The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-13
{ WATERFRONT NEWS

IONS OF coal and her skeleton ON W.
XXI SANDS as token of the shin +ba4
went IN the nl5hr-not wisely hnt FOO
well ''' 100
Her position last night had NOT ma
.terIaily changed from that in which sh,,
nTst struck tae coral ledge several
days age. She is said to have sIid
few feet further into her coffin hnt hos
keeled but little further over T. Ill
De strange II the foremost is stan3inn
inns morning, the only evident apparent
change IN her position being occasioned
"nen 1t TOPPED slightly to starboard
without moving the bow.
The foremost is bufdened with tba
two sails that were left set when the
crew was taken off the vessel, and as a
steady wind blew off shore all dav YES
1erday, TINS helped greatly in forcing
the vessel to lis present position.
a perfectly calm sea yesterday saved
the vessel from a precipitate fate. The
James Makee lowered around the
stranded vessel all day but made no
attempt to take out the cargo and is
Istlll standing by. Captain Wall has
several men en- board to prevent tech
meal abandonment which would leave
1t open to any who boarded her. Can
pam PenhalIow visited the wreck yes
ferday IN canoe and had an exciting
time IN the surf. his craft finally turn
ing turtle. Several canoefuls of Ha-
wauans suffered a similar fate.
Captain Wall is quoted as saving that
his charts Were not correct This is
not the first time thar British shipmas-
tiers have complained of the same thing,
several other vessels flying the English
ensign and which have gone ashore in
the Islands blaming their misfortunes
on faulty charts
Captain Wall has not vet asked the
BRITISH consul for court of admiralty
/ 10 investigate the causes of the wreck,
and Mr.. Forster stated last night that
he could not make up a court. accord
ing TO the laws governing such pro-
cedure, if he was asked
The James RoIph Wreck.
i The wreck of the Helga at Waikiki
| Thursday calls attention to the fact that
the schooner James Rolph is a total
wreck off Point San Pedro, thirty miles
below the Golden Gate, and also tina.
| Hind, Rolph & Go. were agents for both
vessels. To a San Francisco reporter
Captain Olsen, skipper Of the Rolph,
made the following statement:
~ must have miscaculated. /
| thought / was well to the windward
of the point when I heard the breakers
I tried to bring her about, but it was
no use. have been master of this ship
for nine years, and have been sailing on
this coast for thirty years without an
accident. The principal damage to the
vessel is the hole in the hull on the star
| board side abreast Of the main rigging
| ''When she began to fill the lime
started fire, but we got that out with
out difficulty. There was no danger
after that, and we simply waited fol
| daylight to get word ashore. L think
| She is a total wreck, ard work might
lust as well be started stripping her.
The James Rolph had a partial cargo
of general merchandise and plantation
| s1,nnlies for Hama The cargo was con
signed by Thomas H. Davies & Co. II
is estimated 10 he worth $4,000 and /!
fnIlv insured. The schooner is valued
at $4,000, and is insured for but
$4,000.
Danmark Arrives.
4 ne-hundred-and forty two day voy
age which commenced at Leith wa
COMPLETED Yesterday when the Danisi
bark Danmark. Captain Nielsen, tee
Inn at the Hackfeld wharf about noon