The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-24

heretofore have been in the habit of
issuing certificates to sailing vessels to
which they have fixed the maximum
number of passengers. This action be-
ing decided invalid the fine of 81, 400 was
RENTED.
THE FLINTS MISHAP.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 9.-Fate or
poor seamanship sent the big iron ship
May Flint to the bottom of the bay last
night.
The ram of the battleship Iowa
played the major part in the Flint's
mishap. 1t was near where the battle
| ship is lying, about mile east of the
Mail dock, that the accident occurred.
| Shortly before o'clock the Flint, laden
with coal, came up the bay under full
sail and without a pilot In contend
ing against strong tide and the dan
ger of collision with the multitude of
craft taking part in the naval parade
the captain of the collier kept his vessel
well in shore, but the flood caught the
Flint and carried her out toward the
| Iowa. Then came desperate attempt
to clear the battleship, but the collier
refused to answer to her helm, and
I crashed against the Iowa's bow. The
Flint's topsailS We're carried away by
the collision, and the crippled collier in
drawing away struck the ram of the
battleship. With a great hole in her
lcleared herself of the ram and drove
on, only to meet with another disaster.
Before her doomed the lumber bark
lVidette, and into the Vidette the Flint
lcrashed. The gears of the ships be-
lcame entangled, and as the Flint was
sinking fast the members of her crew
Jumped aboard the Vidette.
For a time both vessels seemed
doomed, and some of the men leaped in
to the bay, but soon the collier swung
around, and while boats were picking
up the struggling men the May Flint
sank bow first in ten fathoms of water
The Iowa's boats were out, her search
, light flashed on the scene, and if men
were drowned it was not because OF
lack of effort to save them.
: The May Flint was the third largest
sailing vessel that was ever here. She
$ Twas formerly the Persian Monarch, ar
| Atlantic liner, and made her nader
: voyage after being rechristened from
Baltimore to San Francisco in 1895 will
5000 tons of coal Her voyage was per
lilouS and she entered port badly dam
v Jagged by storms. She spread over 10, 90
: yards of canvas. Her gross tonnag
was 1876. She was built in 1880 at Dunn
n barton, Scotland. The length of tn
May Flint was 351 s. feet width 40 8 fee
. and depth 1872 feet. w. r. Mighell wa
Il managing owner, and her home por
was San Francisco.
II While still known as the PerSia
Monarch and carrying passengers an
q freight from London to New York, sh
;. ran aground on the night of May
:, 1894, on the sandy shore at Shinnecoc
y light, Long Island. All hands wer
u taken off on tug. On her first trip sh
l. was badly damaged in storm. Will
on the return trip she began leakin
# badly in midocean and was taken bac
to New York by sister ship, the Assy
rian Monarch, and she had variou
:. other mishaps. She arrived in Por
. Neah on February 2Sth last, 107 day
out from Hongkong, her delay havin
st given rise to speculation in reinsuI
l. ance that netted $4,000 to the owners
IL who had confidence in the captain
foresight and skill.
> SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 15.-The Cal
- ifornia Shipping Company. owner of tn
n ship May Flint, which was lost in tn
? bay last Saturday night, filed a pet
y. ton in the United States District Coul
IT yesterday for an injunction restrainin
10 the Black Diamond Coal Company an
70 Bixbee q Clark, owners of the bark "
dette, from bringing action in eithe
&c the State or Federal courts for damage
II resulting from the accident. The CON
r pany claims that the ship cannot h
is raised, and that as only $4,000 worth
* property can be saved, it's liabilit
should be limited to $4,000.