The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-11-16
MARINE

rather small passenger list. SO in all
of whom George c. shattuck is the
only layovcr 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 distance for signaling. one
dav out from san Francisco an Amer
lean man-of-war ana a torpedo boat
were passed and the America Maru
was sighted on Wednesday morning
Among the passengers for Hongkong
are Senator T. Lukens, his parents, -
G Lukens and wife, and DIR. VIM. >.
Porter Senator Lukcns is recovering
from an operation performed on MN
recently by DR.. 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 Constabulary, return
ing from leave.
The Maru will sail this morning for
the Orient at 10 o'clock.
SAUNDERS BLAMES THE CUR
RENTS.
Captain ]. w Saunders and Second
Officer William Hill of the Manchuria
gave evidence yesterday before j. X
Bulger and o. T. Bolles regarding the
stranding of their vessel, which went
ashore at Makapuu Point, at the east
end of oahu, near Honolulu, August
20. The examination was short. Ac-
cording to the testimony of both men,
the stranding was due to currents that
had not been encountered before, and
to mistaking Mokapu Point for Maka-
pun Point the two being as similar in
appearance as they are in spelling. and
Being about twelve miles apart. 1t
was at about 1925 a. m. on August 20,
while the vessel was going at full speed
through heavy squat, that point of
land was sighted. 1t was thought to
be Makapuu Point, as the course had
been set the day before to pass it.
Then, n few minutes after, land was
seen on the port bow, evidence that
the ship was off her course. Full speed
astern was Immediately ordered, but at
that instant the boat went on d 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
ne had not followed that course.
Captain Saunders said that II any
one was to blame II 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 Makapuu. as from the direction he
approached the former looked exactly
like the latter.
Hill corroborated what Saunders
said. and in response to question
from Bulger. said that a light on the
point would have saved the ship as 1t
would have told them where they were
He and the captain both agreed that
had a light been there they would
have seen 1t before the squall started,
which temporarily hid the point from
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 We're free from panic. The
landing in the ships boats was made
without accident, but with some dam
ger. He said that the ship would have
swung around and gone to pieces be-
fore assistance arrived by which she
was taken off the reef, had he not
taken the precaution to 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 p. IN. She brought
thirteen passengers for this port and
small quantity of freight. or
through passengers she carried nearly
one hundred, which We're Joined here
by twelve cabin and fifty steerage pas
sengers, the latter being Japanese
AIMING Nilt HtIt
were a number of weatherb beaten logs |
of kou wood, shipped from flaming |
Island. This wood is to be worked up
into genuine Hawaiian calabashes, !
Three hundred carcasses of frozen |
mutton We're also delivered here.
Captain Hemming reports a pleasant |
but uneventful voyage.
Among the arriving passengers was
G. b, Greig the King of Tanning Is
land, who is accompanied by his wife. !
Mrs. Steel was another passenger ar
irving. She will join her husband |
here.
HUNDRED TRIPS To ORIENT.
One hundred voyages to the coast of
Asia have been made by Chief Steward
Walter G. Thompson of the liner Ko-
rea, the centenary trip having been
completed on the arrival Of the liner
on Thursday at the Coast. Thompson
was for many years in the Belgic and
Gaelic. and has been on the Korea for
the past two years.
MARINE NOTES.
The steamer Claudine brought In a
big list of passengers yesterday morn