Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-09
NAISON liner
REPAIRED, AND
SAILED TODAY

la
Wilheln1ipa, in command OF Captain
NJ. A. Madsen, laden with $500 tons
Of sugar and island products. went
ashore off the Farallones on the morn
ing of March 81, as reported by Off
GERS In the. Lurline upon arrival here.
the damage is believed to have been
slight, in the opinion of those con
neeted with the local agency at Castle
& Cooke.
A cable received at noon today an.
nounces the departure OF the %1lhei-
nina from San Francisco at the reSu.
lar sailing hour. though one day be-
hind the schedule The liner has been
supplied with one of the largest car
goes in her history the freight list in
Guiding 1896 tons for Honolulu. 800
tons for Hilo. 109 tons for Port. Allen
and 30 tons for Kaanapah.
In the opinion Of the agents, the
loading of this big shipment of main
land cargo may have had much to do
with the delay in departure from San
-.
That the WiiheImina met with an
accident or was in collision at the
coast port has been currently reported
here following the return of the Lur'
line TO Honolulu. The Wilhelmina had
reached at berth at The Matson wharf at
San Francisco shortly before noon on
March 81. while the Lurline was dis
patched from the opposite side of the
pier at 5 o'clock in the evening. = Il, e.,
The statement that the Wilhelmina
was rushed into a drydock Immediate
" following its arrival Is denied, as
1t Is stated that work of discharging
the cargo Of sugar and island products
was undertaken as soon as the vessel
reached berth at the wharf. ss.-sf 49,
I'VE have had no official adyices
concerning a disaster to the Wilhel-
nina. In fact we have not been mott.
fled officially Of a change in masters, !"
declared John H. Drew, manager Of
the shipping department at Castle &
Cooke. ~.>.. D..
"The news that Captain Peter John
son had been appointed to the COM
mand OF the Wilhelmina in place of
Captain Madsen, came to us entirely
through outside sources" he added,
That the Wilhelmina could have
gone ashore on the Farallones on a
clear day, at full speed, and not car
ried away q generous portion of its
bottom Is looked upon locally as an
impossibility. n 7
Captain Madsen, who was in charge
OF the Wiihelmina on the voyage, has
been identified with the Matson line
for the past four years. Prior to join.
ing the company he was master of the
big ship John Ena, of which vessel
he Is q part owner Captain Madsen.
has borne the reputation among sea-
faring men OF being one OF the most.
careful and experienced navigatofs in
the Pacific. For q number of years he
was in command of schooners that
piled between the Golden Gate, the.
Sound and the South seas. As master
OF the John Ena he has sailed that
vessel around the woFld. ts.Ss S., :. 81
Officers in the Lurline admit that
they gained but little information dur.
ing the brief stay at San Francisco
That something happened to the WI.
helmina Is believed certain, but the
extent of the damage done the vessel
is understood to have been slight.
Judging from the limited time allotted
to the steamer at the coast port for
repairs. "sss=.-.4
The Wilhelmina is due to arrive at
Honolulu a. an early hour next Wed.
nesday morning.
Bring Many from South Coast. st,s G.
E In the large number of passengers
from the Mexican, Central and South
American coast to reach this port in
the Japanese liner Anyo Maru in tran
sit TO Japan and China, are 5 cabin
and 191 second class travellers. ..s* " IL
A late aerogram received at the
agency of Castle & Cooke today,
states that the vessel may arrive here
on Saturday morning for the purpose
of being discharged of 5000 tons of
nitrates brought from the south coast
The Anyo Maru will probably remain
at the port for four days.
Fine Weather off Maui.
Officers in the InterIsland steamer
Claudine report meeting with fine
weather off the island of Maui. The
vessel is an arrival today bringing a
general cargo including 2264 sacks of
sugar, 1876 packages of sundries, 20
sacks of taro, 6S sacks of spuds, GA
head OF hogs, 46 sacks of corn, and 4
crates of chickens. A small list of
passengers returned to the port in
this vessel.
Many Will Leave in Sonoma.
Forty-fiye intending passengers have
booked for San Francisco in the Oce-
anic liner Sonoma, scheduled to de-
part for the coast on next Friday aft
ernoon. c. Brewer & Company has
been advised that the vessel sailed
from Sydney, y. s. W., by the way Of
Page Page. with 65 cabin and SO sec
passengers. The vessel has
room for about 500 tons of additional
freight and can accommodate 60 addi-
tional travellers from the islands to
the coast.
Few Booked for Australia.
In departing for Australian ports,