The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29
ST. PAuL NOT AFLo4r YET.
A Pilot Boarded the stranded Liner Yeste

nara aground in the sand OH Long Branch this afternoon with no more prospects, of getting her into deep wa ter than there were yesterday, For the past twentyLfour hours no effort has been made to hudge her, although in that time there have been two high tides. Other conditions, however, have been unfavorable, as the wind still blows from the northwest, An easterly wind would create a much higher wa ter
 For the first time since the ship ran on the beach shortly after midnight on Saturday morning last, she was seen to fly flag signals this morning. At her fore truck was a Union Jack. Fly ing from the triatic stays of her fore mast was blue flag with white square in the middle. This signal in the international code is "P." Under the blue flag was perpendicular red, white and blue one, meaning '"T." All | three flags together called for pilot.
 Pilot No passed the St. Paul about two miles to seaward at 9:SO o'clock. The skipper of the pilot boat saw the signals flying and immediately put about. A pilot then went aboard the ship in a yawl. The reason for taking a pilot aboard the stranded vessel could not be learned from the shore.
 Immediately after the pilot boarded the St. Paul this morning the signals were ihauled in The pilot boat remain ed near the St. Paul. One of the first persons to visit the beach opposite the St. Paul this morning was William Vol kel, representing the law firm of Lord Day & Lord of 120 Broadway, New York, counsel to the Cunard Steamship company MT Volkel had come down to Long Branch to investigate the al legged statement of Borden A. Jeffery that on Saturday morning he had seen the Cunard line steamship Campania Iaground near where the St. Paul strand ed, and that she was aground for half an hour.
 The paper which printed the alleged interview with Jeffery, also stated that his story was corroborated by Captain Wardell Of the life saving station No. 5, Mir. Volkel obtained a denial from Captain Wardell It is as follows: q, Captain Wardell, and my crew. will not and cannot corroborate the statements as reported to-day and pro nounce them as absolutely false. saw a steamship about 400 yards off shore opposite station No 5 but would not say that she was the Campania or that she was aground.
 "Signed: CAPT. WARDELL."
 Mir yolkel, after having obtained the above statement. went in search of lJeffery.
 This man Jeffery,' said MT. volkel, | lives mile from shore and he says he sawfthe Campania from his house." It. had been expected that an attempt would be made this morning to move the St. Paul It was high tide about $ o'clock, but the wind kept the water down and it was useless to make the at tempt The big cables which were at tached to the anchors off the port quar- ter-decl were slack this morning. The ship seemed to be deeper than ever in the sand.
 A careful inspection of mid-low water this morning showed that her entire keel was fast in the sand. Her Rro- pellers were protruding more out of the water this morning than yesterday. | Each day the wreckers hope will bring an east wind and make high spring tide for it is now about full moon They have banked their hopes on the tides of to-day and tomorrow.
 The wrecking tugs are still gathered about the ship ready to make an at tempt of moving her at the first favor able opportunity The work of un- | e,I,; ,;,>' continued this morning. The lighters were loaded | with cases and sent to New York.
 The St. Paul appeared about the same to-day as yesterday, except that she seemed to list even more to port. Three hundred of her crew left last night in cludiAg Captain Jamison and many of the officers.
 | At the office of the American line 1t was said this morning that the pilot who had boarded the St. Paul had been insit ucted to remain upon the ship and lbe in readiness whenever it might be possible to move her.
 The office of the company was in tel ephone communication with the St, Paul early to-day. The condition of af- fairs aboard the stranded vessel was re- ported practically unchanged.
 The telephone on board the St. Paul was kept busy this morning for over an hour while the officers of the company were giving instructions about the un- loading of inc cargo Sho tly afterwar1 la huge canvas sail was dropped over the starboard side of the vessels bow and made fast to the gunwale of the lighter r. R. Sharp.
 The work of unloading the gold was then begun. The object of stretching the sail was to prevent any loss of the precious metal in case of an accident while lowering it to the lighter. All of the cargo in the aft matches was taken out to-day, but it will probably be two or three days, at the present rate, be- fore the forward part of the vessel is empty. Besides the Sharp, the lighter George w. Walcott was also taking lpart of the cargo.
 The company is now making ready for an emergency. The pilot who was taken on board the St. Paul this morn ing will remain in charge of the ship, so that in case she is f1oated there will be no delay in going to New York. A ca nal boat, the Pacific of Brooklyn, load ed with coal, was lowed alongside of the ship this morning. The coal was hoisted into the St. Pauls bunkers by means of derrick rigged near the after starboard funnel.
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