Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-02-01
FAREWELL BISHOP"
The Steamer G. r. Bishop
Ashore at Kauai


ashore at Kauai at point about
three miles from Nawiliwili and
indications seemed to point to-
ward the vessel becoming a total
loss. Communication was imme
diately established with people
who had the best information
relative to the disaster and as q
result the HoLoNUA is enabled to
state the following circumstances:
Captain LIE Claire who Is
known to be one of the most
careful and trustworthy of the
master mariners in the employ
of the Company was the captain
Of the steamer. but, sudden
indisposition caused him to be
unable to be at his post at the
time of the steamers departure,
on last Tuesday and the command
was given to the chief officer,
Andrews, who left port here, on
the departure of the vessel, on
the Both inst, as acting captain.
The steamer was fully loaded
with the usual miscellaneous
cargo of lumber, machinery and
merchandise for Hanamaulu and
Kiluaea, but had only few pas
sengers.
The C. r. Bishop had plea
SAINT passage from port here,
weather pleasant with occasion
ally rain-showers. At midnight
the loom of Kauai was easily
made out. About 1:30 o'clock
a. m. the shore being approached
acting Captain Andrews was
satisfied that he was in the Wei
nifty of his first port of call and
the landmarks seemed familiar.
About l 40 a heavy rain squall
set in shorewards and the mist
confused objects so that the
captain bnt had little opportunity
to verify his opinions on points.
At 2 a. M. without the slightest
previous premonition of danger,
the first intimation was given,
of the rocky road which the
steamer had taken, by the sudden
shock of a strike against an i'm
movable body and the later
grinding of the hull upon an un-
welcome element, a rocky bottom.
The officer in charge discover
ing his error endeavored. as far
as lay in his judgment and power,
to overcome the difficulty and
engines were reversed, lines put
out, but all too late; the steamer
Bishop which had had numerous
narrow escapes formerly was now
hard and fast upon the Coral
rocks which bordered the Kauai
shore.
There was but little excitement
on board, the shock being so
sudden and unexpected that, be-
fore the situation had been real
lied, the prompt measures taken
for extrication from the difficulty
claimed attention more than the
situation, and the few passengers
being all Hawaiians no dread of
drowning. in such close cantest
with land, Was thought of
The efforts made to get the
vessel off have been reported to
be futile, and it is with regret
that the good steamer c. r.
Bishop is proclaimed to be
total wreck.
The steamer has quite history
of her own having been engaged
in several voyages which had
made her name famous amongst
Hawaiian vessels. In the first
part of so she was engaged by
the Government to search for the
steamer Suez then overdue at this
port from San Francisco. On
that mission under the command
of Capt. Cameron the Bishop made
a voyage TO San Francisco. the
Suez having returned there pre-
yioasly. Later the schooner
Kapiolani was stated to have been
stolen and the Government aid
was again called in and the
Bishop sent on a search after her,
the Bishop being then command
ed by Captain Davies The
Kapiolani was found and the par
ters concerned IN her theft were
charged with barratry. On