The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-28

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The attempt to put the steamer Ma
una Kea on the Marine Railway yes
terday morning proved very disastrous
for the railway and nearly caused
serious damage to the steamer. The
| big boat was hauled out of the water
until the keel blocks of the railway
We're visible when, without warning,
one of the links in the chain which
hauls the carriage out of the water
carried away and this left the whole
strain of the great weight on one other
chain. That chain also parted and
then the Mauna Kea started back for
the water at very uncomfortable rate
of speed
| The quick action of Captain Freeman
| in letting go his anchors saved the
vessel from damage in a mixup with
the dredger on the other side of the
harbor which she would have smashed
into and probab bly, sunk if she had not
been stopped sooner by the anchor. She
was taken back to her berth and will
have to forego her cleaning for several
weeks
The marine railway is a wreck and
| it will be several weeks before it is
ready for business. The cradle will
| have to be raised and it is thought
! that the track will have to be relaid
FROM NEWCASTLE. N. s. w.
| TFifty-nine lays from Newcastle the
American schooner Annie E. Smale ar
rived and anchored outside the harbor
yesterday afternoon. She brings 1900
tons of coal for Makaweli and will get
at the Custom House.
Captain J. F. Colstrup, who is in
command of the trim looking four
master, has had his troubles on the
trip up as many masters of many yes
sells have had theirs. He quelled a
small-sized mutiny, lodged a water
spout and lost a sailor overheard, all
between the 10th and the 9th of May.
On the first date mentioned, Mr..
Church, the mate, went forward among
the forecastle hands and foregathered
with them. The mates language was
not what one would expect to hear in
a lady's parlor and in fact the men
say it was even a little strong for
the forecastle of an American schoon-
er. Upon the mate finding that his
language was being taken exception to
by the men in general he signaled
out the man at the wheel as the partic-
ular object of his vituperations and
going aft out of reach of the crew
invited them one and all to come out
and fight him. What they would like to
have done in the forecastle they could
not do very well on the poop. The
result of the rumpus was a signed
statement presented to the Captain by
NJ. Poulsen and Charles Watson, who
of the crew, felt the most aggrieyed
at the mates languages The rest OF
the crew not being able to understand
English were not considered as entitled
to sign the protest. The matter will
be referred to the U. S. Shipping Com
missioner.
The next excitement was the loss OF
A. Anderson, an able seaman who was
washed from the jibboom on May 18th
and drowned. He was out on the spar
ATTENDING to an order and was swept
from his place. Having a heavy oil
skin coat on he sank at once. Every
thing possible was done to rescue him
and the schooner cruised about fol-
over an hour hoping to see something
of the unfortunate man but he did not
: lappear again. Anderson's effects We're
disposed of by auction following his
death and the sale netted over $36.
On the morning of the 9th of May
as the schooner was travelling along
in fine style, a waterspout was seen
off the starboard quarter and bearing
down on the schooner with racehorse
speed. A thunderous noise accompa-
MED the spout. The course of the
Smale was changed in an attempt to
get away from the terrible visitor but
it seemed that nothing could prevent
a collision. When about one hundred
yards from the schooner the spout
stopped and broke, tons of water fall
ing TO the surface of the ocean and
causing great waves to dash up against
the schooners sides. It is thought that
had the spout broken aboard the yes
sci it would certainly have overwhelm-
ed her.
Captain Colstrup was ashore last
might consulting with her agents about
Ientering the vessel and discharging his
cargo.