Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-18
SHINYO in AFTER
MANY HOURS OF
Waiting /.

Bringing his ship in safely past lines
of raging sea at the harbor entrance.
after passing all day yesterday and
all last night riding out the storm 80
miles of port, Capt. G. 7. S, F1lmer
and Territorial Pilot j. K. Maeaulay
locked the $4,000 ton T. X. X. liner
Shinyo Maru at S:45 this morning at
Pier l. The steamer will sail for San
Francisco at $50 tomorrow morning.
"a hours behind time =, ~ -. -.
This is the worst storm have ever
known in the Hawaiian islands or vi
cinity." commented Capt. Filmer this
morning, as he watched torrents of
rain pouring down on the pier and
gazed at the waves pounding over the
reef. This is the fourth day of bad
weather in the vicinity of the islands.
although we have experienced bad
weather all the way over from Yoko-
hama" T.. ....~.. ....
Capt. Filmer said his ship has been
followed by southerly gale, with a
uniform velocity close to 40 miles an
hour Most of the way, the sea was
abaft the beam, running up on the
decks, so that passengers were for.
RODS of the gale. -. r.. -. -.
Waves Averaged is Feet. -" *,..
Most of the time since we ran into
this kona, the waves have averaged
Is feet" said the commander, but at
times there was a 20 foot sea- with
breakers all the time 1t is the first
time a T. K. X. liner has had to back
out from this port and been unable to
enter" III. ~" *~-
The commander said two days ago
his barometer stood at 1912. an ex-
tremely low stage for the islands, as
in this vicinity it usually stands
around 1890 or 80. $780,: l.. -.
The Shinyo arrived off port yester-
day morning, but so furious was the
sea at the harbor entrance that after
taking on Territorial Pilot Capt. J. r.
Macaulay, she turned around and head.
ed out to sea- ....-..... -.
81 went about 80 miles to the south
and stuck there, to be clear of land"
said Capt. Filmer. I'VE came off port
again at 4:30 yesterday afternoon, but
the harbor entrance was still too dan
gerous, so we went out to sea again
and rode out the gale there last night,
making no ATTEMPT to use our anchors,
but merely keeping away from land"
At 2:30 this morning, the liner
started back to port for the third time.
arriving off port about z o'clock. after
slow steaming Both the liners cap
tain and Pilot Macaulay decided the
sea had gone dcwn enough to make
1t safe for the liner to pass the bar
at the harbor entrance. j.. ~ 4
Coming in, the pbig liner rolled and
pitched considerably, making a spec
tacular sight. She was assisted in
berthing by the Matson tug IntreDid.
and pratique was given the ship after
she locked, the doctors and customs
inspectors not boarding her until after
she had tied up TT the pier. Passen.
gers were allowed ashore by 10
o'clock. r. 49,. n
Capt. Filmer treated me as If !
were his own brother said Can't
Macaulay after the liner locked. 'THe.
is chip Of the old block, like his
father before him." Capt. Macaulay
with Capt Filmer, at the height of the
storm. ... e..
Passengers made no complaint
ABOUT the ueIdy, saying d" Lney IelL
themselves lucky to get in this morn
ing, considering the condition of the
harbor entrance ~. -.
For Honolulu, the liner brought 10
cabin, IA second-cabin and 153 steer.
age passengers. OF the latter. ~ are
Chinese. ia Japanese and % Filipi-
nos. Through passengers are 164
first-cabin, As second, and 1863 steer.
age. =. 49,. ....... g.
OF the Shinyo's e416 ton cargo. 2181
tons are for Honolulu. The value OF
raw silk and silk piece goods on board
amounts to approximately s1,000,000
United States gold. Hi. ..-=I
Included in the Shinyo's Honolulu
cargo are 1871 bags of rice, 2601
pieces of Chinese merchandise, 1886
packages of provisions, 6025 packages
of liquors and various other cargo.
Mail for San Francisco will leave
on the Shinyo at $3.50 tomorrow
morning. Mails will close at s O'Clock
at the postoffice -...'..- 49,: -. ~.
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