The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-23
Al GOA RUNS
On THE REEF
Big Freighter Ashore at
Buoy One.
FAST IN SIXTEEN FEET.
Fortunately She Does Net Block the
Channel Hence the Gaelic
Can Get Out.

The British steamer Algoa, recently
chartered by the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company for the round trip be
I tween EongkOng and San Francisco.
touching at Honolulu, ran On the reef
near the spar buoy at 10:30 last night
and remained fast. She left Hongkong
/ in charge Of Captain Hansford on No
vember 23d with full cargo, including
over 1000 tons for this port. She was
sighted off BARRIERS Point at about 8
O'Clock and at slow speed approached
/ the harD0r, but keeping too close in
/ shore for her great draught, struck the
reef, as stated. AS soon as the yes
sells condition was apparent, both the
/ Eleu and IroGuois were communicated
with and they were made ready to pro-
/ ceed to her assistance. The Eleu bear
| ing Messrs. Rose and Suhr represent
! ing the insurance company and the
steamers agents respectively, proceed
! ed to the scene at 1915 this morning
| and the IroQuOis got away half an hour
/ later.
| An Advertiser reporter went ont to
| the scene Of the trouble and found the
| AIg0a aground on the extreme Waikiki
I side Of the channel, striking the reef
/ in sixteen feet of water. She was
! pointing in the direction of Manoa
! valley, her bow rather high. SO that
the 20-foot mark was easily diseernible.
! The sea was smooth and the vessel re-
manned rigidly in her position without
any perceptible list She struck dur
| ing nigh tide, and unless the tugs 1ro-
quois and Ellen can pull her off the reef
! n yrvr do in pr.ahI
damage may be done. An investiga-
ton of her hold showed no signs OF
leakage.
One of the ships officers stated that
the captain had intended to anchor
outside for the night and slowed down
as the opening of the channel was
cached While waiting to find an an
chorage the bow swung around and
struck on the reef AS she was going
at slow speed and did not go on the
reef hard, it is thought that the vessel
may be pulled off. After striking, the
nropellers were kept going at full speed
astern, but the ship did not bulge an
inch. The officers do not feel alarmed
and are co1fdent the Algoa can be
slid back into deep water by this after
noon
Whatever NAV have been the cap
tain's INTENTION it is very certain that
he completely missed the entrance to
the channel At the time the vessel
struck no pilot was aboard, Pilot Nc
Cauley reaching the ship soon after.
She carries 1,240 tons general cargo and
mails for Honolulu; also 9.614 tons car
on for San Francisco and overland cit
les: also 62f cases of opium, valued at
s338.e53, one of the largest and most
valuable cargoes ever cleared for San
Francisco.
The Algoa measures ATS feet over
all, has 5S-fGOt beam ard 35-foot
moulded depth She is built of steel
ard is fitted throughout with all the
latest improvements, electric lights.
etc. She has triple expansion engines
and was built at Sunderland. England. |
in 1896. and is one of the largest |
freight steamers afioat. having a dead |
weight carrying capacity Of 1920 tons. |
She steams eleven knots. She Is COM
manded Dy Captain F. G. Hansford;
A. Lockett,, chief officer: w. Brown.
second officefs J. G. Vickerstaff. third
officer; A S. Edwards, purser: H.
Aud, chief engineer; Joe Cook. first
engineer: J. Davies, second engineer:
L. J. Summers. third engineer. The /,
crew is comprised Of Ia Europeans and
So I 1scars. sailors. She has expert
enced boisterous weather all the way
from Yokohama
LITER, 80 a. m.-The steamer AL
goa IS reported at this hour to have
been pulled off the reef by the tug
Eleu. The Iroquois is just going out.
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