The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-01
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of
STEAMER WAIALEALE MEETS AN
ACCIDENT.
Propeller Tangled in II. NJ. S. Warri-
moo's Line--Repairs on the Mika-
hala-Water Front Notes.

expected by the Bryant yesterday.
The James Makee is expected to-
morrow. with a full cargo of sugar
for the Bryant.
The S. n. Castle now has in about
5000 bags of sugar but as Captain
Hubbard wants full load he does
not expect to get away before We'd
nesday of next week.
The Babcock is overdue from Balti-
more. with United States coal-over-
due because she has been making the
trip uniformly in 1870 days, and ste is
now out about 125 days.
The little schooner Norma complet-
ed her first trip for her new owners
yesterday. having made an excellent
passage to and from Kona. She will
have another full cargo when she sails
tomorrow.
The steamer Helene arrived this
morning from Hawaii ports with 80
head of cattle. There is no sugar on
the Hamakua coast as yet. The He
lene will sail again tomorrow after
noon. Captain Freeman reports very
moderate weather.
The Mikahala is laid up at the coal
wharf undergoing much needed re-
pairs. For some time she has been
leaking, not dangerously, but enough
to hurt the sugar. The copper is be-
ing put on the port side, above the
| high water line. She will be ready for
sea again some time next week. 1t
| will not be necessary for her to go on
the railway.
Captain Curtis of the Title E.
Starbuck returned yesterday from a
| ten days visit to Hawaii and the Vol
cano. Much of his time was spent in
the Puma coffee fields, and he has re-
turned thoroughly convinced that the
coffee planting industry is the finest
| and most lucrative business on earth.
! During Captain Curtis absence the
ship has been put into fine trim, paint
ed inside and out and the hold scald-
ed. The deck is so clean and white
| that it would make a tempting din
| ing table. The Starbuck will probab-
w commence taking sugar about the
middle of the month. She is first on
the berth for New York
The steamer Waialeale met with an
accident while leaving port yester-
day that forced her to put back and
remain over until this morning. AS
she was steaming out of the harbor
she ran afoul of one of the II. NJ. S.
Warrimoo's lines, which became en-
tangled in her propeller, and held fast.
The Waaleale only got as far as the
light house, when she had to turn
back. and was warped alongside the
wharf. Native divers were employed,
but were unable to cut out the rope
before dark put an end to their work.
This morning, however, work was re-
sumed and at an early hour the pro-
peller was freed and the steamer put
to sea.
Fuller particulars of the wreck of
the sugar ship Commodore on Maiden
Island We're received in the last AUS
tralian mail. Captain and Mrs. Dav-
idson arrived in Melbourne on the 1st
inst. From the ships log, which was
saved, it appears that she went on
the reef shortly after midnight on
September Bird, in fine, clear weather.
Observations taken at noon on that
day showed her to be 10S miles from
Maiden Island, and it was the cap
tain's intention to about ship at mid
night. At 1850 p. m. the patent log
showed the ship had run 76 miles
since noon, and the mate who was in
charge of the deck, was preparing TO
about ship when the lookout sighted
land. Before the vessels course could
be altered, she had struck bow on in
four fathoms with twenty-five fathom
under her stern. Before daylight she
was full of water and had heeled over
until her rail was under water.