The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-21
YEOMAR
!. LIES IN SAFETY
IN lee OF OAHU
Naval Tug Navajo Brings Dis
abIed Bark From Turbulent
Berth OFF Kauai
COL UMBINE. RETURNS
AFTER SAVING SHIP
Coast Guard Cutter Thetis, Sent
To Assist, Has Not Reported
Whereabouts

| Lying somewhere OH WaimanalO, IN
sheltered waters, the bark British Yeo
man, in tow of the naval tug Navajo
is waiting for the sea to moderate be.
fore coming into port Had 1t not been
for the splendid work of the Navajo
and the lighthouse tender Columbine
the latter of which stood by the dis.
tressed bark for fifty-fve hours, in a
bowling storm, the British Yeoman
would now, in all probability, be piled
up on the rocks at Port Allen on which
the Chilean bark Ivanhoe recently went
| to her doom. t.H.
The British Yeonian was in dire peril
at Port Allen last Sunday and Monday,
the kona storm which sent the schoon.
er Prosper to destruction threatening
to drive the big bark to the same fate.
Calamity the little Columbine towed
the bark to safety, and, when her rud-
der jammed and she became unmanage-
| able, held onto her until there were no
more servieeable lines available, when
she wirelessed for assistance, and in an
swer to her summons, the Navajo came
along from Honolulu, took the vessel
in tow, brought her of port yester.
day afternoon, and towed Ter TO
place Of comparative safety, rfhere both
vessels remained last night
Could Not Make Harbor .-..
About four o'clock yesterCay after
noon the British Yeoman, looking like
ghost ship in the sea smother, was
plainly visible off the mouth Of the
harbor.' She was carrying headsails
and was pitching considerably.
1t was intended to bring the bark
into the harbor, but she was so un.
manageable in the sea that was running
her rudder being still jammed, that it
was decided to take no chances with the
great seas that were breaking right
across the bar, and Captain Meters of
the Navajo wirelessed to the naval an.
thorities that he would go round to the
lee waters Off Waimanalo.
About half-paSt three o'clock the
Columbine, which had been standing
by the British YeOman all the way
from Kauai, seurried into port, going
out again about twenty minutes later,
accompanied by the tug Intrepid, Both
these vessels returned shortly before
six O'Clock. ,'v.' \.
INC lhteI'isIahd steaner Nallele,
which went to Kauai to assist the bark
N possible, returned yesterday morn
ing, without havi2g been able to locate
her. The Coast Guard cutter .Thetis,
which went out on a similar mission,
Is stu away, and up to late hour last
nlght no word whatever had been re-
celVed Oh her whereabouts. 1t is thought
that the cutter Is slowed away out OF
the WIND somewhere OF KAUAI.
xeoman ZINE vessel
The British Ieoman is a fine vessel
or 1862 tons and was built in South
ampton IN 1851 She brought cargo
OF coal TO Eleeie from Newcastle. Her
dlfieuitles have been increased by the
fact that she is short six men OF her
crew, VINO were left on the coast OF
haual, having been upset IN one Of the
Dark Doats winch was sent to the re-
lef OF the schooner Prosper last Sun
Gay;
Inc intrepid and CoIumbine went out
Yesterday AFTERNOON to stand by in cases
OF emergency. One Sx-inch line was
an mat was left on the lighthouse
tehder, A hawser and all her big lines
went by the board y
The Jammlng of the bark 5 rudder
IN way proved blessing in disguise,