The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-14
Unlucky Bark May Be First to Lie at Inn
proved Richards Street Dock---Trans-
port Away This Morning---MissOu-
rian From Seattle---First Atlantic
Steamer


vivor of that momentous voyage, is
quite familiar with the details, thanks
to good memory and 10 many talks
in after life with his father, an army
officer, who was then going out to
take part in the suppression of the
Papineau rebellion, started by a
! French-Canadian organization known
as Fills de la Liberte."
The Sirius managed to secure by
ony a small margin the honor of be-
Ing the Tristan race across the At
lantic with another British steamship,
the Great Western, which sailed from
Bristol five days after the Sirius
steamed out of Cork, whittier she had
gone to embark some passengers.
1t was March %, 1888, when she left
London for Cork, and many of the
passengers were so alarmed by their
experience of the run down the Eng
fish channel that they left the ship
. when she reached Cork and forfeited
their passage money rather than pro-
coed on the voyage. When she left
Cork there were only six first-class
passengers on board. These were the
ansomes-father, two sons and a
daughter-and Mr.. and Miss Daven-
port-father and daughter-noted
members Of the theatrical profession.
at was on April g." Mr.. Ransome
states, that the Sirius steamed away
from Cork, and, as she passed down
the river, she was cheered loudly by
the thousands of people who lined the
shore, and the battery at Monkstown
fired a salute. The vessel was loaded
almost down to the water. She was
- compelled to carry most of her coal
y on deck, and so short did she run OF
the fuel that she was obliged to burn
i every spare yard and spar to keep heI
engines going"
The commander of the Sirius wal
Il Lieutenant Roberts, R. NJ, a dashin,
g Irish sailor, who later was commando
III of the Inflated President, which sailet
10 from New York in March, 1S41, ant
- was never heard of again, the pre-
sumption being that she foundered il
storm with all her crew and passen
u gers. Lieutenant Roberts log of tn
10 voyage Of the Sirius shows that h,
u was put to considerable straits 70
fuel. On April II, he records:
III "One hundred and sixty-f1ve knots
Heavy gale and great swell; win'
northeast. Burned rosin with ashe
'e and small coal"
IL On April 10 he has this entry:
l. zone hundred and fifty-five knots
" Burned a good deal of rosin. VIM
- southeast"
- For several days before the Siriu
D. reached New York thousands of pee
" pie had assembled daily on the "Bat
% terry or sea END of the city, watch
\ ing the "NaTrows" that lead from tn
- Atlantic to the harbor. 1t seemed a
u if the whole population turned out t.
witness her arrival. They had scarcel.
recovered from their surprise whe,
IL the rival vessel, the Great Western
u steamed alongside the Sirius, and tn
W rejoicing was renewed. The bells il
a. the churches and chapels were Sc
l" ringing, cannon Numbered and peopl
u were wild with joy. A new link witt
the Old Country had been forged, an,
henceforth those who wished to visi
ny England would no longer be at tn
Sc mercy Of slow sailing vessels, whicl
d. bore the grim title of Coffin Briggs,
T. on account of their unseaworthiness.
SIS In 1905 Mr.. Ransome was presente
Tx with a souvenir of the Sirius. in hoT
s. or of being the sole survivor of tn
H. vessels first trip across the Atlantic
u The souvenir consists of a disc mad
H. from a section of the pump rod {
- the vessel.
y Similar souvenirs were accepted b
- the late King Edward and EXPIRES
1, dent Roosevelt, and one was sent t
), the Field Museum at Chicago.
The Sirius was a two-masted paddl
steamer built at Leith, in Scotland,
IN 1887, and she is said to have cost q
- 600 pounds. She was 412 tons burthel
No. 178 feet in length, rs feet breadtI
=. and IS feet deep. The Titanic
30 draw a comparison-had a registere
tonnage OF 46,32S tons, was 1000 fe'
= long, 112 feet in breadth and col
: 100000 pounds to build, She ha
- accommodation for $500 passenger
: and a crew Of 800 and could haV
= taken the Sirius into one OF he
q holds.
Of sT7s~vv -
q The foreeoing figures do not col