The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-08-13
SCHOONER RACKED
. BY TYPHOONSAN
SEA PUTS IN HERE
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A. J. West Is Seyenty-four Days
Out Of Manila For
Il. New York ~.
ENGINES ARE USELESS:
CEMENT PLUGS A LEAK
Ship Meets UnfayorabIe Winds
All the Way-Square Meal
Is Enjoyed ,r4s ~.
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Seventy. four days out Of Manila, with
lumber for New York via the Panama
Canal, the four.masted schooner A. J..
West anchored of port yesterday after
noon, and Capt. and Mrs. i. v. Chap
man came shore and went to the Union
Grill for square meal. Sails torn
and tattered by typhoons, auxiliary en-.
glnes out of commission, leaking and
with provisions down TO salt beef, rice,
beans, salmon and coffee, the A. j.
West had been beating against con,
trary winds since July I'll, in fact, long
before that, but the maximum of the
trouble did not come until then.
chronometer lot Miles OF
To top il all, the chronometer was
lO7 miles of, as Captain Chapman dis,
covered six days ago, when he sighted
the west end of Kauai, which he took
for Makapuu until he saw Hanalei. The
next five days were spent in beating
down to Honolulu, and full day Of
that from Barber's Point, which was
sighted Tuesday. The schooner was
GIFTED early yesterday morning.
The A. j. West sailed from Manila
May 81 with $50, 600 feet of Philippine
mahogany for the home Of wealthy
New York man. 1t is picked stock,
and is worth, Captain Chapman said,
100000. The water did not reach it,
however, and it is in good condition.
.~''I expected to make New York in
seventy -four days." said the captain,
ard here l am, aot halfway to Pana.
ma
? From Manila the A. ]. West went
under her power-internal combustion,
fueloil engines-north of Luzon TO
Lots Wife, a needle shaped island OF
the Bonnin group, soutL If Japan,
which the captain picked up as the last
land he would see to adjust his chrome,
meter. All this time there had been
Gains and light winds, with a heavy
swell against the ship.
About July IL the first of three
typhoons struck the schooner. Another
same some two days 1a:er. The third
and last came abont July 81; the cap
ain did not bring his log ashore and
the dates are his recollection.
Continues Patching Sails H.. a.. 80 B.
In this last typhoon two sails went
the ,spanker and forestaysail, and the
others were torn badly. The captain
brought up two old sails, and repaired
the two left; but, throughout the voy
age, he had to continue repairing tears
and putting on patches.
The lumber on the deck broke itf
lashings, but not stick was lost, the
captain said; the pounding of the seas
opened the stern, but that was plugged
with cement, the oakum being torn Out
clean. Then, while the engines were
being used to keep the ships head Il
the wind, both clutches went, and the
only use he could put the engines tC
thereafter was to use the starboard On
CINE merely to take some of the drag
off the propeller. The port propeller
was drag all the way.
And the loose lumber damaged the
pumps. They were patched with wire
and continued pumping and keeping
the water down, especially since thu
largest opening, that in the stern, hat
reen- plugged. 1t was difficult to ge
at the others. The pounding the shil
received evidently caused the chrome
meter to 60 wrong.
This last blow came near Kamchatka
few miles from the Aleutians, abou
100 east and 49.4s north. From Lot ;
Wife, progress had been made by beat
ing against contrary winds, which con
tinually drove the ship north. Easterl.
and southeasterly winds were met in
stead of the usual westerly and south
westerly. Effort to make q more southeI
/ " course would have carried the shi
back to the west. IL was the captain
intent to reach the northeast trades
and he met trades in TIA west and 4
north, but they were almost easterlJ
and it was another steady beat froT
80 north to Kauai For two days til
"irds were fair, then they rename
battling all the way. The captai
estimated he had Travelled between 800
and 5000 miles, or twice the distanc
from Manila to Honolulu.
Two children Along
/ With the captain and Mrs. Chapma
are the two sons, one two years Tuei
day and the other a year old. Their
are twenty.three in all aboard, Mint
teen officers and crew. Except ia
the captain and three other white of
lcers, the sailors are FilipinOs. The cal
tain was employed here by Lord
Belcher in 1906, working on the col
crete foundations for the new pier
1 Mrs. Chapman had been unable to Ell
tho coarse fare of the last nfOnth, an
| thetcaptain also might have been calle
moderately hungry, so he ordered a bi
steak "t0 start on" Then they asl
ed the way to the nearest motion-pi
/ k,..a khaafar