The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-11-26
DAMAGED AND DELAYED.
Steamer Hawaii OF Wilder & Co.'s Lin
Meets with an Accident.

Steamer Hawaii OF Wilder q Co.'s Line
Meets with an Accident.
About o'clock on the morning OIL
November 18th smoke was discovered
coming up from the hold Of the steamer
Hawaii, laying alongside Of Folsom dock
No. ., and an immediate investigation
showed that the cargo Of lime stored in
the vessels hold had been in some
mysterious manner reached by water,
which was commencing to boil, Great
ing gas and heat which might result
in fire below decks. After taking the
necessary precautions to prevent as far
as possible the result, Captain King sig
nailed the tugs Vigilant and Alert, which
were soon alongside and pumping sew
eral heavy streams into the vessels
hold, but without any apparent effect
other than to increase the boiling OF the
lime.
When Messrs. John d. and A. B..
Spreckels, accompanied by Mr.. Hug,
arrived on the scene with the tug Re-
lief, it was decided to tow the vessel
over to Mission fats. The Vigilant and
Alert were not long in bringing the Ha-
wall out into the stream and to the Mis-
sion fats, where she was run into mud
and swamped.
AS soon as the power of the lime can
be overcome, work will at once be COM
menced on removing her cargo OF merch-
andise, and until then there will be little
chance of estimating the loss.
The steamer Hawaii was formerly the
Del Norte, belonging to the Crescent City
Transportation Company. She was sold
to the Wilder Steamship Company sew
eral weeks ago for $4,000, and a few
days ago completed her repairs, and was
to have sailed for Honolulu this morn
ing, where she was to be placed on the
inter-island routes. The freight billed
for the islands was so large that the
steamer Australia, which sailed for Homo
lulu last Saturday, was forced to leave a
considerable amount behind, and Messrs.
Spreckels Brothers decided to send the
surplus down by the steamer Hawaii, so
that it would reach its destination in
time for the Christmas trade. The
steamer was filled to its utmost capacity,
principally with valuable Christmas
goods, and their loss will prove serious
setback to the Hawaiian merchants.
The cargo's principal damage is from
water, as it is generally believed that the
boiling lime will run to the bottom of the
hold and there exhaust itself.
The clearance papers of the vessel
show the value of her cargo to be $27,-
Az. OF this amount $25, 277 was des-
tined to Honolulu, and the balance
$4,000, to Kahului.
When John D. Spreckels returned
from the vessel he stated that the boil
ing lime had been subdued by filling the
vessel full of water, causing total loss
to her cargo but assuring her hull from
injury. The vessel has settled deep
into the mud, and can only be set afloat
with much difficulty. Pumping her out
and removing her damaged cargo will
consume the greater portion of the week.
Under the maritime laws John d.
Spreckels & Bros. will claim salvage,
their tugs having come to her rescue.
When the fire was first discovered
John Dunn. passenger, was sleeping in
the forecastle and was nearly asphyxi-
ated before rescued. He was taken to
City Receiving Hospital, but did not
fully recover for over an hour.