The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-17
MARINE:
LAYTON BRINGS LIGHTER.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LAYTON BRINGS LIGHTER.
The United States naval transport
Lawton arrived in port from San
Francisco at $50 last evening. having
been ten days on the trip. This slow
voyage was due to the transport towing
a pile-driving lighter. which is to be left
here and eventually to be towed to
Midway Island by the U. S. S. Iro-
quois The lighter is to be used in ex-
tensive dredging operations in Welles
Harbor Midway. The Lawton made
from 1-2 to 10 knots per hour on
most of the trip, which was pleasant
throughout
The Lawton is en- route to Page
Page. Samoa, with 104 men comprising
an entirely new crew for the U. S. 5.
Adams. station ship for American Sa-
moa This crew is navigating the Law
ton to Samoa, and the old crew will
take the vessel back to San Fran
cisco.
The officers of the Lawton are: Conn
r1oander j F. Parker, commanding;
Lieut.-Com. ]. c. Leonard, executive
officer; Lieut.. S. Bryant, navigating
officer: Ensign Galbraith; DR.. Fits.
surgeon; Paymaster J. c. Irwin; Chief
Gunner Jaffe; Chief Boatswain Hendry;
Warrant Machinist Venable, chief en-
gineer; Carpenter Floathe; Paymas-
ter's Clerk Horton.
DR.. Landow. Paymaster Hilton and
Pay Clerk Schutes are passengers for
Page Page.
The vessel will fill her bunkers here
and take on 100 tons of coal on deck.
She viii leave Thursday evening.
The Lawton got into wireless COM
munication with the wireless station
at 1880 a. n. yesterday.
ARCHER WAS DIsMAsTED.
A gale on March 30 dismasted the
barkentine Archer when she was six
days out from San Francisco Despite
her crippled condition and the fact that
she was on her beam ends Immediately
after the masts went overheard, Cap
tain Lancaster decided to continue on
to this port and reached here safely.
It was a creditable piece of seaman
ship. but Captain Lancaster displayed
headwork all through the gale. and
thereby saved his ship and his men,
not only from death, but from injury
Six days after leaving San Francisco
the Archer was in the midst of a ter
rife gale. The winds were mostly from
the south, but the most fearful gale
swept up from the southeast. At 1890
p. m. the vessel was rolling heavily
and suddenly the bowsprit was
snapped off close to the collar where it
fits into the bow of the boat Strange
to say, the fgurehead, directly under
meath, was not injured.
Capt Lancaster Immediately shouted
to the men to run aft, for he knew
that with the rigging loosened further
disasters We're to occur. With another
roll, the foretopgallant mast and fore
topmast went over, followed by Sthe
maintopmast. The vessel suddenly
heeled over until the masts left stand
ing in the vessel We're dragging in the
sea. But the staunch vessel righted
herself
Then came the task of clearing away
the rigging and wreckage. One of the
yards was saved and this was bound
to the stump of the foremost and sail
was bent to it. The appearance of the
vessel as she came along Waikiki
caused considerable excitement in
shipping circles.
Two days before being dismasted the
people aboard the Archer saw the bark
Gerard c. Tobey limping back to San
Francisco in wrecked condition. The
Archer left San Francisco March %.
The Archer brought nearly 1900 tons
of fertilizer for the Hawaiian Fertilizer
Company. She is discharging cargo at
the Railway wharf. A survey is to be
made. The log of the Archer with ref
erence to the dismasting is as follows:
SHIPPING NOTES.
The barkentine S. c. Wilder is load
ing sugar for San Francisco.
The steamer Likelike sails at p.
m. today instead of at noon. This
schedule will be maintained hereafter
as being more agreeable to Honolulu
shippers.
past two years or more attached to
the Honolulu Naval Station. leaves on
the transport Sherman to take an ex+
animation for promotion to the rank
of captain. He may not return here
for duty.
The cement famine was broken by
the arrival of the Italian ship Catarina,
Became, from Hamburg The vessel is
at the Bishop wharf. She brought 1900
tons of cement consigned to t. H. Da-