Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-10-13

course be changed so that the snip
should edge off to the left, or port hand. /
This suggestion was accepted by the !
pilot and the course of the Alameda |
was slightly altered. Then, declare the !,
officers and the pilot. the ears Of all
we're strained to catch the sound Of the |
whistle at Lime Point, and soon they
heard that faint sound which preceded
the disaster in the manner Of prompt.
er's whistle at a theatre as heard in.
audibly from in front.
HITS THE ROCKS.
Within a few moments, say the Off.
GERS Of the Alameda, the good ship
F., hit the rocks. II seemed to lift its bow,
, to slide over the rock, and then came
/ four distinct grating shocks, which
Jared and trembled through the struc.
ture OF the vessel and gave at once
the dread alarm to all the souls on
/ board.
The next minute q whistle shrilled
out mournfully in the encircling gloom
and the officers knew II for the whistle
at Fort Point station. A hasty signal
to the engine-room ordered the instant
reversal Of the engines, but the back.
ward striving Of the single screw WAS
as futile to effect the Alameda's es.
cape from her predicament as would
have been the strokes Of a child's toy
paddle. Urged on by tide and her own
Roadway, the ship had slid half her
length upon the rocks. To port and to
starboard. just clearing her sides, up.
rose other rocks, so that the great ship
was held as in a cradle in a drydock,
upright. without any perceptible list
either way.
The clamor OF the siren of the Ala
media broke out simultaneously with
the rush Of the frightened passengers
to the decks. The siren shrilled its
message OF alarm without cessation.
Orders hurriedly given by Captain Dow.
dell to the Junior officers and to the
, petty officers sent the men of the Ala.
media to their stations by the lifeboats
! and distributed the officers and stew.
ards among the passengers to implors
. them to remain calm, to try no rush
for the boats. They were assured that
, there was no danger. The japanese
, steerage passengers are said to have
been the only ones to have shown any
, signs Of panic, but they were soon quell
t ed in the hap-hazard attempt they
, made to rush toward the boats and
. Quelled with rough.and.ready methods
/ AFTER THE FIRST SHOCK.
:, After the first natural shock of fright
e had spent itself among the passenger.
e the whole affair assumed for them al
most the aspect of a festive occasion
4 It was grim and heartrending TRACED,
j. to captain, officers and the pilot upor
T. whom had rested the responsibility To-
9 safety OF lives and property, but ex
cept for few grumpy passengers VIII,
/. were anxious to get to Honolulu OF
Q business affairs and who foresaw nov
l. o long delay, the passengers generally
u and the women particularly, were light
q hearted to the point of gayety.
l. Here was an adventure that threaten
. ed no disaster to them. that woulI
u make Of them objects for the admira
ton Of their friends on shore. which
would garnish their talk for years I,
y come. Wrecked at the mouth Of tn,
harbor they had not left, wrecked afte,
)" perhaps the shortest voyage on record
What tale II 'wasi
r. The soldiers on the breakwater o
< Fort Point could hear the sounds .
1t laughter In the light, happy voices o
ID women and children and in the deepe
IS voices of men issuing from the mys
et FERROUS fog which hid the Alamed
II from sight And yet at that time sh
IL was not visible even as a shadow o
IL deeper blot of graveness In the obscuI
t ity Of the fog.
a LIFE.SAvING GREW.
e The patrol OF the life.saving station
ID at Fort Point heard the Alameda's siI
If en- blowing and reported to the station
ID boat was at once dispatched into tn
of fog, which even by this time had beGul
Il to lift again. Within twenty minute
$. the boat was alongside the Aamed
ID and had soon returned to telephone tn
~ news OF the wreck to the city.
&. Although Spreckels' Tugboat Con
pany, which is owned by John +
Is Spreckels, the chief owner of the Al;
in media, operates five large tugs, not on
N was at the wharf when the tidings G
r the Alameda's plight reached the o.
8 flee. The Shlpowners and Merchants
y Tugboat Company was appealed to an
II soon the tugs Sea Rover and Sea Prime
n were speeding to Fort. Point. TIL
tug Sea Queen, which was towing tn
bark Gerard c. Tobey to sea, left tha