The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-17
SEA AND SHORE
S.S.AuStraIia Due Today
From Coast.
miowera from the Colonies - Two
SChooners Arrive in PORT
A Treasure Hunt.

Fake, with a general cargo from San
Francisco, and the Henry Wilson, a
new schooner. with lumber from
Gray's Harbor. The Mango Maru sailed
early yesterday morning for Kobe. The
Mauna Loa brought the Kilohana's en-
gines down with her yesterday. The
Kilohana is breaking up rapidly. Two
big liners are due this morning-the
Australia. from San Francisco. and the
Miowera, from Sydney and Brisbane.
Three Car OBS for Hawaii.
The steamer Cleveland was cleared at
San Francisco on Decembe- 90 for Ka-
hului with a general merchandise car
go. Among the principal shipments
were the following: $50 bbls flour, ,135
SKIS bran, IS pkgs groceries and provi-
siOns 1913 lbs coffee, 220 SKIS middlings,
81 bXs soap, 5000 lbs sugar, / 1850 Tbs
lard. 81 pkgs hardware, Isl cs canned
goods. IT'S lbs dried fruits, cs boots
and shoes, 34,206 lbs rolled barley. !
bale dry goods, 4 tons coal, 60 lbs hops,
20 pkgs machinery, II cs and % bbls
salmon, II ctls wheat. 10i kegs nails, 3
bales leather, 1000 bbls cement. / cs
drugs. 900 lbs beans, 332 coils wire. 20
kegs lead. 107 pkgs paints and oils
The schooner J. NJ. Colman was
cleared the same day for Hilo with an
/ assorted merchandise cargo Among
| the leading exports were the follow
| ing: bbls -four, 1000 lbs tobacco. so
I tons fertilizer. cs hats and caps. 5000
railroad ties, 452 lbs grease. 2.5O5 feet
lumber, $50 ukFs machinery. 161 cs
/ hardware los csks beer. bales dry
\ goods, 465 bales hay. 81 SKIS bran, 1874
pkgs railroad material.
| The bark Northern Light was cleared
| on December % for Honolulu with the
/ following merchandise as it's cargo:
/ AS bales hay. 100000 bricks. 1850
lbs rolled barley, 400 SKIS middlings,
400 ctls oats, $40 SKIS bran.
A Treasure Hunt.
Another expedition is being fitted out
in Sydney, Australia, for the purpose
of endeavoTing to recover about 5000
ounces of gold, lost with the ship Cen
eral Grant thirty-four years ago.
Many previous attempts have proved
unsuccessful, although the wreck has
been located.
These failures have been ascribed to
an exceedingly heavy current between
the two rocks where the vessel is sunk,
and against which drivers have been
unable to work. With new diving ap-
paratus it is expected that a better
chance is offered. hence the present ex-
petition.
The General Grant sailed from Mel
bourne for London on May 4, 1866,
sighted Auckland Islands on the 18th,
weather thick, fell calm. found ship
CLOSE 10 the land, strong current set
ting her on shore. On the 14th ship
struck against perpendicular rocks
higher than the ships masts on
west side. At every roll of the sea
large pieces of rock fell on the deck
The yards and masts fell with a crash
The ship was now firmly embedded be-
tween two high, oveThanging head
lands, and they were compelled tc
launch the boats over the stern. The
wind and sea increased fearfully al
daylight. The boats were got out and
filled with passengers and crew, and
disappeared in the boiling surf. Six.
teen out of eighty-three souls succeed
ed in landing on the island after three
days and nights in two open boats. Or
January %, 1867, the chief officer and
three men left in boat to endeavor tC
reach New Zealand. One man died on
the island. Nine men and the steward.
ess were taken off by the whaling bris
Amhurst, and landed at the Bluff. Or
January q, 1868, the Amhurst left tn,
Bluff for Auckland and other islands
with provisions, tools. seeds, pigs and
goats, which would be left on the isl.
ands for castaways.
: Mr.. Harry Armstrong, who seems Il
have acted as supercargo on board the
Amhurst, writes: And now our de.
sire was keen to see the cave which
received the General Grant into its dark
recesses. Leaving the brig in charge
OF the cook, lying snugly at anchor. We
manned two whaleboats, and started on
a cruise around the island. We found
no cave large enough for even a cut
ter to enter. We observed some spars
and fragments of wreck lying on \
shelf Of rocks. Close by was a 'gulch'
formed by two great rocks jutting OH,
into the sea from the grim, storm
beaten cliff, like buttresses. between
"AANA VIC bClAGNtu lIt snip 10 nave en-
tered. Having finished our work on
the Auckland Islands. we ran down
south to CampbelTs Island No lndica-
ton was found OF any being alive on
the island, but in one green spot we
were saddened by discovering six
graves, side by side. and not very far
from them a skeleton, It might be of
the survivor, who, having buried his
last mate, was himself left to die with
ont sepulture." Mr.. Armstrong re-
marks: II copy from an article. In
Search of Lost Sailors which appeared
In the Leisure Hour for 1889. The
steward and his wife were both saved
They We're some twenty months on the
island before being rescued. The boat
which left for New Zealand was never
heard of. My impression is that the
amount of gold shipped by the General
Grant did not exceed 5000 ounces"
You never have a head in the morn.