The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-11-04
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of
THE IVA MAKES WAENA1 IN \
DISABLED CONDITION.
Refused Tow From the Kaena-Alice
Cookies Bad Night in the Channel
Cabin Boy Lost.

The S. 5. Belgic is due from San
Francisco Saturday morning.
There are no arrivals or departures
to record on the water front today.
The w. G.. Irwin is discharging gen
eral merchandise at the Oceanic wharf
this morning.
The James Makee is on the marine
railway receiving a coat of paint and
a scraping. She will be off tomorrow
probably.
The bark Nuuanu is now out 40
days from New York. and is anxious
~ expected. She is making an unu-
sually long passage,
The sugar carriers from the other
Islands are likely to be a bit late this
week on account of the rough weather
prevailing.
Captain Gore Of the bark Columbia
has decided not to 90 TO sea until the
weather is little bit more settled. lie
may go in the morning. as his ballast
is all in.
The favorable wind of the past two
days ought to bring down some of the
coast vessels now due. The Andrew
Welch and Mohican are making long
passages.
The CIaudine is expected back from
the Coast about the 18th inst. 1t was
planned for her to leave San Francisco
on the 9th and she ought to make the
run down in nine days.
The Martha Davis has hauled over
to Sorenson's wharf. to discharge
bricks. She had expected sugar
but the very rough weather
detained expected steamers and the
sugar has not arrived.
The steamer Kaena returned last
night from windward ports. after Il
hard fight with wind and wave. IT
was too rough TO work sugar, so she
returned empty. Captain Parker says
he had been lying at anchor at MoItu.
LEILA. but found it so rough that he de-
cidcd to take his chances on putting
to sea. The bar was breaking badly
but the matches were battered dowr
tight, everything made fast and the
crew ordered on top of the house. The
little steamer then plunged into FhC
rollers. One big green sea came II
over the starboard rail, and swept the
decks clean. but did no damage. At
ter the bar was crossed there was NJ
more difficulty.
The little steamer Iva was disabled
off Nanallula gulch yesterday after
noon. but Captain Townsend managed
/ to get her into a safe anchorage a
! Waienai. under sail last night. \ re
port of the Twas predicament was
brought to this city last night by the
steamer Kaena. The Kaena was spo
| ken by the Iva about 3 in the after
noon. The wind was blowing hare
/ off shore at the time. and the sea wa
very rough. Captain Thompson re
/ fused to accept tow from the Kae
ma. but asked Captain Parker to re
port to his owners that his engine wa
broken down, and that he was unde
sail. 1t was nervy on Townsend's par
to stick it out. for the seas were run
/ ming high, and he had a good cargo
| Mr.. wilson learned this morning, how
ever, that the Iva had made a SAT,
anchorage at Waienai, and that tn,
damaged engine had been repaired.
! The schooner Alice Cooke had
rough night of it in the Molokai chan
mel last Tuesday night. Captain Pen
| hallow considers that he got of
very easily, with the loss of but on,
man and "A new stay sail. 1t was 81
! thick that he could not tell the lane
from the sky. Headed well up int
| the channel for what he rightly iudg
ed was clear water, he says he die
not dare touch sail. but let the yes
sci run. In the early morning he fel
very much relieved to find himsel
off the Molollai light. All night TIL
sea was very choppy, and the wine
blew great guns. Captain Penhallov
says he has been caught in the Molo
| kai channel before in the dark. bu
never felt quite so shakey. The Japa
nese cabin boy, NJ. Ochi, was lost ovr
| board, about ) o'clock in the morning
while going from the cabin to the gal
| ley. He made no cutlery until ia
astern. The schooner was maxim:
such Roadway, and the sea was s.
rough that Captain Penhallow decid
ed not to lower a boat and risk tn
! lives of his men i'm what he kney
! would be a fruitless effort to save tn