The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-01

delphia moved from her anchorage i
the stream over to Navy wharf No.
had an opportunity of seeing "hoN
things are done in the Navy, sir
Deliberately and carefully the grea
white mass shifted her position Hardl
a sound was heard. There was none
the yelling and excited shouting whicl
so often characterizes the docking of al
ordinary vessel in this or any other har
Dor.
The words of command came from tn
bridge calm and distinct. No order wa
repeated The work was done as sooi
as commanded. There was no confu
sion; no misunderstanding; no scurry
! ing around of hands on the wharf
Each man knew his. duty and did it.
The Philadelphia slid into the Navy
Slip as easily and as quietly as if she
had been a light canoe instead of the
great man-of-war.
The crowd on the wharf noticed this
and were impressed with the careful
ease and exact movement with which
the vessel was handled.
The Philadelphia arrived here on Sat
urday morning, after pleasant I-day
VOYAGE from San Francisco She an
chored in the stream. She shifted to
the Navy wharf yesterday afternoon to
load coal About 700 tons will be taken
aboard and the cruiser will sail for
Page Page, probably on Friday morn
ing, stopping over the Fourth of July.
Captain Meade is the commander of the
Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia is well known to Ho-
nolulans having been stationed here
about three years ago and before that
during the exciting times in Decem-
Der, 1898, when her guns menaced the
town.
She is a acknowledged cruiser and
was built by William Cramp & Sons at
Philadelphia. Her length on the load
water line is 327 feet and inches; her
extreme breadth is 4S feet and ~
inches; her mea2 draft is 10 feet and 6
inches, while her displacement is 4, 410
tons. Her gross tonnage is 3,04S.54, and
her net tonnage 1,547.57 She is equip
ped with twin-screw horizontal triple
expansion engines. Her speed. on her
trial trip, was 1858 knots; her indicat-
ed horsepower S,S15. Hor normal coal
supply is 400 TONS Her bunker capacity
is 1,074 tons.
Her main battery consists of twelve
6-inch rapid-fire guns. Her secondary
hS IN a.
fire; four 3-pounders, rapid fire; two l.
npunders, rapid fire; two Colts; two
S-mm revolving cannons and one s.
inch rapid-fire field gun
Her complement consists of "a Off
GERS and 1858 men. The contract price
of her hull and machinery was 81, $50, 900
Her building was authorized March 8,
1887. the contract being signed on Octo-
Der 81 of the same year. On March %
of the following year her keel was laid.
She was launched on September Z, 1889.
The date of her first commission was
July %, 1900
Accident on the Sea King.
The American bark Sea King, Cap
tain Wallace, arrived off port from
Newcastle on Saturday night. Yester-
day morning she was towed into the
harbor by the tug Fearless and anchor
ed in the stream.
While anchoring off port on Saturday
the mate, John Douglas, sustained a
very painful accident to his right foot
Part of the gear gave way as the port
anchor was being lowered away and a
chain caught the chief officer, crushing
two or three of his toes. Yesterday the
injured man was removed to the
Queens Hospital where two of the toes
were amputated.
When the Fearless started to bring
the Sea King into port yesterday morn
ing all kinds of trouble was experienced
in getting up her mudhook. Something
was wrong with the windlass and no
one seemed to know what it was. The
best part of three hours was spent in
getting in the anchor and forty-five
fathoms of chain.
The Sea King was sixty-seven days
coming from Australia. She has full
cargo of coal to order.
Captain Died at Sea.
The American bark Coryphene arriv
ed from Newcastle yesterday. minus
QeE Skipper 1dpldlt AIIdIASS LAWS
died at sea on June 8 In latitude 81 de-
grees and Is minutes south, longitude
l51 degrees and % minutes west. The
first officer, r. r. Grindlay, took COM
nand and brought the vessel to port.
Captain Davis was a sick man when
the Coryphene left Newcastle. Indeed,
the bark was delayed several days on
account of her master not being able
to take her out. He felt a great deal
better when his ship got to sea, how
ever, and for several days he was ap-
parently on the road to recovery. He
was afflicted with malignant malaria,
.owever, and soon relapsed. He grad
lalJy became worse, and on Monday,
Tune 8. at $40 a. M, he died. The Cory
3hene left Newcastle on May 8.
On June 4, at $50 a. M. the body of
he captain was given to the deep with
al respect and ceremony. The vessel
came into port flying her flag at half
mast and soon afterwards all the yes
sels3 in the harbor half-masted their
'oldMs In token of respect.
C3tain Davis was well known in Ho-
1oltuu. He had been commander of
naR2 vessels in his time, being a man
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