Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-26
HARD
HIT BY GALES

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Hard hit by gales that assumed the
proportion Of a hurricane, the British
tramp steamship Hornelen, following
the completion of discharge of six
Thousand tons Australian coal at Ho-
nolulu, narrowly escaped serious dam
age in the passage just completed to
Puget Sound ports.
The eleyen-day trip from the islands
10 Everett, Washington, was eyentful
in the extreme, according to the story
irelated by Captain Nilsson, who is we'll
known here The steamer sailed with
out cargo, carrying Dui minimum
amount of ballast and set high out OF
the water. The Hornelen is said to
have run into severe gale. For two
days she fought her way through
smashing seas, but without serious
damage.
During the hurricane the Hornelen
was blown off her course and aver
aged but six knots an hour. Riding
high, the vessel, however, missed ship
ping most of the big seas.
The Hornelen, with cargo of coal.
will be remembered as having made
the voyage from Newcastle, Australia.
to Honolulu in twentylfour days.
While at sydney a stowaway cat was
found aboard the vessel Ten days
later she was found with two dead
kittens. After that she refused food
and milk, wasting away to a skeleton.
and when she fell overheard and
drowned, the crew was positive thai:
she had committed suicide because of
the death. of her young.
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Great Grating on Ocean Liner.
Over q million dollars and six
months time for the foremost British
marine engineering experts are being
expended by the White Star line in
additional safeguards for the mann
moth steamer Olympic, which is now
almost ready to leave Southampton for
New York, from which port her first
sailing will be made on Saturday,
April IL, for Plymouth, Cherbourg and
Southampton.
The present construction work on.
this great modern vessel is one of the
wonders Of modern times. While no.
stronger hull was ever constructed and
no structural changes have been
found necessary in the Olympic, q fact.
which in itself is strong testimony to
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play. AS the Olympic always has
been considered the last word in ma
rine structural strength, her immense
S82lS foot hull of stanch steel plates
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than three million steel rivets. weigh