The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1905-08-26
American Ship Spartan Coal Laden From New
castle Drags her Anchor and Strikes
Hidden Reef Off SpreCkelsyilIe.
WAS THE BRIDAL TRIP FOR CAPTAIN.
Spars Rigging and Ships Papers all SavedCargo Bought
But Ship Will Probably Beat to Pieces.-Story
of Hoodoo Trip from Newcastle.

until late in the evening. On July
Oath the carpenter was busy fitting
the -crossjack yard for an upper
fore top sail yard. On the 25th
July we sent up the fore upper yard
and secured same. On July 25th
we set the watches as usual as the
men were getting rather tired. The
port watch fitted the lower yard
with the help of the carpenter dur
ing the forenoon of 26th of July.
At noon of the same day we sent
the lower yard aloft and secured
same on the mizen lower topsail
standard" the fore top sail STAN
dard having being broken by the
fall of the fore upper, on to the
lower fore top sail yard. At a p.
m. | bent the fore lower top sail
and set it, and at p. m. bent the
upper top sail, and bent and set
same. Now we were fixed and pro
ceeding on our course again. may
here remark that all the men con-
Quoted themselves in a very orderly
and proper manner, during the
whole of the time from leaving
Australia until our arrival and
landing at this port. From the
above mentioned accident until our
arrival off the Isle of Hawaii when
we tried to beat through the Ala
nuihaha Channel when off Hawai-
hae Harbor the Captain drew my
attention to windog at the head
of the valley formed by the spur
running out from Mouna Kea and
sending on one side in Upolu point
and on the other in Keahole point
told the captain that it was a
wind dog and before he had time
to give me any orders the squall
came down on US.
We lost a few sails, but we had
plenty of others to replace the lost
ones, which we did. The captain
now made up his mind to keep off
and stand to the westward of Oahu
island which we accordingly did.
On August 10, at 6 p, m. Kaena
Point, on the island of Oahu, hove
about east, true distance, about
sixteen or seventeen miles. From
thence we proceeded to the north
ward by the wind to lat. about 80
deg. "a min. north, or say, 159 deg.
W., where we wore ship and head
ed to the southeast, ship and crew
being in first-class condition right
along. No incident happened from
the time we wore ship until we
struck what am pretty certain is
an uncharted reef. We arrived off
the coast of Maui about midnight
on the 18th of July, in say longi-
tude between 156 deg. Is min. and
156 deg. 20 min. and latitude about
90 deg, 25 min. and 20 deg. 20 min.
north, and from thence sailed seven
miles S. S. E. mag. At 1:30 a. m.
or thereabouts we hove to waiting
for daylight. AT 4 p. IN. / was on
deck with my watch, the captain
being in attendance and on deck
all night. At daylight we squared
aW ay and l put the port anchor on
the rail ready to let 60, the star
board anchor having been put over
the night before. We now got the
deep sea lead up and commenced
to sound, obtaining no bottom for
two or three casts, hoving to, some-
times on the port and sometimes
on the starboard tack. The first
bottom obtained was about 50 or 80
fathoms sandy bottom. This was
according to bearings somewhere to
the northeast of Spreckelsville, at
about 10 a. m. After having short
ened sails and prepared to come to
an anchor as per rule and prece-
dent, we had soundings in forty
five fathoms same bottom, AT
about 1925 a. m. we had thirty
I fathoms and no difference in the
bottom. Three or four minutes