The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-05
SEA AND SHORE.
Wreck Of Bark CoIusa
on Sitka Coast.
Liner Mariposa in Port Sc kauIa0i
krrIyes--New Customs Official
--Island Shipping,

Tired and worried steamship men
busy about the despatchng of ncIghti
anxious merchants and Pakos fright
cned and desperate al the annoying
turn Of affairs; long lines OF drays
awaiting unloading at the Fort street
wharf; these were the signs on the
waterfront yesterday Of the sad condi-
ton OF the shipping in port At O.
o'clock in the morning the Oceanic lin
er Mariposa was of Koko Head, and
when she came TO an anchorage in Ma
val Row there was a sigh of relief that
Commander Houdlette has not given
his old friends the go-hy, and although
his immaculate and well-known figure
did not appear on Fort street, there
we're many who yelled n greeting to
him across the water The Mariposa
brought a light freight and a number
of passengers and sailed for Apia,
Auckland and Sydney last night The
new Wilder steamer Kaiulani is in
port, having arrived from Kahului yes
tsrday. She took a berth near the
Railway wharf and will probably get
despatch within a short time for ISL
and ports. The James Makee sailed in
the evening for Kauai. having two pas
sengers who came on board without
contact" from of the Mariposa, one
being Otto Schmidt, the well-known
chemist Of the Makee Sugar Company,
who is returning to Kappa after visit
TO the States.
Wreck of the Colusa.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Dec. 49, |
4 tale of shipwreck and suffering
reached here tonight by the arrival of
the steamship Cottage City with Cap |
tain George II. Ewart, his wife and .
eleven seamen from the bark Colusa,
which was recently reDorted as having
foupdered OFF the Vancouver coast.
Captain Ewart reports that he was
only twenty days in reaching Cape
Flatterv from Kahului, but after reach |
ing that point heavy gales We're en-
countered. driving the vessel within
three miles of the Vancouver coast, but
he succeeded in keeping her of the
rocks by spreading every stitch of
canvas.
For ten days the vessel battled with |
the elements and during that time she
sprang a leak The pumps were start |
ed. but her ballast being sand. much
of 1t was pumped out, while the re-
naming portion was washed to the
port side. forming mud and causing a
heavy list. Every effort was made to
turn the shin without avail and
she became unmanageable and was
driven hither and thither at the mercy
Of the gale
An effort was made TO reach port on
the north end of Vancouver without
success, the fury of the storm carry
ing the vessel northward. Captain
Ewart tried to enter Dixon entrance
on the Alaska coast, but again failed, |
and then he headed for Sitka. on No
vemner 22d the crew gave up all hope
of saving the vessel and anneHled in n
body to the captain to abandon the
ship, but he refused, stav'ng by his
vessel until December 10th. when he
saw sure death ahead for himself and
crew and in less than one hour after
abandoning the bark she was dashed
to pieces on the rocky shore Of Whale
bav TWENTY-FIVE miles south OF Sitka.
before leaving the vessel she had
reached n point on Sitka harbnr,
where rockets were fired and flash
lights burned for two nights. hut no
assistance could be obtained, storm
can,e W. "ru 'ic -, So'So' .o we sooi thot
SUMMON, "nu '.oil - ""' So ,,,'
sne was .ulns "Si wv, po,tS ~ ~; Nc
eIe,' 'hu nia'neu' .ne vapt",n' n,S , .,,o
dru hlne STam'en ~, ".it "on, t @.u nv
lnrIe ma tu'ee saiIoIs '" nnutn'
l"prIns .ie VIZ. Ign .ne o"'ts - u
care se,'h."leu III W., st'',n Nv" , Ih
ing snow and a cold wind. the two
oh hn1n
noats were losseu aoout ne,p,ess's. WI
the th'ru uaS snore was reacneu any IN
larn'ng was erected win s,eNt UNI
cnity' az the coast 10 tutteu anu the
nre'Kers ran hlsh, Alter reavh.us
Sroyen ground, with n fierce Arctic
wind blowing. causing much suffer-
ing among the crew. some of whom
had their feet badly frozen. The Cap
tain's wife was the greatest sufferer
from the effects of the cod
On the fifth day the storm subsidized .
and they managed to reach Sitka,
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