Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-29
NICHOLS TAKES
new FREIGHTER

When Captain Nichols left the
American Hawaiian Steamship Com
pany TO take over his duties as spe-
cial- agent representing the Inter-
Island Steam Navigation Company on
the east coast of the United States,
! in recruiting masters and mates for
the local coasting service, he did not
permanently sever his connection
with the American-Hawaiian line.
Captain Nichols has returned to
( the Pacific coast as the master of the
fine new freighter Georgia, is the re-
port brought, here with the arrival Of
/ the Honolulan.
Captain Nichols was formerly skip
per in the. NevaGan. He has been in
charge Of several vessels making
regular visits to the Hawaiian
Islands. The new Georgian reached
/ San Francisco only after series of
!, encounters with nasty weather that
sorely tried the patience and endur-
ance of master and men. The
/ Georgian left Norfolk with 1924 tons
of coal January % and was favored
with fine weather until Cape Pillar
was reached. There a northwest gale
blew up which lasted three days and
stirred up what Captain Nichols de-
clares to be the most furious sea he
ever saw.
The waves crashed aboard the
Georgian, coming over both sides.
! The decks were flooded, and the water
/ short circuited the electrical equip
/ ment, leaving the ship in darkness,
For three days the only illumination
was from oil lamps.
The seas that swept the Georgian's
decks smashed four lifeboats on the
starboard side, crippled two seamen
and bent completely over a solid iron
davit that was ten inches wide and
! four inches thick. One of the life
| boats, made of corrugated iron, was
/ happened between February 81 and
%. On February Is the Georgian
spoke the Frdhch bark Paeifique,
which asked to be reported all well.
The Georgian is practically a new
/ vessel and is a large carrier, having
capacity for handling 1000 tons
] measurement. She is fitted with wire
/ less ard is the only vessel of the COM
pany on the coast having the conye-
nience at present, with the exception
| of the Honolulan. which is chartered
to the Matson Navigation Company
4 1t is the Intention of the company to
equip all its vessels with wireless.
Several in service on the Atlantic
/ side are already so equipped.
i The Georgian will enter the service
April /, making her first trip to Sa-
lima Cruz with general cargo. The
addition of this vessel to the local
! fleet will make possible the contem-
hplated inclusion of San Pedro in the
service. 1t is planned to have the
various steamers stop at San Pedro
on their way south to Salina Cruz for
other California products.
Failed to Sight Yacht.
Despite lookout maintained by Cap
tain Freeman and Purser Phillips in
i the Mauna Kea, these officials failed to
sight the yacht Molilou, with DRY
i dock" Smith and party as passengers.
4 which is reported as en- route from
4 Honolulu to Hilo on cruise. The
! Mauna Kea returned this morning
with a small amount of cargo and a
fair-sized list of passengers. Purser
i Phillips reports fair weather with ia.
vorable winds. The steamer is to be
dispatched for Hilo this afternoon,
sailing at 8 o'clock with a delegation
of legislators, who will leave the liner
at Lahaina.
/ Wireless Speaks Many Liners
i Kahuku wireless station was last
i night in communication with the
steamships Wilhelmina, 1906 miles off +;
Sierra. S92 miles off; the Mariana and
the willesden. The Wilhelmina re-
ported fine weather, with all well.
The Sierra is bringing seventy mine
cabin and twenty-one steerage pas
sengers. with 24S sacks of mail and
4 10 packages of express. The Willes-
den reported that she would reach
port on Sunday evening.
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Sparks from the Wireless
4 The following wireless message has
been received from the Oceanic S. S
Co.'S Sierra, bound for Honolulu from
San Francisco:
/ S. S. Sierra, at sea, March IS, s p
E.-4S92 miles from port; 70 cabin
! passengers; 81 steerage passengers;
2235 tons general cargo for Honolulu;
AS sacks mail for Honolulu. Will ar
rive off port early Monday morning
4 Win deck at the Oceanic dock.
Pa
4 Chiyo Maru Here Monday.
The Japanese liner Chiyo Maru will
arrive from Asiatic. coast ports on
Monday, according to wireless re
ceived at the agency CT Castle &
4 Cooke. 1t is the present intention to
|, dispatch the liner for San Francisco
on Tuesday morning, the Chiyo sail