The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-04
RECk OF STEAMSHIP RIO MAKES SORROW HERE

lst, London: J. X Carpenter, capitalist,
oakland; Captain Hecht, Germany navy;
russell Harper. correspondent, from Ko-
De; r. .Holtz. Shanghai; R. H. Long,
from Honolulu; Mr.: Nusenbaum, joined
at Honolulu; Philip Mussenblatt Oak
land; Mrs. Frances Ripley, joined at
Honolulu; Mrs. K. West, nurse from
Honolulu; j. Iwada, from Honolulu
The Examiner has also: DR.. Onkawa-
ra, wife and servant and William Nc
Phee. of Honolulu. The latter, however.
is still here. He had written to his
sister in San Francisco that he would
sail on the Rio, and she so informed the
San Francisco coroner
At the Hawaiian Hotel
On February IS, the day on which the
rio arrived at this port from Yokohama.
.tost of the passengers registered at
lie Hawaiian Hotel. Their names,
rooms, and probable fate, as learned
from the newspaper accounts, were as
t. llows:
II. f. Seymour, Manila, lunch. Drown
J X. Carpenter, Java, No. 5, lunch.
W. Brander, Jr., London; No. 81, lunch.
Saved
Russell Harper, Nagasaki, Japan,
lunch. Saved.
Col. olcott. Madras, HI, lunch, Re
ma ned in Honolulu.
/. Walter F. Farquhar, London, lunch.
No record
H. Crippt Matheson, London, lunch.
Drowned.
ID. NJ. Walton, London, lunch. No rec
ord
Rev. d D. and Mrs Hough, London
lunch. No record.
Captain Max Hecht, Germany, lunch
Saved
r. Holtz, Hartburg, Germany lunch
W. A. Henshall Mourned.
Probably the news which shocked Ho-
nolulu deepest was that of the drowning
OF William A. Henshall, the well-known
attorney. Mr.. Henshall was on his way
to meet his aged father, Rev. John A.
Henshall of England, and left the City
rather hurredly. 1t was at first sup
posed that MIR. Henshall had gone to
San Francisco legal business which
was to be kept a secret. His father, a
clergyman of the English Church, had
come from England and had expressed
a desire to meet his sons who were
away from San Francisco. Mr.. Henshan,
upon receiving word of his fathers pres
ence in San Francisco, at once made
his departure
William Henshall was born in England
and came TO the United States when but
4 boy of seven. His father came to San
Francisco, where William Henshau grew
up and received his legal education. He
came to Honolulu in 1895 and entered the
| office of Judge A. S. Hartwel, and in
| 1897 was admitted to the practice of law
| n all the Hawaiian courts. In 1897 he
married Miss Helen Along. The de-
ceased leaves a widow and a child. He
was a Mason. and on Saturday the
flag over the Masonic Temple was half
masted in his memory. His brother.
George Henshall, resides in Honolulu and
| is a reporter on the Star. He may leave
! for San Francisco shortly. Two sisters,
J Mrs. Lescard and Mrs. Powers, are res
/ idents of San Francisco, as is also an
other brother, Richard p Henshall. A
third brother is a corporal in the Thir-
! ty-fifth United States Volunteer Infan-
! try.
A sad feature in connection with the
death of the attorney was that his wife
had expected him to return to Honolulu
on the AIariposa, and had gone to the
wharf to meet him, in company with g
sister AS the vessel steamed into the
dock Mrs. Henshall scanned the faces
Of the passengers and did not see hel
| husband. AS the vessel neared the dock
/ the news of the disaster was shouted
| To those upon the dock, and thus it was
| that the widow heard of her husbands
| sudden death. She reeled as if struck
and then asked for a paper. One was