The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-08-04
WNARf AND WAvE.

Brewers wharf Is being slowly .a
tended on into the harbor. Pile drlv'
! ing IL about finished.
The United States Army transport
Morgan City arrived at San Francisco
July 24th from Manila.
The ship Santiago left San Francisco
| July 10 for Hilo with n cargo of gen.
eral merchandise and a deckload o,
! mules.
The ship George Curtis cargo. for
San Francisco last Tuesday, consisted
of 600i.546 pounds of sugar valued
at s2i3,1s9
The American bark Harvester, coal
laden from Newcastle, and the Hawaii
an bark Mauna Ala, with general mer-
chaEdise from San Francisco. arrived
yesterday afternoon.
Captain Harry Evans has purchased
the La Ninfa as she lies on the reef off
BARRIERS Point. and has the schooner
Rob Roy at work Tightening her. He
left on the train yesterday for the
wreck.
The schooner Muriel, which arrived
| July 16 in San Francisco from the Ha-
waiian Islands, met with heavy winds
two days before reaching port, which
carried her main boom away three
times.
The Canadian Australian liner Mo
vera. from the Colonies. locked at Pa
cific Mail wharf yesterday morning
and sailed for Victoria at 8 o'clock in
the evening with a large passenger
Hist. The MiOwera sailed from Sydney
on July 18th, Brisbane 2lst and Suva
9th.
| The City Of Columbia Is again on the
berth for HOngkOng and is taking on
coal at Fishmarket wharf She will
have on board when she sails next
week about 600 tons. The rudder post
has been firmly braced to the stern
| timbers and a new gang of firemen en-
gagged
The wreck of the schooner La Ninfa
was sold as it lays off BARRIERS Point.
She Is breaking up fast. The cargo
brought $500 from a rice-planter and
the vessel $50 from firm in the city.
The schooner Rob Roy leaves this
morning to lighter the cargo and wreck
what remains of the La Ninfa.
| A promotion which the passengers
on the future trips of the MiOwera will
appreciate Is that of Steward Harry
Bellmaine. who has for many years
been in that department of the Cana
ldian-Australian line. Steward Bell
maine is a brother of the genial pur-
ser of the WarrimOo, and quite as
popular.
The bark S. c. Allen has the record
Of the season for the sugar packets in
their passage from the Hawaiian ISL
ands to San Francisco. She arrived
there July 10, but seventeen days out
| The next best time. twenty-one days
| was made by the barkentine s. n. Cas-
tie. which arrived with the other
Both brought a number of passengers
| The brig Consuelo sailed July %
from San Francisco for Mahukona
with an assorted merchandise cargo. OF
(which the following were the leading
shipments:
400 bbls. flour, 500 gals. wine, 100 SKIS
middlings. 30 bbls. lime, pkg. beer
80 bbls. salmon. 81 pkgs. groceries and
provisions. 800 lbs. lard. 400 cs. coal oil
40 ctls. wheat. go ctls. barley, $50 SKIS
bran, 26 bales hay, 3.4i7 lbs. bread
| .l25 lbs. salt, 80 bales hay, 100 ctls.
barley, 2lS bran. S,O35 lbs. meal
| The schooner La Ninfa, which has
been in the Hanalei rice trade for some
time past, went ashore on Monday
evening on the reef three miles west
of the entrance to Pearl Harbor while
bound from Kauai to this port. She
lies with about eight feet of water I'M
der her bow one mile off the beach and
10 laaEinu hnbly is
Captain Hansen, master of the La Min
! ia, came ashore yesterday morning. re-
porting his predicament by telephone
Ito Hyman Bros, the owners of the g.,
500 bags of paddy aboard. They Sc
! cured the services of the tug Eleu,
which left Immediately, but upon ar
rival near the distressed schooner it
was found that the tugs hawser was
not long enough to reach the La Min
IA. The Eleu then returned to the har
Dor, leaving Captain Hansen on board
with the schooner's boat alongside in
case of the vessels breahing up. 1t
is hoped that schooner g. light draught
can be taken alongside and her cargo
taken off, in which case she may float
off without great damage. The La Min
ia was built in Port jefferson, New
York, in 1877, her home port was San
Francisco. Some months ago she was
brought here from the Coast and
found a purchaser in Captain Harry
Evans, who sold her a short time ago
to John II. Wilson. Her dimensions
are as follows: Length over all, Sc;
breadth, 25.2; depth. IA; gross ton
mage, l26.22: and net tonnage, 1891.
She is valued at $4,000 and is insured
in J. 5. Walkers agency.