The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-29


on Saturday morning.
The Soface sailed from the coast or
the goth instant, and enjoyed a pleasant
and uneventful trip to port. She i:
locked at Navy wharf No. 1. On Fri
day morning she will probably get
away, sailing to Manila via Guam.
Today the vessel will commence TAX
ing on ABOUT seven hundred tons Of
coal. sha will load from barges as
well as ffaosm the wharf
Aboard'EAe solace is large amount
of supplisH sfor Guam and Manila. She
also brinEsi a quantity of supplies fol
the Naval station here, including a
hosting engine.
THE usual large crowd was on hand
on the wharf to see the boat come lii.
After she docked, things began to be
very busy at the Naval station, and
will continue so until the departure
OF the vessel.
Captain Wirslew is the commander
Of the Solace. He is well known IN
Honolulu, and has many friends here
Immediately upon the arrival of his
ship the mail was sent to the quaran-
tine wharf ION the tug Eleu, where II
was fumigated.
On the Solace there are It's men who
will be transferred from the vessel to
positions ON other ships of the Asiatic
squadron There are also fourteen lieu
tenants aboard to be assigned to posi-
lions with the same fleet. Among those
for this port are Paymaster J. S. Phil
lips, wife and daughter. Paymaster
nj
master Hall of Honolulu. Paymaster's
Clerk Frederick K. Hunt stops off here
with Paymaster Phillips. Hunt is &C
companied by his wife. There are also
seven recruits for the tug Iroquois.
The officers of the Solace are as fol-
lows: Herbert Winslow, commander;
Henry Stoney, lieutenant commander;
r. Spear, lieutenant commander; ]. S.
Phillips, paymaster; A. r. Wentrow,
4 surgeon: H. c. Risinger, first marine
corporal Lieutenants, A. r. Rogers, B.
I C. Bryan, w. Truxtom, II. B. Wilson,
q J. G. Doyle, E. A. Anderson, H. A.
4 Field w. e. Edger, E. T. Winterspoon.
: B. C. DECKER, W. K. Gise, L. T. Thomp-
B kins, F. L. Sanders, r. w. McNeely and
r. NJ Osborne; A. L. Mechanism and
H. o. Shifert, assistant surgeons.
The following is list of the passen-
gers on the cruiser: Mrs. w. e. Ed
gar, u. G. Ammen, assistant paymast-
err, j. D. Rovnett, G. w. Pigman, ]. F.
& Hach, j. B. Colby, W. r. Bovine, r.
Nicholson, e. w. Clark. pay clerk, r.
J. Little, L. Lohse, Mrs. c. J. Peoples,
q Mrs. Middleton Elliott, ]. L. Phillip,
Mrs. A. L. Phillips, Mrs. j. A Thomp-
kins, Mrs. tOsborne and child, David
Rankins, Matthias Hugo, Mrs. r ". Nc
q Clanahan and Mrs. F. X. Hunt
Panic on Transport Warren.
The transport Warren came off Hunt
& ers Point drydock at San Francisco on
h the 18th. instant and locked at Folsom
y street wharf. Before being taken off
q the drydock there was an accident, in
which two men We're badly injured
4 several received slight wounds and the
D 700 workmen aboard got scare they
Z will not forget in a hurry. The trans
q port was ready to be taken ont of the
q dock and the water to float her was
being let in. The bow rose before the
stern, and the blocks slipping from I'M
8 der the latter the steamship gave a
s. lurch, and the next instant went over
g to starboard. She partially recovered
herself and then went over again to an
b angle of IS degrees, and remained in
& that position for half hour
When the Warren gave her first
plunge connecting rod broke loose and
3 pinned Aaron Astill, an electrician, to
81 the side of the ship. breaking his ankle
g The main binder also broke loose anG
81 struck Ben Hal, a boilermaker, crush
q ing his hip. Several men were knocked
81 off the cylinder head and received
81 scalp wounds. After the second lurch 1t
81 did not take five minutes to clear the
So ship, and some of the boilermakers and
8 machinists did not stop running until
81 they were safe among the hills. Over
b AGO of them refused to make the triI
81 down the bay on the vessel, and walked
81 in from Hunters Point The Warner
81 was not damaged.
81 Gerard O. Tohey's Ill Luck.
81 Ill luck has persistently logged the
81 bark Gerard C. Tobey ever since she
81 left San Francisco last December Or
ID her passage down to Honolulu she go
81 into the same storm that nearly wreck.
So ed the good ship Challenger, and before
81 she reached Hawaii the seams of hel
ia decks opened, letting the water intc
81 her hold. Going back to San francisco
81 more rough weather was encountered
# and through faulty calking, water go
III DCiOW HSI QStskS anu SpOlleQ a large
81 portion Of her sugar cargo.
i'll There were Is inches of water In hel
81 hold, and two pumps were set to worf
81 TO get her dry. Below decks the Tobey
81 carried 34,4sS bags of Hawaiian sugar
Fl and much of this was damaged by The
"a water. q
81 News Of the Transports.
81 One of the smartest pieces of worl
IS ever done on the San Francisco water
81 front was performed by the army trans
81 port officials in getting the Thomas
III ready for sea- At first it was intended
81 to send the big transport away OF
ST. May 1st, but orders were issued to ge
81 her ready to sail on the 21st instant
III and the work had to be done. Thu
50 machinery was overhauled, 2400 tom
So Of coal being taken aboard, so as t.
81 enable the transport to go direct to Ma
Mia without stop, stores for the round