The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-29
IT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
MANAUENsE KEPT AFLoAT WITH
GREAT DIFFICULTY.


soldiers ObIivious of Danger Sang
what the - DO We Care.
Manila. Nov. 2S.-The transport Manau-
ense, with Lieut.. Col. Webb Hayes and
three companies of the Thirty-irst In
fantry on board, has arrived here. She
narrowly escaped disaster.
The officers and soldiers were for twelve
days baillng with buckets. The steamer
was unseaworthy, undetermined and short
OF provisions. Her engines broke down
Fand she rolled three days in a typhoon.
When the Manauense anchored in Ma
nila bay this morning, thirty-three days
from San Francisco, there were several
feet Of water in her hold, and 400 grimy,
greasy hungry, exhausted soldiers and
sailors had been passing buckets of water
since Nov. II. night and day.
First Assistant Engineer Dunleavy was
under arrest, and according to Col. Webb
Hayes official report, the chief engineer
would also have been under arrest If
there had been any one to replace him.
The coloners report also declares that
the captain of the vessel told him that
through was the fact that the men were
greenhorns and failed to realize their
danger while experienced seamen would
have deserted the ship and taken to the
boats in pid-ocean.
The Manauense is a chartered ship flying
the British flag. She belongs to a firm of
which Senator Perkins of San Francisco is
alleged to be a junior member. The Of
hcers say the firm bought her for $4,000,
and they claim efforts were made to sell
her to The government for $15O,OOO
Half of the Crew Deserted.
SHE started from San Francisco, accom-
panied by the transport Pekin, which car
lied the remainder of the regiment and en-
cuntered heavy seas TO Honolulu without
accident. After starting it developed that
she was undetermined and soldiers had
TO be detailed to act as fremen, coal-pass-
ers and walters and to do other work. Be-
fore reaching Honolulu, the crew concfud.
ed that the ship was not safe, and The ma
jority agreed to desert. Though they were
olosey watched, many of crew succeeded
in getting away and The Manauense Left
Honolnlu ith- less than half her crew.
The captain of the transport on Nov II
tod Col. Hayes that the vessel had sprung
a leak, and an investigation resulted in
fnding several feet of water in the hold.
Inc steam pumps were tried, but failed
10 work, and there were no hand pumps
on board However forty-six buckets were
found, others were improvised, and the
soldiers not employed in working the ship
were organized into five shifts and stripp-
ed and forming lines they began bailing.
the officers working with the men. passing
tne buckets, which were sent up to the
deck by windlass. The longest time a
snlIt could stand was two hours, and Of
ten the period was not longer than half
an hour.
The bailing continued until the ship an
chored here.
Machinery Collapsed.
The same day the leak was discovered.
me machinery collapsed and the electric
AghIlng plant and evaporating, distilling
ana d, re1rlgerating apparatus failed to work
tAere were no lamps, and the few candles
round We're exhausted after few days
Durlng the last week of the passage the
ddhauense was in utter darkness at night
one mad been rolling in heavy seas all the |
way but Nov. p she encountered a ty-
tlooh and pitched and tossed alarming |
Ihe Pekin became separated from the
Adnauense in the storm.
ne water rose rapidly and the bailing |
ao'Oe was doubled. But the buckets were |
( sidoually smashed, and barrels and boxes |
we're substituted for them, the men work. |
r r's IN ili darkness, planks and pieces of iron |
sHa4uIhs being violently washed among |
e.eul' Inc firemen could only feed the |
t.es py being lifted on the shoulders of |
''s other men, through water waist deep. |
short of Lffeboats.
ne typhoon lasted two days and a half.
Suo sr,o IN the midst of it The engines stopped.
ue oihcers then held a council, and |
Iound .'..n mat there were 420 persons on board
"1'N nfeboat accommodations for 213
IN me meantime the men below. jgno-
ii'n, Of their extreme peril, were passing
va, UooNtts and singing "What the He'll do
Wv are while the ship rolled helpless
!" t'e ocean, with matches closed. The
"a I,1l was intense until the typhoon pass
w. w. auu the Pek'D which had re raced her
s}l Ss aIout seventy miles. came along
he lue Manauense, which was rolling so
n 1e' ny mat the soldiers in the hold could
a. =. e1en roll see the Pekin through the
Na.eheS overhead
Co' James S. Petit, commander OF the
- -hrst Volunteer Regime Mt. ordered
any. a1s 'dahauense 10 proceed 10 Guam and
re- iehef, but the capita of the Mana
tba cemurred, the officers say, because
'1D per day
M o1ghout the remainder of the VOYAGE
cnc. 9Eihes Of the Manauense failed fre-
bocl.'y and tie ship woud roll for few
'r5e- While the engines were repairing.
4 fen C., IRE steamer would proceed again FIR
Of NJ neat and vegetables rotted. because
no Iaiiure of the refriger ators, ana
0 lhrown overheard
Water About Gave Out.
t5a aller the storm, the water supplied to
tbs ',P at Honolulu had to be used for
for 53rers' and there was little or none
dn,iu urlnking. In fact it is asserted thai
men me last week of the voyage the
and s-'ed almost entirely on whisky, beer
exb, oincers and soldiers were utterly
rbs,. yea when they reached Manila.
mo. ueelare the engineers were grossly
lbe petent The officers also say that
Dra,y naylor Of the troops was beyond
suo1. for days they worked In the dark.
uhg hold with water up TO their
h ~ ',1sIs, and with planks washing about