The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-01

l(dptdln fdlllnB, SdlleO Tor a cruise II
search of the British sloop of wal
Condor, which is believed to have me-
disaster on the trip from Victoria tc
Honolulu. The Condor sailed from Vic
toria over six weeks ago, and advices
from Honolulu as late as January 10
stated that the vessel had not arrived
there. The trip of the McCulloch is
made as a result of an appeal made by
the British Ambassador at Washington
questing that revenue cutters keep a
lookout for the Condor. There is
thought to be little likelihood. however,
that the Condor survived the terrific
storms that ragged off Cape Flattery
about tie time the vessel was off that
coast.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Jan. g.
The United States revenue cutter Grant
returned today from a cruise along the
coast OF Vancouver Island in search of
wreckage that might have reached that
rocky coast. The Grant reDo.ta s.lat
January 18th the Indians picked up
ships beat lear the entrance to Bar
clay soand. According to the descrip-
ton of the beat, and also according to
the statement Of the British pilot on
/ the Grant, the boat is believed to have
belonged to the British war ship Con-
Cor.
Captain Tozier reports that the
schooner which has been drifting about
for some TING, bottom up, and which
was reported to be the Minnie L.
of Cape Beale light station An ex-
animation failed to give any clue as to
the name Of the unfortunate craft, and
her identity remains a mystery, as well
as the fate of her crew.
VICTORIA, 3. C., Jan. 22-The
steamer Moana, which arrived tonight,
brought no news of the missing war
snip Condor.
ASTORIA, One, Jan. 22.-The British
war ship Phaetor is reported outside
this evening. The Phaeton has been
dispatohed ir search of the missing war
ship Condor, and Will come here for
orders.
VICTORIA, B. c., Jan. 21:-When it
was learned here today that the liner
Alameda had arrived in San Francisco,
bringing no rews of the missing Brit
ish Sloop OF war Condor, hope that the
vessel had not gone down was aban-
at The Condor sailed out of the straits
on the evening of the. awful gale in
which the Matteawan was lost and
which buffeted the larger warship !
Warsprite, aroused forebodings weeks !
ago. when the vessel was but a few
days overdue. Nearly seven weeks !
have now elapsed since the Condor
sailed, and the opinion of landsmen !
and many shipping men is that she will |
never be heard from again.
Despite the gloomy outlook the Off |
GERS of the admiralty profess to have !
not lost hope. Captain Fleet, of II. |
NJ. S. Phaeton, which left yesterday in |
search of the sloop, was of the opinion |
that she had run short of coal or pos
sibly had broken her shaft and was
sailing to the Islands in face of the
heavy head winds which are known to
have prevailed for some time past. He
instanced cases where it has taken !
other warships as long as forty-eight :
days to reach Honolulu, \ and where :
liners have drifted without their pro-
pellers and under scant canvas for
Captain Simpson of II. NJ. S. Egeria,
who is now commanding officer of this
station, is also hopeful that the Con-
dor will arrive in port eventually. He
is of the opinion that the Condor has
been delayed by some accident. She is
q small vessel and cannot carry much
coal. Having to battle with winds and
heavy seas, her engineers may have
to husband their coal, of
The quality of which there were many I,
before she left port. In this
event, with her Scant supply of can
vas, and her record as slow sailer, it
would not be surprising that she had
lot yet reached Honolulu.
Another opinion advanced by some
II the naval men at Esquimalt and
which offers the largest measure OF
&c hot he |
Ter course by storms, may have con-
1nued under sail to the Pitcairn ISL
ands, and the other islands of the ;
south Seas where the cables do not
ouch. Her ultimate destination was
he Pitcairn Islands, but she was. to |
lave gone by way of Honolulu, and G
vas scheduled to arrive there on De-
ember IS.
Those inclined to the belief that the I
,ondor was lost when the Matteawan /
vent down point to the fact that the l
teamer Queen City, on her last trip v
roken pieces of hardwood ships V
oat, painted white inside and outside S
nd with a dark rim around the gun Il
1ale, had been found on Bonilla Point, {
ear Carmanah. Boats of this descrip- b
ion are carried by warships and by s
ut few other craft. I
The missing Condor is one of seven |;
essels of the same type which were L
aunched by the builders in England Il
the same time. One of them was the W
loop of war Wasp, which was lost il
bout five years ago. She was never Il
card of after sailing from England, =.
nd of her total complement none es- t.
aped. and not a vestige of the wreck
as ever found.
The Condor was a new vessel, being
ne fourth of that name in the British .
aVy- She was of $50 tons 1.4O0 horse II
over and carried in all 40 men. She q
as commanded by Capt Clifton Stat m
I, Wen known as a capable sailor, Z,
nose Wife is a resident of Victoria
nd IS nearly distracted with grief over II
lie cheerless news which was received OF
,day. is
The other officers of the Condor We're: re
leutenantS James 3. Mason. Hav ~
'inthrop and Henry V. T. Proctor. C
urgeon Thomas s. Hartley. Assistant or
aymaster William H. Franklin. Gun ec
er Arthur d. a. Burns and Artificer 81
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