The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-25

Oregon on the nineteen day voyage 70
Honolulu. st.3.i IA ii,it b = te4 50
Beginning Japuafy rs, when the
storm WINS run into and when the most
threatening aspect Of the voyage be.
,ame apparent, he has written:
aShfp not under control. Vessel not
steering. Drifting helplessly Heavy
YEA running. Vessel rolling terrible.
Vessel laboting badly. I'M \ -. Pr.
January 10 entries tell Of efforts TO
ave the vessel and read: F.&.
Helm dashed and relieving tackles
used to take strain on fudder. - Then
later. at midnight, hast Saturday, this
notation was made: 2
oil on the waters
IAN engine, crew went TO bed, only
lynamo running. Chief engineer noti
aed master engines beyond his power
10 repair Mt sea and recommended that
re send for assistance to tow ship to
destination. Vessel drifting northward
before tremendous cross beam sea. Ship
laborinE hard. shipped lots Of water
on deck and ]. personally smashed in
ar and oil barrels to let contents run
INTO sea 20 stop seas from breaking
,verboard. Barometer stin falling.
Now 29.54." = @EEtEE
In the afternoon he wrote:
"Big sea stiIl running, but wind
uoderating some. Ship rolling heavy
m which storm, sail forward got her
read turned around. Three feet Of
water in the hold. started hand pumps
| working" g.. :. e ,.EH w. - i
At midnight Of the same day he made
hese entries: sE5lssf -. y ) 10 4, !.
''Relieving tackle on tiIler carried
way. Steering gear did considerable
| through the odd and various places II
This last entry was n dig of the
tate1 at the strange places where the
steering. shafting has been placed, which
uns Through the gale, ard saiV,p
| much to his disgust. 49,.
Other entries on the same day, the
ne on which they finally had to cal
or help, reads as follows:
"Sent out general call for assist
nee. The Lahaina station was thu
'rst TO answer .-.t. - ..
On the following day, Sunday, com
runicatiOn was established with thG
resident, which left here Saturday
fternoon at two o'clock. The Ore.
sst on;nC a. lat;tuds e4liI. [lonoitnd,
| NO I, had been thIee dayss aipct
| sant.i, NeIson bad been abje ID Get
| Soht hut his comuptationa nv deaf
asLon;nc ws,e ii Correct tbat nv
80 tb. nssaonS. Srietaga tha pre..
800 80 ohie ~ nal ,,5 ara yss.el
1 tnnS.v n,ornino w;tbin n half hour az
~ t;n,o sstin,a3sS NJ botb iths naviua
~. - :, = T,r'IgTfL
The pres;5snt then stootl bv as She
al NO eor;nment For eeftipg \ line
kaorJ ,La ,yrocL "A tb;a ai,a until tbs
urI;na rsochsd ina b6sIfIoh Of thI
so yessaIs betwesp ma and tai
,scIo.L thst r;.bt - ~ 2 -:
-, .s...-s. a.. ".
u 0'iusste -, IL ID. :.
Then began struggle 70 get hne
board the oregon when TOOK iouf
ours. Captain peterson msnagea u
ei n hte pOa' she gre" o ,e .l;.h |,
one attached IN n steal towing line
nd ~ there was no power ON the Ore
son and her winehes were ont 81 CON
Il n;ssion. the line had, to be pulled in fol
i 1d;,tanee Of about 1000 wards by hand
Pbis tbonob. the crew Of the Oregon
scompIisbedy despite the handicap Of
he rouph weather and their wearines,
rom the long vigil they had maintain
i A for two Or three DAYS. Y,
i when the Oregon was picked I'D by
4 he Lprline,s she was about 26O mile,
i rom Eoko Head. II was at one O 'clocl
Monday that the J. E. O,Neil tool
Il ,yer the tow of the Oregon from the
.uyline. after the Matson steamer had
endered assistance for over twenty
our hours. ~
First Officer Brown saws the Oregon
Oiled harder than any vessel he hal
yer been on in thirty Years Of ses
ervire. and that she went so far ovel
| Il times that she dipped up water with
,er matches. He saws she rolled 81
i ard tbe weather glass stopped. But h
sserts the mil az this new type o.
resseI Ia good and all that is needed Il
! ng;nes-9nd engineers
80. a,,., pnosn..
Ao. '.p :.
Hot bearings Is the hrst sign o
rouble In the motor ship engines, say
hief Engineer Rouse, and then IN
'hafting gets out OF line, which break
N the bolts IN the couplings. Incl
here comes trouble with the AIR com
'resslons, durlng which the injector ma