The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-06
CONDOR HAS
GONE DOWN
Finding of One Of Her Boats
Removes All Doubt as to
Her Fate.

longer can there be any doubt that tn
:. that fierce gale off the Cape which sen
l the collier Matteawan to the bottom
S nearly two months ago.
= Captain Townsend, master of tn
steamer Queen City, which arrived her
today from Cape Scott and way ports
positively identifies as the Condor's tn
small boat which was picked up on tn.
Ahousett rocks by the Indians OF tn,
reservation on January 9Th.
He examined the boat carefully She
has the broad arrow of the British
service on her stern and on her bows
two small hardwood rosettes about two
inches from the gunwale bearing in
| brass the letter &C. In addition to this
indisputable initial are other letters
/ and numerals on the bows, reading IS
| H., 49, These, the captain says, are
authorizations of "Sheerness, 1S9S"-the
place and year of the Condor's con-
| struction.
Additional markings on the boat are
! XVI in Roman numerals, followed by
IS. H. b. or IS III B."
| The boat is clinker built, copper fast
ened, painted white and seventeen feet
| in length. In her port side bottom is a
small hole measuring one foot by six
! inches.
II. NJ. S. Egeria has been ordered to
Ahousett to secure the boat.
The United States cutter Grant,
which met the Queen City at Uclulet,
! is also bound there.
The Condor was practically given up
several weeks ago when advices were
frDy3 nI,11,1 oh ho6
not reached that port up to January g.
The run for steamer from Victoria to
Honolulu is usually made in from sew
en- to eleven days. A sailing vessel
would easily make the passage in a
month; so even the theory that the
Condor ran out of coal and was de-
pending on her canvas is no longer ten
able. The unfortunate vessel left ES-
quimalt on December I'd, and this rock
stabbed small boat is the only token of
her that has come to land since.
The Condor was a British sloop-of-
war of $50 tons, carrying six four-inch
rapid-fire guns and five three-pound-
ers. Her speed was 1925 knots. She
and the Rosario were built in 1898 and
followed in 1899 by four mates, the
Sheerwater, Vestal, Mutine and Rinal-
do. The Condors crew numbered 40
men and the following were among her
officers:
Commander Clifton Sclater; Lieuten-
ants, James B. Mason, Henry V. T.
Proctor, Hay Winthrop (navigator);
Surgeon, Thomas S. Hartley; Assistant
Paymaster, w. H. Franklin; Gunner,
Arthur d. A. Burns; Artillery Engi-
neer, George j. Dilton.
Mikahala In.
The steamer Mikahala arrived from
Koloa at 10:45 yesterday morning She
brought 1890 bags of sugar and num-
Der of passengers. Her purser reports
the steamer Re Au Hou weather bound
at Hanalei. She could not lay at Kill
auea. The James Makee was discharg-
ing freight at Hanamaulu. The bark
w. B. Flint was at Makaweli, loading
sugar and had 1000 bags aboard The
schooner Honoipu was loading sugar a
Eleele and had 1900 bags aboard. The
schooners Luka. Ka Moi and Alice
kimball were discharging coal at Ko-
loa. A strong northeasterly gale was
blowing on Kauai and crossing the
channel strong northeasterly winds
were experienced with high seas. The
schooner Susie NJ. Plummer was ex-
pected to leave Makaweii al D. m. on
Tuesday.
Shipping Notes.
The Hongkong Maru sails for the ORR
ent today at noon.
The schooner Charles Levi Woodbury.
sailed for Hilo yesterday with a full load
of freight ~
The new wharf mauka of the railroad
wharves will be ready for occupancy by
Saturday.
The steamer ]. A. Cummins is waiting
for the weather to let up before leaving |
for koolau ports.
The Mikahala sighted a schooner to the |
northward, apparently heading for Wal |
mea, on Tuesday.
The German ship Marie Hackfeld be- |
gan discharging her cargo at the Rail-
way wharf yesterday.
The barkentine Irmgard did not leave
for San Francisco yesterday on account
of the rough weather.
1t is thought that all the island schoon-
ers VIII be delayed on their present trip
on account of rough weather.
The schooner Ada has been overhauled
and was expected to sail for Waiaiua and
Hanalei yesterday afternoon.
The bark Hesper is loading her lum-
Der and will probably leave for FIRE.
mantle, Australia, on Saturday.
The sailing of the Norwegian ship
Of the serious illness of the mate.
Nothing has been heard of the schoon-
ar Twilight, which was reported bound
for Hanalei several days ago.
The gasoline schooner Eclipse was de-
layed until yesterday in leaving on her
run to Maui and Hawaii ports.
Reports of wrecks of other island
schooners are expected by shipping men.
The French cruiser Protet will sail for
Acapulco, Mexico, early this morning.
The German ship Marie Hackfeld, on
The way from Hamburg, spoke and pro-
risioned the British bark Earl Granville,
from Lobos de Afueira for Client. 1he
bark arrived at. her destination on De-
,ember 31st.
The sugar ready on Kauai amounts to s
1859 bags, made up follows: K. S. |
NJ, 500; " r.. 100: w. 500: NJ. A. R.,
500; G. & r., $500: Mob. 16, 800: K. P,
500; II. w, $40; p. 1865; NJ. S. Co, 20, 204;