The San Francisco call., 1896-11-11
THE uMATILLA'S
MEN WERE COOL
She Returns After Her
Wreck Near Port
Townsend.
Captain Hunter Pays a Glowing
Tribute to the Bravery
of His Men.
ALL STAYED AT THEIR POSTS
Departure of the Frawley Company
on the Steamer Australia for
Honolulu.

The Pacific Coast Steamship Company's
steamer UmatiIla got in from Puget
Sound yesterday with cargo of wheat.
After discharging she will go to the
Union Iron Works, where she will be
docked for repairs. To look at the vessel
as she steamed up to her dock no one
would ever think that for weeks she had
lain on the beach with the water up to
her main deck.
Over a month ago the Umatilla left here
for Victoria, B. C. On arriving at that
point pilot took charge for the voyage
around the Sound and ran her on the
rocks near Port Townsend in dense fog.
A big hole was torn in the vessels bottom
and she began to fill. Captain Hunter
then headed the vessel for the beach and
got her into shallow water before she
went down. Captain Hunter and Chief
Engineer Lacey are both almost worn out
with the work of attending to the raising
of the steamer and both are proud of the
fact that she is once more in San Fran
cisco.
81 cannot say too much for my crew"
said Captain Hunter. Every man stuck
to his post. and firemen kept steam up
while working up to their knees in water.
1Qere was uO pdDlC dLuOHS tue pdoSSh-
gers, but none of them would go below
until Chief Steward Curtis got the galley
fire going at A. NJ. and made coffee and
toast. When everything was ready the
gong was rung, and the boys rounded all
the cabin passengers into the dining-room
for a snack. That put heart into all OF
them. and they became more cheerful.
They had hardly finished eating before the
water began entering the dining-room.
but the passengers did not know 1t. Next
Mr.. Curtis saw that the sieerage passen-
gers were taken care of, and then he@or-
dered breakfast to be got ready.
'By this time the water was foot deep
in the galley, but the cook and his assist
ants stuck to their work, knowing that
the vessel could sink very little lower, and
| by A. NJ. fine meal was prepared. Then
| the cabin passengers we're marshaled into
| the steerage and served with as good a
meal as they would have received at sea,
| only the surroundings were not as pleas
ant. After the cabin passengers had nm
| ished the tables were cleared and then re-
| set for the steerage passengers. tell you
a good meal puts heart into man or q
| woman, and to hear those passengers
laughing and joking after the tables were
cleared you would never think we had all
had q narrow escape from going down in
deep water. All's well that ends well,
| however, and Curtis deserves all the
credit for the inspiration that made him
| get that coffee and toast ready at O'Clock
in the morning."
After the water had been pumped out
of the Umatilla the tugs Magic, Tyee and
| Tacoma took hold of the big steamer and
towed her to Port Townsend. The &C.
companying sketch is taken from a SNAP
shot made by an amateur photographer
| while the tugs and their tow were making
for the Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany' 8
landing at Port Townsend. After some
temporary repairs the vessel was put on
the drydock and big timbers were placed
over the hole and bolted to the hull.
| Everything was made perfectly water.
/ tight, and then the Umatilla went to Ia.
| coma to load wheat. It will be several
months before she will again be ready fol
| service.
The British ship Landing stuck in the
1 mud off the gas works early yesterday.
She was being moved from Union street
| TO the gas works to discharge her Goa
| cargo, but as she is unusually long and
| has a big draft she could not get alongside
She was afterward pulled off and anchored
| in the stream. A berth along the from,
will be secured for her and the coal will
be iightered to the gas works.
The mem bers of the Hawaiian National
| band again attended the sailing of the
steamer Australia yesterday. There were
over 500 people on the wharf, and they one
and ell thoroughly enjoyed the playing
and singing of the band.
| The Frawley Company went down or
the steamer. They will open the Roya
| Hawaiian Opera-house, and in three week.
| will present twelve plays. Jacob Gottlot
went with the company as manager. The