The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-08

which have been detained in port
for the last few days on account
of the fury of the gale We're yes
terday enabled to sail upon their regu-
lar runs, much to the satisfaction of the
and especially to the delight
of one who was going to Maui to be
married, popular Inspector Gomez oi
the customs department.
The Kinau was the first vessel to de-
part. She sailed out of the harbor
about 9 O'Clock in the morning Al
though the storm had considerably
abated by that time, it was not over
by any means and great number OF.
people on Wilder's wharf watched the
Kinau sail with a great, deal of anx-
iety and much curiosity.
Captain Freeman was on the bridge
and several of the members of the
steamship company We're on the
wharf to see the Kinau get away. The
Kinau did not leave the harbor in the
usual manner. She backed out from
her dock into the stream and then
dropped her anchor to swing around
with her nose toward the channel,
hosting her after-sail to slowly come
around Then she headed for the
channel, after raising her anchor
The steamer went through the chan
mel all right, but when she arrived at
the outer buoys and ran right into the
heavy swells her bow rose up into the
air bringing forth excited exclama-
tions from the watchers on the shore;
then her bow was buried deep into the
water while her stern took turn at
soaring skywards.
The steamer Claudine, Captain
Parker. followed the Kinau's example
~, Of, ting headed for
( the channel, and before the Kinau had
gotten out to sea the Claudine was
starting through the channel. just
about this time a heavy squall from
/ the southwest could be observed com
| ing up with great rapidity, and II
looked as if the steamers We're about
! to get a bad taste of the storm.
| Before the Claudine got through the
| channel the squall burst in all Its
! fury, and for some little time the HI
! nau was hidden entirely from the peo
pie on the shore by the driving rain
while it was almost impossible to SEE
what had become of the Claudine, a:
she also was difficult to catch sigh
of On account of the heavy downpour
After the Kinau and the Claudin'
/ had sailed, the steamer Lehua, Cap
tain Bennett, started ut of the harbor
i She got away without any troubl'
about 10 o'clock.
| About noon the sun began TO Sno"
| the wind took westward turn ant
the storm was practically over.
The tug Fearless then took the big
new bark Kaiuiani, laden with suga
for San Francisco, out to sea.
The Inter Island steamer Ke A
Hou was the next vessel to go to sea
At O'Clock in the afternoon the Iva
lani, Captain Gregory, departed on he
regular route. Captain Mosher wa
in command of the Ke Au Hou.
Later in the afternoon the w. Z
Hall, the Noeau, the Niihau and tn
gasoline schooner Surprise sailed TO
the other Islands
There is now very little sign in tn
harbor of the storm which held Homo
lulu in its grasp for several days an
which tied up all the shipping Will
it lasted.
The waters of the harbor are quie
and ships rest peacefully at ancho
where they rolled and pitched an
strained at their moorings before.
Fearless the First Outside.
Although the Kinau was the first c
the Island steamers to depart henc
yesterday, the tug Fearless was tn