Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-10
MYSTERY Of CONDOR
POSSIBILITY OF COLLISION
WITH The MATTEAW AN
Many Theories are Advanced But no
Direct News Has Yet Been
Received - Same
Course.

Seattle, Jan. 3O.-Considerabl eX-
element has been caused in local ma
rine circles by the theory of a probable
COLLISION between the Condor and the
Matteawan advanced by Captain Has
dorn of the Cape Flattery lightship,
and every circumstance tending to
throw light on the fate of the two ves-
sels is now cited in support of a deduC-
ton that appears most tenable. The
steamers sailed from Ladysmith and
Victoria, d. c., respectively, on Deem
Der and passed through the straits
within a half-hour of one another.
The course of the Matteawan. bound
for San Francisco, and the Condor for
Honolulu, would have been exactly
the same for at least twenty miles af-
ter leaving Cape Flattery. The Mat
teawan was noticed in the afternoon
by the weather observer at Neah Bay.
six miles from the termination CT the
office. Still later Captain Hasdorff Of
the lightship stationed four miles
south of Cape Flattery, and anchored
of Flattery Rocks, noted the steamer
southwark bound two miles off and evi
IDENTIFY in distress.
The Condor must have been at that
time but a short distance behind. II 10
now believed here that the Matteawan
put back for shelter at Neah Bay and
at some point near and undoubtedly
southwark Of Cape Flattery, collided
with the Condor The terrible marine
tragedy which would follow such a col
lision is accepted here as the explana-
ton OF the mystery which shrouds the
fate of the missing craft.
Victoria, b. c., Jan. 3l.-A naval
official at Esquimalt, who was inter-
viewed this evening regarding the
marks on the boat found on the west
coast, says there can be no mistake.
She is positively one of the Condors
boats. The officer stated that on the
stem Of all war ships boats the date
Of construction ad length of craft and
the initial Of the dockyard where the
ship was built. These all appear on
the boat found off Ahousett.
The arrival OF the survey ship
Egeria and the United States revenue
cutter Grant from the west coast il
being looked forward to with interest,
for It may be that they will bring in
further news that will give a clew to
the possible fate of the Condor. The
Egeia was to bring the boat found at
Ahousett bay back to Esquimalt This
boat, which may be the only thing be-
| longing to the Condor given up by the
sea, was evidently swept from its
lashings on the war ship by the high
seas, for the fact that the iron grips
were still on the boat shows that the
sailors did not launch the boat, for
had they done so the grips would have
been removed. The boat had. without
doubt, been carried away from its lash.
ings, which are securely fastened
when the war ships leave for sea.
Nanaimo, b. c., Jan. 3l.-Captain
Ross OF the collier San Mateo, which
is now in port, states that on his way
down last trip, about the 10th, he met
boat in the straits of San Juan
| WHICH hhoN'lb WY wen WV bNo'iik
ton OF the boat supposed to belong to
the Condor. The boat was painted
white. with square stern. II was
waterlogged and one of the gunwales
was stove in. He drew slightly out OF
his course TO get near enough to in
vestigate. He could not see any name
on II and the boat was empty. The
place where he saw 1t was just inside
the straits. He thought that the one
found may have been the same as that
seen on the west coast, which after.
wards drifted in a northerly direction
Otherwise 1t might be a second boat
from the Condor.
Seattle, Jan. 3l.-The Globe Naviga
ton Companys steamship Eureka ar
rived from the Hawaiian Islands to-
day. She saw nothing en- route from
Honolulu OF the British war ship Con
dor, leaving little or no hope for thu
missing vessel.