Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-20


over there at the north key lay the
american transom ships. with big
rounded bows. These were the YES
H,ls which carried so many thousands
and thousands Of Irish to America
curing the years lois, 70. 80. 'Si and
y. II was during me famine and the
English persecution in Ireland.
REMEMBERS FAMOUS SHIPS.
one OF these vessels which helped
TO populate America was the North.
Lmbcrland, lost few years later OF
the west coast of ireland. with several
Hundred Irish immigrants aboard. The
Cornelius Grcnnoll was one Of them
too. She afterwards went TO the Arc.
Tie, Others of these boats were the
Congress, Hathaway and Concord. |
have seen all them.
"Other vessels which used to lie at
the same quay We're the famous Ab"r.
deem clippers. the line that helped to
l'lihAtN' sNuN'llliu W. WI .fulE W. w
Ttey were iull.rigged, grcen.painted
vessels belonging 10 the Hall Broth.
ors. There was the Centurion Maid
rf Judah. tar OF Bethlehem. Jericho.
Nincveh. Jerusalem Nazareth, and
others. They carried hundreds Of
English. Scotch and 0elsh TO Austria.
liza.
Then came the Montreal traders of
those days. vessels OF about COO tons.
There was the John Bull. 1ru" Briton,
City of Hamilton and the City Of Que
ItsC afterwards lost in the Gulf of st.
Lawrence. they belonged Ia Hugh
Allen. They We're the beginning OF
tn, famous Allen line Of vessels be.
tween Canada and England.
Captain W. d, u. James ST., my
fathers brother, was a partner In the
coal business with Hugh Allen at that
time, and tho hud an office at tn,
IL ot Of McGilI street. Montreal. They
buiit the towboat Topsy. so well known
In Canadian waters. She was the only
ing NJ that time on the st. Lawrence
| This was some time after 1850.
They built tho Oliver Cromwell. tn,
Ontario and the Royal MILDLY. Ny
father was master OF one OF these
boats at one time.
OLD ABERDEEN VESSELS.
| hut I've been cutting adrift from
tie old ships which used to tic up t.
the DeptfOrd docks. remember tn,
Al "rdeen ships StaEhOund. Boarhound
Greyhound and tn" Red Ridiughou,
and Robinhoud. remember watChin,
n" cutting Or the iigurchcads of tn,
last two vessels. | remember then
putting the red paint on the carve,
cloak OF little Red RidinghoOd. Thos,
were fine ships, tell You. saw then
place the figureheads on the Rcd Rid
iHghood and the Robnhood.
AS said before, ! t;on know hoy
old was when left England. Their
vas some war going on al tne time
] remember seven vessels were drivcl
IN the Scottish coast and four of tn
crews were fed at our house. That
when We were in scotland They wcr
foreign fellows. speaking lingo
didn't understand.
But let's get back TO London agai
TN" take another look at the Deptfor
, docks. At the south key. right acros
from the north key, the famous Eas
India ships used to lie. They ycr
great quartcr-galleried vessels III
kind that Captain Marryatt has ImmoI
talized-is that the word?-in hi
splendid stories. They were owne
ny Dickie Green and were named af
er places in India. They used to ca
~ from ten to fourteen guns and couI
, lie turned into men-of.war or tran
A Forts II desired. remember the DO
d t"d'geraninms on their hign poops an
d the washing hanging out to dry und,
n their overhanging windows.
o LoNG.HAIREp LAscAR CREWS.
I Then the old Parsee vessels use
G to lie behind the East Indiamen. Tho
d we're owned by rich india merchan
Q and carried lascar crews. rememb,
tho lascars with their flowing hal
, Tho hsir Of some of them used to |
J. SIX and eight feet long. I don't 7
$ member how to spell the names
| those vessels, but they were call,
J. something like the Jamberee, the Jai
h'roo, and the Jamberiskee. THU
n enc OF them was named the Jeejisko
ID ice, but, mind you, ! wont swear
IN thu spelling. II Is bad enough to ma
~ the memory which | possess, wltho
ID carving such names in my head.
b, couldn't pronounce them, anyway. u
I'd less I'd been brought up on curry NJ
n, rice all nv days.
Nov I'll take won down to Roti
10 Row. whore the old hulks used 10
ps ~ the Thrones, Remember, tbs W
to right on the crack OF the nineteen