Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-18
. Shipping
CHOLERA AND TYPHOONDELAY
!. PERSIA EN- ROUTE TO HONOLULU

hal, deaths resulting from which are
reported to have totaled as high as
one hundred day, served to detain
the Pacific Mail liner Persia five
days at Japan ports, on the voyage
from Hongkong 10 Honolulu.
The malady Is said to have spread
over the native and foreign city and
the adjacent country to an extent
that many Europeans have died from
the scourge. The police department
Of Shanghai has lost several mem,
bers, many being in the hospital al
5 the time the Persia called at Woo,
sug, the port of entry for Shanghai
The Persia called at the infected
port, to take on Quantity of raw
silk Upon arrival at Nagasaki, ia.
pan, the Japanese health officers i'm.
mediately placed the liner in quaran.
i tine. Following three days deten.
tion at Nagasaki, the Persia was re.
leased, the quarantine officials per.
hitting the vessel to proceed to
Kobe.
A general order has been issued by
the Japanese government which pro
hibits vessels coming from Shanghai
to enter Nagasah until the five days
quarantine has elapsed. On one Jap.
anese steamer at Nagasapi at the
time ofythe visit OF the Persia, three
genuine and nineteen suspected cases
Of cholera were found on board.
Officers In the Persia on arrival at
Honolulu this morning stated that
shipping trade at Moi is also badly
affected by the cholera at Shanghai.
The p. e. o. steamer Oriental, the
Northumberland and Darien-maru
III. which arrived at Moji from Shang.
hal had to undergo rigorous medical
inspection.
The Chuyetsu s. S. Co.'S steamer
kaga,maru, bound for Walfamatsu, is
being detained at Matsure Island,
near Moi, owing to one Of the crew
suffering from diarrhoea
The Japanese Government has
given the following Instructions to
vessels calling at Shanghai:
No steamer calling at Shanghai
must be supplied there with water.
Vegetables, fruit, fish or milk
No member Of the crew is allowed
to land At Shanghai except on urgent
business.
passengers are to be requested not
10 50 ashore.
Psssenrers embarking at Shanghai
are 70 be subject to special medical
inspection.
Captain Hill met witha very heavy
typh0on as the Persia steamed In the
vicinity Of Turnabout Island, in the
China sea. The wind was OF intense
velocity. though the little Pacific
Mailer Is said to have suffered no
damage save the partial wrecking Of
one OF her life boats For some hours
the Persia steamed in the central
zone Of the typnoon. where dead
calm prevailed. The officers de-
clare that during this particular
stage Of the storm thousands of
birds filled the air and hundreds
sought q resting place on the decks
OF the liner. The same storm, which
broke over the island Of Formosa, re-
suited In much destruction of prop
erty and loss Of life. Telegraph posts
were blown. down, large number of
houses we're destroyed or badly dam
aged. while the crops are also dam
aged. Upwards Of thousand persons
have been rendered homeless. The
telegraph service between Formosa
and Kyushu is partially interrupted.
With the arrival Of the Persia
comes the information that the Togo
KIsen Ksisha liner Shinyo Maru and
the Pacific Mail steamship Korea,
now In the Far East, will omit q call
ct Shanghai owing to the prevalence
Of cholera there.
The Persia arrived here with
cabin and IS steerage passengers for
Honolulu. OF the latter 20 are Fill
pinos recruited for island plantations.
The through list Of passengers in
cludes 50 cabin s second class and
297 Asiatic steerage.
Honolulu cargo amounts to 244
tons including a, general assortment
OF Oriental produce and merchandise.
The Persia is carrying over one mil
lion dollars worth of raw silk besides
other consignments of valuable
freight.
The liner is listed for dispatch for
San Francisco at five o'clock this
evening, taking a few layover pas.
sengers and a later accumulation of
mail for the mainland.
MarIposa Piled On Alaska Shore.
Honolulans will be interested in the
fate of the former popular Oceanic
liner Mariposa now one of the vessels
III the Alaska Steamship northern
fleet. Wireless messages received at
San Francisco at the time of the de-
parture of the Sierra for Honolulu was
to the effect that the steamer MARI
posa. of the Alaska Steamship com.
many. Is still ashore at Valdez. At
: telnnts to float her were futile. The
Mariposa, returning from a western
Alaska voyage. crashed into the wharf
- calder and then ran ashore, where
she stuck in the mud. She has
heavy list to starboard, but is appar,
entity uninjured and should be hoated
ST the irst high tide. The accident