The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-24
High VelocityWin
Swept Over
Islands.
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FISHERMEN HAD
SOME NEAR CALLS
Shipping DeIayed-Many Trees
We're Destroyed in and
Around Honolulu.

A windstorm of high velocity, accom-
panied by rain, swept over the Islands
from early Saturday morning until an
early hour yesterday morning, doing
considerable damage on land and caus-
ing great trouble for shipping, both in
the harbor and at sea- but so far no
greats disasters to the latter have been
reported
The wind travelled over Oahu at an
awful pace and any unlucky traveller
Saturday could tell truly OF things do.
ing.
WAVES AS HIGH AS HILLS"
1.-THE waves were as high as hills,
and the wind as strong as a dozen
gales" said Purser Thomas C. Smith,
Is he described the great storm and
angry sea through which the steamer
Zealandia forced her way to port on
Saturday The great gale of Saturday
and Saturday evening delayed Island
shipping, probably caused the loss of
one Jap sampan and its owner, trans
formed Honolulu's usually peaceful
harbor into whirlpool, and made the
work of shipping very dangerous.
The gale started early Saturday
morning, and by the time that the
steamship Gaelic reached port at Il
o'clock had assumed unusual proper
tions. Two days before reaching Ho-
nolulu, thet Gaelic ran into the storm
and when Ginning through the Moloka
channel on Saturday morning found
mountainous seas running. But the
pilot took charge of the big steamer
and foated her into the channel ant
up to the Naval wharf, against ire.
mendous wind, without mishap
About noon the Claudine arrived
from Hilo and way ports, and her pas
sengers were all pleased TO be able t.
get ashore. as they had been subjected
to a very rough passage.
OLD TIMER IN ROUGH WEATHER
About A o'clock the Zealandia wa
sighted and pilot and the fine nativ,
crew of the whaleboat put off to her
OFF port the small boat went through
awful seas and was battered about u
fully got alongside the ZealaRdia an,
the pilot was put aboard. Owing to tn
hurricane the Zelandia had to ancho
Autside while the quarantine official
were making the usual examination
Finally she started for the port will
the pilot boat in tow.
PILOT BOAT SWAMPED
The pilot boat was all right whel
not attached to a larger craft, bu
when the -Zealandia started to tow he
to port there was trouble. Passenger
stood at the steamers rail and fear
fully watched the struggle of the brav
natives trying to keep the boat tina
was being dragged through wave afte
wave afloat. At times the boat wouIt
disappear altogether beneath wave
but moment later would be dragget
on and rise to the top of another wav
only to be again swept under But tn
natives still kept hold of the Zealan
dia's line. They worked hard il
bailing out water, but big wave fin
ally swept them under, and all tha
could be seen of them from the Zea
landia's deck was a head OCCASIONAL,
bobbing up from the surge. The whal
boat, being waterlogged, was cut adrif
ana the quarantine launcn steamed
over to pick up the men struggling il
the waves. At the same time lookout
on the battleship Oregon noted tn
mishap. There was short quick com
mand from the officer on watch on tn
war ship. A dozen or more bluejacke5
tumbled into boat and in wonder
fully short space of time it was speed
ing toward the struggling natives
But the quarantine launch had the bes
start, and so was able to pick up tn
men before the man of warsmen coult
reach the scene. and with the pilo
boat again in tow started for port
The four natives, all of whom wer
powerfully built men and strong swim
mers. had narrow escape from dealt
in the wildly running seas, but whel