The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-12
ASTRAL'S
MISHAP
FIRST OFFICIAL REPORT OF BIT
TER EXPERIENCE OF VESSEL
CARRYING HONOLULU BOY.

Here is the first official report of the
mishap to the American ship Astral in
which young Warren Purdy of Homo
lulu was a sailor:
One of the largest and finest of the
few square ringers now left in the
American merchant marine, the Astral,
of New York, was badly, though not
seriously, battered up in a hurricane,
October 5, a hundred miles or so of
Cape Henry. The damage sustained in
the blow was the cause of her limping
into New York, October &c. for repairs,
which will probably take a month to
complete The Astral left Baltimore,
October /, with some 5000 tons of
coal for the navy to be delivered at
San Francisco, and made fine weather
of it till the hurricane caught her.
First the wind came from the north,
but before it was through with the
Astral had vered to the east and then
to the south. For two days no spe-
cial damage was done and for time
the weather moderated. Then it be-
gan to blow worse than before and
Captain Durham was panied to see his
three lower sopsails, about all the sail
then on the vessel, shoot away to lee
ward never to return. This, however,
was only the prelude for soon after
ward the fore and main topgallant-
masts snapped off and a boat was
hn
even more thrilling when the mizzen..
| gallantmast followed its forward
neighbors over the side Much dam
| age was, also done to the rigging Dur
| seaman, was washed overheard, but
was rescued by Second Mate Harry
| Perry, VINO threw a line from the lee
mizzen rigging to the sailor Cole
ton got the running bovine on the
end of it over his head, but when the
second mate began to haul it slipped
| to Colleton's feet, and, almost drown
| ed, he was hauled aboard. The AS
| trail had lost enough then as it was
without losing a good sailor, vino
hadn't worked out a week OF his
months advance. Anyhow, every
man counted, for the coal cargo had
shifted bit and the vessel had a 30
degree list to port that required at
tention before it got worse. Even
tually, the weather moderated and the
Astral whose plight in the meantfme
had been reported by the Old DoTni'
| MON lineI Jefferson, made her way
| under courses and tOpsails for New
York, where the AstraPs namesal0e, Z
Standard Oil tug, got her safe into tlt
harbor. Tenders We're. solicited 81
| Monday for the necessary repairs. The
Astral was built in 1850 at the Sewal
yard, Bath, Me- Shells of steel, il
four-masted shipentine rugged, and Il
1892 tons gross and 1887 tons ne
register. She is 332 feet long, As fee
beam and 20 feet deep; halls from tn
: port of New York and is owned by tn
Standard OH Co. Her master is Capt
J. w. Durham and she carries SO peo
, pie all told
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
/ kept up the work at no extra expens
to the county.
Pipe-iaying permits were granted t,
the Hawaiian Electric Co and TIN
Honolulu Gas Go.
R. G. E. Forster, British consul, o!
! letter thanked the Board for the ser
vices of the band at the consulate oil
} King Edwards birthday.
Sheriff Iaukea reported that in De
Z tober the police had arrested 800 per
! sons as against 31S in October, 1907
The convictions had been 2S2 as com
! pared with 249 in 1907,
Chairman Hustaee instructed tn
County Attorney to take immediate
action to enforce the gutter ordinance
} He said he did not want to go out o
Office and leave anyone in a position
to boast Of having bluffed him in tina
! matter.
/ j. c. Quinn, W. Ii. Mcclellan, W. A
Kane and w. Aylett, supervisors cleo
for the first municipal board of tn
City and County of Honolulu, were in
terested spectators of the proceedings
With Supervisor Fern elected 70
Mayot and Supervisor Cox Of 1De pres
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