The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-13
SEA AND SHORE
Two Coal Laden Vessels
Arrive In Port.
Liner DOriC From the 0rient--Star
of France 0ut--lSland Craft
Seeking New Ports,

Two coal vessels, the Inverness
shire. from sydney and the Pactolus.
from Nanaimo, arrived yesterday
morning and anchored in the stream
awaiting berths. The Oriental and De-
cidental liner Doric. with 600 tons of
. general cargo and 700 japanese immi-
grants. put her mudhoOks down at day
break just of the Mail wharf which
was occupied by the freighter Lady
Joicey Scows were put alongside and
the cargo transferred by them to the
fumigating warehouses on the dock.
This is the nineteenth voyage home Of
the Doric and It has also turned out
to be the banner voyage Of the fast
steamer. She sailed from Hongk0ng
December %; from Shanghai on the
27th; NaEasaH on the Goth; Kobe on
the 3tst, and Yokohama on January 3.
Arriving here of the harbor. at 11:0S
o'clock last Hight, the DOric made the
trip from Yokohama in 9 days, hours
and 50 minutes. which is the o. K o.
S. record. This is not, however, a
" record breaking trip, as the S. S. China
which arrived in Honolulu on Deem
Der 10th, 1897. made the trip in DAYS,
8 hours and - minutes, beating the Do
Tic's time by p hours and IS minutes.
or nearly one day. The mail closed at ,
o'clock last evening for the Coast and
it is expected the DOric will get away
early this morning. The DOric brought
two passengers for Honolulu. The
into Allen street and commenced to
discharge the Norwest cargo which
she has on board. The Claudine for
Maui ports, finally sailed early in the
morning, nearly three days after
schedule time. The steamer Helene.
under Captain McAllister. formerly
first officer of the Kinau, sailed in the
afternoon for Hamakua ports. and the
steamer Hawaii for the Hilo coast
There is TO be an exodus of all Island
craft from the harhor soon If the re-
strictions on shipping are maintained.
1t is hard TO keep the sailors on board
the steamers in sight of home and
friends for an indefinite period. They
are beginning 10 show such signs of
discomfort that the chances are the
steamers will be sent to ply coastwise
on the Islands of Kauai. Maui and Ha-
wall for the future. The departure Of
the Helene. Kaiulani and Hawaii
presage this. The Kaiulani left also
yesterday for Ookala with machinery
and her quick return is very uncer-
tain. The Westminster moved away
from Oceanic wharf to give the POsei-
don a chance to get some cargo out
The schooner Golden Gate was towed
outside TO an anchorage and will prob
ably get away for Lanai ports today.
Treasure Cast Up by the Sea.
In 1884 a British steamer named the
lronsides ran into a terrific gale when
within 200 miles of Halifax Her car
go shifted, and she rolled so far over
that her propeller was useless. and aft
er every effort to right her she was
abandoned by all hands. The boats
were adrift seven days before being
picked up. The loss of the steamer
was duly reported. and the insurance
money had been paid when she was
heard of again. She was passed in
midOcean by an American ship. and
she was riding on an even keel. Her
cargo had shifted back and. being
staunch iron vessel. she was still afioat
She would have been boarded by the
American skipper but for the heavy sea
running. A steamer was sent out from
Halifax to look for her. and another
left the English Channel. but they
Knocked about for a month and got no
trace. The Ironsides. curious as it may
seem. was sighted only that once.
though she was afloat for five months.
and drifted thousands of miles. One
night she drifted into q little harbor
on the south coast Of the Island OF
1
at e55,000. and IL had come to no
harm. The derelict had accumulated
barnacles and grass and needed PAINT.
but she had come through her long
fight with the king Of storms in better
condition, perhaps. than If she had car
ried her crew with her II was a sal
wage job Of the biggest kind. and the
beach-comber got enough out Of 1t to
warrant him a life Of comfort for the
remainder of his days
In the year 1912 a British frigate
called the FoZfire was lost between the
Azores and Madeira She foundered
in 2 gale. though not until most of
her crew had been transferred in a
wonderfully plucky way to a cOnsort.
The fTigate went down in water a thou
sand feet deem. but on the afternoon
Of July 20. 1874. sixty-two years after
her loss, the hulk cTawlad ashore on
FOrmigas Island. 4 stiff gale which
had been blowing for three days. aided
by heavy seas and high tide. landed
her on the beach. and the relic was
seized by q beachcomber named Saun-
dersOn, an EnElishman and a deserter
from n man-Of-war The frigate no
doubt went to the bottom at first. and
II may be that she rested there for
half a century. Then a heavy storm or
a swirl of the current sent her drifting
along. Rudder and keel and masts
were gone. and many of the bulk
heads were down. but the hull could
have been made watertight Saurder-
son engaged help. and made q good
haul from the hulk. Her guns we're
worthless. as may be supposed. bu- he
got E2.O00 in gold from the purser's
safe. and many relics which brought
high prices from tourists. In overhaul
ing the hulk enough human bones we're
found to account for twenty-five men.