The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-08


us Loa of yesterday, and
.. as soon as she had pulled
( I, out into the stream the
<tILllI crowd wended it's way 20
the Pacific Mail wharf TO
see the Coptic dock. She arrived yes
teTday morning shortly after eleven.
but it vas nearly one before she was
alongside the wharf. The tug Fear
less. which usually helps dock the big
steamers. was outside towing the bark
Olympic and 50 was not on hand 10
assist The Coptic had a good sized
through passenger list and about T.
thousand tons OF freight for this port.
For Honolulu there vas but one pas
senger, a Mr.. Major.
While in Hongklng on the 10th f
November the Coptic experienced a
terrible typhoon which came very
near wrecking the harbor. AS it was
the Coptic broke loose from her moor
ings and foated around for a while
having two holes punched in her after
whaleback deck and sustaining other
slight damages. She was finally
brought up standing and everything
made snug and the storm was over
almost as quickly as it came. 4 great
deal OF damage was done TO the ship
ping in the harbor and many junks
with valuable cargoes were sunk. The
British gun boat Sandpiper was sunk
and her crew was saved in the teeth
OF the terrible storm by the torpedo
boat destroyer Whiting. The little yes
sci was considerably damaged herself
in her attempt to save the Sandpiper's
crew. but landed them all safely.
As il is not the time for typhoons
in the China waters the storm came
very Unexpectedly and few were pre-
pared for il. A big American ship
thought TO be the Tacoma was carried
ashore and stuck in the mud but WAS
Ia-er got of without any apparent
great damage. Captain Rinder OF the
Coptic says that the storm was the
most terrible he has ever experienced.
and il is a wonder that there was not
a great loss of life in the harbor. AS
IL is there were about one hundred
people. most Of them coolies. drowned
with the going down of the junks. The
japanese papers give the loss sustain
ed to shore property as very large. the
loss TO the shipping not having been
reckoned yet as there are several yes
sells 10 be heard from.
There were three arrivals of sailing
vessels yesterday. all of which made
good passages from the Sound and
San Francisco considering the wealth
er that has prevailed. The first in was
the Alice Cooke. which was towed in
by the Eleu. She is from Port Gam
BILE and made the run in twenty-eight
days. Captain penhallow was con-
graduated on his good run and when
he heard of the long trips OF most Of
the vessels arriving lately he smiled
his usual smile. He says the voyage
was very uneventful all the way. The
ship IroQuois. from Seattle. after trip
of twenty-seven days made port and
was placed at the Oceanic wharf
where she began discharging soon af-
ter arriving. She is under command
of Captain Thompson. who was here
with her before. and her cargo is a
very large one. IL consists of $500
tons OF general merchandise for local
firms and supplies for the Honolulu
Rapid Transit & Land Co. OF the car
go there are 37S2 rails weighing 500
pounds each and about three hundred
cedar poles. Besides these pieces
there has come all the machinery for
the power house. the whole shipment
for the new railway aggregating $3.50
pieces ana packages. The largest
part OF the rest of the cargo
is beer in bottles and barrels. which
will so a great way toward quenching
the thirst Of the thirsty ones in town.
For the Metropolitan Meat Co. there
is a refrigerating plant which will
be installed in their market as soon
as il can be got ashore. For the Road
Supervisor there is a big new steam
roller. Two carloads OF wooden pipes
for Hackfeld & Co. big shipment of
dry blood and tankage for the Hawaii
an Fertilizer Co. and three thousand
sacks OF bran for Savers & Co COM
plete the cargo. which is one of the
largest ever brought here by sailing
vessel