Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-20
OFFICIALS WORRY
LEST DIOMEDES
MAY ML0ST

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 Is 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
abIed and a derelict. 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 the Do
medes, which would make 1t impossi-
bile for her to summon aid IL she were
disabled or sinking. She Is nearly a
duplicate Of the Dutch dredgn Ulysses.
which arrived here Wednesday, Octo-
Der 6. and sailed October, g. 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
a crew OF IA men including her cap
tain. The Diomedes, II 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-
ses, 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
but we know the Diomedes
is practically the same ship as the
Ulysses, which was so low in the water
that 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 ct the Ulysses, and
was due here earlier. She has not
shown up, and no one knows where
she Is, or If she Is still above the
water I ..~ ~. -
Two DerelIets On Route - l..
Capt. Foster added that there are
already two derelicts, recent wrecks,
reported In. the route which the Dio-
medes would have to follow to reach
here. This is the same .bad.weather
belt In which The four-masted schooTl-
er Robert Searles was dismantled two
or three years ago, and only got here
by. means OF a jury rig" he said. eve,
hope the Diomedes is not q wreck, but
If she is, the same kind of a ship as
the Ulysses and met bad weather, it
wouldn't take much OF a. storm to-
swamp her." .~.'.-..%
Norman E. Gedge Of the Inter.Island,
says the Diomedes' owners are the d
Bureau Wysmuller of Rotterdam, Hol-
land. The dredge Is not listed in
Lloyds, so her dimensions or any 9th
or fact about her sire value or other
details are not obtainahle. The Inter.
Island 10 local agent for the three
iredges, two of which arrived here
safely and, left again for vlsdiYostok.
they will: be put to work next spring
iredging a harbor at Nikoalieysk, Rus
STA.
No word has been received by the
Merchants Exchange nor the Guide,
the Diomedes' fate. The
ngenieur Sagscharow left here Octo-
Der Is. five days after the Ulysses
saiIed for the Russian mort