The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-15
claudine, Called From Regular
Run, Brings Disabled Ship In
Fourteen Hours Late
ACCIDENT MAY KEEP BIG
CRAFT TIED UP FOR WEEKS
Efforts Will Be Made 10 Repair
Break In Machinery In the
90 Local Yards
(From Wednesday Advertiser. }

NFEOm PuneSuhN AuNeftlSeT.)
Cracking her intermediate shaft a
short time before reaching Lahaina
early yesterday morning, the steamer
Kilauea of the Inter Island Steam Navi.
cation Company s feet was towed into
port last night at eight o'clock, four
teen hours late. The steamer Claudine,
regular Maui packet, was called back
from her route to tow the Kilauea in.
The full extent of the accident is not
known, and there is a possibility that
the Kilauea will be laid up until a new
shaft can be received from San Fran
cisco.
A thorough inspection of the injured
machinery will be made at once, both
by the cOmpany's engineers and, of
course, by the United States inspec-
tors of hulls and boilers. 1t depends
upon the reports received as 70 whether
an attempt will be made TO repair the
injury locally or not. At any rate a
new shaft will have to be sent for
from the Coast and the only repairs
possible are temporary, and to permit
The temporary return of the vessel to
active service, say officers Of the com
pany.-.-
Break Near Lahaina
The Kilauea left Hilo at four clock
Monday AFTERNOON on schedule time
direct for Lahaina, her first port after
the Crescent City on this trip. Just
before reaching Lahaina, Maui, about
l,,s Al i
sci made I-ahaina on its own power by
'areful navigation and there anchored
| and wirelessed for instructions.
The wireless WAS received here at
two O'Clock yesterday morning by
Acting General Manager Norman f.
| 3edge. Messages were immediately
rushed to Wailuku and the Claudine
as stopped there and ordered to La,
haina to take the flagship in tow. The
| iauI packet was thus able to land only
her Lahaina and Waikiki passengers
ther .imoper destination, those
bound for, the Hama district disembark
ing at Kahului.
The Claudine picked up the Kilauea
1t eight clock yesterday morning
and steamed towards Honolulu at half
past eight O'Clock. The voyage across
the channel was slow but was not
marked by any further accident of any
sort. 1t occupied eleven hours, the
| Tlaudine and her tow arriving at TWEEN
| ty minutes past seven O'Clock last
night.
Passengers On Board
! The Kilauea's passengers remained
| on board the vessel for the entire trip
| The mails from Hilo and Lahaina were
also delayed.
The Claudine, after dropping hel
| tow at Pier IA steamed at once to Piel
| ), took on coal and sailed rgain fol
| Maui She will be back in port OF
| Ter schedule time.
Mr.. Gedge stated last night that il
! would be impossible to get the Mauna
! Kea back into service within twelve
IT fourteen days although the repairs
| to her are being rushed and double
shifts ere being worked. This makes
he emergency created by the accident
more embarrassing and a general rear
| tangement of schedules was effected
| Yesterday 10 carry out the week s pro
| iected departures.
| Pfser Mitchell and the other officers
Of the vessel were warmly praised by
| the passengers last night for theil
/ forts 10 make the slow voyage at
pleasant as possible for them. There
we're no kicks and considerable sympa
| Thy was expressed for the company by
the kamaaina travellers on the Hllt
packet.