The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-22


after 10 o'clock on Monday.
night. When about a quarter of
mile off shore she struck on a pinnacle
; rock and sprung leak The accident
occurred not far from the Molokai
lighthouse.
Immediately upon finding that the
damage was not of such a serious ma
ture as to forbid the vessel travelling
any distance the Maui was put ABOUT
and headed for Honolulu.
The steamer came back to port at
slow rate of speed with two pumps con-
tfnuously working She arrived in this
port early yesterday morning, ana
locked at the old fishmarket wharf.
Later she moved over to Wilder's
wharf and the work of taking out her
cargo was commenced as soon as pos
sible.
The exact extent of her damage can
not be determined until the vessel is
put on the marine railway. This morn
ing the cargo will have been taken out
of the Maui, and she will be put on
the dry dock.
Captain Sachs is of the opinion that
his boat struck on a pinnacle rock. She
had a narrow escape, and it is Won
der that she did not go to the bottom
The Maui sailed from Honolulu on
Monday afternoon at o'clock for
Paauhau, Ookala, Kukaiau, Laupahoe-
hoe and Papaaloa. She had a large
cargo and, among her deck passengers,
thirteen negroes who were going to
work on one of the plantations.
When the Maui struck the rock she
was going at full speed. Some of the
superstitious ones on the waterfront
say that the reason of her misfortune
was that she was carrying the thirteen
negroes, thirteen being specially I'M
lucky number at sea. There seems to
have been mere good luck than other
wise, however, for the fact that the
Maui did not go to the bottom there
and then is miracle in itself
AS good luck would have it, the Maui
struck the rock a glancing blow, and
the damage was not as great as it
might have been She struck just aft
of the engine room on the starboard
side, couple of feet above the keel.
She went scraping along on the rock
for a few feet and then got clear. Sew
eral frames were badly bent, and a
hole of some kind was made, for the
vessel commenced to make water at
once
1t was when Chief Engineer Renear
discovered that the vessel was not
making water any faster than it could
be handled by her pumps that Captain
Sachs decided to put back to Honolulu.
There was panic among the colored
passengers. The negroes were sure that
the steamer was going to the bottom,
and were frightened out of their wits.
They Hoped on their knees and started
in to, pray for all they were worth,
confessing their sins and swearing by
all thatais good that if they ever got
on solid land again they would walk in
the way of righteousness for the rest of
their natural lives.
Women screamed and jumped up and
down and called upon the men to save
them. Some wanted to lower boats and
make for the shore. When the mem
bers of the crew, however, told the ne
groes that they were safe and that
there was very little danger of the YES
sci going to the bottom they quickly
ceased their prayers and turned in.
Yesterday morning board of survey
was instituted, and an attempt was
madeS to- examine the Maui. 1t was
foundsSs however. that nothing could be
determined until the vessel was put on
the marine railway.
President Wight of Wilders Com
pany said yesterday that the repairs to
the Maui would probably be made in
this port. He did not think that it
would be necessary to send her to the
coast
The Alice K1mbau Ashore.
Wilder's coasting schooner Alice
Kimball, is ashore in the harbor of
Kahului.
AS she was being towed out of Ka-
hului by the little tug Leslie Baldwin
on Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock,
the hawser parted and the wind drove
the schooner upon the reef.
The weather was very rough at the
time, and a strong gale was flowing
towards the shore. Although both an
chors were Immediately let go, the
wind proved too strong and the craft
was blown on the land, the anchor
chains parting.
She is aground within thirty feet of
the government road leading to Kahu-
lui, between the Kahikinui Ranch Com
pany's slaughter house, and the turn
of the road to the town.
President Wight of wilder's Com
pdHy Sdiu yesterday IndC the great
freight steamer Hawaiian was lying in
the channel at the time that the tug
Baldwin had the Kimball in tow. In
order to get out of the harbor the tug
had to take the schooner around the
stern of the Hawaiian. It was while the
tug was towing the Alice Kimball
around the Hawaiian that the hawser
parted and the heavy gale drove the
vessel ashore.
The Kimball had finished discharging
her cargo at Kahului, and was about
to sail for this port.
1t was at first reported that the
schooner sustained no damage, al
though she. was high out of water in a
sand bed. The captain and crew of the
vessel at once went to work to make
the vessel as safe as possible for the
night. Very little trouble was exper-
fenced in getting anything from the
boat, as the water where she lay was
only three or four feet deep. During the