The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-14
Hueneme Crashes Into Steamer
Riojun Maru.
DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO $40. 900.
The Schooner, Attempting to Get
u Had Bump Against the Steamers
Side. Breaking Several steel
Piates-As a Result Both Cargoea
Had to BE Partially Unloaded.

The steam schooner Hueneme. while at
tempting 10 leave schwabacher's dock yes
! terday afternoon for Alaskan ports.
crashed into the Nippon yusen Kaisha
steamer hotun Maru, which was loading
Tor her return trip 10 Japan at the Airing
ton dock one block south The Huenene
! struck The biz japanese steamer bow on
abreast OF the third hatehway There was
a crashing OF steel plates, and a rush on the
part of those aboard both vessels 10 get 10
places OF safety. Several Of the Riojun
Mafii's sseei plates were broken and bent.
ana water began TO leak in on the cargo of
hour with which that portion of the shin
| Is loaded. The fun extent Of the damages
TO the steamer cannot yat be ascertainei.
but those IL charge of the vessel say that
when the entire damages have been footed
Up the accident will cost nearly $1,000.
The vessel is insured in Lloyd's 5. ana moth
ing VIII be done until the Portland repre-
sentative Of that company has examined
the vessel. The steamer Will be detained
some time. The Rueneme escaped with
slight Injuries. and was expected to sail for
Alaska at 9 O'Clock
The loading of the steam schooner was
rushed yesterday, and by 40 everything
was aboard. The 400 tons or freight with
which the vessel was loaded filed the hold
and the overflow was piled Up on the deck
as hish as the pilot house. This overflow
consisted OF lumber. hay and wagons.
shortly before o'clock the lines were cas-,
OF ana the engines started. strong wind
was blowing from the southeast. ana made
the job OF getting Z way from The wharf n
hard one. Capt. NelSo1 vas IL ehargs of
tae Nessei and started her towards The
a.Hhs'on dock, on The south side of uhin.
tue japanese steaEne- wrS iyfnp 7. VS.
ms intention 10 run the stea fner aheas iii
around. e' 'A~A her
The wind headed her trshore n.,, ,,o
proper time Capt Nelson sa..s ia 49, -. -
sliSthetr the signal to back the sfes,,,s,
fiaa the bell signal worked n This .ri,fcai
moment, the accident voula have hem
avoided. There vas no response from .be
IV"hi' ana the Hueneme forged
ahead. Capt Nelson saw what was com
. iiS ana sent messenger 70 the engineer
,eiilns him TO back the best tn engines
were unaily reversed, iut the hsafly.av was
Too great. and facireat later tee steam
schooner crashed into nc side Z the Jana
nese steamer
The Hueneme then BE- kcd away. and in
so doing fouied the propeller on q heavy
rope with which a small Schooner was
anchored She was finally taken back 10
her deck and the pronencr cleared.
On board the Rio1un Nara there was no
excitement. Second officer J H. FeSer
/ was in charge az The deck n the time the
steamer was run down. sea AT once pro-
ceeded 10 ascertain the extent OF her in
iuries. The steamer MS taking 30 water
and after removing the third hatchwav
the crew began to take 9tt her cargo This
was continued unta the water line w,ls
reached and the officers were able 10 get
( at the injured plates
Cart. Moses. after q ~ ref3i examination,
made the following - ,laens 10 4 POST
, intcltgencer r~rortor
The PROV OF tho steam schooner struck
my ship from between decks down ard
/ just abreast 81 hRtchway Ne. =. As FAR as
! can tell several plates are fractured
and VIII In ai probability have 20 DC taken
| out. The r.yets are knocked loose beth
| above and below the water lns. ana some
OF the -four with which that part Of the
ship WAS loaded has already been ,la-naged
b. water The rargo VIII be removed from
the Injured portion - the vesssl. opera
tons viii then be suspended until Lloyls'
agsnt has examined the vessel
We were 20 have sailed Monday even
Ing and had not this accident occurred
ali % our cargo would have been at,oard
ty noon tomorrow. The ship VIII noW
be detained some tlme probably not less
than ten DAYS. II the insurance. agent
decides that The ship should go into dry
dock. the delay VIII - indefinite This
agent has been telegrapbed for and VII
probably come up from Portland tonaor-
row. The yess. VIII remain here antfl
the amount ~ damages has tsen ascer-
taiued and an claims made good by the
company of+ratiu the Haeu.me"
W. :. Mitchell. OF M9-cAeii Il Grey the
firm operating ths Haenerne. rave cut the
following statement last night:
THE accident wss caused b the fail
Ere cf the bs}l signal connecting the pilot
house sn6 engine room 80 work az a crit
I heal moment. cant Nelson At ance sent
messenger 70 the engine room In tine
- prevent eny injury - The Huenefne
rope wss rickea uD In she propeller. and
this prevented the steamer sailing ~
/ cace She wil leave abo4, 2 O'Clock this
evening"
TIE passengers reing 70 Dyea end skar-
way On the EueGs rae are- Daniel Sehn-
fold Man NicSiesun- Henry Han Frank
Burns l. HofSaS Walter See. w n
EsaNs. T. Cox. ~ : H~Nefar 81 n
'rhons. T. T. Thcus, = Thornptoa A
drew DOYLE Pete Mare rred Hartman.
p. l.. Tssvuer. j. mes - B-gen J w 1frr-
us p a Harris ) II Marta. G r
Chsnle~~. =; u Eryt r. leach G. "
Rose jar i-arks7s " Ttsenrer. :.
fayuss J r. Ftfce r n Preston. Oscar
f.uudeTfoa an1 J J Sullivan
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