The Daily bulletin., 1893-10-05
NO MOVE AS YET.
U. S. S. Adams Enlisted in the
Struggle.
-Four Steamers Tusslng without BudSins
the Stranded MiOWera.
Four Steamers Tussing without Budsing

yesterday to tow the Miowera off
the reef by the steamers Claudine
and Aikoku Maru, further efforts
in that direction were suspended
last evening. The Aikoku Maru
abandoned the tow at o'clock last
evening and came into port, not,
however, until the steamer Hawaii
was sent out to keep watch over the
stranded ship.
Shortly after dark Commodore
Simonson's scow arrived with large
load consisting of bedding and pro-
visions. In the meanwhile the work
of jettisoning the coal from the
stranded vessel went necessarily on.
Reports by the scow were to the eff
feet that the Miowera was humping
heavily on the strand, and during
the night it was thought by many
who were aboard that her masts
would not stand the shock.
Captain Davies of the Claudine
called into the BULLETIN Office at 5
o'clock for paper. He said he was
on his way home for little rest, he
and his crew having been on duty at
the stalled ship for thirty hours.
The Claudine while pulling on the
hawsers had 155 pounds of steam,
going ninety revolutions a minute
to the propeller.
BOARD OF SURVEY.
At the request of Capt. Stott,
Messrs. Theo. II. Davies 4 Co. ap-
pointed the following board of sur
vey to inspect the condition and
position of the stranded ship and
report: Capt. j. A. King, Minister of
the Interior; Captain Parry of the
County of Merioneth, and Mr.. T. Sor-
enson of the firm of Sorenson & Lyle,
lessees of the marine railway. The
board went out to the Miowera yes
terday evening, and on their return
drew up and submitted the follow
ing report, in accordance with which
the operations of to-day were enter
| ed upon:
"HoNoLULU, Oct. 4th, 1898.
"MEssRs. THEo. H. DAWES & Co.,
"Lloyds' Agents,
Honolulu.
I'VE the undersigned at your re-
quest repaired on board the steam
ship Miowera as she at present lies
on the reef at the entrance of the
harbor of Honolulu.
eve beg to report that we find
she has been continually discharging
Goals and cargo since grounding,
and that she has had the assistance
of all the available steam power in
an attempt to tow her off. She has
ii feet of water under her bow
deepening toward her stern, Is feet
(3 inches about 'midships, IL feet
abreast of her mizzen mast and &c
feet under her stern on the starboard
side; on the port side, an average
depth of IA feet from bow to mizzen
mast.
"We found an anchor with Finch
line fast to it, off her starboard bow,
and a bower anchor, with 80 fathoms
of Il inch wire cable off her star
board quarter, and steamer lying
off abreast with towrope fast to the
ship, to prevent her from working
farther on the reef. We find the
rudder and rudder post broken off
| w q oioo lASl ChC fCSSCl 10 uOC Aidh-
ing water.
"We recommend that the remain
der of the cargo and Goals be dis
charged Immediately and to obtain
all the steam power available to as
sist in towing her off the reef to-
morrow at high tide.
"We are, dear sirs,
"Yours faithfully,
81. A. KING,
"JoHN PARRY,
"Master Barque County of Merton
eth,
"THos. SoRENsoN,
"Shipwright."
: U. S. S. ADAMS TO THE RESCUE.
As both the steamers Aikok,
Maru and the Claudine had to re
! sign the work of tugging at th'
Miowera yesterday afternoon, it wa
, necessary to seek fresh reinforce
ment of steam power All the avail
able resources of the coasting flee
= not already engaged were exhaust
f ed. 1t therefore became necessar
to solicit United States naval assist
ance. Major j. H. Wodehouse