The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-10-06

"a cable message was posted cen
spicuously in the Office which stated
that fthe Leipzig or Nurnberg are due
any day "A German officer in com
n,and OF the men saw this and, with
a s1nilo said, Rather interesting, don't
you know, I'll take this as souvenir,
and pocketed the ominous message.
CABLE BLOWN TO ATOMS
go Another party was engaged near
the shoro end CT the cable In trying
to loc5te It and failing IN this, heavy
charges Of dynamite were planted and
the cable blown &c atoms In tho mean
time, q crew from the collier were en-
gagged IN graphing for the cable fur
thcr out 20 sea with the intention Of
doing further damage Stin another
party were engaged In planting dyna-
mite and gnncotton In the engine
rooms, the boiler rooms, the electric
lighting and rcfrigeraiipg plant and IN
the dynamo rcems The explosions
from thsse charges were terrific but
fortunately nc one was hurt. A search
war then made of the Offices and q
number Of valuable papers we're taken.
BURGLE SAFE OF $4,000
"Fhese were taken aboard the Nurn-
berg and ~ few hours later an officer
returned ana hastily summoned a dc,
tachment Of men. It seems that these
papers revealed the fact that several
valuable Instruments were buried on
the island; that there was a quantity
Of arms and ammunition buried and
air that there was $4,000 in the Office
safe. The latter was blown open end
the money taken. Tho cfiicer In charge
of this section Of the expedition apollo
gized for this act and said that this
was the first time in his life that he
had acted the part Of a burglar, but
unfortunately such are the fortunes of
war The instruments were blown up
and the guns and ammunition Gsized.
Through all Of this devastation the
courtesy extended by these German o.
ficers was most marked. They express
ed themselves as being greatly sur
prised that no armed resistance was
offered as they had every reacon TO
believe that Great Britain had taken
tho precaution to defend this impor-
tant outpost. t.h
J WORK WITH PEvERISH HASTE
HThe cficers and men worked with
feverish haste and seemed anxious
70 get away. The private quarters OF
the employees were left unmolested nor
were any Of their personal belongings
touched @ts d.
tho .occaticn when one of the German
sailors borrowed q saw from one OF
the cable employees and felled giant
nag pole, at the truck Of which how
a British flag. The pole was cut into
1 sections and the saw and the nag taken
aboard the Nurnberg as souvenirs
| "The ofilcerE OF the Nurnberg seem
/ ed TO have a complete knowledge Of
what was going on In the outside worlt
and seemed to be in posse6sion of a;
much information as those who ha(
been in Dolly cable communication with
the mainland The collier was care
fully disguised and there was no sigI
shout her anywhere which would re
! veal her identity. She Is CT the thre'
i island type and is Of about 1900 tom
register. She had a complete graphing
outfit aboard ana her men seemed Il
lbo experts in this line Of work
! STEAM TOWARDS MARSHALL
4 ..-EHa,, ISLANDS
1 1.-THE Germans completed their wori
In about twelve hours and steame'
away, west, southwest in the direction
Of the Marshall Islands.
when we left Tanning Island o.
September 81" concluded Captain
TindaIl, 1.-The cable, connecting suv,
with Tanning, had been repaired ant
coumifuic re tion ra- aata tliqhed II Wa
expected that the section connectinI
Bamfeld would be repaired within I
few weeks. 's@f S..' ., = q.
There are twenty six white men, fou
white women and 200 natives on Fan
ming Island, The qreig cocoanut plan
tation on the north end of the islam
was unmoleE.ed It Is estimated tina
tho damage done to the cable station
at Tanning Island win amoant to owe
$4,000.