The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-06-04
BARK COMES HERE
WITH CARGO AF|RE
French Ships Coal Burning Since
May ll--Giyes Provisions
To British
(From "Wednesday g Advertiser)

(From Wednesdays AdyertiSer)
With matches battened down and ven
tilators plugged, the French bark Fran.
coise, d'Amboise sailed since May Ii
with her cargo Of coal afire. She ar
rived of port yesterday morning, from
Newcastle for San Francisco. The
damage done by the fire, which con
tinues to burn, win be ascertaincd this
morning BY Captain John r. MacauIey,
territorial pilot and local representa-.
tive of the Bureau yeritas, the French
Lloyds, and Captain William r. Foster,
harbor master. s,va tq,t Ill.,. ~ VIZ
The bark is ninety days out OF New.
castle today. She was eighty.nine days
yesterday. May IL, her coal caught
lire; theresis no explanation except
spontan eous. combustion. Al was done
TO smother the fire that could DC done,
and the bark continued to inch her way
TO port, meeting light winds through
out. Gas from the burning coal filled
the ship; the hair of the French poodle
has fallen Off, leaving its skin pink.
HAS 2l79 Tons Of Coal
l"thly 'OHt HunuTeu anu seventy
nine tons of coal is consigned to Kinds,
RolPh & Go. of San. Francisco. When
Captains Macauley and Foster make
thor survey today, a decision probably
will be reached as to what will be done.
If the bark is brought inside, virtual
y the only means of fighting the fire
will be to unload the coal. I -.
When her cargo caught fire in the
after hold, her matches were battened
Town. Effects of the fire soon be.
gan to make themselves known. All
The rats aboard the ship were killed, be-
sides the damage to the pride Of the
French poodle.
April 20, the bark arrived at Maiden
Island. situated in two degrees south
and 1853 west. AS she was passing the
beach, Captain J. Calbourdin saw the
signal flags EN- w flying. Referring
to his international code, he saw that
the meaning was Starving; need pro-
Visions" and the ship, herself in dis
tress, put in to relieve the Inhabitants.
Supply Ship Overdue
II was British guano Island. Their
regular supply vessel from Melbourne
was two months overdue; cause un,
known; and Captain Calbourdin did
what he could. He sent ashore two
boat-loads of rice, sat-beef, coffee,
beans and rum, and continued east
ward.
His charts, while showing the Hawai-
ian Islands, did not show them in de
tail; he had no local charts; ami he did
not know that the port off which he
stood Monday was Honolulu, although
he knew perfectly well that it was one
of the Hawaiian harbors.
II was the FRANCHISE d 'Amboise that,
sighted Monday, was believed to be a
lumber vessel from the Sound.
The bark is owned by r. GuillOn of
Nantes, France. She is 2063 gross re-
eight beam and twenty-five deep
Twenty-four Frenchmen make up her
crew. This is her first call here. Cap
tain Calbourdin was very anxious to
receive news of the war, for he has
several relatives in the French army,
and he had heard nothing since leaving
Newcastle.
He feared the German gunboat Geier
however. 81 hear that there are many
Germans here he said. He was told
that the steamer anchored near by
the Holsatia-was German. "Mon
Oicu!" said the captain.
Fumes from the burning coal were
almost stirling when the bark was
boarded by Boarding Officer l.. b.
Reeves yesterday morning.
Captain Calbourdin conferred yester
day afternoon with John X. Clarke,
manager for Hind, Rolph Il Co., and DIR.
Augustus Marques, French consul.