The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-23
S. n. CASTLE ARRIVES IN DISTRESS
Barkentine Strikes on Washington Island.
PrOmetheus to be Frequent
VisitOr--MOngOlia Arrives

udlh6uIllS D N. OdSllS' CdpNulh D'lll-
rem, anchored off port last night and
put in here this morning in distress.
The Castle comes from Papeete by
way of Makatea, flaming Island and
Washington Island, and it was at the
latter coral formation that she suf-
fered the damage which forced here
to run for Honolulu with the sea run
ming through her ribs. 1t was Cap
tain DahlTen's intention to load copra
at Washington Island and after load. |
ing so tons at Tanning he proceeded |
to Washington and ran into heavy
sales. 1t was impossible to effect a |
landing and while lying off shore he
lost both anchors, ran ashore and got |
away with the greatest difficulty. Iii
| is rumOred that he had to leave part
of his crew behind on the coral reef
who went ashore in a boat and could
not get back, but this is not confirm
ed, and all of the crew shipped in
San Francisco are on board, so if
any men are missing they must have
been picked up en- route
There is no apparent damage done
the Castle above decks and as the
matches are still down it is impossible
to tell how much harm has been
done the bottom. That the barken-
tine was leaking was only too appar-
ent, however, and while lying off shore
last night the pumps had to be kept
going.
The Castle is SO days from Papeete.
She loaded 483 tons of rock phos-
phate at Makatea and so tons of cop
ra, consigned to San Francisco, at
Tanning Island.
1t was the Captains intention to
take on about so tons more at Wash
ington but the gale kept him from
getting in and after his encounter
with the reef he was forced to get
to the nearest safe port as quickly as
. possible.
The S. N. Castle will now go un-
der survey here and after she gets
n the phosphate out will probably go
on the marine railway for repairs
The officers believe that in spite of
the leaks the cargo is not seriously
damaged. Captain Dahlren is well
known in this port and was on the
regular run to Honolulu from the
Coast for many years and has been
overhauled on the marine railway or
several occasions.
Captain Dahlren had intended t.
handle his cargo here without al
agent this trip. although r. H. Da
vies and Co. were formerly tn,
agents, but upon his arrival here thi
morning he cabled George Moore ant
Co., his San Francisco owners 70
permission to turn his business owe
to an agent.
The Castle was built in Port Blake
ley at the Hall shipyards, where S
many famous windiammers wer
turned out, and is a barkentine q
much the same model as the Irmgar
and of AGA tonnage
A NEW NORWEGIAN LINE.
Local shipping men have receive
notice that the Norwegian-America
steamship company, a new concer
which will develop a big transatlal
tic line, is now building two splel
did passenger steamers for the run b,
~ tween Norwegian ports and New Yorl
The trip between Bergen and Ne
!, York will be made in Z days, whic
is considerably faster than can /
done by any of the present come
tons between Scandinavia and Ne
York. The steamer will be 1906
rv tons each, with a guaranteed speed
sixteen and one half knots. The
" will carry 200 first class passenger
200 second class and 700 third. TT
te third class in this instance will be
departure from any of the Atlanti
Third class passengers will have lars
N. saloons, staterooms for 2, and pa
rd sengers, and ample deck room. Thes
~ steamers are being built in Englan
Ds and will be in service early next yea
an PRoMETHEUs SAILS AT NOON
ge The Norwegian steamer Prom
III theus, which will be familiar figul
e- in this port during the next month
I'd left today for Makatea, whence st
came, to load another cargo of roc
Is phosphate for Honolulu. Captain Je
IN sen announced this morning befol
v. sailing that his steamer had bee
o. chartered to make four more trips
,s Makatea for phosphate and that
no estimated that he could average
al days for the round trip between II
7s nolulu and the South Sea island. I'll
Prometheus takes no cargo from tn
port, but is well stocked with CO.
,e- which was loaded here
KILAUEA REPORTS MUCH sHI