The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-13

the bottom of the bay. Rumor has
it that some interesting relics and
curios are to be found in the several
hundred tons on board the Ancona.
However that may be, McCaDe &
Hamilton. no have the contract u
oiscllaI. Ia load the vesse:, Will
dump All OF. it into the bay.
The Ancona was at Tacoma three
years ago and at that time attracted
considerable attention along the wa
terfront, and does yet. She has half
turret deck resembling wnalepack,
was built in 1893 by Russell & Co.,
Port Glasgow, and is the only vessel OF
her kind in the world The probabili-
ties are that she will continue to be
such, as her construction was not the
success hoped for and no more have
been built like her. The idea of her
construction was that seas would wash
off her as off whaleback. Bow and
stern resemble an ordinary sailing YES
sci. She is built to carry water bal
Hast as we'll as sand, but rolls heavily
| in the seas, and is not excessively loved
by either officers or crew. Her voyage
over from Japan was rough one, with
| and heavy seas, although the winds
were reasonably favorable.
| Although a slow sailer, the Ancona
| went from Kobe to the cape in thirty
days, and then a violent southeast
/ gale obliged her TO beat off the cape
for five days before a tug was sighted.
She was towed into Port Angeles TO
await charter. The Ancona went to
Kobe from Philadelphia with cargo
of case oil and was 1872 days out on the
! voyage, with no unpleasant expert
ences At Kobe her owners refused an
excellent charter rate for a cargo to
New York, believing that more money
could be made coming to the Pacific
Coast. The owners are sorry now that
they did So The Ancona has been
chartered by the newly organized
! Eastern grain firm, through Kerr, Gift
ford & Co.. to load grain for Europe.
Dashing Wave at Tacoma
The old American ship Dashing
Wave, Captain William Lancaster,
which was in Honolulu the latter part
! of 1899, the oldest sailing vessel on the
Pacific Coast and which is well remem-
bered back in the days of the Civil
War, when she carried cotton from
| New Orleans to Liverpool. arrived at
Tacoma recently from San Francisco,
after another cargo of lumber at Ole
Town.
When she left Tacoma last voyage
I the Dashing Wave was stormbound at
Port Angeles for many days, along
with number of other ships. When
the weather moderated so that she
could venture out in safety, the old
ship scudded down the Coast in rec
ord breaking time, reaching San Fran
cisco in three days, which is the equal
of any steamship time.
Change Masters Again.
The American ship c. F. Sargent,
Robert Melville master well known in
Honolulu, was towed to sea from Ia
, coma on January 49, coal-laden for the
Hawaiian Islands. The Sargent has
enjoyed three different masters since
she last left Honolulu. She left here
: under the command of Captain Gam
, mons, who was recently Unexpectedly
} relieved by Captain Haskell. The lat
ter, it was understood, had bought the
! ship. Captain Haskell also resigned
t to take command of the American
J ship Kennebec, vice Captain Lewis
now loading foreign lumber cargo al
Hadlock. Captain Melville, who took
the Sargent out from Tacoma finally
twas her first mate.
Andelana's Sister Ships.
Reinsurance on the British bark An
drada, now over eighty days out from
Santa Rosalia for Portland, is now
quoted at 80 per cent, and all hopes OF
the vessel have been given up, as mas
Deen stated. AS Will De remelnDefeu
: the Andrada appeared off the Column
5 bia river bar many weeks ago and took
: Pilot Cordiner aboard. A storm drove
the vessel out to sea and she has never
been heard of since. The United
States revenue cutter Perry, Captain
Kilgore, which put out from Astoria
to search for the missing vessel, anc
: which returned to Seattle some time
ago to renew her coal supply, is lai6
up with a cracked cylinder-head an6
the cutter Grant, Captain Tozier, is
continuing the search, and also in
vestigating other wreckage reported
on the west coast of Vancouver Island
The Andrada is a sister ship to the
Andelana, which capsized in Tacoma
i harbor January Is, 1899, with twenty
; men aboard, and now lies at the bot
: tom of the bay. The Andrada is alst
believed to have capsized at sea. The
e Andoribana, another sister ship II
$ these two Inflated vessels, was. it will
: be remembered in the great Hoboker
fire and suffered severe damage, bu
. is now in commission again
;, Tonic for impaired health. Spruance