The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-03-03
WENT SMASH or THE REEF.
Ill Fate of the Barkentine Hilo from
Newcastle for Honolulu.

Ill Fate of the Barkentine Hilo from
Newcastle for Honolulu.
The steamer W. &. Hall, which
arrived from windward at 6 o'clock
yesterday evening, brought the bad
tidings of the wreck of the fine
barkentinc Hilo, off the Kona coast.
Purser White of the W. q. Hall fur
nished the following report:
"Barkentine Hlo wrecked on Feb.
y, at 1 a. IN. off keauhou. Kau,
close To Puma. Captain, wife and
twelve men all safe. With tho ex.
ception of the captain and wife, all
came to Honolulu. Boat landed at
Punaluu. Vessel total wreck. She
had cargo of 1850 tons Of coal con
signed To Allen n Robinson aud was
bound from Newcastle, y. 5. W.. for
Honolulu. At South Point, forty
five miles from the scene OF the
wreck. timbers and spars of the ILL.
fated vessel were found floating, and
all along the coast bits of wrcckage
were seen.
Tho following members of the
crew were Passengers on the w. G..
Hall, Captain lie Ballister, who is
well.known in Honolulu, and wife,
staying over at the Punaluu Hotel:
Ralph Arnett, first mate: Edward
Olrsou. second mate; Charles Fries,
carpenter; Autone Auderson. stew.
ard; J. Anderson, b. Nisuo, Charles
jacobson, Louis Brarhme, John
Smith. Thomas Matthews, Thomas
Mackenzie cabin bow. aud W. G,
Mikulich passenger.
The crew when seen shortly after
the arrival Of the W. q. Hall 10y q
Bulletin reporter were very reticent
about the wreck. They could not
account for how the Ililo found il,
way on the reef. Captain lie Balls
ter had retired To tn" cabin about
half an hour before. and Second
/ a little before 1 o'clock on tn,
morning Of the date mentioned
there was cry from the watch q
Breakers ahead" An attempt wa,
made to put ia" bark"ntiuc abuu
without avail a. sh" grounded. 4
man was sent below 10 sound her
lie returned and impaired the in
formation that she had made sewer
inches Of water. and this was iucrra.
ing rapidly. Ona third sounding il
was found thai the tiilo was doom
ed. haviug fevcu feet ut water in be-
hold. Til" pumps were put To work
hut to no avail. aS the water galur,
rapidly. Finally, II was ,l'rid"d T.
abandon til" v'ss,'i, aud NJ q clock
Two hours after the slranIing. ia,
largest boat on the vessel lett IL"
side with ibN captain, wife aud ere 4
fnr tho shore, which va, pla;ul,
visible. The Shipwrrck"d crow land
81 at punalwu Hu,cl wh"r" the,
w"rr cared far by G.. T.. SIour an,
". T.. FeamclI.
\ nrmbCs Of the cr"W. VII" do"
bot wan; his unuo mentioned, say
there was something radically wruul
about tn" wrrcking "r ho Hiu. II
was uu deck ~ tn" time. u VA
raining vrry heavy that might an
tnrgc was fog nauSiug abuu,. hu
whru the cry ~ "Ur"iIrr, auraI,
was mad", Il" estimated that Ian
could not have been moro tina
twenty yards away, aud the 81,
COuli u" seen aion the coast. Wit
a dr-ir" 10 av" the vessel ia" puinI
wrr" SGT Ia work, but without s,p
cess. At u O'Clock the men took |
ih" boat with u krg " water an
bread. Captain Lc BalItst"r an
wife loot everything they had, OnI
SAVING what they had about the
p"rsuu, while TIA" crew was also
ia" sam" prrdiram"nt, While juml
, ing into TIA" boat ia" carpenter it
jurrd his righr leg, Tho vessel l.
lota! loss.
Short y after thr officers aud ere
arrived, Consul General Mills to,
o them IN charge, and SON" of Il
, men who were her" before dir"ctt
= him to lodgings at l.udswik"'s, Que,
: street. There the m"n were cot
turtably Iuartcr"d. Nome al the
/, saved am thing except IT," cloth
: on their hacks, They speak in hi
). terms Of ia" way they were tirat,
a, al tn" Punnluu hotel.
Il The barkentlu" liilu loaded wi
sugar left here some time last y"
for san Francisco. aud later went
: Newcastle, y. =. w., where ,h" i
= rived "u Nnv. Is. bu ,Iau. 81 Il
Is year sh" lief, that port with -
, tons Of coal Tor lloNu!ulu and "
= therefor" fifty days out " ru :