The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-06
SCORES OF PEOPLE POSTING BE-
LATED LETTERS.
Captain Brokow Nearly Ran Down
Towed by Iroquois Launch.

There was a large crowd on the
Channel wharf this morning to see the
Doric leave for san Francisco. 1'ne
passengers seemed TO be the jolliest lot
who have passed through here In a
long time ana they whoOped Things up
while the vessel was in port.
Inc sailing of the Doric was the busi-
est time that the CRannel wharf mas
known in many months. For some rea-
son people appeared to have forgotten
that tnere was such an institution as
the post office in existence. Even after
the regular mail was taken aboard,
people went rushed up to the gaE"way
with letters in their hands, asking to
post the mail matter. A quartermaster
was kept busy carrying letters up the
gangway to the vessel.
After the gangway had been let down
and the vessel was swinging away from
the wharf. the desire to post belated
letters seemed TO increase. Several at
tempts to throw the letters onto the
deck were made. One big business
looking envelope fell into the water.
One of the diving boys rescued the let
| ter and it was finally Uotten aboard. A
line was thrown down by some of the
sailors and more letters were tied. to-
gether and hauled aboard. Many peo-
pie gave their mail to the pilot boys
TO get aboard the vessel.
Three passengers came rushing to
| the docks as the vessel was being
| swung away. One was fat and round
and roly poly, the other was lank and
lean and the third dyspeptic and pom
uerous. All of them were anxious to
get aboard. A rope ladder was thrown
down the side of the vessel but as the
boat was about ten feet from the wharf
the three passengers decided not to
( nj vi h1If r6a n
/ boat and were rowed out to the vessel
! and got aboard her later on.
/ The Fearless slowed the boat around.
| Had it not been for the promnt action
tof Captain Brokow of the tug a coilis-
lion would have occurred with some of
the lighters which the Iroquois launch
was towing. The man in charge of the
Iroquois launch very foolishly tried to
cross the bows of the Fearless. Behind
the launch were two lighters on which
were small cars used in carrying the
debris from the dredPer. ALTHOUGH the
launch was going at snairs pace and
anybody steering a vessel could have
seen that a collision was inevitable, the
man in charge of the launch foolishly
tried to run across the bows OF thC
Fearless, with the tow.
The Fearless was pulling the Dorit
around from the dock so as to poin
HeT Out 10 Sed. ne lduHCn anu linz
cleared the bow of the tug but haC
Captain Brokow not turned to port hi:
vessel would have struck the lighters
on which were the little railway cars
and several men. Had the tug strucl
the lighters they would have been cap
sized for he would have hit then
boardsides and sunk the outfit.
The Doric was the first vessel t
come to the new Channel wharf anC
DISCHARGE Oriental freight, and. but 70
the long distance from the city. tn,
change will be. in many respects, ;
5 benefit. The harbor has apparently no
been dredged sufficiently. The Dori
was quite high out of the water ant
not drawing nearly so much water a
usual yet she stirred up a little mut
by the makai end of the wharf.
Among those who left on the Dori
for the coast were: Joseph S. Spear
Jr., the surveyor of port of San Fran
CISCO. He intends to go to Washin"
ton on official business. Mrs. Spear ac
companied him.