The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-10-03
STUCK ON THE REEF.
Hard Luck Of the Steamship
MiOWera from Sydney.
RESULT OF COMING TOO NEAR THE
SHORE BEFORE RECEIVING
A PILOT.
RESULT OF COMING TOO NEAR THE

Head announced that the G. A. S. S.
Miowera was ten miles off port, on
her way from the Colonies to Van
couver. About o'clock, when the
Miowera was off Waikiki heading
for the harbor, Pilot Lorenzen, Har
Dor Master Fuller, DR.. Andrews,
Port Physician; Agent G. B. Rey-
nolds of the Board of Health and l..
7. Kenake of the Post Office, put
off in the pilot boat.
In the meanwhile large crowd
assembled on the dock of the p. M.
S. S. Co.'s wharf, expectantly await
ing her arrival on the dock. The
buoys lining either side of the en-
trance to the harbor were lighted
up, and the passage way was clearly
discernible from the wharf.
The steamer, which was seen to
be slowly moving into the entrance,
suddenly came to a standstill. The
crowd on the wharf, unconscious of
the cause of her long delay in COM
ing in, were generally of the opinion
that the stoppage was due to the
inspection of the Port Physician.
This surmise, however, was soon dis
PEELED by the arrival of the Harbor
Masters boat, which was despatched
ashore to call in the assistance Of
the tug Eleu, bearing the unfortu
nate message that the Miowera was
aground on the Eva side of the en-
trance, about two buoys further in
land than the turning at the spar
buoy.
Steam on the tug was hastily got
up, and with quite q lot of curl
Gus sightseers aboard, including
press representatives, she lost no
time in going to the rescue. A stiff
breeze from shore was blowing at
the time, which compelled the at
tempt at approaching the stranded
ship to be made with great caution.
EFFORTS TO FLOAT THE STEAMER.
On arrival at the scene, it was
found that the Miowera was lying
in very dangerous position, and
the only thing that prevented her
from becoming total wreck was the
comparatively calm water which
prevailed. She had ventured too
far beyond the confines of deep
water, and she lay with her bow dia
gonally pointed Waikiki-ward of the
entrance, her stern at the time she
struck being gradually carried Eva
ward until she lay apparently with
| her whole length on the reef.
After some necessary delay, the
work of fastening the hawser to the
starboard quarter of the Miowera
was accomplished, and the tug,
laboring under ninety pounds OF
steam, commenced the work of pull
ing the Miowera off, assisted by the
steamships own propeller. This was
unremittingly kept up for over an
hour, without any noteworthy mis-
hap occurring, when our reporter
left the tug to board the steamer.
BOARDED THE MIowERA.
When the plight of the ship be-
came known on shore, Messrs. f. M.
Swanzy and E. w. Holdsworth, OF
Theo. Fl. Davies g. Co., the former
representing Lloyds and the latter
the steamship agency, put off in a
shore boat to the vessel. They re-
mained on board till near midnight,
when, hailing shore boat from the
tug, they went ashore.
OUT IN SHORE BOAT.
At 10 o'clock shore boat was en-
gagged by the BULLETIN management
to go out to the steamer Besides
the two oarsmen its occupants were
Messrs. F. Godfrey, editor of the
Paradise of the Pacific, Mr.. Single
hurst of T. H. Davies g. Co.'s store
and D. Logan and w. F. Wilson Of
this paper. After passing the light
house a strong northeast breeze anC
heavy swell was encountered, so thai
it was somewhat difficult to keep the
boat-one OF the smaller ones of the
fotilla-from drifting to leewarC
with danger of getting into the
breakers on the Eva side of the
Miowera's position. Not much watel
was shipped, however, but enough
to wet the seats and cause some dis
comfort.
ON BOARD THE ELEU.
AS the night was quite dark, ant
the electric lights of the Mower;
were productive of optical illusions
it was deemed the safest plan to keel
away from the steamship for th'
present. The boat was steered t.
the leeward side of the tug Eleu, OF
board of which the boats compan,
clambered. There were found Har
Dor Master Fuller, Port Surveyo
Sanders, Mr.. g. l.. Carter, Messrs
w. McGurn and A. Smith, shippin,
reporters of the BULLETIN and Sta
respectively, and others. Capt. Ric
of the Eleu was on the hurrican
deck with the harbor officials, whil
Engineer Farnsworth stood by TIN
levers, his hand ready to stop o
start the engines throbbing instant
ly on command.
The tug was straining at the hug
hawser, that ever and again, slipping
on the bits, sent a shiver through
the small steamer. Several time
the order to stop came in a muille,
roar from the Miowera, when tn
hawser having some strands Civ