IT, Honolulu with cargo Of sugar
from Makawrli aud the Mikahala
vas going toward Kauai. Captain
liipa ui III. Mary f.. Foster states
that h" did not 80" tn" Mikahala
until ia" was quite close, il being
very dark. When h. did see her hr
tackled 80 a. Ia got out Of her track.
bat there being very little wind, he
was unabl" To avert the disaster.
second officer Shaw Of the Mikahala
makes the same statement. He. also,
did not SEQ the schooner until il was
too late" Captain llipa aud crew
were brought To Honolulu 10y th,
lNalani this morning.
An investigation will Il" made
after h" arrival of the Mikahala on
SUNDAY morning. The Mary T..
Foster, bull, by Hall Bros. Port
Biak"iy. has seen about seventeen
years service. Sh. was ,3A' tons.
The passengers On board the Nj.
kahala AT th" tim" of III. collision
we're TIA" following: +. ". Glade an,l
wife, +. W. Meier. Mrs. Meier. T.. X
BAIL. Mrs. Dms,"ad aud child. Ako
Miss Minnie W"h"r aud from - Ia
~ taking deck passage
This j. tn. second vessel til" |. ]
= y. Co. has lost within tn" past
few months, the steamer 4. X
Bishop having h"achrd on kaua
not long ago. Captain Hagluud i,
very unfortunate, ~ this was hi,
first trip il command II III" st"amr,
MIkahala.
N,CuiNr ~ MikNIINl.N rhNsEN"ER,
! L." following extract from pri
vat" letter oi Passenger on buarC
Tia" MlkahaIa gives a graph" a.
count uf III" dlsast-r:
"Nnu will most likely have h.nru
how "" ran into aud sank tn" Mary
Foster Al midnight. will give y0l
nay version n you are sure Ia hra
= other accounts. | Was IN my bunk
: and sound a,l"rp, Will. my room
mate, who had had a goud nap il
Tia" early part of the evening. wa
Just going back L. bed after attn,
-"m" supper. He heard crash an,
; Jumped to the door, and there wa
, IA" schooner right along SIDE, an,
~"r1pluS our boats, ] awokr anC
jurnpd cat in an instant, and saw
til" ~rhuOnrr about ~ feet of. Their,
r Wa- At once great excitement 81
! hoard III" deck Passengers APP
Feared very scared aud on" purIu
gur-c woman cam" dying up I"
" and hung on ta him. shri"king a
4 the top II her VOICE. We could SEE
: ia" -chnon"r quite near and yer,
T plainly, ~ it was bright moonlight
tn" pursrr went oil in ia" steamer
/ boat at once to- rrscu" III" SrhOOn"r'
company, and when he got To her
u which could not have h""n long"
than ~ 81 H. minutes after the ac"i
d"n', ia" water was already thr"
j feet deep in IT," cabin.
r, How such an accident could hap
pea in bright Moonlight aud ur
such II calm clear might can nnl Y b,
proved hN lhus" who's" watch il wa
r Wa- luid that two minutes bciur
II ia" collision TIA" captain was up an'
1 "u d"ck and asked TIA" officer 81 tn
watch, # h" had seen the MAXI"
70 lie replied, No, The capt. ain the
;, walked To- the her side II til" dec
i aud there right in front vas ia
II poor helpless schooner, doing a
u ~i" "uusd t. get cat ul TIA" VA
= Ih" captain at once dashed To III
steamer, helm, and managed I
l. chang" her course 81 that she >trUC
II tn" -rhuun"r- stern. II SIT" la
/" struck amIdshlp- We should haN
gone down ~ we'll, h"cau-" III
" -rhOuU"r Wa - heavily laden l Il
! hags sugar, and our bow wruI
}" hay" been crushed IN, aud III
f" steamer iill"d with water At once"
1T Wh- most marrow escape, u
yuu may imhgrn" our feelings II l.
lni aud lhankiuin,r,s At m'lug -par'
-urh q sudden death Tia" crew
$ Tia" VI - Foster aud two women h
-nI"- 90, brought uu board "
,r uMIN" captain fnir very badly At o."
{ mg hi, schooner demolished