The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-26
CAPTAIN M. N. SANDERS DIES
AS STEAMER RAMS COLORADO
Bands BIare Strident
Tunes as the Veteran
Pilot Passes Away in
Cleveland's Chart
Room.
(From Thursdays Advertiser)

While directing the docking of the
Hamburg steamship Cleve-
land yesterday morning, and just as
the liner swung in between the Alakea
wharf and the cruiser Colorado, Cap
tain Milton N. Sanders, veteran pilot,
fell to the deck. Five minutes later he
died in the chartroom back of the
| wheelhouse. He was pronounced dead
by the ships doctor and Federal
Quarantine Physician Marshall. Cap
tain Dempwolf, commander of the big
liner, Immediately assumed command
and, Judging that the vessels position
was menace to the American cruiser,
Instantly ordered the bow lines attach
ed to the wharf cast off and the engines
reversed. He was not in time, however,
to avert a collision of the two ships.
The cruiser was slightly injured.
Meanwhile, the five hundred passen-
gers, the crowds ashore and the officers
and men on the cruiser were unaware
that Death had stalked upon the bridge
of the incoming steamer and claimed
the life of the man who was directing
the vessels course with its thousand
souls on board. While the pilot was
dying the band of the German ship
played upon the lower deck, alternating
with the music of the Hawaiian band
on the Alakea wharf, while from the
deck of distant cruiser came also the
lively notes of a popular air.
When it became known that the pilot,
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the silver party committee, and record
er of the national association of silver
clubs, with headquarters in Wash
ingtop.
Q. L. Wight of Honolulu, says that
of all the places the Cleveland has
visited Honolulu Is welcome was the
most cordial.
Admirably Planned Itinerary.
Edger Allen Forbes, the publicity
man aboard the Cleveland, is also the
representative of Worlds Work. He
is preparing a series of articles for
the magazine. He says that the present
excursion is composed largely of elderly
people who have retired from the |
activities of life, and are devoting |
their time to seeing the world. He !
regards the plans of the steamship |
company to have been admirably |
mapped out for there has not been a |
flaw in the itinerary since the liner
left New York.
The German tourists on board, who
joined the vessel at Villefranehe, were
extremely pleased on arrival to hear
'tDie Wacht am Rhein," played by
Captain Berger's band. Their hats
came off and they stood uncovered
until the selection was finished.
Mrs. Sherwood Hall, whose tragic
death at Batavia caused Marcus Jordan
to achieve fame by a desperate at
Tempt to save her life, was the mother
Of James Lowe Hall, u. s. Naval
Academy, ex-1907. Mrs. Hall during
several Christmas seasons spent at An
napolis, became much attached to many
IF the present younger officers of the
navy.
Many Ministers.
The Cleveland party numbers many
minister's, several Of whom have con.
iucted the religious services on board
IN Sundays. DR.. George Hough has
been in general charge of all the serv-
ces.
The excursion is not a millionaires /
'ruise, but is made up of people of
Tarious stages of wealth. However,
ONE of the millionaires have spent
arge suIas for the best staterooms.
There are but ten children on board
be cruising liner.