Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-12
BODY OF SAILOR
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FROM SEA

The body Of Antoine jacobson, AZ
years old. a native Of Norway and a
seaman on the ship John Smith now
unloading lumber at this port was
found boating I'm the harbor by the
Queen street bulkhead wharf at quar-
ter.past eleven o'clock this morning.
An examination showed that the man
had been dead more than thirty-six
hours.
The body was discovered by Joseph
Fkrriera. second mate of the lumber
vessel, who, while walking near the
edge Of the dock. saw it floating on
the surface of the water. The police
were notified and Deputy Sheriff
Rose and coroner's jury proceeded
to the wharf. where. with the assist
ance of a number Of stevedores, the
body was taken from the water and
conveyed to the morgue. An inquest
will be held at the police station at
half-past three o'clock this afternoon.
The captain Of the ship, who was
present at the wharf and identified
the remains as member OF bis crew,
said that at five o'clock Tuesday
evening he had given the man fifteen
dollars and permission to 60 ashore.
According to Jacobson's companions.
he spent all but q dollar and a half
for clothes and when they saw him
at late hour Tuesday evening he
told them that he was going back to
the ship.
When Jacobson did not return to
The ship yesterday. little was thought
Of Il, but this morning the second
mate decided that he would go in
search of the man, and 1t was short
" after this that he discovered the
body. Just what was the cause Of
the tragedy is not known.
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Giant Liner for South Pacific.
The growing trade between Liver
pool and Australia will receive a mark.
cd impetus in the spring Of this year,
Gays the Liverpool Journal of Com
merce, with the advent of the new
Hue Funnel liner Nestor. The ton
mage Of this vessel is 1890, and she
will be considerably longer than any
other steamer in the Australian trade.
She Is Of the combined passenger and
cargo type, providing room for excep-
tiohally large freights and some hun.
dteds OF firstclass passengers. The
Nekt0r made her maiden voyage from
liverpool April IA. and will be fellow
ed by her sister ship, now in course
OF construction.
Pride Of place as the biggest steam
er In the Australian trade will not be-
long. however. to the Nestor for any
great period, as on July "a the White
Star steamer Ceramic will leave Liv-
erpool on her first voyage. The tom
mage of the White Star boat will be
1900, q size which could never have
been conceived possible for the Aus
tralian trade a few years ago. The
q Ceramic is also Of the combined pas
senger and cargo type, but her pas
sehRers will be Of the emigrant class,
for which the White Star line makes
Internationally comfortable provision
on its Australian steamers.
ciaudine Will Take Immigrants.
The Inter-1sland steamer Claudine
will carry delegation of Spanish i'm
migrants to Maui. where they will be
distributed to the several valley ISL
snti sugar plantations. The Ciaudine
returned from her regular ports OF
call this morning, bringing a small
cargo including 10 crates chickens, Is
crates pears, 125 empties. mules,
hogs. 100 packages sundries. Purser
Kfbling reports 700 sacks of sugar
. awaiting shipment at Kipahulu.
strong northeast winds were met on
the homeward trip.
eh,us Ena Sails for Atlantic.
Taking five thousands tons of su-
- destined for the east coast of the
5 mi states, the big American ship
Icbn Ena was dispatched from Hilo
tor delaware Breakwater yesterday
,eerning according to wireless re.
ceived in this city. The John Ena re-
.,-esents the last Of the sailing fleet
y fske a departure from the islands
tor the mainland with sugar this sea
s 3. The windjammer arrived at the
SOL r.as.snt CITY some weeks ago after
5 fine trip down from San Francisco