SHIPPING CATASTROPHE.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 46, 7 September 1889, Page 2

SHIPPING CATASTROPHE.

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■it la wm th* safety of »* ■MfMt and ww, ami it U stated fcsJl heads have been saved. ■MI the captain and the second § ware at their places on the Ml* whew the vessel •teamed down Ha harbour, an<l th«y wfcro alao at Bm> potto at the time of the aeeiHsai. All went well until the vessel ■MMhi Bradley'* Ileau". which ■half way down tho harbour, when ' HLoolliaiod took plaoa between the Hfctaanialaadan inward bound collier ! Hmd the Kanehooka. The latter Hamer struck the Ccutonnioi btem ■ with terrible foroe. Blhi ooliiaion caused the greatest' Km amongst the passengers of the end the acene on board | Kat vessel was ono of indescribeldo j for a period of sevoral KrYhen the sto-mmr Kani-hooka got Hart it waa found thnt tiie force of J ■ collision had cut a large hul- in ■ bow of the Centennial. The j Her poured through the hole with i Hit foroe an<) volume, andtlifl< autaiu Hae Centennial ut onoe hnml-j Inn • H>*l f° r the •boro. Before !io »ueHded in reaching shallow water, Haevott the fire* wont out, and tho | Ktoel issk within ten minutes of B~OoUts»on. The boat* had in the' HaAtiine iwcn lowered, nnd tho Kenger* taken off and luod«.| Hy on the shore. The crow wore ; Em* by paring ateamers, but Hral of them had very narrow Hip**. *" ,e c "°' { aa * a l mrt ' c| d'»rly Hied and unfortunate experience. Btu in the fun-castle at the | Hte of the onlliiu'on. but sneeeedod ! I crawling through a hole * and i Hiiliil tilln tho sen. The propeller j ■ the Kanchookn. which was in Hrtipa, etraek him on tho leg. hreuk- j Hffb* Unb. and musing a fright- | Bgeeh. He was however, rescued, j HTwm subsequently Mint to the Hon- j paeaeig ra and ei'ew hive Ht avarythin-/ except what they ' Hthe nfltic-m <•( 'fte Cunteuiual it' Hkl to have Ikwii splendid, and it in H|rhly due to th ii t-«ioli.e6sandeoura t • Hat nil the live- weio savt d. ■ The vessel wont d»wn how first. ; Bnd only tha masthead* still appear : Bbo*e the water. Tbu pa ae'iijsora : New Zealand who were on hoard i ■ the lime <•' tin* catastrophe ;»r-': j Hwsrs ToHin, L 'WiaThoiuiiH. Anhnr.' Hpn, MirhM, H«»w**"ii. Thompson, j Kntg im>rv. (two). Kierle. Johnson, ■ Hmphrio*! QilUtspi", Wash. Fi'spnt- I Siiwkhin.ii*. S>vwright, 11 >utMiss a. Si"vwrigb», (two), i H'bnaton (twoV ■ The Cuptaiu of the Kinth'Vtka that he wax Mtccrina; tlie right The cauuo of tho eolli«i«4i not ret Iwi n »tat«d. The KunHtooka had In r bow wrecke<l. and Kd it not been for her watariaht • oraHatmoata nhe would alao have f»unHred, na she hud u hole s!x fi-ut ill Htith kn<«ked iut» her. Mtiik samo.in treaty.

