Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 500, 18 Ianuali 1902 — STEAMERS HYADES AND HAWAIIAN ARRIVE FROM SAN FRANCISCO [ARTICLE]

STEAMERS HYADES AND HAWAIIAN ARRIVE FROM SAN FRANCISCO

J, A. Reed of Wrecked Walla Walla on Hyades Giapli Slot) oi to Cisto-Nw local Line Here-la® M ol Freiotit Brouglit li Two teels-Tlio Hawaiian Goes to New W.

Two of the iarg*-t freighters that • w r i ame into this port, arrived at H col ilu yesterday morning only one h ur elaps.ng belwen the two arriva The Hawaiian ami Hyades left San FranciH'-o, January S. about three o !o'k in the afternon. the Hawaiian leaving there first. Considerable "valry has existed between the • »s of the respective steamers to K-e whl< h woijld reach Honolulu first. The big Hawaiian, in spick and pan <nlition. was out of sight .. ji< n the Hyades steamed through the Golden Gate. Both steamers ar-:v»-d <<ff lOsmond !!• ad late last night and ctood off i>ort until morning. The Hyades got In first and was safely docked at th<- Pacific Mail dock whin the Hawaiian steamed up the i.nriior towards the railroad wharf. The Hawaiian Is under command ■f Captain N. hois who fame to San y an' ■ fiom New York, recently to relieve Captain Banfleld, who will fake take i harge of the steamer \!a*kan. soon to ire turned over by Hi- fnion Iron Works to the Hawaiin Ameri .in company. The Hawaiian has In hei iiold 20.0<>0 cases of cani: ,i go sls for N< w York, which are shipped a* an experiment in order to ascertain whether the freight will • ■ affected by the sweating of the, • argn of sugar that is to I)*- taken! aboard here for’New York. The Hawaiian will go direct to New York by the way of the Straits of Magellan She is a steel built vessel 406 feet in length: .">1 feet in breadth and JO feet deep. She has a horse liower of 5.000. The Hawaiian was built at Chester. Pa., and has a carrying capacity of 7,500 tons. With the arrival of the Hyades is inaugurated a new direct steamship service between Honolulu and San* Francisco Hereafter the Hawaiian Vmerican line will keep several I steamers on the run. and will also soon carry passengers. Hyades a Big Freighter. The Hyades is one of the biggest

freighters ever seen in Honolulu harbor. She t arries 5.500 tons of freight of which 2.500 are for Honolulu and the rest for Kahului. She was buiit at Sparrow# Point. Md., and is 331 feet 5 l,ng. 47 feet wide and 25 feet Je*-p. She is commanded by Captain T. W. (larlich, with the following staff of officers: John Follett, first officer; W. 1.. Smith, second officer; George R. Lauriat. third officer; John R. Salford, chief engineer; J. A. Reed, first assistant; P. Norton, second assistant; F. Killian, third assistant; E. E Thompson, steward; and M Poett. purser. Chief Officer John Follett reports that on January 13th the bark Olympic. from Honolulu, for San Francisco. was sighted in 30 deg. 12 min. latitude north, and 142 'leg. 45 min. longitude west. On the same day the Hongkong Maru, was passed but she was too far distant for signals being exchanged. The Alameda was sight* d on the 10th, in 23 deg. 25 rain, latitude north and 154 deg. 35 min. longitude west. The Hyades will discharge 2.500 tons of freight here, and then will go to Kahului. She brought 130 sacks of later mail and four days news from the outside world. Engineer of Lost Walla Walla. First Assistant Engineer J. A. Reed has been but a few days on the Hyades. and. but for a terrible accident, would not be in Honolulu today. Mr. Reed, for the last 12 years, was the first assistant engineer of the steamer Walla Walla, and was well known on the Coast as a faithful and diligent officer. On the morning of January 3rd while the passengers peacefully reposed in their cabins, a French bark came out of the darkness of the night and struck the Walla Walla w hich sank shortly af-1 ter. An Interval of thirty-five minutes | elapsed between the time of the collision and the last lurch and plunge of the doomed steamer, and in that !

time lifeboats and rafts were lowered and a number of passengers and crew were taken off. Reed s superior. Chief Engineer Crosby, went down with the vessel. Mr. Reed is unable to explain how the accident occurred. The French bark Max’ proximity to the Walla Walla was unknown until she loomed up on the steamship's port side, and so near that it was impossible to avoid a collision. The Max struck the Walla Walla bow on well forward on the port side. Felt in Engine Room. •‘I was on watch in the engine room when the French bark struck us.’’ said Reed yesterday morning. "I immediately knew that a collision of some kind had occurred, but 1 did not think that it was so serious. Almost immediately came the order to stop the engines, and shortly after the chief engineer ordered us to turn the water out of the port tanks in order to right the vessel, which was listing to port. We also put the pumps to work." Engineer Reed does not think that the Max showed any lights . He says that there were three men on the lookout on the Walla Walla and none of them saw lights. “When we saw that the vessel was going to sink.” continued Reed, “some of us got into a boat which was on the deck, but when we went under the water threw me out. 1 was carried down about twenty feet, but the terrible force of the suction was not apparent. 1 think that it takes a vessel some time to sink to the bottom after she goes entirely under surface, and she must go down slowly. l soon rose to the surface, however. and got onto one of the rafts with eleven others. “We were rescued by the steamer Dispatch, the captain of which vessel deserves the greatest praise for the way in which he and his crew worked to rescue the people from the Walla Walla.”