Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-09-16
BANGADORE'S FATE
DUE TO iceberg
SO says One Of Her
/. Old Shippers In
Interview

Capt. A. N. Blanchard, of No. 626
Fiftieth street. Brooklyn, owner Of
one-ilfth OF the missing American
ship Bangalore. who was also her
master from 1897 to 1906. has not
given up hope. says the New York
World. Captain Blanchard was fol-
lowed by his brother. Capt. P. b.
Blanchard, as master OF the ship, and
he by Capt. Colley, her last COM
mander.
1t is 27S days since the Bangalore,
one Of the big fleet Of American bot
toms that have met disaster and I'M
known fate. in accepting charters to
supply the Fleet in the Pacific with
coal. sailed out Of Norfolk.
The last time she was ever seen
was on Nov. "a, 1907, when she was
spoken in Z degrees north and 26 de-
grees west, describing a wide curve
under the influence of the genial
trades across the line.
The Bangalore, q stately three
master. with six yards on each mast,
was built in Stockton, England. by
Richardson. Duck & Co.. in 1886.
George Crashaw of London was her
owner.
Her first master. Capt. Ray Cong
don Of Rhode Island. was a relative
by marriage of her owner. Capt.
Congdon had sailed since the Civil
War under the British flag. Within
that period many American vessels
procured British registry. II was due
to these facts that the Bangalore was
rugged In conformity with American
ideas.
Changes Registry
1t Is a coincidence that nine years
later this ship. which had been rugged
with Yankee wrinkles uppermost in
her first shippers mind. should have
actually passed under the Stars and
Stripes. Again she became a British
err and yet agar, n Yankee,
RAt any rate the missing ship was
American In more senses than one.
her style aloft and her first skipper
having been American before she was
twice brought under the flag.
Capt. Congdon. according to Ship
ping Illustrated was landed In st.
Helena fatally III. and died several
months later, in Egypt. Az her name
indicates. she was built for the East
India trade. In which she was engag-
ed for nine years. Ia.
In 1895. while on her way from
Java for Boston with sugar, she went
ashore at Cape Henry. Her plates
and decks and one mast were badly
damaged. She was foated and re-
paired in an American shipyard at a
cost sufficient under the law then ex-
isting to enable her to change her
flag. She was bought by the Maine
Navigation Companys Capt. Scion e.
Turner. Of Nos. s. and 81 Pearl
street. New York. manager. 90
Her ownership was represented in
$50 shares. valued at $4,000. of
which less than two-thirds is insured.
The Bangalore was 1.743 tons
gross, 1850 tons net, ECO feet long.
40 beam and 20 feet deep. Among
her owners is A. d. Carver Of Baker.
Carver & Morrell, ship chambers. OF
No, rs Front street.
Capt. A. N. Blanchard. who knows
her like house. says that II she Is
lost an iceberg probably caused the
catastrophe. He has theory that
the Bangalore met with bad luck near
the Horn and finally turned and
squared away for Honolulu to the
OF the Cape OF Good Hope"
Fire could not hurt her serious
ly," says Capt. blanchard, "as was
once proved while she was under my
command. We put her into Valpa-
raise on her way from Philadelphia to
Honolulu with her coal cargo afire
forward. She hardly noticed the fire.
She's mighty strong ship. Her
donkey engine and steam pumps will
throw a stream over her maintops'l-
yard.
"She carried about $50 tons less
cargo than her capacity and sailed
therefore bit light. but ] don't be-
lieve that has bothered her much. She
is not a fast sailer. but made several
passages of SO days from Calcutta to
New York. The best ! ever got out
of her was 315 knots In "a hours.
THE Bangalore once went from
New York to. Java In SO DAYS and
covered the distance from Cape
Aguilhas to AMER In 81 days.
III she is lost, feel pretty sure II
was caused by ice, for neither fire nor
collision could hurt her much with
out her being heard from before this.
"A Deep. Water Voyage"
The brothers. the Capts. Blanch-
ard. hail from Searsport, Me-. where.
as well as at Bath. the Bangalore Is
we'll known. 'e
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