The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-11

signals that she needed assistance.
The tug Intrepid went out, and
earned that one of the crew was suf-
ering and that Captain Birkholm
wanted him landed. The captain
llso mentioned that he wanted some
more water, and Captain Hyde sup
llied him with fifteen tons.
Later on a ships boat containing
captain Birkholm and the injured ,
sailor, Gus Calrstrom, came ashore.
The pair went to the United States
shipping commissioners office, where
he captain completed the necessary
and the man was then
taken to the Queens hospital in a
hack by Harbor officer Carter The
sailor had sustained a fractured arm
some days ago, and the captain re-
solved to put in here In order that
medical assistance could be
It was a pure accident that the
arm was broken, the captain stated
this morning, as the man fell in the
fd'castle one day. He missed his
footing in some way, falling rather
heavily with his arm under him, and
the whole weight of his body was
thrown on the limb. First aid to the
injured was applied, and everything
possible was done flor him pending
his arrival here. AS the captain
thought that it was rather a bad
break, he considered It best to land
him here, irrespective of the expense
incurred, for he will be charged 500
for taking up an anchorag outside
the port.
J. Clarke, of Hind, Rolph & Co.,
whose San Francisco house is the
agent for the ship, stated this morn
ing that the vessel will be dispatched
on her way to San Francisco again
this afternoon, as there is nothing TO
keep her here now. Water has al
ready been supplied by the tug
Intrepid.
The George E. Billings is a five
master schooner. and Is the second
largest schooner trading to the Pa
cific coast. being beaten in size onlv
by the Crescent. She was sixty-nine
days out of Newcastle today. The
Crescent has been a visitor to these
shores. The last time that she was
here there was an accident in berth
| ing her, as owing to the chains haY-
ing fouled the anchors they could
not be dropped Therefore instead
of stopping when the officer in charge
wanted her to, she continued right
on and smashed into a new dredger.
About $500 worth of damage was
done on that occasion.
Repairing Channel Wharf.
The work of repairing the Channel
wharf where damaged by the Mau
some time ago is proceeding rapidly
and it Is confidently expected thai
everything will be in readiness fol
the P. NJ. S. China to berth there
on her arrival early Tuesday morn
ing next from the coast.
Quarantine Reguiations.
So far there has, Deen no reply
from Washington to the message
sent by DIR. Ramus a few DAYS agr
with regard to the coastwise quaran
tine regulations. Therefore, the same
restrictions will obtain on OUTGOING
boats to the coast for awhile. The
federal health authorities are makinl
matters as easy as possible for the
friends of departing passengers, ant
now they are allowed on the dock as
early as they like.
HonoIuIan for Coast Tomorrow.
The Matson liner Honolulan ar
rived from the islands this morning
and berthed at the railroad wharf
where she is being loaded with abou
10000 tons Of sugar for the coast
She is due to leave for San francisco
tomorrow morning.
The work of the Koreans on tn,
railroad wharf is improving each day
and no trouble is now anticipate,
from them. They are being super
vised in a satisfactory way, and n
clash is expected between them an
the Japanese whose places they tool
A Japanese luna was in charge OF
batch working the barkentine Hawa
this morning, but he was remove
before any complaint was made.
Atmospheric Conditions UnfavorabI,
It would seem that the atmosphere
conditions were not favorable t,
wireless operating last evening, TO
no word was received from tn
Sierra This is most unusual, 70