The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-24
MARINE

blew furled sails from the spars and
threatened the destruction of the vessel.
The Astral left Baltimore for San
Francisco on September 30, and on Oc-
tober encountered a terrific hurricane
in latitude 81 north, longitude 6S west.
Twelve days later the ship was lowed
into New York harbor.
The storm lasted three days and re-
suited in the loss of number of furIed
sails as well as the spread canvas. The
toPgallant masts were carried away and
at one time the vessel took on a list
OF thirty-two degrees to port.
The news from the Astral explains
the cable which Major Purdy received
from his son from New York. dated
October 16, and which read, Safe. -
Warren Purdy is one of the crew Of
the Astral, having shipped from here
and made voyage round the Horn.
All Command Big Liners.
A letter received here the other day
gives interesting details of the present
location of some of the officers who
served on the steamships of the Oec:-
dental and Oriental steamship company
when those vessels were owned by the
White Star line. When the Hartman
a Interests acquired the ships of that
III line that had not been sent back to
" England, most of the officers preferred
10 remain in the White Star service.
End this letter tells how they have pros
ppeFed since they left the transpacifc
run.
Captain Harry Smith, who command
ed the Doric, now the Asia, is master
of the big Teutonic. running between
Liverpool and New York. Captain Viii |
liam Finch, who commanded the Belgic, |
Gaelic apd COptic (the latter is now the |
Persia), is master of the Cymric, run
ming between Boston and Liverpool. /
Captain j. Sealbv, who left here long /
before the Occidental ships changed |
ownership, is in command of the Repub- |
lie, and Ralph Lobez, who was chief /
officer of the Coptic, is commander of /
the Romantic, running with the Repub-
lie between Boston and the Mediterra-
mean. The captain of the big liner
Tropie, which runs between London and
Australia, is Morgan, who was chief
officer of the Gaelic. Hart, who was
chief officer of the Coptic, also has
command.
Captain Lobez was married Septem-
Der 10 and his appointment to the Re-
public awaited him when he returned
from his honeymoon trip-Call.
The Windjammers.
Among sailing vessels now on the
way here from other ports may be men
toned: American ship Marion E. Chill
colt. sixteen DAYS from Gaviota; Ameri
can bark 5 c. Allen, fourteen days
from Grays Harbor; German bark Marie
II / 1
burg; French bark Roehambeau, one !
hundred and twenty-seven days from
Leith; British bark Edinburg, one hun
dred and fifteen days from Leith; |
American ship Fort George, ninety-twol /,
days from New York; American bark ;
Nnuanu, eighty-one days from New !
York; American schooner Gamble, 1
twelve days from Port Ludlow. j
Alameda Arrives. &
The popular packet Alameda poked
her nose around Diamond Head yester-
day morning about O'Clock, having {,
left San Francisco ON the 18th inst.
She had a big passenger list, including
rs cabin and 81 Storage passengers. q
The steamer brought the unusually {
heavy mail of 427 bags. Much of the
mail was for the Pacific feet and went J
forward by the Solaee leaving for San
Diego yesterday afternoon. The Ala q
media experienced a pleasant trip devoid {
of incident out of the ordinary. b
Hawaii's Monitor.
VALLEJO, Oct s. The United 7
States monitor Wyoming was placed :
in commission this morning at 1880 !,
o clock at the Mare island navy yard, :.
this being her second commissioning J:
since being completed by the Union :,
iron works. Extensive alterations and :,
have been made in her
while undergoing repairs. the princi- :
pal item being the installation of fuel =
tanks and oil burning apparatus under u
the main boilers, supplantlng coal. Inns
is in the nature of an experiment IN +
naval vessels on this coast, and the re- !
suit will be watched with much inter ?
est by the navy department. !
The following is the personnel of the =
officers of the Wyoming, with the eX fc
,eption of the paymaster, who has not L
vet arrived: Commander ]. J. Knapp, a.
Lieutenant Edward +. n
Stafford, executive officer; Lieutenant
John J. Hannigan, navigator; Lieuten- q
ant Henry +. RhOades, chief engineer; u
DIR. George :. Hathaway, assistant sur I.
geon. medical officer; Ensign Carl I. Il
osborn, Warrant Maehinist Peter II
Burke. d
The crew consists of 1S5 men, which "
includes 81 in the engineer division. II
More Empress Boats.
According to cable advices received -
the Empress liners Empress =,
If Ireland and Empress of Britain will :,
be withdrawn from the Atlantic and ~
placed on the Pacific route, joining the -
Ieet which includes the Empress OF =
India, Empress of China and Empress :,
If Japan, operating between Victoria | :
md the Orient on the Great Circle run. =
Solace Goes. u
The last of the great fleet departed o,
when the u. s. 5. Solaee s.
eft for San Diego at 2:45 p. m. The m
SoIaee took with her heavy mail for al
he Pacific fleet, same having been
transferred from the s. s. Alameda
which arrived yesterday morning.
Shipping Notes. -