The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-25

told him that the mate had made
great efforts to return to the schooner
before he started his boat to Hama
maulu, but that he had found it i'm
possible to make the wreck again.
1t seems that after the mate and his
party had left the schooner in the lee
ward boat that the captain, the chief
engineer and the remaining members
OF the crew had managed, gfter a
great deal of hard work, to lower the
weather boat without accident and
get ashore at Koloa. When Captain
Nystrom left the Surprise she was fast
becoming. a hopeless wreck. She still
had mos1 of her cargo in her hold, and
the probabilities are that by this time
it has been considerably damaged if it
has not been totally lost.
Just before the James Makee sailed
from Kauai it was learned over the
telephone that part or the keel and
the rudder of the Surprise had been
washed ashore.
At times the lives of tn men aboard
the Surprise We're in great peril, and
if Captains Nystrom had not succeeded
in lowering the weather boat 1t might
have gone. very badly for him AMI the
others still aboard when the mate left
with the first boat
The mate and his men had to take
the boat sixteen miles from Koloa TO
Hanamauiu to notify the James Ma
kee of the predicament of fthe Sur
prise. 1t seems that they were unable
10 make landing at Koloa.
Afterwards, ii is said, the steamer
Niihau got a line onto the Surprise
and attempted to pull her off the reef.
but was unsuccessful.
great deal of interest was mani
tested by waterfronters yesterday in
the fate of the schooner. The news
of her being wrecked came as unex-
pectedly as could be imagined. She
has nothing of a reputation as hoo
doc and her master is man who has
had wide reputation as navigator
and one who is known to be careful
sailor. The news as it was brought
by the James Makee was lacking 10
great extent in details, and those
who are interested in the Surprise are
anxiously awaiting further particulars
of the wreck. The next boat from the
Island of Kauai will, in all probability,
bring further information in regard to
the schooner. None of the crew of the
Surprise returned to Honolulu on the
James Maltee. After the mate and his
men. in the first boat to leave the Sur
prise after she went on the reef, re-
ported thu. affair to Captain Tul,ett
of the James Makee they went back
to the scene of the wreck.
The Hawaiian Navigation Company
has two vessels in the Inter-IsIand
trade, the Surprise and the Eclipse,
both gasoline schooners If 1t hap
pens that the Surprise is a total loss.
as is supposed to be the case (and it
Is hard to see how it could be other
wise, if the reports are true), the
Eclipse will be the only vessel in the
service. The Hawaiian Navigation
Company contemplates soon putting
two more vessels, similar to the Sur
prise and the Eclipse, In the business.
The company, since it's start has been
very fortunate, and has built up for
itself a prosperous traffic. The loss OF
the Surprise will prove a serious,
though temporary. setback She is
fully insured.
Claudine Arrives From Maui.
Early yesterday morning wilder's
steamer Claudine arrived in port from
Maui ports. She brought 2,4s6 bags of
sugar. 40 bags of corn, IS bundles of
hides % hogs and 102 packages of
sundries.
Passengers arriving on the Claudine
were as follows: Paul Isenbere., e.
Duff, G. M. Hancock, Miss X Corn
well, A. Gartenberg, w a. Robinson,
w. H. King, Miss c. King, Miss NJ.
hauer, Mrs. K. Nahaolelua, Miss L. l..
Tilitson, A Newton, T. Bishop, B.
Clarke, Mr.. Leonard, Captain Whit
ney, Captain T. K. Clarke, Fo Kin and
wife, Miss b. Chalmers, Mrs. Stock
bridge, George Kaluna, Joseph Pa, d.
Kiakona, Mrs. Thomas Duncan and
two children, c. A. Chong, A. Y.
Shun, Masters Morton. George Chal-
mers, W. Siemsen, G. E. NORTH Mas
ter j. King, Miss Pope, Miss Ahola. A.
n 9Kepoikai and wife, T. E. Hobbs,
A. Gray. A. Vein and sixty-two on
deck
Shortly after o'clock yesterday
morning the steamer James Makee,
Captain Tullett, of the Inter-Tsiand
Steam Navigation Company. arrived
in port from Kauai ports. DR.. Aver