The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-19
CHARTS THAT MISLEAD
LONG LIST OF RECENT LOCAL
MARITIME DISASTERS.
The Euterpe Saved After Great Peril
Struck Bottom Two Miles From
Shareholder Similar Cases.

Vessels ashore in Hawaiian waters
within year last past:
Bark Coalinga, near Honolulu chan
mel.
Bark Colusa. at Kahului. left with
out repairs and was lost.
Stmr Algoa, Honolulu channel.
Bark DunreGgan, off Diamond Head.
Ship Euterpe, at Kuau, near Kahu-
lui.
The list Of disasters to vessels in Ha-
waiian waters for the past year is one
of extraordinary length in proportion
to the number of vessels coming here.
The question seafaring men are dis
cussing is whether it is not time some
thing was done to secure better charts,
as in nearly every case the masters of
vessels that have gone ashore have
found fault with their charts.
In the recent case of the Dunreggan,
the statement of Captain Dixon that
his chart, though it was less than
year old, was at fault and caused the
accident, was formally sustained in the
findings of Il maritime court.
The Euterpe which went ashore near
Kahului last Sunday, arrived safely IN
Honolulu last night, in tow of the Fear
less, after having had a remarkable es-
cape. About 40 tons of coal were
thrown overheard by the Euterpe, Civ
ing her a list to port which assisted
the tug materially
When Captain Brokaw arrived at Ku-
au near Kahului, in the Fearless the
ship was ir a bad plight. The lines
that were holding her off shore had
parted AMI she was going farther in.
She lay on the reef pounding very
heavily, with seas breaking over her
and it seemed that a few hours must
finish her.
oh five
o'clock on Monday afternoon till three
the next morning, before she got the
Euterpe into deep water. Captain Bro
kaw adopted the policy of backing and
going ahead full speed, hoping the
jerks would do the business. At about
one o'clock in the mornin9 he "
moved about 20 feet forward and the
master of the tug began to have high
hopes.
At three the job was finished and
the iron ship, leaking slightly and with
her rudder considerably damaged, rode
| in deep water. The Fearless had shown
her strength again, having saved a
! ship that must soon have been wreck
without the strong assistance given.
Captain SAKE says his charts did not
| inform him correctly regarding the
depth of the water. The captain OF
the tug states that the Euterpe struck
! bottom two miles from shore, where
| there is supposed to be deep water and
| where no shoals are shown in the
! charts. This is the same statement
as was made in other cases.
In addition to the last years long
! list of actual disasters, in local waters
! there have been many narrow escapes
! The ship Invincible, coming here in
darkness IL rec weeks ago. was caught
! by a current off the harbOr, and only
the promptness of her master in drop
ping an anchor saved her from going
on the reef.
The disasters mentioned were al
very costly to shipping, and the last
one, in the case of the Euterpe, viii be
no exception. No agreement was made
between Captain Sake and the tug. The
! ship was IN real distress, and Captain
SAKE did not hesitate to take line as
soon as ne could get one
! The only one of the vessels lost in the
| list given was the COlusa. She wenl
ashore at Kahului and was fioatec
again after a good deal of humping
Without coming to Honolulu for repairs
she started back to the coast, and she
was lost in the North Pacific.
The cable ship Pathfinder was here
recently doing a good deal of surveying
in the hartors of Maui and Hawaii
and it is possible that when her re-
ports appear in the form of charts the
| mariners Will be provided with better
instructions as to how to approach Ha
waiian coasts. In the meantime, say
the careful ones, the best way is tC
stand a long way out till the pilo'
| comes