Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-24
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COAL STEAMER
NEARINGIP0RT

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The first consignment OF coal from
Australia TO arrive here in number
Of weeks is nearing port in the Brit
lish freighter Cape Finnisterre, under
charter by the Inter-Island steam
Navigation Company, and expected to
reach destination On or about August
eth The Cape Finnisterre is reported
as bringing 1925 tons OF coal, loaded
at Newcastle, n. s. w. This vessel
! Is exported 10 remain here for about
ten days and then will proceed to Pu-
get Sound ports, where a return cargo
OF lumber is promised.
The Cape Finnisterre is expected to
be followed by one or more steamers
OF fair-sized. tonnage, to load fuel at
Australia for discharge at Honolulu.
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Yukon Goes to destruction
The iron steamship Yukon, former
| IL q Spanish liner plying between Ha-
yana, Cuba, and Key West, Fla, went
ashore on Sannak Island, south of the
west end of the Alaska peninsula, on
June II. The revenue-cutter Tahoma
arrived at the scene of the mishap at
midnight, and took on the passengers
and all but four of the crew of the
Yukon. They will be conveyed to I'm
alaska. The steamship Victoria from
Nome for Alaska will call at
Unalaska and take on the shipwreck-
ed people and bring them south. The
Yukon, under command of Captain
Archie Mckay, was bound from Good
News, Boring Sea. to Puget Sound
The Yukon, whose gross tonnage was
1888, was 2O5 feet long, &c feet in
breadth and rs feet in depth. Under
the name of M. f. Plant she piled be-
tween San Francisco and Coos Bay
and Between Puget Sound and San
Francisco. For the past few years she
had been in the Puget Sound-Alaska
service, mostly as a freight carrier.
She was insured for s150,O00
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Wireless for New Zealand Coasters
Latest advices from Wellington, N.
a., state that the question Of the equip
ment of the smaller class of coastal
steamers with wireless telegraphy APP
! paratus, which was discussed at the
meeting OF the New Zealand Shipown.
er's Federation in Auckland, has not
yet been decided. When questioned on
the subject, the Minister for Marine,
Hon. r. M B. Fisher, stated that he
was awaiting the receipt OF the opin-
ions Of all shipowners in regard to the
draft regulations recently issued be-
fore any definite decision was arrived
at The Minister stated that the reg.
ulations issued were merely of a tenta-
tive character, end that all represen-
tations from those interested would
receive consideration before any decls-
lon was arrived at.
Low InstaIls New Engines.
Working like a watch, the new
Eastern Standard engine just Installed
IN the handsome yacht Kulamanu i,
by Commodore" Eben p. Low, proved
/ highly satisfactory to the owners of
/ the craft as we'll as to the representa-.
/ tive of the machine company, during
an extended trial held yesterday
morning. The yacht was one of sew
eral vessels that served to convoy the
big floating crane from Honolulu to
Pearl Harbor. The new engine will
give the yacht far more speed and a
greater steaming radius.
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Claudine Back With Varied CARGO.
The cargo brought to Honolulu from
Maui ports in the Inter-Island steam
er Claudine this morning was varied
one. The vessel met with fine, wea.
Their on the voyage. The Claudine is
today being discharged of 24S head
sheep. 10 hogs, an auto, crates of
4 chickens, S5 large water melons and
/ l45 packages sundries. The vessel is
listed for departure for Maui ports
at five O'Clock tomorrow morning.
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Recovered an Ancient aHook.
An ancient anchor with a wooden
stock. to which was attached fifty
fathoms of chain, was brought to the
surface of San Francisco Bay by
! Crowley's new derrick barge. The old
hook. which weighed $500 pounds. and
the cable were badly corroded. and
had evidently been at the bottom for
many years. 1t is presumed that the
gear was lost by some vessel while
rounding to an anchorage in The
! quarantine grounds.