The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-08-30
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of
ROBERT LEVERS AND JESSIE
MINOR IN PORT.
Long Passages From the Coast-Cap-
tain Goodman's Strange Experience
Gossip of the City Front.

The Aorangi arrived this morning,
"a days from Sydney. via Wellington.
She sails again for San Francisco at
p. m.
The Mikahala arrived yesterday with
1900 paddy, 1870 rice and lio sheep.
She reports 1902 bags of sugar still
on Kauai.
The Woollahra will finish taking in
ballast today. and .--''' ~nil for Eure-
ka tomorrow to load lumber there for
West Australia.
The w. II. Manson, now discharging
coal at the mail dock, will finish by
Wednesday, and will probably sail for
the Coast in ballast before the end of
the week.
The Mohican, when she gets the No
eau's cargo in. will have about 10000
bags under her decks. She still needs
1000 bags, and Captain Saunders eX-
poets to get it in time to get away on
Thursday or Friday.
\ small schooner sent out to re-
cover an anchor lost while getting the
Gainsborough off the reef at Dia-
mond Head, has excited some marine
reporters 4 iovial skipper easily
made them believe it was another
mystery"
The Claudine. which arrived from
Maui ports yesterday, brought down
1865 bags of sugar and lot of mis-
cellaneous freight. On the next trip
Captain Cameron has orders to bring
down 1900 bags of sugar from Kipa-
hulu for the Aloha, cleaning up the
seasons grinding.
The c. D. Bryant hauled over from
the railroad wharf to Brewers this
morning to take in stores for Lay
son Island. Her ballast is all in and
Captain Colby hopes to get away this
afternoon for the guano beds. The
Bryant will have a lot of stores for
the Island, and some japanese labor
ers as passengers.
! The Aloha took the Bryant's berth at
| the railroad dock this morning, and
the work of discharging the heavy
boilers was commenced without delay.
! One of the boilers had been raised but
six feet when the heavy blocks broke
under the enormous weight. 1t had to
be dropped back on deck, no damage
being done. Captain Dable started at
once on hunt for new blocks, but
when last seen had not yet come upon
any. The work requires some power
full blocks.
On August 5th, while in latitude 40
degrees 40 minutes north longituda.
1876 degrees 45 minutes west, the Rob-
ert Levers had the unusual experience
of falling in with feet of six vessels
all apparently bound for California,
To all appearances they had lost the
wind about the same place, and We're
drifting together in a calm. Captain
Goodman could only make out the
schooner Anna and two Spreckles
briggs. The others were a four mast
British ship, three mast ship and 4
three mast schooner.
The schooner Robert Levers, Cap
tain Goodman, arrived yesterday
morning, 20 days from Port Gamble
Her cargo consists of S91, SIT feet of
lumber, 1885 pickets, 5000 laths and
800 bundles of cedar shingles, all
consigned to Levers & Cooke. Captain
Goodman reports that after passing
Cape Flattery on July 31st, light wes-
terly and northwest winds were eXpe-
rienced for the first three days, and
then light winds and Gains for the
rest of the passage, with fine weather
all the way.
The little schooner Jessie Minor,
Captain Whitney, arrived in port yes
terday, 90 days from Eureka, with
100000 feet of redwood lumber for Al
len & Robinson. Mr.. Ingersoll was a
passenger, bringing down 100 hogs for
the market. The Minor made port in
the nick of time, for the water sup
ply for the hogs had just given out,
and another forty-eight hours at sea
would have finished them. Twenty
hogs died on the way down, due, Cap.
tain Whitney thinks, to over crowdine
the pens. Those that arrived safely
are in fine condition, and readily pass.
ed inspection On the voyage up to
San Francisco, the Minor beat the Al.
oha by three days, but had to wait