The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-13
editor and shipping reporter Of the

When the three steamers arrived
at where the Miowera was anchored,
a little beyond the Spar buoy, the
tug Eleu, which was near by in at
tendance upon a scow engaged in
hauling in the anchors, danced over
the waves and took up her position
on the after starboard quarter OF |
the Miowera.
Boats from t he Claudine and the
Mikahala were immediately lowered
and sent to the Miowera. Capt.
Davies of the former steamer was in
his ships boat, and Captain Camp
bell, superintendent of the l. l. S.
N. Co.'s steamers, in that of the Mi
kahala. The two steamers named
in the meantime had dropped their
anchors and we're lying abreast of
each other, the Claudine off the star
board bow and the Mikahala off the
port bow. The steamer 9. r. Bishop
on arrival did not wait long for
something to do, for she got hold of
a large scow loaded with chain
cables, which she towed into the
harbor, quickly returning for towage
duty. She was fastened on the port
quarter of the Miowera, opposite the
station of the Government tug.
By this time arrangements on
board the Miowera seemed to be
about completed. Capt. Stott, com
mander of the steamship, Capt, Met
calfe, Capt. j. @. Lorenzen, pilot,
and Mr.. Swanzy were on the bridge.
The Mikahala's boat took a six-inch
hawser doubled aboard the Move
ra, the other end being securely
hitched to the mizzenmast of the
Mikahala. 1t was noticed with sur
prise from this steamer that Capt.
Davies's boat did not make similar
connection with his steamer, as the
original plan was to have the two
larger steamers tow by the bows of
the Miowera. The surprise was in
creased when the Claudine, imme-
diately on her masters boarding
her, weighed anchor and detouring
inshore around the Mikahala's bows
headed into port. 1t appears that
Capt. King, representing the Wild
or Steamship Co., would not consent
to a change in the plan which de-
tailed the Claudine for duty at the
stern of the Miowera The reason
was the liability of injury to the
Claudine from fouling or chating.
The Miowera and Mikahala hoist
ed their anchors simultaneously, and
then the start was made for the har-
Dor. Capt. CLANCY, commanding
the Mikahala, attended to the en-.
gine signals, while Capt Campbell
kept in close communication with
the man at the wheel. Both of
these skilled shippers at the same
time paid sharp attention to signals
from the Miowera. The Mikahala
slowly turned inshore, giving the
Spar buoy a close berth. AS the
tow line was becoming taut before
the big steamship had been headed
far enough about--her bow having
while at anchor been pointing sea-
!. ward-the towing steamer backed a
little and then set her jib. There
was fresh E. S. E. breeze blowing
whose influence had to be closely
, watched. In few moments the
{ fotilla was we'll under way headed
, properly down the middle of the
passage. Slowly the stately process,
sion passed within few yards OF
the piles left from the channel
, dredging operations. The course
, was to the Waikiki side Of the can
buoy in the middle of the channel
, on the opposite side of which the
? Miowera had taken her unfortunate
lodging of six weeks on the reef
) The mark was hugged very closely
so that the G. r. Bishops bilge
! turned the buoy down. A boat be-
r ing towed on the after port quarter
Of the c. R. Bishop was hastily cast
3 loose by the men in it, otherwise il
would have come to grief on the
! buoy. There appeared also the dan
> ger of the buoy's mooring chain com
l ing foul of the Bishops propeller
but this was happily averted and
: the big tow with her conveys came
3 safely down the passage. Another
! nice maneuver was to~be executed
f in turning the lighthouse into tn,
s harbor. This was cautiously anC
/ skilfully executed, and the Mowers
= was towed grandly up the harbo
Y before the eyes of thousands of ad
= miring spectators. When she wa
s dDOuL OPpJSICo Uho ucW "udil DSioN
e the Inter-Island Steam Navigation
@ Co.'s wharf, the tow line was cast of
Y and the Miowera was steered by he
J. two attached conveys to point of
: the Oceanic Steam Company's wharf
g where she dropped her anchor ant
d was safely moored-to the great re
/. lief of her salvor, Captain Metcalfe
e and the great advantage of the un
!, derwriters who are liable to the OK
D tent of 100000 to $4uOOOO for tn
9 steamship.
It AS the Miowera was being towe'
e into port, a grand scene was witness
q ed from her and her conveys. Th
It wharves and shipping were densel
e crowded with people Of every nation
ality, age and sex on the one side
k and the bulwarks of the two Unite
u States warships and of merchan
h vessels in the stream were ais
If thronged with admiring gazers o
l. the other side. These thousands O
,r spectators, on their part, viewed
Il marine exhibition, not often to b
# seen, in the gentle leading of the one
[. powerful but now helpless ocea
2 voyager by her three small bu