The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-04

That was all our combined efforts
could do for her. To all appearances, as
she lightens she moves further inland
instead of seaward. / left the vessel
and returned to the dock at IL o'clock,
the steamer Claudine relieving. The
sea was quite calm at the wreck all
the time, and therefore the MiOwera
did not pound much. If the wind sets
from the south that will put the Milo
vera in a very critical position, and
probably batter her to pieces"
After being nearly fourteen hours
on the reef, the steamer Claudine, OF
Wilder's line, was sent out to the
Miowera. The Claudine being only
chartered for the day by Theo. H.
Davies & Co., agents of the Miowera,
she will probably come to dock this
morning, and is advertised to leave
for Maui ports this evening.
The Claudine left the wharf little
after 10 o'clock yesterday morning,
the intention being for her to reach
the Miowera at high tide large, which
was at 1915 AN. The Claudine, as
soon as hawser was fastened to the
steamer, began towing from the star
board quarter, while the tug Eleu had
| an eight-inch hawser from the stern.
The Claudine and the tug worked at
intervals, but with no apparent sue
cess. At times the propeller of the
stranded steamer would work, revolv-
ing reversal at full speed, but even
that immense power was inadequate
| TO move her even few inches towards
| deep water.
The tug Eleu, after being nearly
seventeen hours at continued work
alongside the unfortunate steamer,
returned to the Mail wharf after .
| o'clock yesterday afternoon. Capt.
Rice, Engineer Farnsworth. and the
men who had been working on her
| since 9 o'clock the previous night
gineer answered briefly to the ques-
| tions of reporters. According to
them, the Miowera appeared to
be grounded nearly amidships and
| not near the bow as previously
| reported. According to them, when
ever they commenced towing, the
MiOwera seemed to tie swinging
| around as though moving on a pivot.
The tug parted two new hawsers re-
Gently brought from the coast. An
eight-inch hawser parted first and
| was rendered useless. A nine
inch hawser took. its place, but, that,
| too, parted. A new four and half
inch wire cable belonging to the Milo
vera which was fastened to the tug
also parted twice. However, the tug
has two more serviceable hawsers for
useon board. a new hawser for the
CIaudine was taken out to the vessel
yesterday afternoon. 1t was reported
on the tug that the plates of the
steamer were bending, but this was
not verified.
The Claudine has one anchor down,
and has steam up all the time. The
| Miowera, on the other hand, has but
a small kedge anchor out at her
stern. Several critics seem to think
that is not enough, and that the Milo
vera should have at least two of her
big anchors down, which, it is sug-
gusted, would have prevented her
being driven further in towards
the reef, as has been the case.
The tug Eleu used so lbs. of
steam, which at times ran up to as
one hundred pounds, while towing
the Miowera. The Claudine is sup
| posed to have used somewhere in the
neighborhood of $50 lbs. of steam.
1t seemed that all the marine ex-
perts were mustered out along the city
front yesterday, judging by the COM
| ments made on the disaster. The
first criticism was made upon the
eight or ten big steamers that were
lying in the harbor on Monday night
point.
| Chow could such a valuable steam
| er,worth over quarter million dollars,
be allowed to go to pieces while all
| Honolulu's serviceable steamers were
lying at ease at their respective
wharves?" was the query of one.
EYES," replied another, "and there
lies the Z. S. S. Philadelphia, which
possesses power enough to pull off
the stern of the Miowera, if she could
not pull off the Miowera herself"
A third person made the remark
that 4 British warship would have
gone to the assistance of any ship in
distress, without waiting to be asked.
The present location OF the light
house was condemned as being very
deceiving. a lighthouse should be
where the Miowera now lies, outside
the reef, and not near the wharf.
The Honolulu pilots were condemned
as having very soft snaps. "New York
or San Francisco pilots often go forty
or sixty miles out to sea to look after
incoming vessel, and do not wait I'M
til she is on the reef and then go out"
said another.
1.-TWO big steamers have been on
the reef inside of two months, since
the pilots have been paid salaries in
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