The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-13
COULD NOT
 LAND CABLE Will Make Another Trial
 Today. CLARENCE MACKAY HURT Struck Under the Chin by a.
 HaWSer. %, ,000 Persons Gather on the Beach at San Francisco to See the Sub marine Telegraph Wire.
 Brought Ashore.
MACKAY HURT

San Francisco, Dec 12-An unsaccess- full attempt was made today to Icy the shore end of the Pacific cable. Az . re- cable in he rheld is floating idly in San Francisco bay. Aboard the Szivsz<own there Is keen disappointment thAk ad- verse conditions made axaAiure of today's attempt to lay the first span of cable to- ward the new American possessions.
 A strong unfavorable tide was the chief cause of the failure of the first step h the great undertaking. Minor accidents were encountered by the wos1<men on shore. Clarence H. Maclxay. president of the Commercial Cable Company. was slightly hurt.
 persons had gathered at the beach to witness the beginning of the cable lay- ing.
 The Silvertown left the bay soon after daylight and anchored of Bakers Beach at o'clock. The surf was breaking heavily off shore and 1t was decided to delay hauAng the cable ashore.
 Clarence H. Mackay and his fellow of- ficers had two large tents erected on the beach near the point where the shore connection Is to be made.
 It was Il o'clock before the life saving crew from the Bakers Beach station ar rived with their surf boats to act as messengers between the steamer and the shore. The crews of these little boats, with tiers of two boats of the steamer, carried 2 large rope from the Eilvertown to point just outside the breakers and there they lay while the crew of ono of the life savers boats signalaed for the | boat of the Golden Gate Park life saving crew to come out through the surf and I take the rope to land.
 The crew on land started for the water. their boat drawn by horses which gall loped into the surf. The men climbed into their places, wave rolled well up on the shelving sand and the boat shot from It's carriage into the water. There was 8 cheer from the crowd as the men met the breakers and that same cheer fright eued the horses, the team broke away from the driver and with the wagon plunged into the crowd on the beach.
 Several children were knocked down in the scramble to get away from the horses The horses were caught by Joseph Wright as they were entering the tent which was filled with special guest&
 After several attempts the life saving
 
 hawser to which was attached the cable Then followed a delay of four and one half hours until the sea became more quiet. But when operations were re- stunned the hawser pended so that it was impossible to draw 1t ashore through the strong tide.
 Just before the attempt was abandoned for the day a number of men took hold of the sawser for a final pull The hawser flew up and struck Clarence Maciay on the chin, carrying him off his feet George w. McNear of San FraIeisco was hit on the back of the head and rendered un- conscious for a short time. Frank Hotal- Ing of New York was struck in the face. sustaining a cut. George Fraser. . photographer. was also hit in the face and his camera was broken.
 With darkness coming on the Silver town returned to her anchorage in the bay Another trial will be made Mon- day,