The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-09
CAPTAIN G. n. DIXON is HER
MASTER.
The Vessel Further in Shore, Dumping
Quite Badly, But with Her Plates
Intact-Her Chances.

been the cause of the grounding of his
vessel on the reef at Diamond Head.
The master of the ship is G. n. Dixon
not Captain Honeyman, who was sup
posed to be in command of the vessel.
The man who appeared on the fore
castle deck yesterday and made terms
with the tugs was taken for Captain
Honeyman, as the latter was listed as
master of the vessel but it appears
that the bark was turned over this trip
TO Captain Dixon. Captain Dixon has
the latest charts of these waters, cor
rected up to September, 1899, but he
states that, guided by them, he went
aground in a spot where he had a
right to expect no less than Is fathoms,
or Is feet of water
The Dunreggan is farther in shore
today than she was yesterday. She
lies in about the same position as last
night, with her bow pointed off shore.
Instead of the regular rolling of yester-
day she now has a pitching movement
that constantly sends shocks through
her like the striking of rock. Astern,
where she should be drawing about 19
feet, there is 13 feet of water. For
ward the soundings show about q feet,
which is enough to float her. She is
apparently aground from the stern to
lamidships, and is very heavily grounded
aft She had has made bed for her
self and is slowly pitching in it.
AS she rises and falls from stern to bow
she receives shocks that send a tremble
all through her, and her tremendous
weight is bound to soon open her plates
unless the pressure is removed by the
taking out of cargo. Every now and
then, as the stern sinks the rudder rises
over a foot and then when the rise
comes it drops with a shock that shakes
the masts to the top and rattles all the
rigging, and gives a sound like a heavy
explosion. Below the shock feels like
the jarring of heavy earthquake
| Up to this afternoon the vessel had
not suffered any very serious damage.
There was % feet of water in her hold
I and she was leaking slowly, but one
pump was easily keeping pace with the
! inflowing water Evidently no plates
! had yet been opened, though rivets had
| been cut loose. II she remains sound
/ till the cargo is taken out, and if the
anchors which We're placed today are
able to hold her off shore, it is thought
| that she can be saved.
! Captain DiXton has the course he took
before the wreck clearly marked on his
charts. On Tuesday night he arrived
! off Molokai and lay about FIVE miles off
shore all night, not caring to approach
Oahu during darkness. Yesterday he
! started again and took the usual course
| towards Koko Head.
II rounded Koko Head under light
sails, steering by my chart and looking
out for a pilot" said Captain Dixon
this morning. II did not see any pilot
coming and if none had come intended
| to. come to anchor off the harbor.
when the vessel struck l was at
| least two miles from shore and quite
! outside where the charts show reefs.
My chart, which is the last one publish
ed in Great Britain, corrected up to
less than a year ago, show IL fathOmS
! of water here" the captain indicated
/ the point where the vessel had first
grounded as he spOke-"but the chart
must be wrong.
/ Il encountered a strong current which
drove me inshOre, and tried without
success to make use of the wind to get
way. The place where | struck is some
distance from where the vessel lies
now. We are half a mile from shore
now, at least, and here there is thirteen
| feet of water. The chart shows much
more" The captain pointed to a ten
fathom mark on the chart, at not much
over half a mile from the beach.
When the vessel struck Captain Dix
on was taking soundings, having seen
his danger as the current bore him in
wards. AS the water became more
shallow the vessel was brought round
for the danger was seen to be worse,
but it was too late to save the bark.
According to Captain Dixon there is
an uncharted rock Oft the starboard
bow of the Dunreggan as she lies now.
He is borne out in his statements re-
garding the position of the vessel when
she got into trouble by the first mate,
who is a navigator. The mate says the
vessel has drifted at least three-quar-
ters of mile since she went aground.
She is still now held fast, by the an
chors and the tug Fearless.
The Fearless remained at the scene
all night, pulling without cessation at
the stranded vessel which, in spite of
all the tugs powers was worked slow
ly shorewards by the current The
strength of several tugs could not hold
a vessel from working up the sand
under such circumstances, though the
Fearless undoubtedly did much to keer
the bark as far off shore as she is
This morning the steamer Mokolii
went to the wreck with two large an
chors, which We're placed to hold the
vessel off shore If she is floated. With
out such fastenings she would simply
go farther in as she rose out of the wa
ter, in spite of tugs, but with the firm
anchorage it is hoped that she can be
held, when the throwing off of cargo
lightens her so that she will float.
The sea was quite rough again this
morning, when Young Brothers launch
took a Star man to the scene of the
wreck. The Fearless stood off with her
taut hawser, her propeller stirring up
seas or roam, lnOuSn Sne ulu not move
an inch and the MOkolii was rolling
very heavily, while her crew struggled
with anchors and lines which Were
brought to fasten the stranded bark.
All sails had been taken i'm on the Dun
reagan, and her crew, after nights
constant service at the pumps, We're
most of them resting when not called
upon to help the Mokolii.
About sixty men from shore have
been taken to the Dunreggan, and they
are now at work on her cargo There
are forty tons of case goods which, be-
ing more valuable than the rest of the
cargo, are to be loaded on to the Mokolii
and brought ashore, The bricks ce-
ment and fertilizer will be removed
from the vessel as quickly as possible
If the stuff can be saved by loading into
other vessels this will be done, but most
of 1t will probably have to be thrown
into the water.
This morning Captain Dixon called
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