Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-30
SEAS SWEEP PHELPS
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automobile which for some years past
has been brought ashore and Travelled
upon roads in many lands and clmes
~ have had two machines since
disposed Of the auto that was used
IN nOnOlnlu Il few years ago. said
Captain Graham. 81 shall wait until
| retire from the sea, and then | will
get machine that viii make all Tor.
nner JOY wagons look like one Of your
"sea wrens" In comparison TO the
Great White Ghost"
A member of the ships company
maintained very interesting log of
the trip down from the Sound which
is reproduced below:
From Seattle to Honolulu on Board
the Ship Erskinc N. Phelps.
Commander Robert J. Graham.
We read in the 10Th PSALM anl
23rd verse. as follows: "Thev that,
go down to the sea In ships. iha, do
business In great watcrs: these are
the works OF the Lord, aud bis wcnd,
ers In the deep" Those who hap.
peneG to be ON board of the good ship
Ersklne NJ. Phelps on the mencrsble
morning OF the tn December, 1901!
have good reason. more perhaps than
ever before to appreciate these won.
derful truths expressed by the psalm.
list The Erskine NJ. Phelps, com.
manded by Robert r. Graham. left
Port Townsend. where she had called
the 18th inst. In tow OF tho tug
"Tjee." II had been arranged. so i
understood. between our captain and
the captain of the towboat. that pro
vidlng the weather and wind ut Cape
Flauery was unfavorable that we
would anchor In Callam Bay: however
/ that may be the fact remains that
early the next morning when I came
ON deck Cape Flattery bore by the
after compass abou, s. E.. that IL tn
| say our po. ION was about five miles
to the N. w. of the Cape and our per.
sistent little tug seemed bent upon
dragging us out tn sea whether we
liked II or no. In the face of south.
, east gale Of wind and heavy sea that
made itself nncomfortably apparent as
We emerged out from under the shell.
ter of the land. The question of turn.
'hN p"NN az thib ld't UouI DtlIlr,
deemed impracticable by our captain
there was nothing to do but stand on.
II was not long ere heard two blasts
of the tugs whistle, a polite intima.
ton for MS to make sail, which was
followed up later by three more blasts
a signal to let go the hawser from our
vessel. There was. however. no need
for this second order as with the tug
stralning at us broad OF on the port
bow. the wire pennant attached to the
tow rope and made fast to Our fore
bits must have chafed itself In two
across our stern. as ! heard the mate
calling ont that the tow line had part.
ed and thus our vessel was adrift al
the mercy of a re- tless gale OF wind
that from the s. f.. had veered To
south and thence to southwest I'm an
amazingly short space OF time. placing
us IN about as precarious a position as
II is well nigh possible to conceive
With only two lower topsails set
while driving broadside towards the
mucf-dreaded Vancouver coast, which
lay upon our lee only some few miles
distant. II did not require a sailor ia
perceive the imminent peril In which
we were suddenly thrown, and the
story seemed 10 come very forcibly to
my mind where the darkie said that
he preferred railway accident to a
shipwreck as In the former catastro.
phe you knows where you Is, but I'm
the latter the question arises Where
Ii your Here then was the uhfor.
seen and pnsought opportunity for
0llr gallant M NJ. pba, d.