The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-06

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The old gunboat Mohican, rebuilt in
to smart-looking vessel, is to be put
in commission at Mare Island on July
1st, and will be used as a training ship
for landsmen The Mohican will be
by Captain F. j. Drake,
executive officer of the Ore
gon. He is considered a fine command
ing officer for a training ship, being
very considerate of his men, although
always a strict disciplinarian. A new
hurricane deck has been put on the
Mohican, and she has been armed with
twelve finch rapidfire guns and two
1-pounder machine guns. Electric
apparatus has also been placed
in the vessel 1t is expected that her
first cruise will be to Puget Sound
ports.
Hindostan Burned.
The London Shipping Gazette quotes
as follows from the Melbourne Daily
Express of May 9Th: -Four of the
crew of the Hindostan (of Auckland?)
reports that that vessel took fire on the
voyage from San Francisco to Valpa-
raise with lumber. The crew abandon
ed the vessel and took to the boats,
Of a10 Ia
Marquesas, being taken thence to Ia
hiti." The Hindostan sailed from Port
Blakeley on December Sth last for Val
paraiso, and put into San Francisco
leaking. She repaired and sailed for
Valparaiso on February Sth.
Vessels Wrecked.
Advices received yesterday state that
the French bark Normandie, previous
ly reported ashore at Collyer Point,
Ascension Island near the extremity
of South America, is submerged and
her cargo destroyed. The Normandie
was bound from San Francisco to Eu-
rope.
The German ship Wandesbek, from
Portland for Queenstown with a cargo
of wheat, is ashore near the Lizard.
Captain w. Hart, lately in command
of the Army transport Warren, died on
May 18th in San Francisco aften an i'll
ness of several months. Captain Hart
was we'll known here. For ten years
previous to taking command OF the
steamer Scandal he was mate of the
steamer Mariposa, and when the Scan
dia was transformed into the Army
| transport Warren, he retained COM
mand, making several trips to Manila
Captain Searle Dead.
Captain R. R. Searle, one of the best
known navigators on the Pacific Coast
and for many years feet captain of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company, dice
in his apartments at the Palace Hote
in San Francisco about 10 o'clock a. m
of May "a, as the result of an illness
that extended over a period of years
Captain Searle was a victim of malig
nant cancer in the throat, for which h,
submitted to several operations during
the two years Immediately precedin,
his death The first of the operations
left him partly deprived of speech, a.
it became necessary, in the removal o
the cancerous growth, to operate OF
his vocal organs. The operation afford
ed relief but it was not lasting. Sub
sequently operations were performed
with the hope of prolonging the pa
TENTS life, but it was apparent months
ago that his days were numbered. H
passed away quietly attended only b.
a trained nurse.
Captain Searle leaves no known rela
tives on the Coast He remained
bachelor to his death, but at one tim
enjoyed the company of an adopte,
son, William H. Chambliss. 1t wa
believed at one time that Chamblis
would inherit Searle's big estate, whicl
is valued at several hundred thousan
dollars. Deceased was the oldest O
Pacific Mail captains, having entere
the company's employ in 1860. He wa
over So years of age at the time of hi
death.
The first six-master and larges
schooner in the world is being built a
Camden, Me-, for a Taunton Mass
firm. The vessel is built of wood an
will be ready to be launched on tn
1st day of August Her dimension
are 800 feet(in length. 4S feet in bear
and % feet depth of hold. She is de
signed for service on the Atlanti
coast Four and five masted schoon
ers are quite popular with shipowner
for coasting purposes and several {
them make San Francisco their HON
port.
Bark Dominion G" fe.
The British bark Dominion, for som
time n0Cto 1 nUardun on 4 h