The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-29
MIOwERA PROBABLY SAFE.
General Belief That She Proceeded to
honolulu,

Conflicting statements still continue as
TO the fate of the steamship Miowera, the
first rescuer of the Strathneyis, win the
balance of opinion, as IL would seem, in
favor of her having gone on her way 10
Honolulu. one of those who are IN the
minority is August Fridberg. master of
the schooner J. W. Watson. Just before
dark on the evening of December - he saw
the Miowera towing the Strathnevis. The,
next morning between and 10 he saw her
alone. She stood in toward shore in d.
rection a little south of Flattery rocks, on
a course of east by north, magnetic. It
was blowing very hard from the west and
there was a heavy sea. She was about
thirty-seven miles off the cape. north by
west, magnetic. Now, I saw her looking
for her tow said the captain, "and il
seems strange to me that if she did not
find her tow she should have gone on her
voyage without going TO report. ii being
such a short distance If everything was
all right with her she would certainly
have gone to Cape Flattery and signaled"
Capt Sorensen, Of the schooner Com
peer. also sighted the MioWera on the sd
She was 100 miles off Cape Flattery, was
under steam and proceeding south, evil
IDENTIFY with the idea OF recoaling at Hon
olulu. The Canadian Pacific railroad Of
fic.als at Victoria, and steamship men
there. infer from this that. failing to md
the Strathneyis in the storm that followed
the parting Of the hawsers, Cant Stott
thought II best to be content with his first
towage salvage and FASTENED 10 make up
lost time with his passengers and mails
Capt. P!llsbury. OF the Mineola speak
Ing OF the rescue of the Strathnevis at
the Butler last night said: The N.owera
IS certainly all right Had she been dis
ahled she would have gone ashore ard
some OF her wreckage would have foated
in. This would have been seen by the In
dams. who have settlements all along the
coast and patrol i pretty frequently. The
fact that nothing has been seen Of her is
proof positive that she has proceeded on
her voyage.
1.-The way reason the position OF the
captain on her deck Is this He thought
when he failed TO find the Strathneyis that
she was but twenty miles from Cape
Flattery, and that by daylight she would
be in sight Of Tato0sh island, and would
be reported and tugs sent ont for her.
Considering that the Strathnevis was
therefore practically safe. ne went on his
voyage"
AS to the sighting Of the Strathnevis
by the MineOla on her voyage TO San Fran
cisco. Capt Pillsbury said: Il was IN my
room when Second Officer k!rkwood re-
ported steamer on the lee beam. going
tho same way as we were. went on the
bridge and took the glasses and told him
that the steamer was not going our way.
but was evidently holding the wind which
was from the west At that time she was
about eight or ten miles in shore 10 rs.
For a steamer 10 lie in that position and
heading out seemed unusual, so I ordered
the course changed"
IBID you think Il was the Strathnevis?"
"Well. 7 was On the lockout for the
Strathnevis. but az the time Il didn't strike
me that the steamer ! saw was her. I
kept partly for her FOR two or three miles.
and thought ! discovered signals at her
masthead. and by watching carefully I
made them out % be signals OF distress.
was then convinced it must the Strath-
nevis"
WAS there any excitement on your yes
sci when il was snnounCed%
"Of course there was excitement when
we made preparations 10 get down and
speak her When We got NJ 20 her she
was lying I'm a heavy sea and perfectly
I helpless We asked what assistance We
could render. ard the question came back
II We woGli give her tow. We said we
would and we asked for boats ana haws-
crS. Her CAPTAIN said he had no hawsers
and no suitable boat We then took her in
tow THE costa Rica was some seven or
/ eight miles hehind Us, and when she same
up ve had already agreed 20 tow the
I Str3threvis, ana were making preparations
% DO So"