The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-13
IN THE HARBoR AFTER A NIGHT
OF DANGER.
She Was Stranded for Thirteen Hours
Near the Spar Buoy-Her Third Mis-
fortune.

The bark Coalinga which went
aground last night was released this
morning at high tide by the tugs Eleu
and Iroquois. She was stranded for
thirteen hours but it is thought that
she did not sustain any serious injuries.
At about 10 o'clock this morning she
dropped her anchor in the harbor. The
Coalinga is earning a reputation as a
hoodoo. She arrived in New York from
San Francisco last year with her maStS
gone and while at New York loading for
the trip that nearly ended in disaster
here, she was capSiZed in the harbor.
The vessel went aground at ten min
utes past last night. She was report
ed off Diamond Head early in the even
ing. Her captain, j. S. Evans, thought
he could make the harbor without
pilot. He had made a very successful
run and concluded to end 1t by using
favorable winds to steer his own way
through the channel. He was making
frequent soundings when the stop came.
Suddenly the water grew shallow and
before the vessels course could be al
tered she was tossing and groaning on
the ocean bed Her bow, pivoted high
in the air showed how far her keel had
been pushed into the coral. The burst
| ing of a rocket and blue lights flashed
from her sides gave news to the shore
of the vessels distress.
| H. NJ Dow, who was watching her ap-
proach from his elevated residence on
| Punchbowl slopes, was the first person
| in town to see her strike on the reef and
| to see the distress signals.
The tug Elue at once put out to aid
| the stranded bark. She found the Coal
| inga rolling very heavily on the swell,
| but too firmly stuck to be drawn out
| by a single tug. The Iroquois was sent
| for and at 1890 this morning she start
ed to help the Eleu. At half past both
tugs left and came to the dock to get
! coal. They had failed to save the vessel
| and it appeared that she was doomed to
meet the fate of the unlucky Edward
| O'Brien, whose last remaining wreck
| age was visible only short distance
| away. 1t was an uncomfortable sight
for Captain Evans.
Before s O'Clock both the tugs return
ed to make another effort. The Coal
inga, with sails set, could be seen roll
| ing from the shore. A. F. Cook, of the
Hawaiian Fertilizer Company, to whom
! the cargo was consigned, had boarded
the vessel in the interest of his corpor-
alton. The captain was considering the
advisability of throwing away the cargo
and cutting off the masts to tighten the
vessel.
Both tugs attached hawsers at about
8 o'clock and proceeded to exert theiI
engines. A slight humping on the bot
tom showed that the Coalinga was no
as taSt as Sne nad Deen. AS Lne ropes
strained, she moved slowly out. scraD
ing and humping the bottom, and soor
she was riding freely on the waves II
deep water. In half an hour, with sails
furled, she was passing into the harbor
this time with a pilot. Mrs. Evans, rht
captains wife and his little boy We're or
deck. They had passed an exciting
night on the vessel.
Captain Evans had no explanation oi
his narrow escape. 1t was his first vlsi
to Honolulu He stated that the course
appeared safe and he thought it better
to enter than to lay off outside til
morning.
The Coalinga made a good run from
New Jersey. In one day at the Horr
she made the remarkable record of 33
miles. She is an iron vessel, formerl!
British, under the name of La Escocesa
She is of S74 tons register and left Car
teret, New Jersey, 106 days ago. He
cargo was 1900 tons of acid phosphate
for the fertilizer company She is own
ed by Balfour, Williams & Company o
New York. The cargo would yer.
quickly have spoiled had she sprung
leak.