Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-20
OFFICIALS WORRY
LEST DDOMEDES
May BE LOST

Is the Dutch dredge Diomedes lost
at sea somewhere in the path Of the
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and this port? Grave fears for her
safety are entertained today by local
mariners and shipping officials in view
OF the fact that the craft is 13 days
overdue today, and no word of her has
been received either at San Francisco
or here since she left Panama.
Additional weight is lent TO the be-
lief that the Diomedes Is either dis
abled and a dere4ict, or else sunk, by
the fact that the last ships to arrive
here from Panama reported three or
four days OF extremely rough weather
with high seas and heavy winds on the
long circle here from the big water
way.
No wireless Is carried by me Do
medes, which would make it impossi-
bile for her to summon aid If she were
disabled or sinking. She is nearly a
duplicate Of the Dutch dredge Ulysses,
which arrived here Wednesday, Octo-
Der 6, and sailed October for Vladi-
vostoko. The Ulysses, when she came
into port, was loaded nearly to the
waters edge with coal, dredging pipe
and other equipment, and in the opin-
ion Of local mariners. would have sunk
had she encountered heavy storms
from Panama here.
Both Are Small Craft
The Ulysses is a craft Of only 1913
tons, and about the size of the water
tender Pioneer of this port. She had
q crew of IA men including her cap
tain. The Diomedes, If the same-sized
ship, would have about the same num-
Der OF men in her crew, and is laden
with a like amount Of coal and ma
chinery, which would cause her to lie
very low in the water.
According to Capt. William R. Eos
ter, harbormaster, the Diomedes left
Panama four days ahead of the Ulys-
SEES, which reached here October 6.
The Diomedes was to come direct to
this port from the canal.
"One guess is as good as another"
remarked Harbormaster Foster this
morning, but we know the Diomedes
is practically the same ship as the
Ulysses, which was 50 low in the water
that a heavy storm would have swamp
ed her. We know there have been
three days of very rough weather on
the direct track between Panama and
this port, and that the Diomedes left
four days ahead of the Ulysses, and
was due here earlier. She has not
shown up, and no one knows where
she Ia. or If she Is lstill above the
.water.h'
Two oereIiets On Route.
Capt. Foster added that there are
already two derelicts, recent wrecks,
reported in the route which the Do
medes would have to follow to reach
here. This is the same bad-weather
belt in which The four.masted schoon.
,er Robert Searies was dismantled two
or three years ago, and only got here
by means OF a jury rig" he said, I'VE
hope the Diomedes is not wreck. but
IL she is the same kind of a ship as
the Ulysses and met bad weather, it
wouldn't take much Of storm to
swamp her"
Norman E. Gedge of the Inter.Island,
says the Diomedes' owners are the
Bureau Wysmuller of Rotterdam, Hol-
land. q. The dredgey is not listed in
Lloyds, so her dimensions or any 9TH
er fact about her size, value or other
details are not obtainable. The Inter
Island is local agent for the three
dredges, two of which arrived here
safely and left again for vladivostok
They will be put to work next spring
dredging harbor at Nikoalievsk, Rus
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No word has been received By the
Merchants Exchange nor the Guide,
concerning the Diomedes' fate. The
Ingenieur Sagscharow left here Oc'o-
Der IS, FIVE days after the Ulys IS
sailed for the Russian PIE