The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-06

Of the schooner w. II. Marston las
month, while CT route to Pearl Har
Dor, via Honolulu with cement, dyna
mite, gasoline and feed.
The advice states: when the
Marston was sighted by the Fenwick
which belongs to A. B. Hammond, and
Is under charter to Bates & Cheese
borough, at eight o'clock on Sunday
May 21, she seemed to be just on the
point of sinking. and it was after
wards learned that it was only the
air at either end of the ship that kept
her above water Had her matches
blown off with the strain. she would
have surely sunk Immediately.
The FenwiclI rmmediately put a
line on the water-logged vessel which
was at that time six miles northwest
OF Pt. Buchon, and rapidly driving
ashore on to rocky beach. The
decks were level with the sea, and
she was apparently ready to sink; in
fact her condition was so grave that
the master Of the Fenwicll hesitated
about putting his men aboard in order
to steer her. Eventually he put the
second officer and two men on her.
and began to tow her to Port Hartford.
Ithe nearest port, twenty-six miles
away On arrival there, the derelict
was anchored, and the services were
secured of the San Francisco Bridge
Cos. derrick lighter, which had a
powerful pump on board. and tug
boat. Between the two of them they
bailed her out, while fixing the Mar
stons pumps, which had broken down
entirely.
There is no doubt that the Marston
would have been a total loss in a
couple of hours, if she had not foun-
dered, for she would have been driven
up on the rocky beach. The only
survivor Of the crew when the Fen
wick found her, was a pet Angora cat.
She was standing on the forecastle
half starved and crazed with fear. The
cat was rescued. The poor brute
was taken on board, She was taken
on another steamer, but a few days
later she died of fear when the boat
boat began to feel the effects of a
rather stiff breeze.
The underwriters took charge of
the ship after she had been anchored
ill Port st. Luis, and San Francisco
tug boat was brought down with two
extra gasoline pumps After an amount
OF cargo had Deen jetti5oned to facil-
ltate the work of the pumps, the
work of towing her up the coast was
begun. This was Very slow task, for
in forty-eight hours, only ninety miles
had been covered.
The thirty tons of dynamite and
caps were practically uninjured. The
whole of the hay and feed cargo was
Spollt entirely, but, of course. the gas
ollne was unaffected, as that was
contained in drums and tins If 10
probable, however, that the major
portion of the cement will be DESTROY
ed although it is possible that that
slowed in the center of the cargo will
oe saved but so far nothing definite is
available on this point.
When the w. H. Marston was tou,
ea INTO harbor not a soul condemned
The crew for leaving the vessel for
even the veriest landsman conId coo
that the vessel was in a perilous nosi.
lion' The crew of the Fenwick will
nave nice proportion of SALVAGE
money coming to them through their
picking the distressed vessel up.o
Santa Maria With Oil.
Inc Santa Maria arrived yesterday
Al ternoon fror- Port Hartford with
=o'OOO barre,s OF 7ueI oil CONSIGNED to
mon Oil Co. OF this quantity az ooo
barrels are for Honolulu, together
WIN ooo drums of gasoline and dis
nate The remaining 10000 barrels
Ire for Hilo.
Captain Curtis this morning stated
hat the first two days of the trim
we're characterized by heavy winds
winch made the seas pretty heavy
1ut after that good weather was ex.
1erienced all the way He wants to
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nolulu, April p.
TENYO MARU left Honolulu for San
Francisco, June ?.
Am. S, s., left Hilo for .
Salina Cruz, May so.
NADDON, Or, S. S. from Honolulu
for Newcastle, via Ocean Island, /
April IA.
WILLIAM P. FRYE, Am. ship. for