The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-08-14
Supposed to Have FOundercd Nine
ty Miles From Kauai---TWO of
the Boats With Their
Crews Safe.

trip, if necessary, to the coast Of
Kauai to the north
At IL: 80 a. m. Captain Walker gave
orders to First Officer Carlson and his
bOatlOad of nine men and Second OFF,
Ger Hammond with his boats crew of
ten men to leave the ship. They were
instructed to make for the coast of
Kauai, and, landing at Mana or Wal
mea, lose no time in despatching an
Island steamer, if one could be OBJ
tanned, to tow the Columbia into a safe
harbor. With brisk breeze behind
the boats sailed away leaving the re-
mainder of the crew and officers on
board. In the distance Captain Walk
er and Navigating Officer Harris were
seen adjusting their sextants to take
the position of the sinking vessel,
which had then about seven feet of
water in the hold and was fast settling
by the stern.
At $3.50 that afternoon Kauai was
sighted by the boats, and, as it was
getting too dark to make a safe land
| ing, they lay off here until morning,
when they beached the boats in good
order at Mana. The plantation there
gave them all the assistance needed
and hot food for all the men and Man
ager Faye ordered out a train immedi-
ately to take them to Waimea, the
nearest steamer landing.
In the meantime the telephone had
been put in operation all over Kauai
to secure steamer to go to the dis
tressed Columbia. The w. G. Hall was
at Nawiliwili getting ready to sail that
afternoon. The James Makee was at
Kapaa discharging. The latter vessel
sailed from Kapaa for Waimea as soon
a g n ho off r
ernoon. 1t was not deemed practicable
to send SO small a steamer as the
Makee to the Columbia, as no steamer.
of her size could accomplish any
thing towing so large a steamship.
Accordingly the sailors and officers
were taken on board and the Makee
sailed Immediately for Honolulu
The men who arrived in the Makee
are in great distress. They have lost
everything, so they claim, and have 2
nothing but the clothes on their backs.
AS they have reached a home port,
having shipped under the Hawaiian
flag, it is a question whether the Gov
ernment can assist them further.
AS to the men who were left on
board and the Columbia itself every
effort will be made by the IrOquois to
locate and save them. The famous tug
is PROVIDED WITH extra SLfO0S ndWSofS
and if the Columbia can possibly be
brought to a harbor the Iroquois will
do it.
The Columbia's cargo consisted of a
lot of old junk ballast and there was
no insurance on either the vessel or
cargo. The loss is estimated at $28,-
900, which will fall upon Rowell e
Walker, Rowell owning two-thirds and
Walker One-third of the steamer. There
IS rumor to the effect that there was
also on board $4,000 in Mexican dol
ars, which will probably be placed on
one of the remaining boats, which were
arge and would have room for consid-
srable baggage
The following is list of the men
who arrived on the James Makee yes
erday:
Boat No. L.: Carlson, first officer; p.
!. McDonough, fireman; VIM Finn,
ireman; J. Brown, oiler; j. Gum,
ireman; F. Fitzpatrick, fireman; r.
Taggart, oiler; M. Mooney, coal-pas-
er; B. de Jire, chief cook
Boat No. 2: w. Hammond, second
'fficer; c. Stip, quartermaster; Joe de
santos, coal-passer; c.. Mccullough,
P. Mike, second cook; C..
tf,ontiaua5 nn Third Dooo,