The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-08-26
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of
CAPTAIN MANSON OF THE
OCEANIA VANCE DEAD.
Buried at Sea-The Alameda in Port
Shipping Notes From the Coast
Gossip.

The Alameda sails for the Colonies
at 2 p. m. today.
The bark Ilesper arrived at Port
Blakeley on the 18th.
The Alder Besse and S. c. Allen haze
been chartered to return to this port.
The Mamma is receiving seventy-five
tons of coal today from Allen d Rob-
inson's pile.
The Woollahara will finish discharg-
ing coal tomorrow. She needs 400
tons of ballast.
The bark Palmyra, recently here.
has been chartered to load lumber on
the sound for Port Townsend.
The Hawaiian ship Fort George is
engaged in the coastwise coal trade,
between Departure Bay and San
Francisco.
The James Makee arrived from Ka-
uai today with 1870 bags of rice. She
sails again at 4 this afternoon for Ka-
paa and kilauea.
When the Alameda sailed from San
Francisco, the Albert was advertised
to sail for this port on the 22nd, and
S. c. Allen and S. n. Castle were up
and loading.
/ The Bennington's launch will make
regular trips to and from the vessel,
leaving the boat landing daily at the
following hours: a. M.-7:20, 900,
1920 and 11:45; p. Mills, 800,
600, 1880 and 1880.
The Marion is under orders to sail
for San Francisco at 3 p. m. She
carries a deck load of sixty tons of
coal. Bets have been made in the
ward room that she will be more than
twenty-five days on the voyage up.
The Mohican finished getting out
her cargo this morning. She has al
ready taken 500 bags of sugar from
the kaena, and will receive 5000 bags
from the Noeau tomorrow. She will
probably sail about the middle of next
week.
Davis d Co. have received a cable
per the Alameda to the effect that
the Aorangi will arrive here next Sat
urday. From other sources it is now
learned that she was four days late at
Wellington, which is but four days
out from Sydney, arriving there IN
the 18th.
While the ship Allen Besse was be-
ing towed yesterday into Pacific street
wharf her bowsprit went through the
end of the shed, ripping off number
of planks and breaking off next the
deck, says the Chronicle of the 18th.
Several of the piles in the wharf were
badly cracked by the force of the i'm
pact.
Captain Manson of the schooner
Oceania Vance. recently in this port,
died at sea on the 10th, while on a
voyage from this port to Tacoma. The
burial took place at sea, and Second
Of fine vessel and took her to Tacoma.
arriving there on the nth Captain
Manson was very widely known, and
had many friends in the city.
Since the last mail the following
vessels have arrived and departed at
San Francisco from Island ports:
Arrived-.\ugust IS, Lurline, 20 DAYS
from kahului; August IA, Mauna Loa,
% days from Honolulu; Augusta.
diamond Head, 30 days from this
port. Departures-August IA. Archer,
and August IS, Transit, for this port:
August Is, Roderic Dhu, for Hilo: Au-
gust IA, John G. North, for Honoipu.
The Alameda arrived from San
Francisco this morning with over 1000
tons of freight for the Colonies. So
great was the rush of freight for the
Colonies that freight for this port was
refused. The Alameda came down
handily in days Is hours, arriving at
daybreak. Purser Smith, formerly OF
the Mariposa, who spent the summer
on a vacation trip to his old home in
Ireland, is again on deck. His friends
along the route are legion.