The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-08-12
COAL LADEN WINDJAMMER
ASHORE AT WAIKIKI
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formation nor photographs.
"Could the captain lie seen1'' she
was asked.
occupied"
at is important that he be inter.
viewed, - persisted the reporter. "'The
mate tells an ugly story of how he was
treated, and The Advertiser would like
to hear the other side Of the case"
Whereupon Mrs. Wall entered her
room and closed the door.
Aged Cook Roughly Handled.
The vessels cook, man named
Wetherspoon, aged about seventy, was,
according to the rest of the crew, rough.
ly handled by the captain, and on one
occasion his front teeth were loosened
by blow.
According to a log kept by a member
of the crew, Captain Wall had serious
trouble with some of the men last June.
They were not ready to relieve another
shift, and he got his revolver and told
them that if they did not hustle to
their positions he would shoot them.
1t is not rare occurrence in life on
the ocean for shippers to resort to force
in compelling obedience. However, in
this instance the crew claim that they
were finishing their breakfast and were
about a minute or more behind time.
| The crew complained generally of the
treatment they received. Like the peo-
pie at an average boarding house, they
complained of their food-said they
were half-starved while the storeroom
was full of all kinds of deicacies and
plain grub.
Consul Buys Clothes.
Several members of the. crew were
clad in dirty, greasy clothes when
brought ashore, and yesterday afternoon
Ralph G. Forster, the British consul,
supplied them with the necessary ap.
parel. The crew do not know when they
will leave Honolulu. Most of them be-
ong in Australia.
| Besides those already named the men
who manned the Helga are NJ. Bias, sec.
ond mate; p. Tullock. H. Deneen, J.
Bruce, N. Sorenson, Michael Kirk, Viii
son, II. Edwards, n. Percy and A. Fox,
sailors; and Eric Levy, cabin boy. Dun.
can and Deneen are Americans, and are
anxious to go to San Francisco from
this city.
No Insurance on Vessel.
Captain Wall was two-thirds owner
of the Helga, which is valued at be
and his share of the property constitut.
ed a good portion of his savings OF
many years at sea. Since he could not
be interviewed in the afternoon it could
not be ascertained whether he had de
liberately refused to insure or whether
the insurance companies refused to take
the risk The coal was insured.
Captain Wall is said to have stated
that he mistook the Diamond Head light
for. the Makapuu light and that when
he discovered his mistake it was toe
late to escape the beach.
Lives Saved by Carpenter.
For weeks the vessel had been aleaB
and the donkey engine, having been
steamed with salt water for several
weeks, had broken down. An accumu
lation of salt and other debris in the
bottom of the boiler caused it to bulge
and crack open That happened July
81. II. Cook, the dOnkeyman, with the
assistance of other members of the
crew, tried to patch the hole with ce
ment, but that proved useless.
Water was pouring into the hull a
the rate of four inches an hour and fol-
a time it seemed as if the vessel would
sink and the nineteen persons on board
would be swallowed up by the sea. ThC
situation was frightful and no one seem
ed to know what to DO. But George
| Steinwald, the ships carpenter, came t.
: the rescue. He found piece of ashes
tos and applied it to the crack in tn,
boiler, and in a short time Cook wa
able to raise about twenty pounds o
steam and start the pump to work again
= Crew Worked Desperately.
The crew went through an experience
that was almost equal to that of galley
slaves on an old.time Mediterranean
war craft. The big leak continued IN
abated and the men We're forced to 9
to work with hand pump. Nine me
j were compelled to work thirteen hour
}. day, with the little donkey-engine dc
. ling a little pumping all the time. Whe
interviewed for The Advertiser, doze
of the crew said it was Steinwald's il
/ genuity that saved the vessel. The
d were unreserved in their praise of tn
Z, humble chips"
Neglected Boiler Fluid.
: II. Cook; the donkeyman, said yei
= terday that before leaving Newcastle h
= asked Captain Wall to buy full suppl
\ of boiler fluid to be used in case q
II emergency, and that the skipper refuse
to make the purchase, saying it woul
: incur unnecessary expense
After the Helga began to leak an
the little donkey engine proved to /
in poor condition Wall, according
= Cooks version of the incident, repr
- manded him for not getting boiler flui
~ enough before sailing. 1t was the lac
= of boiler fluid and the use of so muc
salt water that caused the boiler