The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-31
4 SAN |AGO
HERO HURT
Hit by Oreson's
Flying Anchor
Chain.
VESSEL LOSES
HER MUDHOOK
| A Defective Link the Cause oil
Accident-Victim Will
Recover.

AS the United States battleship oregon
was dropping her port anchor off the har-
Dor yesterday morning the anchor chain
parted and the seven-ton anchor with
about fifteen fathoms of chain was lost
overheard This was not all, however
The accident, which, by the way, vas
due to a defect in one of the links of the
chain, very nearly resulted in the death
of one of the members of the Oregon's
crew.
The chief boatswain of the vessel, j.
f. Murphy, was in charge of the an
the port anchor and was standing by,
experimenting the work. AT first the
chain ratified out all right. When the
fifteenth fathom was reached, however.
the link snapped off close to the ha'vse
pipe, the end of the chain flying around
and striking Murphy a blow on the
right leg, senoing the unfortunate man
flying into the air.
| When he fell, Murphy struck his read
| on a ventilator, cutting ba S-looklng
SaSn In MS scalp anu rendering Aiii III
| conscious.
Immediately the injured man was ak
| en- to the hospital and the surgeon was
| summoned At first it was thought that
the man would die but it was discovered
that his injuries, while very painful and
| somewhat severe, will not prove fatal.
The skull was not fractured.
| 1t seems that Murphy was one of Lieu
tenant hobson's famous Santiago Volun-
teers. He was ON the battleship Iowa
during Lie blockade of Santiago hatbor.
When Hobson called for volunteers to go
with him to what was apparently GER
tain death on the Merrlmac, Murphy
was one Of the first to respond. He went
with Hobson and helped sink the YES
sci and was taken prisoner by the Span
/ ish.
The lost anchor and chain of the Ore
gon lie in about twenty five fathoms
outside of the harbor One of the Ore
CONS launches was dragging for it yes
terday, but met with no success
| Diver Herbert Young will make an eff
| fort to recover the anchor and chain. He
| tried to locate it yesterday, but was un'
able to do so on account of the mllrkl-
ness of the water. If he can once get
wire cable onto the anchor, all will bt
/ well.
| The Oregon will probably sail for Sar
Francisco on the 4th or 9Th of June. Sh'
will commence to take on coal where sh'
lies this morning. She will take $50 tons
Today Captain Thomas will make {
few official calls in the City. The mel
will be allowed shore liberty while tn
vessel is off port. Some of them hav'
been here on the Bennington and hav
friends ashore
This is the first visit of the Oregon t
this port since 1899, when she was goinl
to join the Asiatic Station.
The Oldest officers in the service of tn
Oregon are Carpenter j. p. Yates an
Gunner Simon Jacobs, they having bee
with the vessel since she was first put i
commission.
One of the launches of the battleshi
mistook the channel yesterday and ra
ashore on the reef. AS it was flood It'd
at the time she got off with very littl
difficulty.
Shortly after the Oregon arrived CAP
tain Pond paid an official visit to Cap
tain Thomas aboard the warship.
Many people in town We're under tn
impression that Aguinaldo was aboar
the vessel They were very much disar
pointed when they found they We're mis-
taken.