The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-10-11
CHARGING BULLS
CAUSE OF PANIC
Shipment of Cattle Stampede
Down Pier and Crowd
Climbs Freight.

PandemoElum reigned for ten min
utes yesterday morning on the Matsor
Steamship Company's dock, when fiji
teen bulls and six cows, unloading iron
the steamship Honolulan, broke loos
from their fastenings and charged tn
length of the wharf, sending the crow,
which had come down to see the Will
helmina off scurrying before them Xix,
Ia lot of frightened chickens.
For several minutes, every available
box. barrel and trunk, standing upol
the wharf served as place refuge t,
some frightened onlooker, who hung oil
to his perch for several minutes afte
the animals had been recaptured.
No one was hurt, although severa
had narrow escapes from possibly ser
ious injury and as the women VIII,
were on the dock at the time were hur
lied to places of safety as soon as tn,
panic started, no casualties from tramp
ing resulted.
The cattle started their "run - short
ly after ten clock, Just as the WI
helmina was pointed ocean. wards ant
the crowd which had assembled at tn,
wharf to see the steamer sail, was dis
pers'ng. There were probably about
two hundred people on the wharf al
the time, many of them stevedores who
We're hard at work unloading the no
nolulan 5 cargo.
Cattle Made Restless.
No attempt to unload the cattle had
been made while the Wilhelmina was
leaving at the other side of the wharf
owing to fear by the officers of the Ho
nolnlan as to tie probable result OF
such an attempt. Fifteen bulls, con
signed to Eben Low, and six cows to
be delivered to the Isenberg ranch, con.
the Honolulan.
All the morning, the cattle, made
restless by their long sea voyage, had
rent the air with their believing and
as time went ON they seemed to grow
more and more restless, At last, as the
Wilhelmina was well away from the
dock and was pointed out towards the
harbor's mouth, the order was given
and work of unloading the cattle com.
menced.
The majority of the crowd had NOV.
ed along and was well down towards
the Eva end of the wharf while the
stevedores and a few whites were in
the vicinity of the Honolulan. The
stevedores were working at the cargo
while the onlookers were standing
about in small groups. In one of these
groups was Entomologist Ehrhorn, OF
ba
Ehrhorn was standing near a pile OF
trunks watching the work of moving
the cattle Just as the leader, large
black bull who was paired with a spot,
ted bullock, gave a snort of rage and
tore loose from the rope with which he
was held by the stevedore leading the
herd.
Believing loudly the steer rushed
toward the entomologist, who backed
into corner and, picking up club
defended himself vigorously until the
animal turned and rushed along the
wharf after the rest of the herd, which
completely demoralized, had followed
the example of the black steer.
Crowd Seeks Refuge.
The crowd, which was just leaving
the wharf at the EVA end, fled for cover
when they saw the galloping herd rush
ing down upon them and some steve
dores who had been Longing near the
wharf office were in such hurry ia
seek protected spots, that many of them
slipped and fell in the water in their
eagerness to escape.
With handful of the stevedores who
had not become panicstricken and the
members of the crew in pursuit, the
cattle rushed along the wharf. Several
yards before they reached the road out.
side the entrance to the wharf, the lead
er of the cattle wheeled, followed by the
rest, and galloped back the way he had
come.
AS the quartermaster saw the cattle
an order was given to the
crew to line up along the wall with
ropes and to allow the steers to pass
The order was carried out and with
ropes in readiness, the crew allowed the
stampede to rush by.
Tired ont by their mad rush, the lead
ers seemed to have lost their energy and
as the bullocks and cows neared the
edge of the wharf they abated their
mad gallop and slowed down to trot.
When they reached the edge, they
stopped and punched together as closely
to the edge as they could herd. 1t
was then that the crew and stevedores,
with their ropes stretched taut from one
side of the wharf to the other, APP
preached and slowly closing in upon the
herd, recaptuIed the animals, now thor
oughly subdued.
No casualties resulted and the cattle
were shipped to their consignees with
out further mishap.