The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-16
MARINE:

The T K. x. liner Hongkong Maru,
bringing five days later mail from the
Coast, arrived yesterday afternoon
shortly after four O'CLOCK. She has a
rather small passenger list, % in all,
81 whora George G Shattuck is the
only layover passenger for Honolulu.
Good weather was experienced
throughout the voyage. which was a
quiet one. On Tuesday afternoon the
transport Sheridan and her tandem
towing team were sighted. but at too
great g distance for signaling. One
day out from San Francisco an Amer
lean nan-of-war and torpedo boat
We're passed and the America Maru
was sighted on Wednesday morning,
Among the passengers for Hongkong
I are Senator E. Lukens. his parents, =.
G. Lukens and wife, and DR.. VIM. s
Porter. Senator Lukens is recovering
from an operation performed on him
recently by DIR. Porter and is travelling
TO regain his health in company with
his parents and his physician.
Captain John J. Gallant is an officer
of the Philippine Consta bulary. return
ing from leave
The Maru will sail this morning for
the Orient at 10 o'clock
SAUNDERS BLANES THE CUR
RENTS.
Captain J. W. Saunders and Second
Officer William Hill of the Manchuria
gave evidence yesterday before ]. X.
Bulger and O F BoIles regarding the
stranding Of their vessel, which went
ashore at Makapuu Point, at the east
end of Oahu. near Honolulu, August
20 The examination vas short. Ac-
cOrding to the testimony of both men.
the stranding was due TO currents that
had not been encountered before. and
10 mistaking Mokapu Point for Maha-
pun Point, the two being as similar in
appearance as they are in spelling, and
being about twelve miles apart. It
was at about 3:Z5 a. m. on August 90.
while the vessel was going at full speed
through a heavy squall that a point Of
land was sighted. It was thought to
be Makapuu Point. as the course had
been set the day before to pass it.
Then. a few minutes after, land was
seen on the port bow, evidence that
astern was Immediately ordered, but at
that instant the boat went on a reef.
The law specifies that when fog or
squalls are encountered a vessel must
slow down to half speed Captain
Saunders was not questioned as TO why
he had not followed that course.
Captain Saunders said that if any
one was to blame it was he, as the
vessel was on the course he had or
dered He said, however that the boat
struck unusual currents, it being dis
covered that she had gone fourteen
miles off her course in the sixteen
hours preceding the disaster. He said
that he had never been close enough
to Mokapu Point before to observe its
formation When he saw the point on
the morning of the Goth he thought 1t
was Mak3puu. as from the direction he
approached the former looked exactly
like the latter.
Hill corroborated what Saunders
said, and in response to a question
from Bulger, said that a light on the
point would have saved the ship, as it
would have told them where they were.
He and the captain both agreed that
had a light been there they would
have seen it before the squaH started,
men A1u TIE point 41O4A4
view.
Captain Saunders spoke in the high
est terms of the efficiency of the Off
GERS and crew, saying that everything
to be done was done promptly. The
passengers were free from panic. The
landing in the ships boats was made
without accident, but with some dan
ger. He said that the ship would have
swung around and gone 10 pieces be-
fore assistance arrived by which she
was taken off the reef had he not
taken the precaution 10 put out nine
anchors These held her firmly in po-
sition
The inspectors will give a decision
within a few days.-Chronicle.
MIOwERA IN AND OUT.
The Canadian-American s. s. Mo
vera arrived from the Colonies early
Yesterday morning sailing again for
Vancouver at Ais 2. m. She brought
thirt cen passengers for this port ana
a small quantity Of freight Or
through passengers she carried nearly ;
one hundred which were joined here
nv twelve cabin and fifty steerage pas
sengers the latter being japanese
Among the freight delivered here
we're a number of weather-beaten logs
of kou wood. shipped from Tanning
island This wood is to be worked up
into genuine Hawaiian calabashes.
T-rraa hundred carcasSes of frozen