The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-24

to his telegram of inquiry on the mex
J steamer from San Francisco. The Brit
ish cruiser Phaeton has been dispatch
ed in search of the Condor, and there j
a possibility that she may prescott
her search as far as Honolulu.
Bark Senator Missing.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16.-That Brit
ish bark of many adventures, the Sen
ator, is again causing some anxiety in
London shipping circles. San Francisco
| underwriters and overdue spectators
have overlooked this ship, but in London
Reinsurance is being offered at the rate
| of 20 per cent.
British marine insurance experts are
worried over the Senator, and according
to the. recent history of the bark, they
have some reason for apprehension. Fer
nine months the unfortunate craft has
been trying to reach Liverpool, having
sailed from Chemainus April last.
The bark encountered a streak of hard
luck from the first, and this is still with
her, evidently, although there are no
very recent adviceS from her.
Two months after leaving port the
Senator showed up at Hilo, Hawaii, AMI
was assisted into the harbor by tug.
She brought a hard luck story of storm
and everything else bad save actual
shipwreck, and appeared to have en-
countered about everything that sailor
men try to avoid. a relay of hurricanes
nearly sent the bark to the bottom, but
instead merely crippled her SO that she
lay about on the ocean helpless for about
three weeks before a jury rig could be
fixed wherewith to render her manage
able. Then she made for the nearest
port, Hilo. On the way to the Island
haven a leak developed and the pumps
cot eroir Than hrnI
down, and the crew of the Senator broke
all marine records for hard work in bail
ing out the hold. They managed to keep
the water down to some extent, but this
was accomplished only by extraordinary
labor on the part of the men and officers
of the ship.
In the latter part of June the Senator
reached Hilo and went out of commits
sion for a month while extensive repairs
were made. In the meantime she was
placed on the overdue list, rising to 80
per cent before word was received that
she was at Hilo. After being patched up
the Senator again resumed
her voyage toward Liverpool with new ;
crew, shipped in Hawaii. But the JONAH
was still with the bark, and about the
time her owners were hoping she was
well on her way to the United Kingdom
L cable from Victoria, B. c., brought the
that the Senator had imped .
into that port badly distressed and was
due for another layoff in the drydock. F;
This time the repairs were more costly
han on the former occasion. Two days !
nut from Honolulu a hurricane that was :
ustier and more boisterous than the !
bunch of storms that first tackled thu !
Senator struck the bark ami staid with
her for six days. When the week was
over the poor old Senator was founder |
ng helplessly, most of her rigging gone. |
her rudder carried away, her cabins
smashed and otherwise in very unsea- (
worthy condition. apparently. But the !
did the best he could under the !
circumstances and made a slow sail for /
Victoria, arriving there August &C.
The master was determined to get to |
Liverpool if it took a decade, and &C
,ordingly he made a fresh start with a
'resh crew. That was on the morning
If November 25th last. Since that Tine
,othing has been heard of the Senator.
seafaring men who believe in continuous
'uns of ill-fortune shake their heads
when the bark is mentioned and predict
larkly that she has piled up on some
oral reef in the Pacific.
But, anyway. London underwriters are
anxious over the long passage and the
many misadventures of the Senator, and
ire paying reinsurance on her. Within a
ew days she will be added to the local :
'verdue list, probably at So per cent or
more.