The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-11-09

| HOTAl BAKING POWDER CO., NEW fOHks
of 1l6 days. Less than ak years ago
the vessel. then known as the British
ship Pyrenees, was run ashore and
abandoned at Manga Reva lagoon, 300
miles northeast of Pitcairn island, after
taking fire at sea. Captain !. +. Thay-
er bought the wreck and after a lot of
work transformed her into rs fine
ship as ever crossed the bar. Under
the American flag. and new name,
with Captain Townsend in command,
the Manga Revn is proving, after all,
, to be fast and lucky ship.
SHERIDAN STILL IN THE HARBOR
The transport Sheridan Is getting to
the Coast by degrees Since grounding
on the reef at Barbers Point she has
made three starts towards her destina-
tion and has got as far as the bell
buoy, calling at Pearl Harbor and Ho-
noulu en- route. She leaves the bell
buoy for San Francisco Saturday.
!. The Sheridan and her escorts, the
transport Buford and the Army tug
Slocum, left the harbor yesterday
morning, the Slocurn lashed alongside
the Sheridan. which was also being
towed by the tug Intrepid. outside the
channel the Intrepid was cast off and
the Slocum maneuvered the transport
to the vicinity of the bell buoy where
she was anchored. 1t so happened that
there was nc pilot aboard the Sheridan
or the Slocum, and Captain Smith, of
the Slocum. being unacquainted with
the local waters, had the anchor
| dropped In much deeper water than Is
usually chosen for an anchorage. The
result was that when the Slocum and
the Buford had run their tow lines and
the signal to UP anchor was given for
the start TO San Francisco, the anchor
windlass cf the Sheridan proved I'M
equal to the task of raising the mud
hook from the depths, the gear wheel
being strir oed of it's cogs The anchor
was swinging free of the bottom and
the vessel began to drift back toward
the channel and la closer to the reef,
the anchor catching again as the shoal
water was reached.
The accident Is such as to delay the
, departure of the three Army vessels
until new gear wheel can be made.
the order for which was rushed into the
foundry within an hour of the time the
windlass played out 1t would. of
anchor wtb tackle. but 1t was not
thought advisable for the Sheridan to
leave port in tow of the other vessels
with the windlass in that condition, as
the chain to which the lines from the
Buford are to be made fast for the
towing is to be controlled by the wind
lass.
The delay until Saturday having been
returned to the harbor, leaving the
Sheridan at anchor outside.
CHIUSA MARU LIBELED.
The japanese steamer Chiusa Maru.
which has been discharging freight at
the Bishop slip since her rescue from
the reef outside the channel by the
Inter-Island steamers Ke Au Hou and
Kinau and the U. $. r. C. Manning,
is now in charge of U. S. Deputy
Marshal and is plastered with $l0,-
600 libel. This libel was filed yester-
day morning by the Inter-Island
Steamship company, the amount
claimed being their bill for services
rendered in hauling the Maru off the
reef
The libel states that the rescue of
the Japanese vessel from perilous
position was due to the timely assist
ance of the two lnter-Island steamers,
assisted by the Manning. a heavy swell
running at the time of the accident
which threatened to drive the Chiusa
further on the reef and make her
total loss. The fact that the sweiis
increased during the day and night
following is cited to show that there
would have been great damage result
ing any delay in getting the Chiusa
refioated.
! The value of the Chiusa is given in
the libel at 100000 and her cargo a,
, s65 900. The Kinau and Ke Au Hou are
, put down as worth 100000 and S45.-
600 respectively. The Chiusa is a single
bottomed vessel and the libel asserts
that her bottom was punctured dur
, ing her stranding and her cargo in
danger OF being damaged.
on board the Chiusa Is Deputy Mar
shal Calvert, who took possession OF
the vessel at noon yesterday, while
guarding the discharged cargo on the
dock is Deputy Marshal ]. III. S. Ka-
leo. The work of further discharging
cargo was suspended yesterday after
noon the crew turning their attention
|
The task OF filing a bond and secur-
ing release OF the Chiusa devolves
; itself upon II. ii. Davies & Co., the
agents, and II was stated on board the
+ Maru yesterday that this bond will be
filed this morning and the work of dis
charging the cargo recommended. II
I is expected that the vessel viii sail 70,
. Japan on Monday next. That the
pounding on the reef has punctured ths
: steamers bottom and that she is leak
ing as a result is vigorously denied
by the Japanese officers.
AOTEA SAILS TODAY.
The British steamship Aotea will sail
this afternoon for Newcastle In ballast.
There she will take on bunker coal and
q load at the New Zealand ports with
= cargo for South America and London.
z sailing for home around the Horn, her
: only ports OF call being Montevideo and
D Rio de Janeiro.