The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-09-29
MARINE NOTES.
Oceanic next TucsdaN,


wreck of the George n. Wilcox at
o'clock this evening.
The waterfront boys are on the gu
rire for the arrival of the Philadelphia
and its crew of jolly tars.
The schooner Transit is receiving
Hut crimson plantation sugar from thu
steamer w. G. Hall at Fort street whar
to-day.
The steamer Eyas which is to TAX,
the place of the wrecked steamer c. II
Bishop is due here from San francisco
in about two WEE ks.
During the honeymoon Of Pursei
Willie White of the steamer W. q. Hal
next week. his place will he filed b!
| Purser Poor of the Mikahala.
The orange season having started il
at Kona, Hawaii, big lot OF fine frui
came IN on the Hall Friday. The price
is firm at : ~ per hundred.
The yacht Hcalani has been over
hauled and will be put in commission
| by her owl crs, +. NJ. Hatch and Ceci
Brown. She has been lying in Tia,
stream ior nearly year.
The schooner Aloha, Dabel master
arrived to-day from San Francisco
sixteen days out. She brought a cary,
of general merchandise and live stocl
and four passengers She is unloading
at The railway wharf
The whale boat (naptha) launch form.
erly owned by the late DR.. Trousscau
was being oycrhauled at Fort stree
wharf thi, morning and will probably &c
out on trial trip in the near future.
The steamer Pele arrived from Maka
well plantation this afternoon.
New YORK, September l6.-Away OF
old ocean, with land on either side lj0C
miles away. and ON vessel which they
believed to be sinking, was the posi-
ton in which the passengers on tn,
steamer Italia found themselves OF
September Sth. The Italia did moi
sink, but came safely into port to day
with as scared crew and passenger
as ever were found on shipboard. Tha
something fatal did not occur seems {
marvel, for nothing short of mira
Gle made the Italia stand the wear anC
tear of the battle with the waves
When she reached port to-day she pre-
scented only faint resemblance of thu
craft that left here two months age
for the Mediterranean. Most of htl
lifebOats were missing, and such al
were not were unfit for use. They wer,
STAYED in and battered, while the in
terror of the iron. hulled vessel, at leas
as far as the passengers quarters wer'
concerned, was almost a total wreck
The damage was all due to one wave
The Italia was not the only craft whicl
had a rough passage. The Hindoo, iron
Hull, luckily without passengers, had
similar though not quite such disas
trous passage. She, too, was badl.
damaged. Six OF the OIL 'ers and crev
otli ,er Chewan was washed off the star
board ladder and thrown against ven
tilatOr, sustaining serious bruises. Cap
tain Craigg and Boatswain McFarlan,
were thrown into the lee scuppers an'
when the steamer rolled were LANDED
against the smoking-room. The cap
tain's leg was injured and the boatswail
received severe internal injuries
The third engineer was severed,
injured about the back and left leg
On September eth the storm in
creased in fury. and at 3 O'Clock Cap
tain Craigg ordered the vessel heade,
toward the sea. For three hours tn
passengers were huddled togetl er il
, the cabin waiting for what they SUP
steamer rolled from side to side as
she were going to keel over, Will
the vo ces of nearly all the crew coul
be heard over the storm, repeating tn
orders from the bridge. The steerin
gear had parted, leaving the STEAMSHIP
at the mercy of the sea. An attemp
was made to sup and man the heaG
gear, but before it could be done
big wave boarded the steam ship owe
the port bow and rolled along tn
deck, carrying everything before il
: Lifeboats were smashed and carrie
away, the smoking room and hosriti
doors were burst in and the steaI
pipes on the deck broken and ben
The chairs screwed to the floor wei
torn up, the cabin flooded and consic
cradle other damage done. The crew
\ who had b en- putting the han'
5 steering gear in place, completed the
!, work, and the ship was once moi
( headed for port. The following da
+ the storm abated.