The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-06
-wo or three days

| FNiESE ISLANDS are now in the center
| of fierce storm which has pre-
vailed in the Pacific for the last
two or three days.
Yesterday the winds We're stronger
than on the days preceding and Ha-
waii, the big Island, was probably re-
receiving the brunt of the big gale,
while Honolulu was getting it worse
than any other part of the Island of
Oahu
In the channels the seas are exceed
ingly rough and steamers and sailing
craft are having hard time Honolulu
harbor yesterday presented a scene
which is seldom witnessed in this part
of the world. There was not a vessel
in port which was not rolling as if she
was at sea. Great vessels lying at an
chor in the stream or moored alongside
of the wharves We're rocked to and fro
on the heavy surface of the generally
peaceful harbor and the port was full
of reeling masts and restless hulls.
Although it was the Day for the de-
parture of a number of Island steam
lers, none dared venture out on account
of the roughness of the sea.
The Kinau, which sails regularly for
Hilo and way ports at noon on each
sailing being postponed until o'clock
this morning. Unless the storm has
abated considerably by that time, how
ever, the vessel will not go out but
will remain safe in port until such time
as the weather will permit of her going.,
Even if the Kinau had departed on
time, risking the heavy seas and ter
rife winds, and should arrive without
do 700 at a which
she is accustomed to call, she would
be unable to land any of her freight
during the storm and at some of the
ports she would not even be able to.
Isend her passengers ashore.
The Claudine, booked to have sailed
for Hawaii and Maui ports at o'clock
yesterday evening, postponed her de-
parture indefinitely, as did also the
Iwalani and the w. G.. Hall and other
boats which were to have sailed yester-
day.
The only vessel which ventured out of
the harbor was the American bark Xii
kitat Captain Cutler, bound for the
| Coast. The tug Fearless took her out
| to sea, giving her a good long tow.
Once around Diamond Head and head
ed for the Mainland, the Klikitat will
bounce along at a rafting pace with
strong southeaster bowling at her
stern.
| WORST IN MANY YEARS.
| Just before noon yesterday the Kona
which has been raging for the last few
| days freshened into one of the strongest
gales that this city has experienced
for many years. People along the wa
terfront expected at any moment that
the wind and waves would create some
trouble in the harbor
Captains of all. the vessels in port saw
| to it that mooringS were safe and
watched every slight change in the
weather, on the alert to take all nee
lessary precautions and make all requir-
| ed arrangements to secure the safety
| of their ships.
i Some disaster was momentarily look
ed for; the vessels anchored in the
| stream could not stand much greater
pressure than they were enduring.
| The schooner Twilight, which fouled
the schooner Muriel on Monday,
showed signs of again dragging, al
/ though she had been secured with ex-
ira moorings. The steady blow from
| the southeast strained the anchor
| chains OF both vessels and the TwI-
light gradually got closer to the Mu-
riel If these two vessels had gotten
| adrift there would have been great
i deal of damage done in the harbof,
/ for the Twilight and the Muriel are
at the Waikiki end of the harbor, near
! the lighthouse, and the wind would
have forced them onto other vessels
i moored in the stream. A general
mix-up would have resulted in thou
sands of dollars worth of damage.
Upon the safety of these two vessels
depend the safety of all the ships
lying in the stream. If the Twilight
had gotten away and drirted onto the
Muriel and the added pressure on the
| Muriel had caused that schooner to
break her fastenings, the Muriel would
have been forced onto the next ship
in line and so they all would have
been in danger, and might possibly
have been punched all together at the
Eva end of the harbor in one mass
of confusion and more or less desrruc-
ton.
! PROSPECTIVE PASSENGERS
FRIGHTENED.
! There were large number of peo-
pie on the wharf yesterday at noon,
the time that the steamer Kinau was
booked to sail for Hilo and way ports,
to see the vessel get away. The wind
was at it's highest and those who had
booked to depart on the Kinau peered
out to sea and then wished that they