Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-24
OFFICERS STORY Of
WRECKED SPARTAN
Claim Steamer Maui
Could Have Saved
The Wreck.
CAPTAIN WAS TAKING TRIP
WITH AUSTRALIAN BRIDE
DETAILS OF LOSS OF SPLENDID
SHIP WHICH TIMELY AID
COULD EASILY HAVE
SAVED.
Especial to The Bulletin)

Wailuku, Maui, Aug. 21.-The big
American ship Spartan, which has
braved the deep in all kinds of death.
er and in all climes during the past
thirty-five years Is now lying in fvo
fathoms of water, one and half miles
OFF Puunene Hill, Spreckelsville, with
1910 tons of coal In her hold, and 10
considUed total loss.
First Officer X. c. Barmann was Al
lao Hotel. Waikiki. yesterday morn.
Ing with all the crew of the il.iated
vessel. The day prior to leaving sgd
ney, Captain J. Flynn took unto him
self wife, an Australian belle. On
June 10, the good old Spartan set sail
for Kahului and the Captains bride
accompanied him on the fateful voy
age to spend their honeymoon on the
briny deep in sweet communion with
Neptune. Everything went well until
the equator was crossed at midnight
on July 10, on the 26th day out. Var,
liable winds were experienced all tho
way to south point Of Hawaii, which
was reached on August Sth. The Spar
tan then encountered a gale which
blew away some of her sails and did
some other minor damage to the yes
sci.
Unable to head for Maui, the vessel
headed to the westward until she got
to latitude 29:34 n. The wind chang
ing again, she was enabled to make fOi
port, arriving of Kahakuloa Point ear
" last Saturday morning, August 10Th
The Captain then hoisted blue and vel
low flags calling for the doctor and
the pilot, but as she was still several
miles out to sea no one could respond
to her signals. Fresh trades we're
blowing at the time. At about ~
o'clock Saturday morning the Spartan
arrived three miles of Puunene and
about six miles from Kahului. Leads
were thrown registering sixty faith.
oms, then forty.fve. At a point about
two and a half miles from shore and
FIVE miles from Kahului, in thirty-fve
Ifathoms Of water, all sails being furl
ed, tho Captain gave the word to let
go the port anchor, which was done
Immediately.
Sixty fathoms Of chain were down.
but that did not prevent the ship from
dragging further in towards the shoals.
Previous to leaving San Francisco
on his way to Australia, Captain Flynn
had provided himself with the latest
Government charts obtainable pertain
ing to the harbor of Kahului and vi.
cinity, and according to this chart the
captain decided he was in very safe
position, not dreaming for an instant
ltnat even Government charts are i'm
perfect and that there are frequently
such things as unChartered rocks
along these treacherous shores.
About half an hour later the Captain
felt his vessel touching the bottom and
his lead showed that he was now In
five and a half fathoms of water, and
his vessel drawing twenty'three feet
He realized then that he was in very
perilous position, although at that time
/, his vessel was not aground.
He then hoisted signals &c e. on
his mizzen peak, which meant in deep
sea parlance: ship Is aground; send
me any assistance there is on hand,
The steamer Maui and the tug Les
lie Baldwin were both in Kahului har
Dor, but the Spartan being five miles
Ito the windward, her signals OF dis
ltress were not recognized from shore
At about II o. m, the Maui, Captain
Parker, left Kahului on her way to
Hama ports. Immediately following
ner was the small local tugboat Leslie
Baldwin, In charge Of Captain Ran
dali. When Captain Flynn saw. these
vessels coming he had hopes then that
he would very soon get the needed as
sistance and his hopes for safety rose
Even the crew began to have hopes
These hopes we're In vain. The Maui
passed the Spartan about quarter Of
mile to the windward and passed
along.
4 Captain Flynn having had his sig
+. nails up, did not make any further ex'
ertions to attract the attention OF tho
: Maui to come to her assistance believ
= ing that was quite sufficient.
When the Maui passed by the Spar
tan was still dragging her anchor Will
!. sixty fathoms OF chain down and ever!
n now and then would touch the bottom
but she was not quite aground then
and could have been moved into
much safer position by vessel OF tn
:. Maui's towing capacity.
The tug Leslie Baldwin arrived a
the wreck soon after the Maui passed
, but as she did not have hawser, wa
ter and coal, she was compelled Il
e come back to Kahului harbor to &c
e them, and in the meanwhile the Spar
!. tan drifted further in by force of tn
=, s,ogI tralau hInwinp AGAINST her hrOaI