The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-22
A HOODOO SHIP
Reported PiIikia of the
Cleveland.
A Broken Shaft--PeriiOus Journey II
Small Boat - R port Of
Erc's Skipper.

Captain Roos Of the schooner Eric /
which anchored outside yeste. day I.
morning early reported TO Pilot san |
/ ders that on Tuesday at 5 a. m. wnen I
/ about forty miles from Hama point on I.
/ the eastern end OF Maui he spoke an
I e ighteen-iOot ships boat containing
three men. The men sad tnat they
were from the steamer Cleveland wnI,n
they reported 20 Ue IN aIsaDlsd con-
dltlOn from broken SHAFT. captain
koos says that the men report she was
$40 miles northwest OF Maui when they
lett her ana started back Tor assl-tancv.
The CleyeIand's repOrted position has
led 10 a great deal OF discussion. Ii she
was in the position stated IL would
have been much quicker for the small
boat to have made Kauai or Oahu IN
stead Of going clear to Maui for the as
sistance desired and which IL was I'M
likely they would find there. The trip
was a long and hazardous one 10 be
made in a small Doat and why the men
should pass Kauai and Oahu is causing
some doubt as To the truth OF their
story.
The Cleveland left Kihei with large
cargo OF sugar Tuesday Of last week.
At that time We were having the south
westerly weather complained OF by the
Australia. America Maru and Aorangi.
Taking this into consideration IL Is hard
to believe that the ship is or was in the
position stated, northwest OF Maui.
The fact that Captain Roos said that
there was an officer in the boat does
away in a manner with the theory OF
desertiOn held by some. The theory of
desertiOn Is strengthened, however. by
the fact that the small boat. after
speaking the schooner and inquiring
the way to Hama, started right OF. Had
they asked to be taken aboard the
? schooner they would have been brought
, | here or landed on Maui as desired. IL
is more than likely, however. that the
5 Eric's captain misunderstood the men
D and that the vessel was northeast of
Maui when they left her. In this case
there is a likelihood OF her being spok-
en- by either the Australia or Picking
and. as the wind is blowing now, she
NAV get within sight OF one OF the isl
ands. With the prevailing winds II
would not be much OF trick to bring
: her here or TO Hawaii under jury rig:
that Is. IL she is northeast instead of
: northwest OF Maui.
Alexander & Baldwin, who chartered
1.-THE Cleveland, were unable to make ar
lrangements for a steamer TO go on q
: search for the vessel, as neither the
y IClaudine. Kinau nor Maui are at pres
S emit available, they being the only YES
e sells here capable OF towing her, II
e found With the statement OF her last
e known position so much al variance
z with the position she should have been
60 har rxynu1h ha much In
4 the nature of a wild goose chase. Mr.
Il ~. p. Cooke OF Alexander & Baldwin
4 when asked regarding the arrange
y mepts made by him to send assistance
y to the Cleveland said:
IT II think the position Of the steamer
IT as reported, was wrong. AS none o
u lthe island steamers were available To-
n the service an effort was made TO hav'
the L. S. Tug IrOquois go out. Lieut.
Pond refused to go; there being, in hi
. Judgment. no great danger threatening
the vessel. He said Il was REASONABLE
TO think the ship would be able to reacl
port under sail. As she is not pas
senger steamer he refused to -. w
Il do not agree with Lieut. Pond as 10 tn
j. danger and think that II was only un
der pressing necessity that three me
u we're sent such a great distance in
D. small boat TO get help. think the me
reached Hama safely and that Mr.. Bald
win was able To- catch the Claudine be
fore she left for home and dispatche
her to the rescue of the disabled boa
Y AS she has not yet arrived here | al
confirmed i'm the belief that this Is IN
lease. The Cleyeland's cargo was value
4 AZ about 500. 900 and the steamer
a. worth in the neighborhood Of $4,000.
al The Cleveland has had career a
varied as her names. These latter haV
been as many as the colOrs In Joseph
coat. She has been known as crank
boat for years and has been blac
sheen in the big family OF marin
/ travellers for a generation. The CleV'
2 Hand came of the stocks into the Clyd
/ in 1S6S. Some say that she was Oui
T. for a blockade runner during the civ
l war but IL so her launching was delaye
a long time past the settling OF the la'
/ unpleasantness-
The Cleveland made one trip here
/ la United States transport. she vas y
! iected bv Colonel Ruhlen, L. 5. a, no
L lOuartermaster in Honolulu Tor N
/ IArmy, in June. 1898. At that time q,
! Iowners offered her 20 carry troops
l Manila. Colonel Ruhlen rendered =
! mort TO the Washington authoTllies
hfWl1rl ne Eal0. LudL AAN ~
EIboiIer shell was the same az hrst d
IN IN 1SsS that the boilers had bee
re-tubed in 1893 or Is94, that she h
I Itwo-cylinder compound engines Whl.
had been renewed in 1s7s. that her ga
I Ileys were cramped and narrow az
! that She was not fitted for the Cover
/ ment's use in her present condition.
The Cleveland was being htted out
Tho tfr,a for a trim 10 the klOncike al
| Ducb comment was made on her DO
I II condition. Finally the army accept
her for freight carrier and she tonc
III ed here on April !, OF last year. A doz
In stories hav been written OF her adFe
III lures. She has furnished much N
IL lterial for newspaper yarns by her n
iJe row escapes from shipwreck and .
Efforts 20 turn turtle have scared I
wits out Of her crew more than once
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