The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-05

inland. The Miowera has three other
anchors down for the same purpose.
Admiral Skerrett sent out two steam
launches and barge TO the stranded
vessel yesterday afternoon, with
| large number of men 10 assist in
getting out the anchors from the
steamers hold.
The agents of the MiOwera knew
nothing of the current report yester-
| day concerning the offer Of Captain
| Barker OF the United Slases cruiser
Philadelphia to assist the Miowera.
ADMIRAL sKERRETT OFFERS AID.
Last evening Admiral Sherrett
kindly offered the services of the L.
s. s. Adams which was accepted.
Early this morning the Adams and
the steamer Likelike will go out so as
to be ready to pull together at high
tide with the steamer Hawaii.
Prof. c. J. Lyons of the weather
| bureau informed the ADVERTISER
last night that high tide large at ll:47
o'clock yesterday morning was two
| feet above mean low water mark and
one foot above high tide small of the
night before. He added that equinox
zeal tides are not high here. The diff
| ference I'm the rise of high tide large
during the next few days Will be very
| small.
At O'Clock yesterday morning the
| Miowera listed so much that it was
very difficult for any one to walk
| upon her deck, but at O'Clock in the
afternoon the ship righted and was
| lying in that position last evening.
! SURVEYORS APPOINTED.
Mr.. +. NJ. Swanzy, Lloyd's agent
here, at the request of Captain Stott
has appointed a committee of three
Captain J. a. King, minister of the
interior, Captain Parry, of the British
bark County of Merioneth, and Mr..
Sorrenson, the local ship builder, to
act as surveyors and report the result
of their inspection. They are to go
on: today and inspect the position of
| the Miowera as she now lies at the
south entrance of Honolulu harbor,
| and recommend such steps as they
Jointly consider practicable for getting
the stranded steamer off the rocks;
their suggestions will be acted upon
Immediately.
The agents wish to state that as far
as abandoning the Miowera is con-
cerned, there is no possibility OF such
a thing happening, even if a hole is
made in her bottom. Captain Stott
has said that he will not give up his
ship until she goes to pieces on the
rocks. If the Miowera is fioated and
her damages are repaired her rudder
could be boIted on and the steamer
toria, B. c., to be repaired in the dry
| dock.
THE CAPTAINS RECORD.
AS there is so much sympathy ex-
pressed for the unfortunate steamer
Miowera and her captain, the ADvER-
TIsER presents the following brief ac-
| count of the captains career as an eX-
perienced navigator. Captain James
Stott has followed the profession of
seaman for twenty-three years, COM
mencing life below the rank of an of
Ger. For the past seven years he has
successfully commanded big steamers
and has held his certificate for a much
longer period. He has been in COM
mand of the Miowera since she was
launched on the Tyne, over a year ago,
and brought her out to the Colonies,
where she was subsequently engaged
in the New Zealand trade. The cap
tain has never met with a serious ac-
cident before. The owners of the
Canadian Australian steamship line
held him in high estimation.
THE STEAMERS QUIT.
At $3.50 p. NJ. yesterday afternoon
the Claudine pulled her hawser in
and came alongside the dock, after
her thirty-hour tug at the stranded
vessel, (and those aboard were of the
opinion that the vessel was doomed).
AZ " " ClOCh III IIlS tbC al
koku Maru returned to the wharf
after having done all in her power for
the unfortunate ship without avail.
During the evening when an AID
vERTIsER reporter visited the Mo
vera every thing was quiet, and there
was no such activity about the decks
as has been seen there since the acct
dent occurred. The men were work
ing in the hold and coal was being
jettisoned from the two forward
matches and q few hundred yards
to windward small steamer
was seen, which was presum-
ably the Hawaii, but there was no
cable between her and the steamer.
There were three anchors to wind
ward, one abeam and two astern, and