The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-17
RENEE R|CkMERS
HAD ROUGH TIME
Matches Stove In by Pounding
Seas and Sails Lost-Took
Place of Marie HaCkfeId.

During terrific gale off Cape Horn,
the mid hatch of the German ship
Renee Rickmers, which arrived in port
yesterday from Bremen, was stove in,
the timbers yielding, like so much
matehwood, to the terrible pounding
of tons of seas, deluging that compart
ment with water and damaging the
cargo. In the same gale the central
portion of the bridge leading from the
galley to the poop deck was ripped
out, the galley door stove in, and the
forward hatch damaged
Then, to cap the climax, brand-new
suit of sails on the mlZzenmast, just
bent on. was menaced and all hands
were sent aloft to furl it, but hardly
had the crew laid hands upon the can
vas than the wind took the sheet, tore
it to shreds and the lives of all the
men aloft were threatened. Captain
Dau called them down and to the poop
deck, where they remained while the
seas ragged over the waist of the ship,
lOosenIng all gear not clamped down
The seas pounded upon the deck, caus-
ing the whole vessel to shiver from
stem to stern. Luckily not man was
hurt
Much of the 5000 tons of general
cargo may be damaged The cargo com
priseS about a thousand eases of liquor,
in addition to a large amount of mis-
ceIIaneous freight, consigned to ii.
Hackfeld & Co.
The Renee Rickmers was chartered TO
l., he ! for I'D i,taap1 q n
ship Marie Hackfeld which was wreck
ed in the North Sea just after she left
port for Honolulu The vessel and en-
tire cargo were lost. \ duplicate car
60 was made up and the Rickmers EN-
ployed.
BY a strange coincidence the Renee
Rickmers was in the same gale which
destroyed the Marie Hackfeld. The
blow came on at night when the Rick
mers had all her canvas out. The yes
sci tore through the water al express
rate but il was necessary to keep all
sails set in order to keep proper
seaway in waters which were filled
with banks.
Towards morning the Rjckmers came
in the midst of a fishing fleet, and a
new danger threatened not only the
fishermen and their vessels but the
Rickmers as well The fishing vessels
had their nets out and were tied to
them. the nets acting as drag. The
Rickmers was piloted through TINS fleet
by Captain Dau. with narrow escapes
on all sides Frequently the bow o.
the snip just grazed fishing boat, but
not one was damaged.
The Rickmers IS making her first
visit to Honolulu, and Captain Dau
likewise. The Rickmers fleet Of sail
ing and steam vessels have been IN
the East India trade carrying rice, as
a general thing.
The ship arrived off port Wednesday
afternoon and was brought to an an
Choir as a stiff off shore wind was blow
ing and the captain OF the tug In
trepid did not wish TO make the a
tempt to bring the heavily loaded yes
sci inside at that time. Yesterday
morning the Inter-Island steamer CIau-
dine was sent out 20 the ship and q
line was sent aboard. After starting
to pull. the line got afoul Of the Rick
mers rudder and the Intrepid then
PASSED line to the bow 70 steady the
vessel She was finally pulled away
from the anchorage and lowed into the
harbor by the Claudine after ~hlc
the little tug Intrepid took hold and
brought her to the Hackfeld wharf.