The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-25
THEY SAILED ON FRIDAY
Which Sailors Think Is Responsible
for the Mishaps.
MA1AWAN HAS AN EVENlFuL TRIP,
British y eam ship B~ncrny Chased by u
Spauiard while In American Waters.
Her Captains story.

ttuiNeStOn, lcNNr, AuLhSt 81 L ne Amer
team steamship Matawan. Captain Beg non.
arrived this morning from Boston and
Baltimore with 1900 rolls Of bagglng TO
+. Cannon n Co, and a cargo OF coal to
Fowler 4 McNnie. The shin was boarded
a. soon ms she reached her dock at pior
% 10y The Post man. Captain Beyuon,
who Is an Englishman aud sailing under
his first issue an American master said
that nothing unusual happened Oh the
voyage out. and he hurried OFT to the GUS
tom house 10 enter his ship
Hut. In spite OF Captain Bcynon's report,
1t appears that The MatawNn had an cS-
traordinary passage. and her sailors are
Inclined to attribute 1t to the fact that
the vessel lert Baltimore ON a Friday.
sailors ave rupcrs iiuous. ihvs ale given
TO pruphcSNing dire dtsis'cr Ter the ship
tiia4 lcHNc- Port on AN unucky iav. and
there Is no day in The week 80 nlucky
as Friday.
ru, niitawan is an English vossui She
formerly sailed under the iiritisn ,olors
aild NNa owurd bN the i'riurc line Then
she was known as The Astorlan rriute.
but she was always uuluckN. ana huNllS
cast her bones ON reef IN the spanish
main After lNiug on the rcof iur several
months she was Heated by American ska
ANA taken 10 New York. whore she WAS
rebuilt by John :. Robins, ui tho Epc
granted an American register uudcr the
nauc OF Matawdn. This w,t4 In Aprn of
tlIs ycIr. aud her career under an Amer.
team nag and British skipper has been
almost as unpropitlous as She was as ana
Euglishmuu.
she took in la.o30 rolls Of hageing at
Rosinn and sailed on August 1 Tor Gal
weston VIA Baltimore All went Wcll nm
I'll she reached that port and took la Il lot
Of coal for Galveston. She siilod from
| Baltimore on a Frti1N. aud uic s,nors
! lao IA
The weather was hcastly hot. but the sea
Wa calm and smooth
Before she had been olt al port two
days tho air pumps uuNo ou. tnd tho saIl-
ors talked about the unlucky day on
which the Shin sailed AIt,r hard work
! tlr che'nccr repaired the pumps aud got
| mem IN shape so the ship could come
anoad under halt speed.
Ihv weather cont nuod hcastly hot and
IA" state hold wls like furnace The
vessel was RUNNING ahr,t Of tnr wind
| inoni'lcr tired To climb out of the top of
the gins, IN the hire room and trounlc waH
lest Friday l.ouis presslcr on, nf the
| nrcm"u Jet the steam run down. iio
had h'cn doiug HIS best. hut tho heat was
,euihE ON nm Nn 'ur.ncer ,.rok, to
| y ~ about the steam RUNNING down ami
| y" turned TO say Romcthinr To- him when
| lie fell To the floor OF thc fire room
| l.Ator he was hoisicd ON deck. hut dtrd
| clthi hours later and was hurled ~ scn.
| l'r -sl'r was n German. about 20 years
| Of hH", and leaves WIFE and family in
| van ~ rcr"cte r.uI i n, h, f.,
| BaItlmnlo from In . pGint
| Ali'r the burial OF poor Orcsslrr, the
s"a oontinm1G LIN mn pa tr ,, .''i , ,
| sailor. were nlirJ with dfr,d nnd Darn.
| ,gti, vlrtnd M ,., ,, ,', a. M ,'n1
| ,,,.i IStdnv mint tLp,t MA "'.s""b NJ
| yrsAnl was in III, lfinritt str,tis and n
| .hnfp lnoln,i was. Non. f.r nht1I- mis-
| q a d1nrarous ,1nat bui t'4,,aln Itr,.
non wa aiirtlnp I'D rrefs m ,cdrr Ia
save ttnn a. la, bad ,It,,dv inat too
| much ON thc rnsgngo Tho .ilin was forg
| tnr ahead about eight Knots an nunr
| with Alligator limit hs,rlur northeast bv
| north ana about two miios distant. Nhon
| The shin took the bottom The engines
| were reversed nnd sent n@lcrn At ulil
| spn,d irii she rafnsoo 10 come ou' rho
| chart ,vpa eoueult.d ana t was found the
! shin had struck on Tennessee shnals. ,iud
| waa hnrl and fast. Fortunately II was
10 tide Whom she. struck she CARED
eco tons Of roul ON deck forward aud the
| ct'w wls turned ont to shovel II ov"r.
| board 10 lishi"u IN" thp lh1 cl'M
worked hard Al, nirnl nNa shG@y'hiri,g., tui.
,,C, n',rnf,,. win The engines pning fuu
speed aston th' ship backed off nh"
",a.p, Wortor and proctor A..
the sailor men. aud they shcolS their
heads upain and worderrd 81 they wouli
anH"r n''rp roI, ~ i ma nnl H.. An
nr"c,"dci for ,iaivcsion. She had se, her
tack this morning for a pilot 9u Irr h3r
| whch INC enlp ~, 4" SUN i,''''m .i
! ttlNcVHA Muh snVu ,t ~, hrijse rt,' w
. WI n'' ", ,,t n,,," I'M ihnf fl.
I 80, !, lis wore snitndod ana No
vtN,' ,,,,s ,,,,p1 IN III. holds. ana TN.
nllot climbed ON board
W, "'"., IL. H. -, Ntnt,vonn ,,rurk ne
mere mere is no no other oi,s,ruc,ion outside "
~ i,,.,,.,i :. ,,,nni,er M lS75 and hrf
Go.Icrs hay, been mcnoce % ships en-.
| NM sod ia lr markell bv II buoy. but
ship masl,rs fay IN rnoy is At lrasi 1907
| s,'.,,. v'b, nrnrrqrhrs too close 10 IN,
buoy lls likely 70 hi tne. wrccl, aud come
! 4 u In druwiur 20 foot . inches
nrI very sailor on heard wns tslild h,
un,qpny Vovn.rc was over
| iftrlf am +, Melvin vi tho Aiatapan (,
wei known in Galveston. Tie .waH NUT
! ,'th Cnr,illn simmons, WHO now com
maads ,hc steamship Pansaoole
| ,tt,c,rb NY A spANIAUB
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