The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-27
ST. PAUL STILL IN THE SAND.
THE STEAMER MOVED 40 FEET
sEAWARD DURING THE DAY.

AhOHe IN Nhurse OF the " Ofk nope
fuI of Floating Her ON This Morn
fng's High Tide-The Ocean as
Quiet as "A MIL Pond and the
Steamer Reported as sound as on
the Day She Was Launched.
Long Branch. Jan. 26.-Ten thousand
visitors from the numerous resorts north
and south Of this place as well as from
New York. Philadelphia, and the larger
New Jersey towns, flocked here to-day
and repaired to the beach to watch the ef-
forts made to pull the steamer St. Paul.
the famous ocean, greyhound. over the bar
into the deep water. The ship was moved
40 feet seaward but the flood tide was not
Of sufficient duration to enable the crews
of the steamer and the wrecking eompan-.
les to haul her into water deep enough to
float.
There were fifty powerful tugs opposite
the St. Paul ready to render assistant, but
they were not utilized. Six immense kedge
anchors were planted in the sea about
thousand yards from the stranded vessel.
Fastened to the Hedges were several steel
hawsers which were connected with the
powerful capstan on the steamer of the
ship. This capstan was rotated by steam
power furnished by the steamers boilers
and engines. Everything was in readiness
for the haul and soon after midnight, the
engines were started. The hawsers tight
ened, the capstan oreaked and inch by
inch the big st. Paul was pulled seaward.
When the tide turned to the ebb, the boat
had been moved nearly one-third of her
length and placed in more advantage
Gus position as at low tide she was only
6 feet i'm the sand and in II feet of water.
The strain on the haWserS was kept up
moderately during the day in order to Keep
the ship from again moving towards the
beach. No attempt was made to toat her
while the afternoon tide was at the flood.
Those in charge predict that to-morroWs
high tides will be higher than that of to-
dav. and, with favorable conditions they
expect to complete the work begun so au-
spiciously last night.
The sea was almost as quiet to-day as
the proverbial mill pond. This state of
affairs caused the life saving crew to re-
move from the ship the line thrown 70
her when she stranded, which was used
to run the breeches bouy to and from the
Messrs. Clement A. Griscom, senior and
Junior, of Philadelphia, president and
manager, respectively, Of the 1nterna-
tional Navigation Company William
Cramp, a member of the firm that built
the st. Paul; Marine Superintendent
Shockford and other high officials of the
American line, visited the unlucky ship
and spent hours In consultation with
! Capt Jamison and his staff.
They gave out no official stot6Iaeptss sts2st
| ps4Dlication. but the petty officers strongly
| deny that the st. Paul was engaged in a
/ race with the Campania prior to the ac
cident. This story is not generally be
| heved, as Capt. James Mulligan of life
| saving station No. 4, who was the first
| to board the ship in the breeches buoy
| on Saturday morning, states that the first
| question put to him by the passengers
| when he stepped foot on the deck was,
| wv here is the Campania?"
All the passengers of the st. Paul were
| taken to New York in tugs late yester-
| day afternoon, but the entire crew, num-
| bering 400, including many women, re-
main on board and have not come ashore
] since the St. Paul struck. The steamer
| carried cargo of fruits, nuts, gold and
! general merchandise
Early this morning the lighter John
! Haggerty was foated to the shoreward
| side of the vessel and the crew of the lat
| ter assisted by the wreckers, transferred
| hundreds of tons of the cargo from the
! steamers hold to the lighter. The bag
! gage and perishable goods were first NOV
! ed. These were taken to New York The
| large amount of the precious metal was
| not disturbed, but remains in a strong box
on board the steamer in charge of guard
The officers of the st. Paul deny the re-
| port that the vessel was injured when
| she struck. They say there is no water
| in her hold and her plates are just as in
| tact as the day she was LAUGHED.
| one of the novel features of the day was
| the rigging of a telephone on board the
| end is connected with the local telephone
! system and by this means the ships off,
! GERS are able to communicate with their
| agents in the city.
The scene on Ocean avenue in front of
| the beached steamer to-day resembled a
county fair, improVised lunch rooms, ci-
gar stands and travelling speak easies'
| furnished food and drink to the multi
| tUde. On the port!co of one of the big
| summer hotels, now closed there was a
large sign reading Seats to let" and the
enterprising man in charge reaped a har-
vest of shekels. The local railroad from
Asbury Park to Long Branch carried
| thousands of passengers. Farmers from
a distance of twenty miles drove to the
| scene of the accident and mingled with
the fashionably dressed visitors from the
city.
At Q o'clock tonight Custom House Of
fcer Patterson telephoned from the St
Paul that a determined effort would be
made at 8 a. m. tomorrow to pull the
ship from her cradle in the sand.
Mr.. Patterson said that the attempt
would doubtless be a failure unless a wind
from the east was blowing that would
make the tide extra high.
AMERICA AND THE ARMENIANs