The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-26
KINAU GOES AGROUND IN CHANNEL
lowed Off Undamaged by Mikahala--
Too Many Lights Alleged to be Cause
of Mishap---KOrea from Coast
Foster With Lumber---Makura
TOmOrrOW---ISland Arrivals

steamer Kinau went aground in the
channel while coming in from Kauai.
The Mikahala arrived shortly after
the mishap and towed the stranded
vessel off. As far as is known the
Kinau has not suffered any damage.
The cause of the trouble was the pres
ence of too many lights
The Kinau was on her way in from
Kauai before daylight, and Captain
Gregory, noticing that the dredge had
shifted over to the other side of the
channel, was at a loss 10 know which
way he should proceed. There were
many lights around the channel, but
these did not help him any. He Sc
lected what he thought was the old
channel and began to come in under
easy steam. Suddenly the Kinau piled
up on a mud bank and stuck there
hard and fast.
Her engines were reversed as quick
ly as possible, but they failed to shift
her They were kept going astern in
the hope that she would get off again,
but no coaXing prevailed. The Mika-
hala showed up shortly afterward, and
getting line aboard the Kinau, both
engines started The combined power
was too great for the mud and gently
the Kinau got off again The Mika.
hala then took the Kinau in tow and
put her alongside the dock.
1t is not believed that the Kinau
could have sustained any damage, but
an investigation viii be made as soon
| as possible after she has discharged
her cargo. She brought here 1882
bags of sugar, twenty bags of cocoa
nuts, twenty-siX empty wine barrels.
ten empty crude oil drums, six horses
and 100 packages OF sundries.
The sugar is being discharged into
the big freighter Columbian at the
railroad wharf.
KOREA BROUGHT 121 PAssEN-
GERS.
The Korea arrived this morning
from San Francisco with III cabin
passengers for Honolulu, including
many prominent mainland people She
will leave again at o'clock this aft
ernoon.
Purser Allen reports fine trip all
the way from San Francisco. For
here she has III in her cabins, nine
in the secOnd-class and one in the
steerage. There are l61 tons of gen
eral freight, the chief item being hay.
Four automobiles were carried on
deck
The through passengers total fifty
| seven in the cabins. ten in the second
I class and $50 in the steerage. These
/ figures will be augmented here, for
there are fully thirty going in the cab
| FMS. The through freight is valua-
| bic one, totaling about 5000 tons,
mostly stores for the army and navy
departments in Manila The chier
| line, however is 600 bales of cotton
for Japan.
The trip across was a very pleasant
one, the passengers Willing away the
/ time with the usual deck games, with
concerts and other entertainments in
the evening. The Korea will leave for
the Orient at o'clock this after
noon.
1t would seem that the HOnOlulan
cannot make a siX-day schedule, for d
wireless received from her this morn
ing states that she will be here on
Wednesday next from San Francisco.
At 8 o'clock last night she was
1880 miles from poort, experiencing
fine weather All was well aboard,
said Captain Bennett She has for
here thirty-nine passengers, 125 sacks
of mail thirty-one packages of Wells
Fargo express matter, nine automo-
biles and 21S4 tons of cargo For
Hilo there are 355 tons of cargo, for
Port Allen eighty-fve tons, and for
kahului $50 tons. There are eight
passengers for the Mariana for Aus
tralia and thirty-one bags of mail.
MARY E, FOSTER HAD ROUGH
TRIP.
1T was a mean trip; can call 1t
nothing else" said Captain Johnson
of the schooner Mary e. roster this
morning from Port Blakely. For about