The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-23
CAPTAIN SANDERS MAKES FRANK
STATEMENT SUSPENDED TILL MAY |
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"Taking inio consideration tbe many
! eNtcnuatiuI circumstances and the long
and previously unbiemishcd record OF
Captain Sanders, J have decided 10 sus
pend him until the hrst Of May. Dur
iHg that time be viii receive no pay.
Captain Sanders told straight story,
he did not try 20 shift the blame, and
! believe that the punishment named
will be sufficient. %
This was the statement Of Superin.
tendont of Public Works Marston Camp.
bell last night, afier he had looked over
the report OF the Board of Inquiry, com.
posed OF Lieut.. Commander Moses, Cap
tain johnson and Captain Willett. The
board went into the matter thoroughly,
looking at it from every point of view.
| Embodied in its report, the board
strongly recommended Captain Sanders
to clemency and completely exonerated
| Captain Stinson of the Logan from any
blame.
The following is the testimony of
! Captain Stinson before the board of
inquiry:
Q. What is your namei
A. William p. Stinson.
z. What duty were you performing
on the evening of March 18th, 1902
| A. On March 18th, 1909, / was in
command of the United States Army
Transport Logan entering the harbor of
Honolulu.
Q. Will you please state briefly,
using the ships log if you desire, the
circumstances attending the grounding
of the vessel under your command at
that timel
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| 6:45 p. M, Saturday, March 18th. At
$3.50, Pilot, Captain Sanders, came on
board. AT 7:0l ship granted pratique
to enter harbor. Engines working to
take ship as required Pilot in charge.
Various courses and bells through chan
mel. Worked engines to bell until 1880
when full speed astern port; ship
striking bottom at 1881 p. IN.
Q. Did the engineroom log CORE
spond with that on the bridget
A. (Reading from engineroom log)
CARVED at Honolulu March 18th,
1909, GAS p. m, ship went ashore on
reef at 1880 p. m, March ID, 1909"
q. What time was given in the en-
gineroom log as the first signal for full
speed asterni
A. The time as given in the engine
room for full speed astern is 1877 on the
starboard engine and 1880 on the port.
O. What we're the weather condi-
tions?
A. 1t was overcast; light rain squalls
Mt intervals and very dark.
Q. Please state briefly the exact To-
cation in which the ship grounded as
determined by subsequent observations
A. She grounded heading for Sum-
ner's Island, the ships head North AZ
West Mag, and when the shin brought
up she was about 200 feet off Summers
Island.
Q. How much of the ship was
aground2
A.. After ship struck, sounded bilges
and tanks every hour and found dry
Ship listed five degrees starboard
Sounded on. both sides. Forward fore
rigging starboard side, 80 feet; port
side, IS feet. Under forward bridge
3 feet, with forefoot out of water
Q. What steps were taken to float
your ship!
A. We backed the engines for 21a
hours full speed. We whistled imme
diately, after we struck, for assistance
and the tug Intrepid came out and took
line over our starboard quarter. We
found at midnight that we could moi
move her with our own power. Decided
to tighten the ship. Salvage work con
tinued. Ship foated at l1:59 Tuesday
night, March 10th, 1909.
Q. How much cargo was it necessary
to mover
A. About 200 tons.
Q. How much of an investigation
has been made to determine the extent
of damage done to your ship2
A. We have had divers at work fol
two days. There is a diver at work
under the ship now. All tanks and
bilges that could possibly be got al
have been examined.
Q. Have you any reason to believe
that the ship was damaged by hei
grounding7
A. No, sir; ! have none at all.
think there is absolutely no damage
done at all.
No further questions were asked
Captain Stinson by the board.
Captain Sanders Statement.
Captain Sanders then made the fol
! lowing statement in regard to the
, mishap:
"On the evening of the 18th OF
, March ! went on board the U. S. A. Il
Logan to pilot her into Honolulu har
Eor. / went aboard at about o clock
The doctor came aboard and soon CAV
the ship pratique.
"As usual, we proceeded in tn
channel. My orders were to take tn
ship to Matson S wharf. We came uI
. made our turn around the lighthous
: and Strengthened her up the harboI
The weather was rainy. 1t was yer.
dark, and apparently all of the cleo
trio lights along the waterfront wer
lit, and gave a great glare. 1t wa
a practically impossible to get anythin
of an outline of the wharves or any
, thing along the waterfront. The bar
S. c. Allen was lying at the ocean,
. wharf. My idea was that l could eel
tainly see the S. C. Aliens spars o
her yards or masts to assist me in max
ing my turn around the Oceanic whar
for Matson's wharf. When l got u
10 where / thought j was about oil
Alakea street wharf or Kinau wharf
] saw an object or thought saw a
object. Very shortly after that / sa'
N xyhita schonnar Whan I Thought