Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-10-28
ITEMS FROM HARBOR FRONT
The Canadian Liner MiOWera Delayed
By a Hurricane.
Jap Tramp RiOjun With LabOrerS - Bark Dia
mOnd Head at LaSt-Bark Martha d.
Wis Arrives Foreign Items.

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Hongkong, Oct 9-Sailed steam
er Coptic for San Francisco Wis
Honolulu.
The immigrants off the PERT
were released from quarantine
this morning.
Wellington, N u, Oct ID - Ar
rived, steamer Aorangi from Vic
toria via Honolulu.
Plenty of rain on the Koolau
side of Oahu as far as Laie. Ka-
huku has had but little. Very
smooth sea.
The bark Diamond Head which
has been lying off the island for
four days, at last made the har-
: Dor this morning.
The James Makee arriving this
morning reports fine weather on
windward Kauai and raining hard
last Tuesday and Wednesday.
There are 400 bags of rice in the
Kappa warehouse.
The japanese steamer Riojun
Maru is anchored in the stream
discharging 534 laborers for quar-
antine from Kobe and Yokohama.
The Riojun has also on board 24S
tons of freight for this port.
Charles Robinson has libeled
the Wilder steamer Claudine at
San Francisco for $4,000 damages,
on account of broken leg from a
hawser that parted while the
steamer was towing the barken-
tine G G Funk, on which the Ii
bellant was a seaman, in April,
1896, near the island of Maui.
The Canadian Australian liner
Miowera is at Oceanic wharf with
$50 tons of freight for this port
and a big cargo and a number of
passengers in transit for the Colo
MES. The Miowera is three days
late owing to terrible hurricane
which she passed through which
caused her to slow down for four
days.
The Philadelphia looked trim
and clean above the water line,
when she reached San Francisco,
but below it she was covered with
mat of sea grasses and barnacles
OF about five inches in thickness.
Her foul bottom retarded her pro.
gress, and with a full head of
steam and her engines running at
their limit of speed she could only
be driven at an eleven knot clip
on the way up. Her average speed
on the voyage from the islands
was only about nine knots.
Yesterday was n record break
ing day in the history of the port
of San Francisco, says the s +
Chronicle of the 2lst inst. Not a
vessel of any description came in
through the Golden Gate during
the day. All Yesterday a thick
fog hung over the sea off the
Heads, and the bay as far in as
Alcatraz was enveloped in thick
veil of mist. The lookout at Point
Reyes reported a heavy fog from
early morning to night, and from
Point Lobos reports were received
every hour that the weather was
as thick as mush." Along with the
fog was dead calm, and if any
vessels were outside wanting to
make the port the tugs were IN.
able to find them, and they could
not make any Roadway without
wind.
The bark S G Allen came into
the harbor yesterday from Homo
lulu with her fore topgallant mast
and her lower fore topgallant yard
gone. The vessel aud the bark
Albert and the S n Castle left the
island port nineteen days ago
within a few minutes of each
other, and commenced a race for
this port. On Thursday morning
last the Albert came into the har-
Dor the winner of the race, and
few hours later the S n Castle
made the port, close second.
The third boat in the race, accord.
Ing to the statements of her crew,
made good time until when close
to port, when she ran into a gale.
She was carrying good spread
OF canvas and making the best of
the strong breeze when squall
struck her, carrying away her rig
glng and crippling her for a fast
trips f Chronicle, Oct Is.