The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-26


Two sailing vessels reached por
yesterday morning from the Coast
after going through gale after gale
which ripped sails, carried away rig
ging and snapped a bowsprit of one o
them. The captains of both vessels
report the most terrific weather they
have experienced in years and the
crews corroborate these statements.
USED OIL ON WATERS.
The schooner Alice Cooke. command
ed by Captain Penhallow. came in
from Port Gamble. after a voyage
lasting fifty days. The schooner
smashed into heavy seas almost as
soon as she was out of sight of land,
and it was lucky she was not close to
the rocky coasts when the southwest
gale hit her. The seas piled over the
lumber-laden vessel until her fore and
jibsails were wet half way up. The
lashings on the. deckload of lumber
were strained to the utmost, and ire
quentiy the after deck was deluged
with water, until it became necessary
to lash the Wneelman to his post of
duty.
The gales swept most from the south
and the southwest. The vessel tackled
this way and that, but made little
Roadway She was blown considerably
out of her course. and only when close
to the islands did the nasty weather
let up.
During the height of the gale cam
vas bags filed with oakum and soak
ed with oil were sent over thessides of
the vessel to break the force of the
seas.
Il can tell you that if we didn't hap
pen to have such a fine navigator as
Captain Penhallow we would have
been pretty badly used up" was the
comment of one of the crew, but he
knows how to handle a boat, let me
tell you
MELANCTHON SNAPS BOWSPRIT.
The other boat was the three-masted
schooner Melancthon, from San Fran
cisco, loaded with lumber, and COM
manded by Captain E. L. Hoffman,
The little vessel was hard hit all the
way down to Honolulu. She was the
vessel reported by the transport Meade
as having been sighted in distress. her
miZzentopmast apparently having been
carried away.
The fact was, however, that the yes-
sci was not in distress. although she |
was minus the mizzentopmast when |
the troopship saw her. The topmast |
had been lowered after the vessel put !
to sea- as there was no sail for it, and
it had to come down here anyway. The
Melancthon was purchased on the
Coast by McCabe, Hamilton & Rennie, /
the local stevedoring firm. and is to be /
used as a coal hulk in this harbor. ,
During the height of gale from the |
southwest the bowsprit snapped off |
and one of the sails was ripped. The
bowsprit, however, shows signs of hav-
ing been weakened previously by
worms. i1lil
FORMERLY A FAST PACKET.
The Melancthon is nearly forty years P!
of age and many, many years ago she !
was considered the fastest packet in ,
service between San Francisco and
Portland. She has seen hard service /
and will now end her days as a mere
floating hulk, like many other vessels |
which achieved fame in the long ago. |
She was at one time barkentine rugged.
Captain Hoffman, and wife, Mate |
Sorley and the cook will return to San
Francisco by steamer.
ANCIENT ANCHOR rs RECOVERED.
MONTEREY, Cal, Feb. An an
chor from the old ship Italia which, it
is said, was once Napoleon's prison
ship, was recovered from the bottom of
the bay, today, by fisherman. One OF
the flukes is broken off. 1t is so heavy
that the fishermen have been unable to
land it on the wharf and must wait
until derrick is available.
The Italia was sunk in the harbor
here in 1912. She was lying off the old
custom house, and her officers were
ashore attending a fandango. storm
suddenly arose and before the men
could reach the ship the vessel turned
turtle and sank. Since then she has
been at the bottom of the bay.
OLYMPIA FOR HONOLULU.
Within a day or two work of loading
the steamer Olympia will be begun.
The Olympia, which has been lying idle
at Eagle harbor for nearly two months,
will take a full cargo of wheat and
lumber from Tacoma for San Pedro.
Thence she proceeds to Honolulu, hav
ing been chartered for three trips by
Grifiths & Sprague. After she com
eletes this charter she will be sent to
Nome, when the season opens. Her
master is Captain John Truebridge,
who lives in Taeoma.-Taeoma Ledger,
heb 8.
IEHUA HAD TO PUT BACK.
Contrary to expectations the steamer
I.ehua YVES heard from considerably
sas4ier than expected, for yesterday