The morning call., 1893-11-25
ABANDONED BY HER CREW.
NOT SHIFTED BY THE STORM.

:: CantaIn John Metcslfe. Lloyds' marine
q: snrveyor. has travelled to Honolulu and
. foated the stranded Miowera while the
j., Pacific Mail Steamship Company has been
patching up pontoons to raise the remains
:of the once fine ocean steamer City of New
~ ork Reputation is at stake with the
Pacific Mail Company, however, aud it
proposes TO raise the wreck at Point Bonita
even If President Runtington's private
=. bank account has to be drawn upon to
Cover the cost of saving her.
= But yesterdays storm has altered the
situation somewhat Throughout the night
very little swell rocked the vessel and
hopes we're entertained that an effort to
. save her could be made in the morning.
Morning came and with it a stiff 24-knot
breezs from the southeast which increased
in velocity until 1t reached 40 knots by
noon. A nasty, choppy sea rolled in, and
at about 10:30, when the tide was at its
height, the steamer commenced to pound
severely.
: 1t seemed as though the force of the
waves would surely shift the wreck and
cause her to break up in short order.
:. She stood the hammering admirably,
however, but the crew of wreckers on
board did not like the way in which the
stern, flooding the decks and doing much
de mage TO the wrecking machinery.
- 1t was o'clock in the morning when the
first signal of distress was raised, which
was responded to by the Fort Point life
saving crew. A boom had been rigged,
and by means of this the crew of wreckers,
officers and managers were taken off the
wreck.
The wind was not steady. shifting to sew
eral points of the com pass. bnt still the sea
did not seem to go down. 1t was impossible
for ting TO get alongside. and the wrecker
San Pedro lad TO be towed out of the swell
by the tug Millen Griffith.
The red stack tugbOat Rescue was close
by, but could not render any material as
sistance, as it was considered dangerous
to approach too closely TO the rocks
The exact amount of damage done by
IN charge of the wreck. The waves un-
doubtedly damaged much of the New
York's upper works. but whether any of
the work of patching and chain-placlng
has been undone cannot be ascertained
until this morning. or such q time as the
vessel can be safely boarded and anInvesti-
CATION made.
No one was on board during the night.
but the Rescue was close by to go along
side in case the threatened storm did not
materialZe.
at times. itS rnseid. the M. York was
almost sstely buried in water and
fnersu.% 1t is considered remarkable that
she should have withstood the pounding
and thamping to which she was subjected
- without being gdashed to pieces.
1 =. AT a late hOllr IN the afternoon she was
III abont the slime position as she las been
since the day she first struck tie rocks.
Soma, claimed that she appeared to be a
little lower i0 the water astern tIan usual,
but this may have been caused bf the high
tide.
a large amount of wrecking machinery
Is still on the week and sone anxiety is
expressed by the OWNERS of this that it will
be lost with the steamer il the wind should
increase to gale. The Pacific Mail Com
pany still has confidence in its ability to
save the New York il the pom toons can be
: successfully fastened alongside of her.
1t was the impression of most every one
interested in the saving OF the vessel, how
ever. that the chances for getting her off
have passed, but all hope is not abandoned
vet.