The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-17
WATERFRONT NEWS


'N+N''Aef a@tei having passed through oup
Of the worst experiences reported this
year, which win cause her to undergo
extensive repairs before going to sea
again. The Eva was almost sent to
the bottom by a severe storm which she
encountered off the Columbia river on
October 2sth and 29th.
She was bound from Grays Harbor for
Mahukona with fun cargo of lum-
Der, when succession of south and
southeast gales burst upon the vessel.
Her canvas sooE was ripped into shreds
and the vessel, without steerage way,
was thrown upon her beam ends repeat
eddy by the gigantic pillows. The Eva
had a heavy deckload, and when it be-
came apparent that she would turn
turtle unless released from the strain
as she wall0wed III the trough, Captain
Olsen ordered the lashings cut, and 100,-
000 feet of lumber was scattered upon
the ocean with the next heave of the
schooner.
The terrific pounding of the waves
was too much for the Eva S seams, and
She soon began TO leak in many places
until the water was almost up to the
matches, but the lumber in her hold
kept her afloat and in this condition she
outrode the storm and shaped a course
for san Francisco. She is a schooner
of 277 tons, and belongs to the Charles
Nelson company, which estimates its
loss at several thousand dollars.
Korea's Wireless Record
The Examiner of November 4 has the
following story of the Korea s wireless
record, which, however, is disputed by
Manager Balch of the local wireless
company Manager Balch says that the
Korea s 2205 record was received all
right at the Kahuku station, but was
rewirelessed from Honolulu to San
Francisco the same night, ana was not,
therefore, direct wireless record from
4305 miles westward to San Francisco.
The Examiner says:
From a point 1905 miles beyond the
Golden Gate message came from the
liner Korea last Tuesday night and
caused the operator in the United Wire
less Company s station on the summit
of Russian Hill to adjust his cap and
listen more acutely. For an aerogram
from the Korea was scarcely expected.
Operator Phelps, on board that YES
sci, had already made a fine showing
when he flashed wireless message to
this city from distance of $500 miles,
and that proved to the United Wireless
people and to everybody else in the
business that the Korea was well equip
ped. But Tuesday night, when Phelps
message was heard, the local operators
certainly took notice. The message was:
!" November ,, p. m, 2205 miles
west of Honolulu.-In touch with Japan
tonight. All well. Korea.
Caught at Farallones.
The message was caught by the gov
eminent operator on the Farallon is
lands, as well as by the United Wire
less Company IS man on Russian hill.
There was no mistake about it, for
when the Russian hill operator aeknowl-
edged it with an go K - the Korea got
the acknowledgment. That was all
that Operator Phelps sent that night,
but it was enough. It convinced all
hands that the Korea's plant was eff
icient, and incidentally it was record
from ship to shore in any ocean.
The distance covered to and from the
Korea is HOO miles farther than the
distance covered by the Marconi sys-
TEN on the Atlantic, and Marconi is
said to operate with fifty kilowatt
plant. The Korea s plant is a five kilo-
watt. Her message was not relayed
from Honolulu, as might have been ex-
taxable dots and dashes Honolulu must
have heard, as well as all the more
powerful stations along the coast.
In Touch With Japan.
At the same hour that Operator
Phelps on the Korea was talking with
this city he was in communication with
the shore stations in Japan and with
Honolulu. A message could easily have
been sent from Japan to this city
through the Korea, at the time. On
a previous occasion the United Wire
less operator on Russian Hill caught
an unintelligible message from one of
the powerful stations in Japan, but
could not make himself heard by the
japanese in reply. The Korea S mes
sage was heard and the answer was
dchnoWituSed
On Tuesday night, also, the Russian
hill operator caught a message from
the steamer Hilonian, at that time only
ninety-six miles out of Honolulu on
the way to this city The Hilonian
has been doing magnificent wireless
work fer the last two or three voy-
ages and is expected to work between
harbor and harbor before many weeks.
Calabria Here Tomorrow.
At the naval station the latest in
formation regarding the Italian cruiser
Calabria is that she will arrive here
tomorrow. She viii take on coal and
remain here nearly a week. The YES
sci is equipped with wireless, but the
range is not very wide.
Shipping Notes.
The steamer Noeau left last evening
for Kauai with explosives.
The schooner Carrier Dove may bring
load of lumber here from Grays Har-
Dor.
The schooner Kona is en- route from
Port Ludlow with load of lumber.