Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-09-15
LOCAL And GENERAL

e. L. King, Normal Inspector leaves
for Maui this afternoon.
For choice groceries sec S. J. salter,
Fort street. above Berclania
Mrs Z. c. King leaves for Molok,i
IN the LchJa this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. CornwcII leave
for their home in Maui today.
VIM Thompson, Of T. Il. Dayior IL
Co.. left for Hilo on business today.
J. r. McCrossun has gone to Hawaii
In connection with Kohala Ditch mat.
tiers.
Kept on ice-Rainier and Primo Beer
also o. p. S. Whiskey at the Pam
theon.
Neatly furnished rooms at the Pop.
ular. 81 sl.5O, and 81 per week. 1919
Fort street.
Z. S. Scales of Pahala plantation.
returned home by way of Hilo in the
Kinau today.
There will be a caucus of Fourth Dis.
trict delegates in Castle & Cooks hall
at 1870 this afternoon.
Mrs. n. Emmett May and her sister,
Mrs. Winter, lett for the Volcano in
the Kinau today. They will be away
about Il month.
The Honolulu Symphony will meet
tomorrow evening in the club house.
This is the annual meeting and full
attendance is requested.
Patronize home INDUSTRY; when you
need starch, order Pia, or Hawaiian
starch. All grocers keep it for sale;
costs no more and is superior to any
imported.
! Sam KamaioplIi Of the Land OHicr,
and Mrs. iamaiopiIi lett for Kcanap
and Hama, Maui in the Kinau today.
They will be away fortnight or 81 on
"a vacation.
All outdoors il yours when you
have a Brownie" camera. They take
sharp. perfect pictures and the cost IL
so small that no child should he with.
out one. Price slOO at IICrClulu Photo
Supply Co., Fort street.
Alfred l.. Castle, pitcher for the Pun
shous, who was so i'll Sunday that mis-
people could not think OF sending him
away by the City Of Picking on Sunday,
will leave in the Alameda tomorroY
to return to his studies in the East.
o . o o o @ o $ o o o Q % . o o 9
Pacific the Phelps experienced gener
ally good weather but her troubles
were not ended yet.
On August s, in latitude SO south
the dread discovery was made tina,
the vessels cargo OF Pocahontas coal
was heated to dangerous degree. II
was found that the coal in he fore
hatch had reached a temperature OF
10 degrees about seven feet from the
bottom of the hatch. The coal was
Immediately dug out Of the hatch and
scattered to cool il on. II was found
that the heat did not extend beyond
the square OF tue hatch. This state
OF affairs made Captain Graham think
that the coal in the other parts OF the
vessel might also be affected. As q
consequence, he had hole dug In thu
coal In No. 2 hatch and a pipe driver
down to the bottom. II was fOunC
that the coal in the lower hold haC
reached a temperature of $50 dcgree'
at a distance OF about six feet from
the bottom. At this point. Cartair
Graham thought seriously OF pa. lnG
into Valparaiso in distress. Under tn,
prevailing winds II could easily b.
done. but should he sail on for a few
: days he would lose the favorable
winds and have some difficulty il
reaching Valparaiso.
l. The situation demanded quick aCtiOD
and Captain Graham made up hi
! mind to continue on his journey L
this port.
Luckily. the weather during hi
( part Of the journey was excellent, pei
hitting the men to work on the Goa
j without being disturbed. The Goa
was dug out OF No. 2 hatch and hOiste
up by means Of the steam engine.
U was then spread on deck to allow
to cool. The grimy piles OF coal file
l. up the larger part Of the vessels spi
i cious decks and made her bit crank
! but in the light winds this did not ma
ter much.
after reaching to within six feet {
the bottom of the hatch II was fOun
that the coal here was heated to
y temperature OF 1853 degrees. almost III
point OF combustion, The heat Of tn
' coal was so great that the hubber {
u the boots OF the sailors standing in
' melted.
After cooling the coal in No,
u hatch, that in hatch No. 3, which ha
u u temperature OF li2 degrees, an
. that in hatch No. 4, the tcmpcratn
Il Of which was no degrees, was take
= out and cooled in a similar name
The work of handling the coal oCcD
" pied about three weeks.
The coal incident was the last I
= the Phelps many troubles. She reaCl
!, ed port this morning with her cara
Il presumably cool and with all well Il
. board with the exception OF the satlC
" with the broken leg.