The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-25
ALONG THE
WHARVES
The Coptic's Eventful
Trip to and From
the Orient.
she ARRIVED BUT FEW HOURS LATE
EXPERIENCES AFTER LEAVING
HERE ON TRIP WEST
AND BACK.
The Aloha Back From Layssn Is
land With Small Carso-The
Dunreggan is Getting
Ready for Sea.

Having lad q rather eyenttul trip
since lsaEIns nere Un the md Oh Au-
sGss. 4uaIanlueG a. hooe for ten
Jays, aground neal N2gasakI Tor 1
coupe vi nours waiting tor the tide ~
r4ls.s ami uOat neT. and tnen just De
| fore r,acalH, IUAUnana running inc
an earthquake AT sea, The Copuc ar
rIyeQ Oh SUNDAY il sss expected that
tie vessel would ve u couple OF days
late III arriving At tnIs port, but Dy
cutting cut Shanghai both ways the
ume as almost made up and she lett
here about eight hours behind time.
she Is que 10 arrive III san Francisco
on the zYlh unaer the regular schedule
time anu captain h!nder Is 10 try aud
get lnere II II - possible. On account
oI IAe case o. plague mat Was diScoN-
ereQ N Kobe Wneu me steamer arrived
from the wharf ana her nnes liked Tor
rats. The regulation lat guards OF TN
were placed On ali The lines from the
snip 10 the snore ana III addition The
lines were smeare0 WITH lime as an
extra preventive. A man was kept on
watch ali the time the vessel was
alongside 10 see that no rats made
their escape ana It Is thought that none
got ashore, II there were any aboard,
and careful search failed TO reveal
any.
10 assist in the quick dispatch of the
Coplic, permission was given by the
collector Tor the vessel TO begin dis
charging as soon as she was at the
wharf and the cargo was worked ali
nIght, SO that at o'clock yesterday
morning she was ready and salIed for
san Francisco.
The earthquake felt by the CopLic
when near Yokohama was a very vlo-
lent disturbance of the sea and is de-
scribed by one OF the officers as fol-
lows:
We were in extremely calm weather
and l remarked to some Of my brother
officers that il seemed rather unnatur-
al 1t was not long until we saw signs
OF trouble. The sea became suddenly
ruffled and We could see great noun
tains OF water all about US.
Suddenly the Coptic was in tuc-
mol and there was every evidence that
an earthquake was in progress. | was
standing at the bow of the vessel at
the time.
A great sea came over and l Was
swept away toward 'midships, receiy-
ing some bad bumps ON the way. For
hours after this great seas came
sweeping over our decks, keeping Us
on the qui vive all the while. We were
glad when the sea smoothed down
again and good breeze sprang up.
Fortunately, no damage was done, but
il did seem to me at the time as il the
Coptic had started out wrong on this
trip. First it was the case OF plague.
then We went ashore and, finally, came
the earthquake"
There was not a full cargo aboard the
vessel, as she was in hurry, and this
fact probably accounts for her lucky
escape from a sand spit that she ran
into near Nagasaki. Had she been as
deep as she usually is, she might have
gotten into serious difficulty. The Of
iicers are all hoping that now that their
vessel is on the fair way to make her
usual time to San Francisco, nothing
viii happen to complete her trials of
the trip. Considering all the delay 5
the vessel has done remarkably well
TO make the time that she has.