The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-28

EdE German steamship Eva. Cap
B tain Peterson, put into this port
. yesterday morning for a supply of
K, i. coal, having run short while on
her way from the Coast to the Orient
during a terrific storm.
The Eva sailed from San Francisco
on the 18th instant, bound for Yoke
hama direct. She encountered severe
gales from the west and southwest,
however, and was unable to make but
very little Roadway. Captain Peterson
realized that if he attempted to pro-
coed upon his way to the Orient at the
rate that the steamer was going he
was likely to run short of coal lons
before he could make Yokohama. He
therefore decided to put into Honolulu
to fill up the bunkers.
While the steamer was flying no sig
nal of distress when she entered this
harbor yesterday, if she had remained
at sea and kept upon her trip to the
Orient she would have soon been flying
one. Most of the two weeks since she
sailed from the Coast was passed fight
ing fearful storm, and the Eva still
bears signs of the rough experiences
through which she has passed.
She sailed from the Coast loaded
with flour for Yokohama, taking the
great circle route where good weather
is generally met with. She had been out
only a day or two when q storm came
up from the south. In very little
time the wind increased in violence and
the sea became exceedingly rough
great waves leaping up onto the decks
When the storm struck the steamer
she was in 80 deg. north latitude ant
144 deg west longitude. She still con
tinued on her course, however, but the
force of the storm was so great thai
the vessel was compelled to proceed al
half speed. From a day or two after
the ship left the Coast until a day oil
| so ago the Eva was fighting one o
the worst storms of all her experience
| Perhaps the worst of the blow wa:
felt on the 21st instant. when the vino
| had increased to a tremendous force
Several of the ventilators on the tot
| of the superStructure were badly dam
aged, one of them being carried away
Heavy iron ratings on the starboarC
side of the steamer were twisted ani
| the door of a cabin was so badly brok
en- that it was necessary to use heavy
| " Te-eH1UTCe H. SeNeId
times while the storm was at it's heigh
the main saloon was flooded and al
ientrances had to be strengthened b!
heavy planking.
The waves were breaking over tn
bridge at one time and the iron stanch
ions We're shaking as if they were Iikel.
to give way almost at any moment.
| The fury of the storm abated some
what on the 23rd and then it was tina
the captain made the discovery that h
ts d made very little progress since Sal
Francisco was left behind. 1t was seel
that if the Eva encountered any NOR
trough weather and was delayed nue.
more her coal would give out and tn
vessel would be in very serious pre-
ldicament. The coal with which til
steamer left the Coast was only calcu
lated to last thirty days, as, ordinarily
lit would only require from twenty-fiv
to thirty days for the vessel to max
the r.in from San Francisco to Yoke
hama.
Honolulu was the nearest port an
CAPTAIN Peterson made up his mind t
put in here and replenish his bunk
IerS
Several weeks ago the Eva sale
from Portland. Oregon, bound for tn
Orient. She was only out few day
when it was discovered that she wa
leaking. She was taking in water q
the rate of about eight inches an hou