The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-21
WATERFRONT NEWS.

: being blown to China for the want of
steering gear.
1t was unfortunate for the schooner
| that no improvised rudder could be
adopted or that an oar was of no SER
vice rudder. But the wind was
! blowing great guns down over the noun
tains from the northeast and perhaps the
breeZes were entirely to blame, and ev-
? erything that could be done to get the
vessel in towards the shore was DONE
Captain c. F. Green and his crew of
two are not in a hurry, at any price, to
repeat the experience through which
they have just been.
The Makihana a schooner of about
thirty tons, sailed from Honolulu on the
18th instant bound for Kahului. Not long
after she rounded Diamond Head it was
found that there was something wrong
with the steering gear and the rudder
was found to be in anything but a good
condition. The schooner was immediate
ly put about and an effort was made to
repair the damage. This was fruitless,
however, as it was found that the rud-
, der was beyond all repair.
After many hours of hard work the
job was given up as useless and signals
of distress were hoisted and a sharp
lockout was kept for any passing YES
sci.
Those aboard the Makihana realized
as night fell that they We're being rap
idly blown to sea and that the land was
fast fading from their sight All that
night and all the day following no sail
was sighted and the three tired and
anxious men were beginning to see that
their position was one that might end
very disastrously for the little craft and
| for themselves
On the 18TH Sunday the schooner was
!, again in sight of land and she flew her
signals in hopes that she would be
sighted and rescued. Nothing of the
) kind occurred, however, and the three
men were beginning to become odiscour-
aged. About midnight of last Tuesday
Captain Green noticed a light within
very little distance of the Makihana. A
lot of paper and an old coat saturated
in oil were burned in an attempt to at
tract the attention of the passing YES
sci, whoever she might be. No attention
was paid to the signals of distress and
the probabilities are that they were not
, seen. Captain Green is of the opinion
that the steamer seen by him was the
City of Picking.
| When the Makihana had been helpless
ly blown about for several days the lues-
ton of food and drink for her crew be-
: came a very serious one. The vessel had
only taken aboard enough water and
, provisions to last for a short voyage and
, at the end of four or five days at sea
i the water had to be used in only very
, small quantities In fact, the water be-
came so low that it necessary to
: mix the precious drops with sal. water
to make it last a little longer.
; When the Makihana was again in
sight of land on Wednesday she cast her
, anchor in a shallow place and there re-
, manned for a while in the hope that
some vessel would come to her assist
t ance.
, On Thursday the Makihana was ose
nd hU nj
! board were getting desperate A life
!, raft was constructed and Captain Green
swan ashore with it's assistance. A
! line was also taken ashore by the cap
= tain and later a heavier line was taken
from the schooner to the shore.
During the progress of the storm,
which was prevailing at the time the
, little vessel was gradually washed
, ashore and soon she was high and dry
|, up on the beach.
Considerable difficulty was met with in
keeping her clear of the rocks, but she
; finally rested on the beach without hav-
ing received any very severe damage
from them.
, AS soon as the schooner was ashore the
, captain started for the nearest planta-
ton for assistance. 1t was not long be-
fore the three half-starved men were
, well fed and cared for and were feeling
: more like themselves. They arrived in
! this city Yesterday.
: C1audlne en- the Reef.
: The steamer Claudine, of Wider's line,
went on the reef in Maalaea Bay about
> She was in command of Captain Parker
! and Purser BeckIey, who was the first
one to discover that the steamer had
, gone aground, was attending to the bus
, mess of the vessel, the Claudine being
on the Kinau's run.
, The Claudine arrived here on Saturday
night from Maui and Hawaii ports She
| brought large number of passengers
but very little freight. Her trip was a
rough one all along the Coast; she
spoke the steamer Helene at Laupahoe-
, hoe, reporting that that vessel had no
: trouble with the 300 Porto Ricans which
sshe took to Maui and Hawaii.
When the Claudine went aground she
was on her way from Kihei to Maalaea
Bay. Many of those on board thought
that she was going very near to the
shore and, when she was just about to
go up to her wharf, she struck. Purser
Beckley felt the first jar when she
bumped and notified the captain, who
Immediately ordered the engines revers-
, ed. 1t was thought at first that the
a Claudine could get herself off but this
was soon found to be mistake, and it
became necessary to send for the steam
ers Maui and Lehua.
The steamer Maui soon arrived from
Kahului and after a couple of hours
hard pulling managed to get the Claud-
inc into deep water. The Claudine was
on the reef from 4 o'clock in the morn
ing until about 2 o'clock in the after
noon.
The reef where the Claudine ground
ed is very deceptive and almost all of
the Island steamers have had some
trouble with it at one time or another.
The Kinau once touched on this reef
and was fast there for about twenty
hours.
1t was on account of this accident that
the Claudine was late in arriving at this
port.