The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-15
INJURIES TO THE TEXAS.
CoNSTRUCTOR BOWLEs GIVES a DE-
TAILED REPORT OF AcCIDEST.
Three Hundred and SIX Dollars aud
Twelve Days All That Are Needed
to Repair the Damage.

day IL is made by Naval Constructor +.
r. Bowles, under wbose s,,nervix,op the
shin WAS bnil, =, IN. Nors,,. ,,.,...',,s.',
"' o'''' at 'he No'ioik navy-yard'
and Is addressed TO Commodore Mont
gomcry Sicard. comma ndan, NJ tho prook
lvn nayv-v,rd M, 90, - .ss .s.,-,~.
is as follows
.>.,. Wi, A.. ,,.s
sir: IN compliance with your verbal
instructions of November 18th | have
the honor 10 mako the fo,,,.,.,r.. r.,,,r,
90 ,,., d,,.,,,,,. =, ,~"'"e
VI '"e uoChihs Oh the IeSas'
so"Lss hkPohf'
me uock was prepared Tor the Texas
NToselnper N H., anu ~ ai,u she was uockeu
,1,eb w11,t.b'ioSs 81 III; III; ne hsei o'ocks uvon
"ht,n '.ht,n nr one ,,". tcsys nau pesn 'ens~ei wtn
", "",,e ~ osn ~ utyyas p,s1,o.s, ~ 'ns uocSlns
b. 'aS ~ oauii,"aa' hia' nusus. ,s'i. NC ssac
shin a-as CO can,r'J ,a hrtns snS La"g
blopLs and h,le, hIooSs w ev vr,ns vr.,n s"e rnir
fv-eicbt feet from tba ear, xas lest over
HING Two sats ~ waia sbnrs. ana one
ser Sf biIgo Shores were ,sssd The latter
being nlacrd und.r The h,lys Vel
THE ship was landed very closely to her
position. and with a sIiyht list 10 port.
one bilge block on the starhoar ri side
sixteen inches forward of arnIdship failed
TO haul. and after pumning down N was
found TO have dcnted her bottom "a re-
ported i'm my letter OF November 5th.
Seven other biiee blocks were found to
be bearing hard, and were drawn out
after the bilge shores had been driven.
the bottom.
The ship was painted November 5th,
9Th, and 18th, the bilge blocks and shores
being removed one at a time TO paint the
wake wake or the heads.
oh Novemoer 'th IL was noticeu tnat
Two OF tne keci docks were showing
Signs On Tue por' sue OF takink neavhy;
the edges or the cap blocks having turned
Pyrceplipiy pucklei. ine euges OF tnese
,pvhs ..,f, woI. ,,t sut pach 'o pfesen' s"s
iur'her oueS"hs'
1ur rrpsr srpArNtxo
Later i'm the afternoon Of November
Sth, IL was reported that the fioo.-plate
Of frame - was buckled and mat the
the dock Immediately. but from an ex-
animation OF the outside could de-
and rscomme,ded ~ ,bss comma ndant
that water be put into the lock next
teIfere WIN the WORK then prosressmt.
On November sth, the JOCK oe,ns
cleared ready ior noodlhg an eAa,n'n"tt,o" t.
was was mace OF tne Sohui,,oh & yi .ns ,S"t v
tom IRON the OUTSIDE. whicn snoweu tnas
tne snip Was peaf'ns neNnS o. SSa,r.,
ol tne hcei DioShS' tnt WIZ. v..s se
.iose ,h on tie sns's ',a va" ,,ten,a,ton
Hd 1if ,n, ua' oteaeh ',"Ihais an ,nch The
q
uVSh Vt was 'noh ii"eu W s'N '''' W.
SUI sui >--., ,o,,, A., s,.o.,,o,, ~, tho
commandment , ,he dock WAS ALLIED 10
,,aa'a,, raat
'i.n.n '.N a,, 80 ,horo,1h nv
Vn .N"f III, .'n.o. - An, ,ha Ar ho,ton,
ana ~ ,omnd that s,nce decking
tho shin a had continued 10 bear heav-
er Ins nnop sp The "b Keel blocks until the pres
snrs ,,non tba,n became 40 great that
Their outer edges turned upwards and
rreso.d hard soainst the boftom plating
outside OF the fat keel TO such an ex-
tent as to crack the cement and buck
and there over a length OF one hundred
and for,v-four feet amfsiships.
"a detailed report showing the position
and amount OF these deflactions and the
extent 10 which the cement was cracked
is hereto o attarhed In this appendix.
the figures given refer TO the maximum
d.fiaeaction in each case.
EXTENT or THE DAMAGE.
- -, =. 4, - .o noted ers, that
=, III s'Icrai IL - " ps nV'.J, .,,,en slm"st
ener,,hr e,e in nxtended enc in fore ama aft
d,rac,inn narafiei to the keel. are only
ss,' ,ra,n rom ,be middle line: second.
leet isoir - " ,'. h,cLiad iaaect,ons
Wne,e W noo' ,,faS,a -, ,ba mates. ,hird.
oSeur Liin nuan s''e or o,h,r es,,.ci was noted
no pue he ays, loeitudlnai: fourth.
the ship has not maze any "ater wna.
thmlph the dock has been flooded six
feet above the keel for four days. showing
th,t Inc caIking and rivcting are intact.
and The keel-pIate practically uninjured.
..,rha shin is AT present lying In sir feet
q, a,a,er ind car safely remain as lcng
as ,yecessary In this connection. l
submit.
"rhe shin was carefully locked and
every usual precauiion observed
"pandiny of the brackets and floor
H. ',.as an. to the bendIng up OF the
p,atts pt ~ ca, hlocks
V.H1 .'Tto - '' stinct,,ral strength OF the
~ ue a. no, ansscted
Sirp ~ - s,s.ts % nrod,,ced would have been
oo,ira,y avoided II the shin had been
,,roun;lv nnaocled when the painting
Us y, rpor,nIe.sd and not DELAYED TO change
,h', scrawS
'',.r ., ,,,er ,o avoid the diff,culty I'm fu-
,,,rn dncti,g rocomnend that when
az h,ocLs two feet long are used. that
T., adJ,,ion ,o Tho shores used on this
nnoas,nn ~, an additional tier OF shores be
,taaaT On Tho second and fourth iongf-
pia,cp ps,', ~ s,., ,, ,hs r,iJl,o line kcei'
|nms,r,,c,nr pnvjes concludes hts report
bN RECOMMENDING tiiaA ,'if s'o'h III s'S