The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-05
TyphOOn
Worried
Thomas


Hurrying through 20 San Francisco.
under orders, from M,rIa and Naea-
saH, the United states Army transport
Thomas, Captain j. " Lyman, arrIy-
ed this morning ear.H docking at the
naval wharf about o'clock. She sails
for the Coast at O'Clock this after
non, not having TO stop TO take au coal
The Thomas has aboard some 1000
tons of NagasaH coal and It is intend
ed that she take on no more coal until
she gets back t0 Naeasak. Her Off
GERS and passengers are naturally
somewhat disappointed at not being
able to give Honolulu a longer visit.
Arrangements had been made for a
dance at the Moana Hotel this evening.
i'm honor Of the vessels people, but this,
with other good things that would go
with a stop Of a day Ur so here must
be taken only I'm the wish.
The Thomas endured most severe
weather from January IS to January
81, inclusive, running into q typhoOu.
Great waves broke over her decks and
she labored in the heavy seas to an
alarming extent Suterooms on the
starboard side of the vessel were
| flooded, and many doors were wrench
ed from their fasteninss by the buffet
| ing of the tons of water that were pre-
/ cipitated on her decks. Passengers
who occupied these rooms We're put be-
low for protection. While no one was
| injured during the typhoon, there were
many passengers alNrhled and very
few dared venture ON deck while the
storm ragged. Some of the life boats
were injured by the force of the waters
and there were many minor injuries to
the top-works of the Thomas Through
it all Captain Lyman remained on the
! bridge, scarcely taking time for sleep.
1t is due his great skill and constant
watchfulness that the transport came
/ through the awful weather without Sc
Tious injury and those who are travel
/ ing on the big boat have much admira-
! ton for the man Nnose answering
vigilance and expert mind conquered
| the elements. The typhoon moved in
a confusing circle ana 81 seemed that
/ the winds were racing together from
! all points of the compass.
There are aboard the transport 300
| individuals in addition to the crew. OF
these IS are cabin passengers. There
are two cabin passengers for Honolulu,
Mrs. w. r. Brown and infant, the
family of the United States Navy pay
master of that name. A japanese fe-
male nurse accompanies the Brown
family. There are 2g civilian Storage
passengers; y discharged soldiers; 90
casuals; 112 enlisted men of the u S.
Navy and U. S. Marine Corps; 81 sick
in the hospital and q general prison
ers
Notable among the through passen-
gers are: Brigadier General G. P.
Borden, going to the mainland for or
ders, accompanied by his wife; Briga-
der General w. $. Edgerly, going for
orders, accompanied by his wife; Lieu
tenant Colonel J. A. Hull, going for
orders, accompanied by his wife; Bish-
op J. S. Johnston Of Texas and Major
General ]. NJ. Lee, retiring, accom-
panied by his wife.
owing to the competition of lime
brought here for ballast as much as
LOT IIelBHI.
Thomas desired at one time, to effect
an arrangement with the Honolulu au-
thortes to take care of all the city's
garbage. He planned to make use of
the refuse as is done in large cities of
the mainland.
In 1891 Thomas married a daughter
of a. II. Day present employee of the
Rapid Transit and a sister of c. r. Day
of this city. one child daughter, was
born of this marriage. In October Of
1900 Thomas and his daughter left Hoo
nOlulu on the 5. 5. Queen, his intention
being to go home to visit his father i'm
England and later to go TO South Africa
His daughter was at last accounts i'm
Germany. Her mother died before she
left Honolulu
Thomas was a royalist and during the
attempt to restore the Queen in 1895,
he was arrested on suspicion of being
implicated in the Wilcox plot. Thomas
was kept in prison for about five
months. He was one of the claimants,
growing out of this alleged false inn
prisOnment.