The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-27
AEOLUS' WRECKAGE
BEACHED BY TIDE
OUT WAIKIKI WAY
Thousands Of HonoIuIans Witness
Destruction Of Schooner by
BattIeship Hlzen
AFTER TARGET PRACTISE
JAPANESE BURN VESSEL
Master Of Inflated Ship Thought
America and Mikado
Were at War
(From Monday Adyertiser.l

(FroIn Monday Adyertiser.)
wreckage strews the beach at Wal
Mkt. Charrcd pieces of wood and
scraps Of metal, once part of the trim
little auxiliary schooner Aeolus, that
fell 4 prize to the Japanese battleship
Iiizcn Saturday, wero picked up eagerly
yesterday by hunters of souvenirs Of
the FIRE that illuminated the sea for
several hours Saturday night, and until
the early hours Of Yesterday morning.
Honolulans watched the fire from roof
tops--from hundreds Of places about
the city. Until midnight and even after
scores and scores of persons viewed the
unusual spectacle. and yesterday morn
ing an almost equal number walked
along the beach and clicked up souvenirs
Of the destroyed prizo of war.
Gees Command Consumed
AS Honolulans saw the ship being
consumed by flames, Captain Chris Fred
riekson, surrounded by the members of
his little crew, stood on the deck of
the German steamer Locksnn, watching
tho same sign in silence and with
-
command go up in flames
Made captive just as they thought
themselves safe, the captain and his
crew,were taken from the ship Saturday
night, put in d launch and conveyed to
the Locksun. Hardly had they reached
there before the secondary battery of
the Hizen opened Ere. on the Aeolus,
which had been towed of n distance Of
,.half-ar1ile from the battleship. At this
range the Japanese gunners fired upon
her, for the double purpose, no doubt,
of sinking her and putting some of their
guns to.a practical test. ns,a.
Fourteen Shots Discharged 4.
Fourteen shots were discharged. Sill
ence fell upon the scene after the last
detonation. Two hours passed. Then,
at ten clock, the searchlight on the
Hizen rose and fell and rested for a
minute on the Aeolus. In place of being
submerged, as no doubt would have
been the case had all the shots dis
charged struck the ship, the Aeolus rode
the seas in apparently undamaged con-
dition. H...
A launch was put out, with this dis
covery for the prize A few minutes
after the craft came alongside the Aeo.
lus flames shot up into the air; and
then the spectacle that held Honolu-
lans awed, and brought the terror of
war in visible form before the eyes.
Loss Is $4,000
In few hours ship worth approx
imately $4,000 was reduced, to worth
less ,charred wreckage. Fortunately,
she carried no freight, except eight
4 r nNa.. .lssa L..
son left Jahiit, Marshall Islands, after
the war made it dangerous for him to
eotinue in the copra trade there.
Il took the Aeolus fifty-odd days TO
reach here! Several days were lost in
the vicinity of this island, She carried
the extra supply of gasoline hoping to
be able TO get TO San Francisco soon,
81 thought the United States and
Japan wgre at war" explains Captain
Fredrickson, "and ! mistook the flag
on the Hizen for the American flag. At
Jaluit / was told that war had been
declared by the United States on
Japan
The skipper and his crew remained
on the Locksun yesterday They may
bo taken off today.
Crowds Throng Waterfront
An the Appearances of a holiday dis
tingnished the waterfront Yesterday. II
has been years since sueh large crowds
have gathered there. The crowds con
conferred at the foot of Alakea street,
and from there Young Brothers ran two
launches on an excursion around the
battleship. They did a land.oitice bust
ness.
Morning, afternoon and evening
found the crowds there. Incidents in
the last forty-eight hours have aroused
the keenest interest here in the war
situation in Hawaiian waters.