Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-16
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CRITICIZED
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BY BOARD

In compliance with the request OF
the Togo Kisen Kaisha Steamship
Company that the board OF harbor
commissioners submit a definite re-
port with regard to the company's al
LEGATIONS that the Tenyo Maru. while
being in charge of Pilot Captain j.
&c. Lorenzen, suffered damage In Ho-
nolulu harbor July Il, Comnlissto joiner
Wakefield submitted his findings at 9
meeting of the board yesterday.
These findings were prepared from
testimony brought out at recent
meeting of the board. at which time
Captain Lorenzen and Captain Bent
of the Tenyo, gave evidence.
The findings of Wakefield were
criticism of Captain Lorenzen to
some extent, but an amendment to
the report served to put these criti-
cisms i'm a milder form. Copies OF
the findings will be sent to Castle &
Cooke, agents for the T. K. Is. and TO
Captain Lorenzen. The findings fol-
low:
| @At a special meeting of the board
of harbor commissioners held Monday.
September %, 1913. the following Off
tcers were examined by the chairman
end members of the board OF harbor
commissioners relative to the steam
| ship Tenyo Maru striking bottom when
/ leaving the harbor Of Honolulu July
18th, 1913, the pilot being In charge
Capt. ]. C. Lorenzen, pilot: Captain
Bent, steamship Tenyo Maru; chief
second and third officers (Japanesel.
/ The findings of the board OF harbor
commissioners are as follows:
81. That in maneuvering to leave
the harbor Pilot Lorenzen took the
steamship Tenyo Mari too close te
the western side of the harbor;
"2. That Captain Bent called the
pilots attention to the fact that tht
ship was in q dangerous position and
urged him to back up the harbor;
/ 49, '3 That in moving from the posi-
ton above named the steamship Ten
70 Maru struck her starboard side or
the rock fill which forms the founda
i tion Of the retaining wall:
81. That Pilot Lorenzen was no
| frank in his statements; but admit.
that although not feeling the impac
i himself, he understood at the time
/ from the actions of Captain Bent q!
being to the effect that the vessel has
touched bottom.
i SO. That Captain Bent promptly no
titled Pilot Lorenzen the vessel hat
touched bottom;
IS. That the first officer, on dut,
On the forecastle, notified Captain
Bent the vessel had touched, and re
ported the exact time OF the occur
renee.
20. That the second and third offic
ers, on duty on bridge, observed tn.
vessel had touched, and immediatel,
reported the fact to Captain Bent.
!, IS. In view of the foregoing state
iments, all Of which were fully sub
stantiated and corroborated by tn
evidence presented to the board o
= harpor commissioners. that the steam
I ship Tenyo Maru struck the loos'
Irock foundations of the retaining wal
I len the western side of the harbor o
Honolulu when leaving port on tn,
afternoon Of July IL, 1913, the shil
beng then in charge Of Pilot Captain
IT. G. Lorenzen."
The steamship company asked TO
definite report on the question, TO
until the responsibility was placed In
: surance on the vessel could not be ad
i justed. The company informed tn
7 harbor commissioners, through tn
/ llocal agents, that an examination Q
: the hull by divers at Yokohama dis
| closed plates dented and partially ri
D lped away, due, they alleged, to tn
: vessel Touching bottom here =,