The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-01

Lie INalaut dTItfSo last cNcHinS
with the startling news that the Inter
island steamer G.. r. Bishop was
ashore three miles from Nawiliwili,
Kauai, and was probably q total
wreck. No lives were lost, but the
cargo will probably be almost entirely
destroyed.
The Bishop left here Tuesday after
noon at O'Clock with a full cargo of
miscellaneous freight for Kauai ports.
Her captain, Emile LIE Claire, being
sick, she was placed in charge of First
Mate Andrews. At 2 Am. yesterday
she was running full speed-about 10
knots. Andrews saw the high lands,
but supposed that he was heading for
Nawiliwili harbor and did not slacllen
speed. Suddenly, without warning
of any kind, she struck the rocks off
the shore and the vessel was hard and
fast, and rapidly filing. Her whole
starboard side was stove in, and she
became almost a complete wreck.
AS soon as the shock of the striking
was felt Andrews tried to stop and
back his engines, but the mischief
was done and it was too late for any
thing in the way of saving the vessel
| to be accomplished. ,----
Word was at once sent to Captain
Freeman, of the 1walani, which was
at Nawiliwili, and he proceeded to the
rescue of the wreck. Nothing could
| be done, however, anu Freeman de-
cided to return here with the news,
which he did, arriving last evening.
| She left for Kauai again at 10 O'Clock.
Andrews, who was in command OF
| the ill-fated vessel at the time she
| struck, has been rnnning TO the Kauai
coast for years, and it is not under
stood how he could have made such q
| fiasco of his first trip as master.
| He has never had command OF Il
steamer before, but he was supposed
to have complete knowledge of the
coast and harbors. The night was
very dark, and it is supposed that he
| lost his bearings in some way, and
struck before he knew where he was.
One of the principal members of the
Inter Island Company said last even
| ing that he did not think that An
drews had been specially careless, but
that the disaster was due more to mis-
| fortune than to inattention.
The Bishop is ashore between Hama
maulu and Nawiliwili, about three
! miles from the latter place. When
| she struck there was a strong wind
Ii
| high. The cabin passengers were
! Miss Mollie Bush, who, it is reported,
swan ashore, Miss Maria Bush, and
| one or two others whose names could
! not be ascertained last evening.
| At low tide it is possible to walk on
the rocks from the shore to where the
ship is now lying. She is in about
| three feet of water, her masts are loos-
ened, her side stove in and altogether
is in very bad shape.
Andrews told Captain Freeman
before the latter left, that he took all
the blame of the accident, as he was
too confident that he was going in the
right direction. He thought he was
just outside of Nawiliwili harbor, in
stead of being three miles away. He
saw the land, and thought he recog-
nized it as the highlands of Nawili-
will.
Captain Campbell, the Superin
tendent of the Inter-Island Company,
said last evening thai before the
Bishop sailed he had decided to take
her on the trip himself, on account
of LIE Claire's sickness, but he and
Captain Godfrey decided that An
drews was fully competent to handle
the ship. ~ wish / hadn't changed
my mind,' he said
From the time the ship struck, the
crew started to work on her, fir-t do
ing what they could to save the ship
This was found to be impossible,
however, and the men then turned
their attention 10 saving what they
could of the cargo rs soon IA the pas
sengers had landed.
When the Iwa,4aL arrived, Cap