The Daily bulletin., 1893-10-04
STILL ON THE REEF.
Unsuccessful Efforts to Float
the s. s. MiOWera.
Everything Being UnlOaded from the
Stranded Ship.

Since the conclusion of yesterdays
report on the stranded steamship
Miowera, work has been going on
night and day to Tighten ship and
if possible get her off the reef The
Government tug Eleu and Wilder's
steamer Claudine we're straining
away at the hawsers, off and on,
throughout the afternoon and
night. Their efforts were intended
as much to keep the steamship from
being driven higher up on the coral
shelf as in the hope of pulling her
into deep water--that is, until the
vessel should be materially lightened
and the next high tide of the twenty.
four hours should ensue.
In anticipation of the large high
tide of 1l:47 this forenoon, arrange
ments we're made for getting pro-
digious combination of pulling
power ou the Miowera. The Japa-
nese steamship Aikoku Maru, which
was to have sailed to-day for Japan,
was engaged for the supreme effort.
She went out about eight o'clock
and was connected with a stout cable
to the stern of the stranded vessel.
The Claudine was attached to the
starboard quarter, and for some
time before and after high tide
both tugging steamers made the
foam fly from their propellers.
Although reports from the reef
are that the steamship was not
budged, observers who have taken
sights by stationary buoys assert
that the position Of the Miowera
has been changed materially. Some
claim she has moved half her length
astern since 8 o'clock. Others main
tain that the change is only appa-
rent and caused by the swinging OF
the vessel on her 'midships keel
The belief that the vessel has moved
sternward, which is also seaward,
has the stronger support.
ACCIDENT TO THE ELEu.
While the Eleu was maneuvering
for position about IL o'clock, she
got her smokestack fouled by the
hawser of the Aikoku Maru. The
smokestack was carried away, the
guy on one side giving away. She
lay on the water looking helpless a
few minutes, then began cavorting
round as if smokestack we're only
an ornamental appendage of a steam
boat. Then she steamed gallantly
into port, like the hero of a naval
| battle, with her smokestack dang
ling over the side.
OF course the misbap to the tug
was nuts" for the throng Oh the
! see the big ocean traverser "git up
and git" One wag gravely inform
ed group that the Superintendent
of Public Works had induced the
Government to call special meet
ing of the Councils to consider the
damage to the tug.
"Will the surgeon of the forces be
called in to diagnose the casea" was
asked.
ooh, yes" was the reply; she has
just gone up to the library to con,
suit book on such cases."
"Well, the case is simple enough, y
calmly observed the querist, she
has only to advise the Eleu to stop
smoking"
TIGHTENING THE SHIP.
Fl. Hackfeld g. Co.'s steam scow
and lighters have been steadily en-
gagged all the while in relieving the
Miowera of coal. By noon it was
estimated that about 600 tons of the
material had been discharged. AT
noon the scow brought to the Paci-
. fic Mail wharf the luggage of the
passengers and parcels in charge OF
the purser. The purser who accom-,
panied the effects was as grimy as g
blacksmith from the coal dust. He
r was asked if the ship had moved.
5 NO." he replied, 81 don't think
she will ever get off there"
He was asked if any arrangements
were being made for the tranship
? ment of passengers, mails and
5 freight. In reply he said he thought
, they were trying to get ship, and
mentioned the Claudine as perhaps
the best steamer available. Some
. of the passengers of the Miowera OF
/. the wharf secuted the idea of OBJ
I tanning adequate accommodation or
!, such a small vessel as the Clau
: dine.
"She was big enough to carry the
= revolution to San Francisco" ;
t "royalist" editor observed.
1 cts the revolution of the propel
a Ter that concerns u.s." was strand
cd Australians rejoinder.
At the office of Theo. III. Davies
t Co., agents of the Canadian-Austra
: liam Line, nothing was known at
/ o'clock OF any arrangements for 1
4 substitute steamer for Victoria.
= A telephone message at 2:45 say
0 the Claudine will sail on her usua
i route tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock
@ This disposes of the surmise tina
: any understanding had been arrived
at about sending her on the Move
: ra's business.
S The Claudine returned to por
$ this afternoon. She broke one o
q her bits and her largest hawser
Chief Engineer Jas, Sutherland say
nothing less powerful than the U
S. S. Philadelphia can get the Mio
wara off sha can ha mnyaI onrl