The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-03
BANDORILLE WRECK
She is Rapidly Breaking to Pieces on
the Beach.
TIE MACHINERY TAKEN OUT
Attempt 20 Move the Vessel lnto tmpqna
River AbandOned--iier Miserable
Steering Apparatus.
TIE MACHINERY TAKEN our

In the last issue Of the Florence West
appears tho following interesting account
OF The wrecked iandorillc:
tnt about tao weeks ago II was
thought possible 10 move the liahdorillo
up the beach into the Umpqua iiver a
distance Of half a mile from whore she
grounded over 100 yards were gained
when the leaks IN tho vessel became 10
apparent that Tho owners decided TO save
~ machinery and II WAS necessary TO
secure the services OF Chicf Engineer !.
Anderson. Of the Nobhrta. who went
down 90 ,hr scene on horse back sRtur-
day tho luh inst. experiencing IN eN-
lfcmciy disngrtrnhie trip. a strong south
east wind blowing. accompanied by n
hsayy hailalorm. In an interview Mr.
Anderson said
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock I went
down 10 the wreck 10 examine into the
condition bf the vessel 20 as 20 ascertain
What measures would be- best taken TO
save tho machinery In her mold was
.our feet Of water. AMI she gns Etill
leaking badly To pump her out was an
impoasibnlty. which. ! am sure could
have been done. had I been uummoncd
three or four days earlier. The boat was
lying about % feet below nigh water mark
and all our work had to be done AZ low
tide which. unfortunately. was 50 that
nearly everything accomplished vas tho
result of night work. under great ,lishd
NanIagrs and with mcaEre light Assist.
iHs me Wcrc eight men. who worked
faithfully and we'll Sunday night all the
steam htiinRs and donkey pump were re-
moved To facilitate the nights work
duchct two feet deep and three In NUM-
her were dug. az stem. amidshlps and
stern. OWNS To the roughnuss We were
unable 10 proceed Tuesday until night
when We commenced TO take the engine TO
pieces The faEtcnlngs of nanmayt TO
kc-lHon had been carried away. or the
engine could have been TAX n out whole
Two cylinders were removed that aish:.
Wednesday We worked IN water and
sand two feet deep TO loosen anchor
bolts, which was a hard task. TO say
The least This done the cylinders bod
plates and condenser were hoistci on
drck Work on the boiler commenced
Thurnday, Tho sides OF the bunkcrs hdc
raycd In. and nvctons OF coal was wash.
ius about In three feet OF water, rhls re-
moved. together with vast aoSumula.
tlun of rand, and dumped overheard. We
succeeded In loorenlng the fastenings OF
the boiler Az luck would have H. the
malnmasi was gone. thus taking away
the only available means OF hoisting, 80
the boiler was turned over 10 get the
steam dome under the deck beams This.
was done without purchase
Late Thursday night the tide filled the
ship, and ON Friday evening the boiler
was hauled along the hull In three feet
OF water TO the forward hatch. The
next night the boiler was slung. tackles
pat on, and an cndcavor was made TO
hrRvc Il on deck without success, each
time the tackles giving way. However.
u was finally slung up In The ha'ca and
so len, In tho event OF the boat sinking
In tho sand, the machinery and boiler. at
least ls saved. which IL valued at some
thing more than tLoo, The propeller
was iUst
The chief spoke very highly Of the ef-
forts of Cant John Bergman and crew.
and OF the kind treatment and hospitality
of the lirht keepers,
The broken tudder. which was the cause
of all this disaster. was the suhjc>t OF
careful examination at the hands " the
chief, who found that the post had been
extended and the ends merely butted to-
geihtr and clrcled with an iron collar.
fastened with two seven-elghths bolts,
which had broken, the rudder crashing
into the propeller. MIR Anderson spoke
in the mot "ondcmnatory terms of such
hunglinr piece OF work. and said ;hat II
was small wonder the accident had no'
occurred months before.