The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-15

Thirty-SlX hours DenlnO time, the DC
cidental and Oriental steamship Doric
arrived in this port yesterday morning
at O'Clock, from Hongkong, Yokoha-
ma and other ports of call, docking, as
usual, at the Pacific Mail wharf.
The Doric sailed from Yokohama on
the Bird instant and was eleven days
and seven hours in making the voyage
here. She met with unusually rough
weather on the way and was, in fact,
delayed by anything but a pleasant
encounter with a small-siZed typhoon.
This is the first time that the Doric
has been late in all her experience as
an Occidental and Oriental boat and it
takes more than an ordinary rough
passage to put her behind her schedule
time.
Almost as soon as the vessel left Yo-
kohama she ran into heavy weather; it
was while she was in Japanese waters
that she encountered the baby typhoon;
after that she experienced strong east
and southeast winds as far as Bird
Island.
The Doric travelled only 179 miles on
the 7th and on the 9Th she made only
Isl. These were not the only bad days
good ship to be many hours behind
| About 9 o'clock yesterday morning
the passengers from the Orient came
ashore, those who were through pas
sengers starting out to see what they
could see of Honolulu in the short
time they had to remain here. Later
in the day when the heavy rains began,
walking and driving around became al
together out of the question and the
metropolis of the Paradise of the Pa
cific was not to be seen to any advan-
tage. There were three passengers for
Honolulu on the Doric: Miss Esther
Warner, Arthur Young and servant
and Kwang Slang Tseng. Among the
through passengers were: Captain j..
I. Myers, U. S. N, whose experiences
in China are set down in another col
umn, and Lieutenant K. Tanka of the
Japanese Navy.
The Doric brought 900 tons of freight
for this port and sailed for San Fran
cisco shortly before midnight. She came
here with clean bill of health, report
ing no more plague in Kobe and none in
any other japanese port.
1t is also reported by the Doric that
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bonic plague in Hongkong for the
month prior to the sailing of the vessel
while only two months ago there were
10 cases.
Arrangements have now been made
by the United States Government
whereby importers of Oriental goods on
the Mainland can receive their. Oriental
merchandise two days sooner than for
merly. Heretofore this delay has beer
necessitated by the examination of al
freight from the Orient in San Francis
co, on account of the plague in China
DR.. j. w. Kerr who was stationed
in Honolulu for several months anC
who has been connected with the quar-
antine department in San Francisco
for year and half has been opderet
to Hongkong, according to advices re
J. ceived at the United States Quarantine
headquarters, as an attache of sth'
American Consulate there. 1t will b,
, his duty to make thorough examina
, ton of all freight leaving Hongkons
, and he will be empowered to throw gu
/, all or any merchandise to which there
may be attached any suspicion of con
tanning disease germs.
DR.. Kerr will work in conjunction
, with DR.. Eldredge at Yokohama and il
= this way all steamers from the Orien
Z will be able to pass quarantine at Sar
/, Francisco without the former delay
. except when cases of disease occur
during the voyage.
SHIPWRECKED CREW SAVED.
Fourteen shipwrecked seamen, tn
!. crew of the once fine ship Ellerslie o
Liverpool were landed at Boston las
month by the British tramp STEAMSHIP
. Amana, which rescued the men from
= their water-logged and dismasted YES
!, sci in midocean few days before.
The rescue was effected after tn
= men had endured ten days of suffer
= ings and privations, and when the.
had despaired of ever seeing home an
: dear ones again.
= The names of the rescued men ar
/ Captain Llewellyn Cook, First Mat
John Jackson, Second Mate Carl Han
= sen, Apprentice John Craig McPher
L son and Seamen Edward Castellani !
i. Vincent Ferrara, Mattea Gregg, Fran
\ Brown, Patrick Kelly, James Maloney
+ Thomas Kelly, Henry Louseth and OF
!. to NatcheIl.
One member of the crew, John Ora
y ham, aged twenty-one, a native
h Glasgow, fell from aloft on the morn
., ing of September Is and was lost
Captain Cook of the wrecked vess
b stated that the Ellerslie left Ship 1.
land, Miss, on August IS with a care
of nearly 100000 feet of pitch pr
lumber for Liverpool. He said
Variable weather was encountere
but we suffered no damage until Sci
TENDER Is, when heavy gale was el
countered. Our first misfortune was Il
loss of poor Graham. The wealth
then moderated until the oath By no,
that day it was blowing a full hedg,
hurricane. The sea was running We
high and constantly washed the decI
1t was blowing fully eighty miles
hour and apparently increasing all t
ID time.
AT 10 o'clock that night the vess
fell off in the trough of the fearful s
and was raked by vicious combe
from stem to stern. The pump shoy
that she had twenty three inches
water in her hold, and at daylight t
next morning she was nearly full.
y All the while the vessel was pitc
ing and rolling in terrible mann,
ana without warning the mizzenms
| broke in two pieceS and fau e. a