The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-27


was sunk in a collision with the
Wilder steamer CIaudine about
| September. 1899. has been the cause OF
a series of legal complications which
were finished short while ago when
the Circuit Court Of Appeals in San
Francisco sustained the decision OF
Judge Estee, who held the Wilder
Steamship Company responsible for the
collision.
The Carson, which sunk in quite a
depth of water outside the harbor. was
never raised. Some of her chains and
movable gear was recovered. however.
Roanoke ls Dlscharging.
The American ship Roanoke. which
arrived Monday morning in distress
from Norfolk with cargo of coal con-
signed to the Mare Island navy yard,
was moved up to Naval wharf No. 2
yesterday morning. and the work of
dischargins her cargo was begun dur
ing the day. The coal is being taken
cut of the two middle matches, Nos. 2
and g. There is very little smoke. and
what little there is can only be seen
in the hold by the air streaks. but the
coal is still a little heated, being
warmer and warmer the further one
goes downwards. Great precautions
are being taken in order to prevent the
fire from breaking out in full force or
spreading. and the vessels force pump
is being kept at work off ar d on. About
sixty inches OF water are Jept in the
hold all the time.
AS very little of the coal has been
removed it has not been ppssible TO
determine as yet just how m 'ch dam
age the fire has done TO II vessel
itself. 1t is probable that the wooden
hull OF the ship has been burn, quite
badly, and also the ceiling of Il e low
er hold, and it is possible that t. e foot
of the mast which is located 'ather
close to the spot where the fir has
been located, has been damaged. The
vessel seems to be perfectly sal at
present, however, and the work of dis
charging her will be carried on ut, ad-
lily. The naval authorities here Ill
communicate with the Naval Depa t
ment at washington to find out VII Vt
shall be done with the coal from II Y
Roanoke. 1t may either be taken b.
the naval authorities here. or it ma.
be sold in this port for the re-ins lr-
ance.
Llta Has a Miscellaneous Cargo.
The German ship Lita, which arri''-
ed from Hamburg a little over wee <
ago. has been discharging a carg,
which comprises pretty nearly every
thing from the proverbial needle to an
anchor. She is lying at the Irmgard
wharf, and the great variety of her
cargo, which consists of 29,537 different
packages, is causing much labor for
the first mate and the customs Off
Gals who have charge of it. The fol-
lowing items, taken haphazard from
her list of freight, give some idea of
the variety. The Lita carries music
boxes. slate pencils. toys, pianos, plas-
ter statues. harps. liver sausages, coal
baskets, porcelain wares. mineral wa
tiers. railroad wheels. prepared peas.
galvanized wire fencing. demijohns,
sardines, washtubs. beer, machinery,
| wine, washers, absinthe, assorted
jams. coal tar, bologna sausage, hair
JILL dSSbA ~ PANhiESs mans NAAA- bS"
der, hams, vermicell, gin, galvanized
iron buckets. kippered behring's, bran
dy, and multitude of other things too
numerous to mention.
| Captain Harms. the master of the
Lita. prides himself on the rapidity
with which he can unload his hetero-
geneous cargo. Yesterday he kept his
men discharsins freight from the hold
at such rate that the stevedores and
teamsters on the wharf had to cry
quits. and the output from the vessel
had to be stopped for a while. in or
der TO give the people on shore a
chance to clear the wharf. The vessel
has already succeeded in discharging
One-half Of her cargo.
Captain Harms keeps a rare assert
ment of the choice brands of real Ger
man beer, Holland gin. kuernmel. etc,
on board. and during the last few days
all the seafaring men who hail from
"Das Vaterland' have congregated in
the cabin of the Lita, irdulging in the
liquid rarities, and many strange
tales Of the sea and foreign shores are
told here while the silent German
steward crav the corks.