Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-08
M. 3. K. Tramp Steamer TAX
ing Case Oil TO Dairen. in
Grave DANCER at Canal

vi ave - diiliCI at SolICt
Fire. discovered af,0ut midnight DC
toGer H.. In the. vessels No ! hatch
placed the n. r. X, tramp freishter
MailGas2li. Maru in Ieril at Colon, it
was learned from officers Of the
steamer when she dueked 1t Pier +
this mOrnino. coming here fer bunk
.er- coal en- route 10 Dairen .witha car
go OF case oil. She arrived Oft. port
at !Sl:2a last NIGHT -. .. -, r. =. :
The ire. acCCrdHt, 10 Chief Officer
S" Yushihara, was found turning
among the wooden cases in Mo- hold.
The cases. enclosed iufl2mmabie Eero-
sene and engine OIL and had the fire
ever @ained enough headMay TO ignite
the. oil il is donluul whether the
steamer would have been anything Init
scrap non tGdaN ......>. ~. : !.
b. quick work on t.,e part OF. the
steamers Officers and crew the blaze.
which was small when discovered, was
put out in. half an hour by streams Of
salt watertfrom the vessels steam lire
pamps, with no damage TO the yes
sci 'or her cargo. 49,. -. ~.~...
Tie Mandasan 5 officers report bun
ker coal very. scarce at Colon, The
steamer Mandasan Maru arrived OF
port from Port Arthur and the Canal,
calling here for bunkers, She docked
later today at Pier 8. The Mandasan
is taking case oil to China from the
Texas oil port. Vii.
The steam yacht Warrior will take
bunker coal tomorrow at Pier. Il CT
Pier 10 and will probably steam Fri.
cay for southern California ports, az
Cording to what her owner, Alexander
Smith Cochran, told Capt. William Il
Foster. the narbOrmaster. -. -.
A cCal cargo. of 5000 tons brought
from Muroran is being discharged at
the Inter-Island coal wharf today ~
the Japanese NJ B. X. freighter Kin
kasan Maru, which arrived yesterday.
She sustained minor damage from
heavy northeast winds, reported by.
transpacific boats this week. "..
At s o'clock last night the Oceanic
steamer Sonoma steamed for San
Francisco, taking 80. cabin and ~
steerage passengers from this port,
also close to 1000 tons of freight, in
Guiding 1916 bags of sugar, 1890 cases
of canned pines. 1872 punches OF
bananas and various sundry cargo
The japanese tramp steamer Toxic
Naru came here from the Panama
Canal. wa San Francisco, because she
could not get enough coal at CrlStobal
TO take her direct to Honolulu. she
.coaled at San Francisco and took
more bunkers here. from the inter
Island before continuing her voyage
AT 1916 Monday morning for ShaAS-
hal, ..~...- .:--=. .:...
Repairs and improvements to the
Hill liner Great Northern, due mere
November IA on her first call mere
this season, have cost $4,000. IheS
were probably installation OF larger
fresh water tanks and enlarglng the
turbiner's fuel oil capacity. Both I'M
proyements were said by Capt. Amman
10 be necessary when the palatlal
steamer left here last spring at lEe
close of her first season in the Fla;
waiian service. .:'. .. -: -.
Capt. A. w. Nelson, commander OF
the Pacific Mail liner Ecuador, viii
probably file by mail an answer TO
the summons served on him Monday
by United States Marshal j. j, Smiddy
to pay S37O.5o assessed against him
three years ago because the Pacific
Mail liner Korea, of which he was