The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-27
SHE IS sr1Iz AGROUND.
Efforts to Pull the st. Paul or Are Un-
 avaiIing.


 thousand persons from the numerous resorts hereabouts, as we'll as from New York, Philadelphia and larger New Jersey towns Hooked here to-day to watch the efforts to pull the stranded steamer St, Paul over the bar into deep water. The ship has been moved 170 feet seaward, but the flood tide was not of sufficient duration to enable the crews of the steamer and the wrecking companies to haul her into water deep enough to float. There were fifty pow erful tugs opposite the St. Paul ready to render assistance, but they were not utilized. Six immense, kedge anchors were planted in the sea about a thou- sand yards from the stranded vessel. Fastened to the kedges were several steel hawsers which were connect ed with the capstan on the ships stern. This capstan was rotated by power and soon after midnight the en- zines were started and inch by inch the St. Paul was pulled seaward. When the tide turned ito the ebb the boat had been moved nearly one-third of her length and placed i'm a more advan- tageous position, as at lowfide she was only six feet in the eand and in eleven feet of water. The strain on the haw- sers was kept up moderately during the day in order to keep the ship from again moving toward the beach.
 No attempt was made ito float her while the afternoon tide was at the flood. Those in charge predict that to- morrow's high tides will De higher than that of to-day and with favorable con ditions they expect to complete the work begun last night. The sea was calm to-day and the life crews removed from the ship the line thrown to her when she stranded.
 Messrs. Clement A. Griscom senior and junior, of Philadelphia, president and manager respectively of the Inter- national Navigation company, William Cramp of the firm that built the St. Paul, Marine Superintendent shockford and others visited the ship to-day and spent hours in consultati2n with Cap tain Jamison and his staff.
 They gave out mo official statement, but the petty officers strongly deny that the St. Paul was engaged in a race with the Campania prior to the accident. This story Is not generally believed, as Captain Mulligan of life sta tion No 4, who was the first to board the ship in the brooches buoy on Satur- day morning, states that the first ques- ton put to him by the passengers when he stepped on the deck was where is the Campania?"
 The entire crew, numbering four hun- dred, including many women, still re- main aboard and have not come ashore since the St. Paul struck. The steamer carried cargo of fruits, nuts, gold and general merchandise @
 Early this morning lighter was fl at- ed to the sIoreward side of the vessel and hundreds of tons of the cargo were transferred to the lighter. Thesbaggage and perishable goods were first moved. These were taken to New York. The large amount of the precious metal was not disturbed. As the cargo left the steamer it was inspected and checked by custom house officer The officers of the St. Paul deny that the vessel was injured when she struck. They say there is no water in her hold and her plates are just as intact as the day she was launched. The dirty water seen pouring out of the holes in her side comes, they say from the condensers. One of the novel features of the day was the rigging of telephone on board the boat to connect with the shore.
 The scene on Ocean avenue in front of the beach resemlbled a county fair. Improvised lunch rooms, cigar stands and travelling "speak-easies" furnished refreshments to the multitude.
 J On the portico of one of the big sum- mer hotels, now closed, was large sign reading Seats to Let" and the man in charge reaped a; harvest of shekels.
 Fishermen made money by conveying curiosity seekers in surf boats to the sides of the vessel. No one, however, was permitted to ascend the ladder leading. up to the deck, except the GUS tom house officers and those officially connected with the ship. When the tide was on the flood many of the hand somely dressed women who occupied points of vantage on the shore had their costumes almost ruined by the incoming breakers There were a number of scrimmagies, but in the main the crowd was orderly.
 At g o'clock tonight Custom House Officer Patterson telephoned that a de- termined effort would be made at 5 a. m. tomorrow to pull the ship from her sandy cradle MT. Patterson said the attempt would doubtless be a failure, unless wind from the east was blow ing that would make the tide extra high.