The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-10-02
NO HOPE FOR ALAMEDA
Continued from page one).

J Cablegrams are being constantly re-
ceived by local consgnees from San
Francisco agents inquiring if their or
ders on the Alameda shall be duplicat- /
ed Inasmuch as no advices have yet
been received regarding the details Of
| the loss of freight, local merchants are
undecided how to act. Only portions
of their orders may have been dam |
aged while some coUsignments un-
doubtedly escaped all damage NJ.
McInerny & Co., had shipment of |
stuff aboard the Alameda.
| The. S. S. Zealania will undoubtedly |
be the vessel that will be substituted |
for the Alameda. The Zealandia arrived |
at San Francisco a short time ago from |
a special trip to Nome, Alaska and as
she is in condition to resume her sea |
travel she will no doubt be dispatched
at the earliest possible time. The |
Zealandia will require 71R days in which |
to make the trip to this place. She is
not the vessel for the local trade how
ever but i'm the absence of a better
vessel she will have to serve. The old
! $. $. Australia cannot be put on the
run as she was captured in Asiatic
waters by the Japanese some weeks ago
for carrying contraband.
! The accident to the Alameda may
make a big difference i'm the schedule
of steamers. If the Zealandia is put on
the run which is probable, there will
not be a material delay but should no
vessel be substituted, then there would
be a long wait for mainland mails The
Mnnahtnrfa
will bring the next mail. After her
the s. S. Alameda was due to arrive on
October and the next vessel after the
Alameda, the 5. 5. Sonoma from san
Francisco due on October Is. Going
to the mainland the S. s. Ventura will
depart from Honolulu on October L.
and the next vessel after her will be
the $ 5 Mongolia, october q, unless
the Oceanic Company fits i'm with some
local boat.
The loss of the Alameda is the
first disaster of the kind in the history
of the Oceanic S. S. Company. The
, concern has been in existence since 1882
and during that period nothing of
material character in the way of a dis
aster has occurred before the wreck Of
3 the Alameda on Saturday. The Ala
media was the second vessel owned by
0 the Oceanic Company, the Mariposa
0 being the first. The latter vessel is
0 now running between San Francisco
o and Tahiti under a subsidy, so she
0 could hardly be put on the local run
o There was much sentiment connected
u with the Alameda and people in Homo
U lulu had come to regard her i'm a kind
U ly way as if she were a part of the
" islands. Certainly she played quite a
y prominent part i'm the development of
" the islands. In her prime she was
d one of the crack boats of the Pacific
20 and still i'm her old age, she was one Of
=. the reliable boats that piled to Homo
~ lulu.
w Much sympathy is expressed for Cap
~ tain Dowdell her master. He has
~ had about the hardest work of any Of
NJ the masters i'm the service of the COM
NJ pany and up to the present time had
not met with much misfortune.
N While Captain Dowdell was first Off
Ger of the Alameda, at least ten years
a ago, perhaps more, the vessel was
caught in a fearful storm in which she
was considerably damaged. Dowdell
N was caught forward by a great wave
n that carried him back with tremendous
force striking his legs against the
stanchions and horribly mangling them
M On the arrival af the vessel i'm Honolulu
he was taken to the Queens Hospital
where he remained for many months.
Some of the injuries were permanent
though they have not prevented him
10 from following his profession.
Inasmuch as the pilot was on the
bridge with Dowdell at the time of the
wreck last Saturday, hopes are eX-
pressed that Dowdell will be eXonerat-
ed. c. r. Johnson the pilot is thought
to be the same pilot who lost the S. s.
City of New York inside the Golden
| Gate years ago. The Alameda appears
to have been wrecked i'm much the
! same place that the City of New York
was lost. A dense fog prevailed last
ID Saturday. The vessel was probably
being run under a slow bell and the
current swept the boat out of her
course on to the rocks. The currents
of San Francisco Bay and the Golden
y Gate are very uncertain things. They
n, vary in a way that has thus far baftled
e. all effort to secure any reliable re-
i'll cord Of them.
I'd The Alameda had nine days later
mail aboard. 1t is probable that none
b. of this was lost.
H. The Merchants Association of Homo
e. lulu has cabled to San Francisco foi
IL advices regarding the loss of the cargo
aboard the vessel and what Vessef II
er lyyaI,y 10 no eubstitutpd for the los