The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-10-10

her bilge keels, as at the rate she has
been hammering the greater part Of
the time since she went ashore il
would be little short of miracle if
she had escaped had she not been thus
protected.
The position Of the vessel last even
ing was almost the same rs when she
went ashore, except that she has
moved trifie to leewaTd and aStern.
She is two feet higher out of the water
than she was when she went on,
which is due either to the leeway she
has made or to the coal jettisoued
having shoaled the water under her.
When told of story current in
the city, to the effect that he had re-
turned an ungracious reply to proffer
of help sent To him by the Phila-
delphia's captain at an early hour
yesterday morning, Captain Stott
said: 81 was in the city during
couple of hours this afternoon, and
heard enough stories about the affair
TO fill a larged-sized book, and suppose
this is like the rest of them, told by
men who know nothing about it.
There was no boat from either of the
cruisers here at the hour named and
certainly l would make no such a
reply to an offer of that nature, and
especially not TO the captain OF an
American war vessel. / have lived
too long in the United States, and
honor her representative officers too
much to do such thing, and trust |
am too much of gentleman to insult
anyone without provocatiOn. / have
heard nothing Of any intention of the
Philadelphia's captain to lend assist
ance with his vessel, and have not eX-
pected it, as / do not believe such
thing is safe or practicable.
Contrary to entertaining any such
feelings as would lead me TO return
any such a reply, wish to make pub
lie my thanks to both the civil au-
thorities, as we'll as all those who have
lent assistance in the matter, and es-
peeially to the naval forces Of the
United States now here, who have act
ed most generously and always with
that courtesy for which the officers Of
the United States navy are notorious
the world over.
"Yes, must say. that | have met
with the greatest kindness and eonsid-
Grafton in my trouble, and wish the
people to know that am not migrate
fuln
Captain LorenZen, who has been
aboard the vessel since the disaster.
and who will remain there till the
vessel is either abandoned or taken
of, was questioned last evening re-
garding the outlook for the vessel,
said: 1.-THE outlook is gloomy in the
extreme. There will be no further at
tempt to get the ship off tonight, and
unless she comes off at nigh tide to-
morrowh-a very expressive silence
finished the pilots remarks.
The work of jettisOning the coal and
discharging perishable freights, such
Us fruits, has been going on since s
o'clock on Tuesday morning. 1t will
be fifty-One hours up to O'clock this
morning since the first freight from
the Miowera was put on board Hack
field & Co.'s scows. There still remains
on board little less than 1000 tons of
cool and several tons of cargo such as
dry goods, ETC., which was in the for
ward part of the ship, and about forty
tons of pig iron.
Clarence Crabbe and Jerry Simon
son brought ashore in their scows last
evening the perishable freight, in
Guiding fruits, and also linens, bedding
and silverware from the saloon. The
packages and effects of the passengers
will be brought ashore this morning.
Since the stern post and Tudder
have gone by the board it is no
longer a question of doubt as to
whether the steamer will need extern
sive repairs in case she is gotten off
the rocks in a floating condition. She
is too large n ship to be taken on the
marine railway, and while she may
be hoisted up one end at a time and
the injuries to her stem and stern re-
paired in that way, it is extremely
doubtful if the damage which must
have been done to her bottom can be
repaired short of a large dry dock,
and if such proves TO be the case, the
prospect of a long stay for the Mio-
vera in this port are very good, even
if she can be repaired here at all
As there is so much sympathy ex-
pressed for the unfortunate steamer
Miowera and her captain, the ADVER-
TIsER presents the following brief ae-
count of the captains career as an ex-
BClACnCGh Aah45aGOI- Odllldlu Jdulto
Stott has followed the profession of a
seaman for twenty-three years, COM
mencing life below the rank of an Of
Ger. For the past seven years he has
successfully commanded big steamers
and has held his certificate for q much
longer period. He has been in COM
mand of the AIiOwera since she was
launched on the Tyne, over a year ago,
and brought her out to the Colonies,
where she was subsequently engaged
in the New Zealand trade. The cap
tain has never met with a serious ac-
cident before. The owners of the
Canadian Australian steamship line
hold him in high estimation.
From Daily, Oct g.