The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-09
drums ROLL
On HYADEs' DECK
destruction of Vessel Expected
on Trip From Frisco to
Seattle.

"hen a steamer the size of the Mat
son Company's Hyades, which arrived
here from Seattle yesterday afternoon,
runs into sea that renders her steering
gear useless, it is putting 1t mild to
say that she has had time. Yet that
IS what the Hyades did when she sailed
from San Francisco for. Seattle on her
return voyage from here short time
ago. The chartered vessel came in yes
terday on her second trip to this port.
and her appearance showed that she
hadn t had an easy voyage.
Shortly before daybreak on January
~, when the Hyades was pounding her
way to the Queen City from San Fran
cisco, she bumped into the storm that
threatened to put an end to her. On
| the deck of the Hyades was large con-
slgnment of gasoline in drums. The
storm became something terrific and,
with the tons of water that were being
hurled every minute against the drums,
the lashings broke. What situation
this placed the vessel in can only be
understood by those men who stood on
the decks of the tempest-tossed steamer
and watched the big steel oil-eans
being thrown furiously from side to
side at every pitch of the ship.
Captain John Alwen is quiet-spoken
man, and he doesn It say much about
the happening, but what he did say was
| to the point. He mustered the crew on
deck and, with fre-hose in their hands.
they waited for the expected explosion.
Sparks from the smokestack were fall
ing on the decks, and, had the mighty
seas broken open an oil drum, there
would undoubtedly have been a fire.
Seventy three of the oil containers were
picked up by the seas that washed the
decks and tossed overheard. For sew
eral hours the men were fearful lest
they were doomed to watery grave,
but the storm finally abated so that
they were able to lash the remaining
drums. All the time the Hyades had
been rolling and pitching in mountain
Gus seas that rendered her steering gear
useless.
| As to the trip down here from Seattle,
! Captain Alwen stated yesterday that
he had pretty rough time of it for the
first few days out, but for the rest of
the voyage the Hyades met fairly good
weather. Sunday night the men noted
the lightning flashes which were also
seen here. The Hyades brought 5000
tons of general freight for the islands,
about half of which viii be discharged
here and the rest will go to Eleele and
Kahului. It has not yet been settled
!, when the Hyades viii go to the other
/ islands, but she will probably leave
j within the next few days. She will
] return here from Kahului.
Shipping Notes.
| The Hyades of the Matson line is due
from Seattle with large cargo.
The Maui arriving from Kohalalele
! Saturday brought 5716 bags sugar
The Koloa Sugar Co. will stop grind.
ing for two weeks beginning today.
The Kinau brought $4,000 bags of
sugar from Nawiliwih on Saturday.
Heavy rains on Hawaii are reported
by Purser Sims of the steamer Helene.
| Rough weather along the Hamakua
| coast is reported by incoming steam
ers.
The NIlhau, arriving Saturday from
Kihei, brought S5 head of cattle and
II calves
The Japanese S. s. Kitsagata Maru
is due today from Yokohama with a
cargo of sulphur. She is en- route to
South America.
Almost 200 days out from New York
for Honolulu, nothing has been heard
of the American ship Fort George since
she started. The vessel is. about sc
days overdue.
/ A sailor, very drunk and very anx.
ious to get some money, brought Der
tram Won Damn, representing the
German Consulate, down to Shipping
Commissioner Almy's office yesterday
morning. The man mad signed for tie
voyage on the W. P. Frye, and wanted
to draw advance money. AS soon as
Amy made known the true condition
of affairs, that the seaman would only
get more booze into his system and
probably forget to show up when the
ship sailed, Mr.. Won Damn refused to
have anything more to do with the
case