The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-06
NO HOPE FOR THE SHIP.
SHE CANNOT BE PULLED OFF
THE REEF.
More Efforts to Rescue Her Fail - She
May be Auctioned off in a
Day or Two.

swung around by the stern still more,
till now she lies almost in the opposite
direction from that she was in when she
went on. During the forenoon and
morning the breakers came rolling in
against her hull, hammering her side
and counter with terrific blows, and
breaking 10 long line of white surf
about her stern, making it matter OF
no little peril TO go aboard from a
small boat. AT 1890 the Adams was
lying some distance off to windward
but was not using any steam to take the
slack out of her hawser, but the Like
like and the Hawaii were both Juggling
the latter on line from her consort's
bows. About the bows Of the Miowera
there is perfect network of lines and
chains running to the anchors and
steamers.
So far, all efforts to even keep the
vessel from going further ashore have
been unavailing, and it is thought that
when such efforts have failed there is
little hope of pulling the ship off with
the power available. There was a
rumor ahoat this morning that the at
tempt to remove the vessel at flood tide
this afternoon was to be final one,
and that if it proved unsuccessful as
there was every reason for supposing it
would, the vessel was to be sold at
auction this evening.
A call at the office of the agents
rather gave color to the rumor than
otherwise, as they refused to either
affirm or deny the truth of the story,
but denied that there was any truth in
the report that the effort to save the
ship at this tide was to be final one,
and intimated that constant effort to
relieve the vessel would be made as
long as there was the least chance Of
getting her off.
The talk of taking the engines out
with the apparatus available is con-
sidered as rather foolish and impracti-
cable.
Commodore Simonson's flagship
made several trips to the vessel this
morning, the last of which was to take
out two heavy anchors, one two-ton
affair, and the other 5000 pound mud
hook, borrowed from the U. S. naval
authorities here, and two new coils of
flexible steel hawser, four and five
inch rope. These appliances were to
be used in the attempt to keep
the vessel from going further ashore.
At a little before noon the tug Eleu
went out again, taking Captain King,
Attorney General Smith and Captain
Zeigler, who are all deeply interested
in the affair and have been on hand a
great deal of the time since the fatal
occurrence.
At flood tide the Adams, Likelike
and Hawaii went ahead with all the
steam they dared use for fear Of parting
their cables, and the lines and chains
attached to the anchors were hauled in
by the steam winches, but with all the
pulling and hauling the Miowera could
not be budged an inch, and although
the steamers kept up the work till the
tide began to fall, when they were
obliged to quit by the very apparent
hopelessness of the task, and the
wrecked steamer remains hard and
fast where she went on, and where she is
likely to remain till such time as more
power can be brought to bear or she is
knocked to pieces.
The water front WAS crowded with
anxious spectators who had hoped tc
see the steamer removed at the flooc
tide, but were disappointed, as usual
AUCTION OF PERISHABLE GOODS.
The perishable part of the Milo.
wera's cargo is to be sold tomorrow al
noon on the Pacific Mail dock. Thi
consists of Io5 bales of bananas, 8S;
cases of the same and large quantity
of oranges, lemons and pineapples
The vessels furniture is being stored
in the Oceanic Company's warehouse
WILL THE AUSTRALIA BE CHARTERED
Various rumors have been floating
around to day concerning the Australia
one of which was to the effect that sht
had been chartered by T. H. Davies &
Co. to leave here early on Tuesda!
next with the passengers and mail oI
the wrecked Miowera Investiga
ton showed there was nothing in thu
rumor as yet, although some arrange
ment may be made with the Oceanic
Company after the arrival of the Aus
tralia. AT present the amount O
freight offered the Australia has no
been considered Of sufficient induce
meet to her agents to change her tim
of sailing, and at ; o'clock to-day tina
was fixed for week from to morrow
ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES.
Attorney General Smith, who ha
taken great interest in the wrecke'
vessel, has been fearful that if sh
should be pulled off the reef she woul,
capsize in the channel and block it up
With all her coal and cargo out sh
might be topheavy enough to go owe
sideways with a rush. st might b
impossible to get her out of the wa
if she should sink" said Mr.. Smit
this morning, "wirhout sending to tn
coast or to Australia for wreckin
outfit Nothing we have here COull