Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-19
SAILORS JUMP
ASSHIP SAILS

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With nearly a record cargo of lnm-
Der destined for Pearl Harbor, Cap
tain Turloff, master OF the trim
schooner w f. Garmes, discovered
that but little dependence could be
placed upon number of men whom
he had signed on before clearing
Astoria, Ore. A cable received al
Honolulu announces the sailing OF
the schooner from Columbia river on
last Saturday, the lumber to the
amount OF 1,200,O00 feet to be dis
charged at Pearl Harbor naval sta
ton. The windjammed cleared AS
toria two weeks before final depart
ure
The shipment carried in the
Garmes is remarkable in that it con-
tains many heavy timbers. The ma
terial is to be used in the reconstruc-
ton of false work at the naval dock.
in the cargo are 27S0 piling, many
pieces of which measure 20 to 80
feet in length. The schooner is OPP
Grated by Olson and Mahony, well
known on the coast. The vessel
should arrive here on or about the
first part of June.
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Kauai Sugar Report.
With the return of the lnter-lsland
steamer Kinau from Kauai ports,
Purser Akau brings the following re-
port of sugar awaiting shipment
there. X. s.. NJ. 1850, X. X. b. 912,
@. & r. 500, M. A. X. 1854, Mob.
1924, X. p. 1880, G. f. 100, l.. p.
$500.
WlIheImina Back to Complete Cargo.
Back from several days spent at
Hilo in the discharge of general
cargo and loading big consignment,
of sugar, the Matson Navigation
steamship Wilhelmina returned Sun
day morning and will take on the re-
mainder of a shipment of sugar,
pines and bananas at this port. The
vessel is being made ready for dis
patch at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing. with destination as San Fran
--eisco. II is expected that about one
hundred cabin passengers Will de-
part for the coast in this vessel. The
Wilhelmlna will sail from Hackfeld
wharf. taking between five and six
thousand tons of freight.
Ladies Lord II Over Hiram.
BOSTON, May Captain Georgia
Orne, one of the few women shippers
in the country, is ready to put to sea
with her century-old schooner Hiram
All hands, including First Mate James
Orne, the shippers husband; and cab
in girls Mary and Jane Orne, have
signed articles for the Summers
coasting trips, which usually consist
I'm carrying lumber from some Maine
port to New York and returning with
coal The Hiram wintered in the My
site River Basin, but with new coat
of paint, new standing rigging and
new patches on some of the sails, she
was hauled out into the stream today.
She will got under way with her
doughty skipper at the wheel as soon
as the wind hauls to the westward.
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Golden Hoard Is Brought to Light.
Captain Thomas p. Whitelaw, the
veteran wrecker, has located the safe
of the steamer Corcoran, which was
rammed and sunk near San francisco
DN the SltdlICI a TOW
ago. II contained gold bars worth
SOL, 900.
Following the accident in which the
treasure was lost by sinking to the
bay bottom. Captain Whitelaw made
contract with the underwriters for the
recovery of the gold
Owing to the rough weather it was
decided to postpone diving for the sale
until better conditions prevail. Al
anchor with buoy attached has beer
sunk alongside, and it will be raised
within few days.
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Kestrel Was Mired.
The gradual sitting at the upper
end of the harbor caused by the wa
tiers from Nuuanu stream is alleged
as responsible for the British steam
er Kestrel finding a resting place on
a soft mud bottom, until the plight
was discovered and a different berth
assigned the erstwhile little revenue
cutter. The Kestrel has been lying
at the Waikiki side of Hackfeld
wharf since going out Of commission
some weeks ago.
Sugar and MoIasses for the
Mainland
The Matson Navigation liner VIII
helmina i'm leaving for the Coast on
Wednesday morning will carry 540t
tons SMEAR and molasses. Other items
of miscellaneous freight will add from
six to eight hundred tons TO the total
shipment. The Wilhelmina is now en-
gagged in taking on cargo here, having
returned from Hilo on Sunday morn
ing.
Sparks From the Wireless
The following wireless message has
been received by the agents Of the s
S. Honolulan bound for Honolulu: