Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-05

Fiji3n coasts near NasaIai reel,
we're strewn with splintered mass OF
wreckage following TIE total destrHc-
in one piece, and the bow, badly
Ldeayor which has beached her bones
on. those inhoSpitable shores accord
Ing to the report OF officers in the
Canadian-Australian liner Makura that
arrived at Honolulu this morning after
la passage frSm Sydney n S. W. by
the way of Auckland and Suva.
At the time the Makura called at the
Ffjian port the remains of the Amer
ican schooner were in a broken mass
upon the Nasawata Point of the Nasa-
la Reef, very near to Manly-on-Rewa.
The hull of the vessel and all the lum-
Der in her hold are splintered and
smashed and lying about in all di-
rections; the poop is up high and dry
ia one piece, and the bow, barly badly
smashed and twisted, is lying some lit
tie distance away; whilst between
them is mass of splintered wreck.
age. 8 81
From the details obtainable it would
appear that the Endeayor struck the
reef at low tide, broadside on. and that
the reef practically shced the deck
clean or the hull. as the deck and
some of the load are lying farther
over on the reef than the hull. A rough
estimate Of the amount of timber
which will be saved from the wreck
its elf, is about 20. 900 feet.
Captain w. ]. McAllep, a navigator
ter to the Hawaiian islands recently
returned to the mainland from the
scene of the wreck.
The story of the wreck as brought
by the Makura is to the effect thai
after the vessel struck the crew took
to their boats and landed on the Nam.
bultiha reef, upon which the schooner
had driven, a boats crew being sent TO
communicate the news of the wreck to
silva. Much of the cargo was jetti-
"scned in an attempt to save the yes
sci. but she began to break up. Subse-
.quently the Endeavor, which was own
ed by George e. Billings OF San Fran
cisco, was sold as she ~ on the reef
for $3.50. Captain McAllep was COM
smodore of the George e. Billings
fleet.
The island of which the Endeavor
struck Isl known to Fifians as Ngau
and is eight and a half miles south
west of Nairai and q miles southeast
of 0yalau. It extends southeast and
northwest eleven and a quarter miles
III length and six miles in breadth It
is surrounded by a barrier reef OF 80
miles circuit, ranging three and half
miles on the western side of the is
land. There are three closely coifnect
cd but intricate ship entrances on the
northwestern side leading into a shell.
tered roadstead, having 20 fathoms OF
water and spreading over is squaSe
miles. The Endeavor was 16S feet
inches long, 81 feet six inches beam
and had IL feet inches depth OF
hold. She was built by Hall Bros. in
1897 at Eagle Harbor.
Prominent Steamship Man Coming.
Sir James Mills, managing director
ir the Union Steamship, Is reported
as a passenger in the Matson Naviga
ton liner HonoluIan to arrive at this
port early tomorrow morning, and will
be one of half dozen travellers WEo
will tranihip to the Canadian-Austra-
Ian steamer Mariana, destined for
Sydney N. s. w. by the way Of Suya
and auckland.
Sir James Mills has been to England
and the continent on bushes mis-
sion. 1t has been some months since
the big steamship nlagnate passed
through Honolulu. At that time 1t viii
be remembered he took steps which
resuIted in the effeeting of a traffic ar
rangement between the Matson line
and the Observation-Disclosures service to
the south seas Following the negotfa-
tions 1t was then possible for travellers
to purchase tickets at San Francisco
for Australia by the way of Honolulu
Instead of proceeding to a British
Columbian port there to take steam
er for the colonies. w..
.Kier Commander Of the, Cleveland.
~ As, forecasted in the Star-Bulletin
some weeks ago, Captain Dempwolfl
as master of the Hamburg-American
excursion steamer has been supereed-
ed by Captain T. Kier. : Captain
Dempwolf has been selected as the
master of the biggest liner in the
Hamburg-American service, the Eu-
ropa, now under construction. Ac-
cording to schedule, the Cleveland,
with approximately five hundred
round-the-world excursionists would
arrive at Port Said today. The Cleve-
land is due at Honolulu on January
%, remaining here forty-eight hours,
then proceeding to San Francis
Other officers in the Cleveland in
clude: FIR. Kruse, first officer; C. H.
Dill, second officer; r. SchierlitZ,
second officer; M. Mattick, second Of
ficer; TIL. Hermann, third officer;
H. Koch, fourth officer; Oh. Stehr,
chief engineer; o. Breckmann, second
engineer; A. Jacobsen, third engineer;
w. Napker. third engineer; H. Buhr,
third engineer; G.. Purwitz, fourth en-
gineer; Chr. Brockmoller, fourth en-
gineer; A. kempehen, fourth en-.
gineer; H. GNrimmer, electrician; DR..
A. Lubbert, first physician; DIR. c.
tjokort cooopH phycioiop. Misc Mo