The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-12
SEA AND SHORE
A Fine Bark Built by
The SeWaIIs.
Lehua HeIped--A Ghosts Ship News
of the Wreck The Golden
Shore Fire Notes.

There was but one foreign vessel in
yesterday, the schooner Emma Clau
dina, from Eureka with lumber. The
Lehua specially chartered arrived in
the morning from Maui bringing
George Hons. He is seeking aid for /
his fellow citizens of Maui who fear the |
plague has appeared on that island. A |
new steam launch, using coal oil for |
fuel, has made its appearance in the
harbor. With the exception of the Ka-
imiloa, which was the objective point |
of idlers along the front yesterday, |
there was nothing of interest worthy
of mention during the day.
Who is the Loserp
! The inquiry into the damage sustain
| ed by the schooner Golden Shore took
| place Saturday morning. Captain
Rasmussen claimed that, as the Plan
ters' Association had sent man to do
the fumigating and as the fire was a
result of his acts, the Planters were
responsible for the damage sustained
by the ship. When asked regarding the
outcome of the matter he said:
81 was to take on load of sugar and
before so doing had to fumigate. Mr..
Thompson, chemist of the Planters AS
ISOLATION, came to the ship and told
me what had to be done. | made prep
arations for the fumigation. Corfu
gated iron plates were arranged on a
bed of coal by my men and bank of
sand placed to keep the burning sui
phur from running over. Mr.. Thomp-
son came down, saw what had been
done and started the fires to burn the
sulphur. The matches were then bat
tened down and the fumigation went
on. The fumigation was done at the
expense of the vessel and under the
supervision of the chemist of the Plan
ters Association.
THE damages sustained are about
1875. l thought the Planters would
, come to some terms, but they will not;
so 1 am taking ballast and will leave
for the Sound about Wednesday to
make repairs. When l see my owner,
Mr.. ]. ]. Smith of San Francisco, we
will determine what legal steps are to
be taken in the matter. I cannot stay
here to fight my case as 1 am under
charter to be at the Sound at a certain
time. My treatment here will not do
j
B sure
; Mr. Bolte when asked regarding the
responsibility of the Planters Asso-
citation said:
''The Planters Association is in no.
4 wise responsible for the damages tC
the Golden Shore. Our place on Nuu'
anu street is closed on account of the
quarantine and as it is impossible fol
our chemists, Messrs. Thompson an(
Eckart to use our laboratory; we asked
6 DR.. Carmichael to appoint them to as
sist him in the work of fumigating thu
3 sugar vessels, which were to load here
b "Mr. Thompson went to the Colder
B Shore and ordered the fumigating done
= suggesting that the captain get som
: containers that are being used general
ly for fumigating purposes. Instead @
going this the captain, not caring t
eXpend a few dollars, made arrange
ments to use some coal buckets, whic
Mr.. Thompson said would do. Thes
buckets were not used, however, tn
captain substituting coal oil tin an
some corrugated iron sheets and as
bed for these containers for the burr
ing sulphur used coal. The sulphur ra
20 over, 1 suppose, and being very ht
ignited the coal directly beneath tt
fire, thus causing the woodwork of tt
ship to be burned If the captain ha
followed directions, the fire would ha7
never occurred"
The ship is not insured, only Ca
tain Rasmussen's share being covert
by total loss policy.
Ghosts.
PAe The newest of American haunt'
ships is the Fern, used throughout tt
Spanish war as supply vessel, b
now turned over as a practice ship
the naval militia of the District of c
lumbia. After the Maine disaster Il
Fern was the first United States vess
to visit Havana; several of the injur
, sailors were taken aboard and ty
- of the victims died on her deck Nc
1t is stated that the ship is pervad
by peculiar and inexplicable mysteI
Being an old wooden vessel, she new
went to sea, before her visit to t
Names wreck, without carrying
- large cargo of rats On her retu
Y Ia from Havana, it was noticed that t
Ill rats were deserving her, singly, or
y" parties of three or four. Little attic
ton was paid to this until one mig
a water-tender who had been Sc
down into the ceal-bunkers. came
n trembling and white as a sheet. tt
We man, Maine survivor, affirmed th
while below, he had distinctly hea
the voice of one of his old shipmat
groaning. Several officers started dov
toward the coal-bunkers. and. VIII
nearing them, plainly heard nois
such as the sailor had described
tlV the party went on the sounds gr
fainter and finally ceased. They &
Oh. said to have been heard since on Sc
eral occasions.
Another Fern ghost story is based
the alleged apparition of a stran
~r, beast that roams about the coal-hr
kers, and, when any one approach
sR takes refuge near the propeller sha
- 1t is described as a shadow creatu
:, somewhat resembling wildcat. thou
8 larger, with two big yellow eyes Il
& glare ferociously out of the darkne
L Dogs have been taken down to alta
s this mysterious creature several tim
z but they have fed to the deck invar
4 ply with bowls of terror, after nosi
Il around few moments-N. Y. Sun.