Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-07-09
ENVHOpED NEVADAN
BIG FREIGHTER IN
VOLCANIC DUST CLOUD
Has Reached San Francisco From
New YOrk-VOyage Of Sixty
One Days. Coming to
Honolulu.

San Francisco June G0.-The steam.
er Nevadan. arriving yesterday from
New YORK, was covered lUT more than
day by a dense cloud OF dust from
Mont PelCe. the Martinique volcano,
and for hours was compelled to sound
her whistle as in a fog II was meal.
while impossible for anybody on board
to look to windward. Ihis was on the
morning OF May Sth, when the city Of
st. Pierre was destroyed, cut the Ne.
vadan, far out oil sight. was steaming
along 500 miles off Martinique, in lati.
tude l3 degrees north, longitude So DE-.
grees west.
The Nevadan passed within thirty
miles of Martinique on May 5th. and
was at st. Lucia on the 9Th, taking on
coal There a French steamer was IS.
ing, having taken a number OF people
from st. Pierre after the first outbreak
OF the volcano the previous day. The
refugees were much excited, and told
story of father and son having been
overtaken by lava from Mont Pelce
while descending the moustain's
slopes, the father being killed but the
son miraculously escaping. Two days
later, when the Nevadan had resumed
her trip and was far at sea, the i'm.
mense storm Of dust convinced the Ne.
vadan's commander and all on board
that Mont Pelee had again broken out.
but sarticulars OF the disaster were
not learned by them until reaching
this port yesterday.
Early on the morning Of May Sth
there were heavy thunder clouds in the
sky and the weather looked bad" said
Captain Weeden of the Nevadan yes.
terday. Still, the sea was smooth
but very much discolOred, be ing pea
green in appearance. At $50 o'clock
that morning the atmosphere was so
choked with dust that the whistle had
to be sounded. and an hour later the
dust covered the steamer and was so
thick that we could not look to wind.
ward. II was al its very worst at y
o'clock that morning All the forenoon
the dust was descending in big cloud.
and did not entirely cease falling upon.
the steamer until thirty hours had
passed. No damage resulted, Et
course. but the fine powder, resembling
quantities of it were swept into the
sea, and some was gathered up TO keep
as curiosity" Though Captain Wee.
den said that no unusual sounds were
heard on the Nevadan. others on board
said yesterday that on the eth of May,
while at sea, two reports. sounding like
distant heavy blasting or cannonadlnS.
were heard.
The trip of the Nevadan from New
York to this port was otherwise un-
eventful. The time from New York
was siXty.one days. from 81. Lucia If.
ty-three days, and from Coronel TWEEN.
ty-two days. The Nevadan was under
the command Of Captain c. w. Delan0
as far as Coronel, on account OF his
familiarity with the passage through
the Straits OF Magellan, and at Coro,
mel. in accordance with a preaTranged
plan he was succeeded by the chief Of
ficer Captain Il. F. Weeden. who had
been appointed permanent commander
of the new steamer. He was recently
master of the lake.built steamer Euro
ka. now on this Coast. Captain Della
no returned to New York from CoroncI
by way OF Panama. and will bring out
the Nevadan's sister snip, the Nebras
kan. which is to be launched in about
a month.
The Nevadan Is a fine modern
rrelghter of $500 tons capacity, and is
designated to run between here AM
the Hawaiian Islands for the Aneri
can.Hawaiian Steamship Company, al
ternating on the route with the Nebras
kan. Each OF the steamers Is $50 fe"t
in length. and both are oil.burners
though he Nevadan used coal on tn,
trip from New York. She brought {
cargo Of general freight from New
York for local merchants. The date
her sailing for Honolulu has not ye
been determined.
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