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i #. !'.ay ■». i" —i . Coi«aif>Oß(X>fTtMO«, F-lf foam I ( l»te, Matautu: Sir.—Wha* va ' | tbuafhtpropwt, for rewaaaw beat know , bat wkiah it would »4 b \ dftlewft to dieoover, Ut act tmrarda m 1 . la aaak a way as *o eolminala in th eevaraawo of oar e filial aai social n | lationa, I retired from my " honorary 1 ! fosiUoaa of Aetiug Dritiah Vie* Om , aal aad your private seeretary withon j eapraning my surprise and annoy , auoe at your extraordinary languag i and demeanour, other than to ensrgi ' you with ingratitude. At that time ] was commitsad to do ofrtain wnrl which would neceasitate my coming it contact with yon, in your offlcia character, during a considerable |toriw. of time, and therefore I did not doetx it advisable to give rein to my natural j indignation. Now, however, lam at lihorty to ezproas myaolf freely, but . with nioderation, on the relation* I which formerly exiafeal hetwpen ua jOn the oeeasion of your bringing , tuatteri to an issue in regard to my I connection with your office, you were ' good enough to any (before an intelliJ gent witness, too) that I wan under a compliment fir being permitted to do j your work. It may, or it may not, be 1 a coincidence that this extraordinary j remark was inado tho day ufltr the ; official quarterly return* hud boon I made up by my efforts, ond the knowledge that you then I possessed that an era of paoce for [ Samoa had probably set in. Hut let I that paas. In September, IHBB. I I Agreed, nt your giiggeation, to not at i officer of U.11.M. HißhOommissioner'i ! Court in Samoa to 611 in idle time, th* | remuneration for which in ordinary I years averaging about £2O per annum. jln this month you will remember, I doubtless, that the Samonn civil die tnrbances had culminated in actual ' hostilities, and a serious collision between the contending factions. I found you in a most difficult political | poftitiun, and soon discovered that you had not the slightest business rapacity to enable you to eopo with the general roquiromonU cf your official relations with this community. Under au II otrcu'ustitnoss. I couaiderod it my duty, ns it was than my ploasuro, to devota my beat energies to assist you. With tho exceptt-iti of ourrviuK out consular i tii|'iet'.o. a duty which, I must own, you are fully «u::lifiud. tho whole of the workititr ot your ofli iial maciunfry, with but few exceptions, fell upon my shoulders, and that, t0.., during a long •md very Imsy period At all hour* of night and day fur many mon*ha I was ut your heck and call. My efforts were, if I am to believe yuur roooatod Hasevarationa. thoroughly appreciated. When in I)jc*iuber uf the aaiue year you cxproMHid a deaira to, in a-mm pecuniary way, remunerate ico for my a«rvices, you did so. coupled with tha B'atoiiteiii that " You could not afford it." We then came to certain terms, viz . that I waa to continue to assist you in consideration of your Wt po'.i'ic?l inffuenee* nt all timej toward* my advancement in Ramos, and a vigoroua effort to obtain from Her Majesty's Foreign Offiue a substantial recognition of cay work. Aad this work. Let mo briefly particularise. Composing and writing, with very few exceptions, your deapatohe* to tha Foreign Office, Consul-Gen., aad High Commissioner; composing the bulk and writing ail your local **d inteteoWiiat • whi«k, during my tarn, was vary voluminous, a* your letter book* will prove; keeping your accounts; aad preparing quarterly return* of them and other matter*; in addition to being a nerambuUting |order* ia Council for the Western Pacific, how* ever imperfect in taat capacity. Wbe* Sir J. B. Thurston, K.C.M.0., earns to Samoa, with tha publieiy-known oh j set of holding aa official enquiry into oartain charges made against you of a poUtiaal aatar*. who prepared exhaustive replie* to tha queries aeat to ma by tha Consul - General f I did, Sir. Not that there waa amy great merit ia doiag an, although you vara good snough to sat that I had "polled yon oat at a good *atap*. n Toot signature to my memo was tho part yen toakia thi* awtter. With regard to your Ooaaajtar duties generally, aad your nhiHia** to 1 iliailiyiii from yonr *apa*tora, I ahall aay no mora, Tar thee* earviesa of miaa I am 1 CaVatsVfNL aha anata tha* asja waa (fefr |rtntaa,tW tfaasal hyUal o>Csaax*>> flsahyMl shayajl, ha* haam rsaaawal fiaariata msxaia«V M •ieaak aatli ■**£ SSWHWa%