Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-28
Three Companies Come Near Co.
ing to the Bottom Of the Sea.
BAILED WATER FOR II DAYS
Vessel was Three Days In a Typhoon
Was unseaworthy-uen short
Provisions.

here She narrowly escaped disaster.
The officers and soldiers were for twelve
days baillng with buckets The steamer
was unseaworthy, UNDERMINED, and
short Of provisions. Her engines broke
down and she rolled three days in
typhoon
S;lj p. m.-When the Manauense an
chored in Manila bay this morning,
thirty-three days from San Francisco,
there were several feet Of water IN her
hold, and four hundred grImy, greasy,
hungry, exhausted soldiers and sailors
had been passing buckets Of water
since Nov Il, night and day. First AS
slstant Engineer Dunleayy was under
arrest and, according TO Col, Webb
Hayes official report, the chief engineer
would have been under arrest also II
there had been any one to replace him.
The colonels report also declares that
the captain Of the vessel told him that
the only thing which brought them
through was the fact that the men were
greenhorns and failed 20 realize their
danger while experienced seamen
would have deserted the ship and taken
TO the boats In midocean
The Manauense Is a chartered ship
flying the British flag. She belongs 70
a firm Of which Senator Perkins Of
San Francisco is alleged to be junior
member
The officers say the firm bought her
for $4,000, and they claim efforts 10
sell her TO the government for $4,000
were made She started from San
Francisco accompanied by the trans
port Pokln, which carried the remainder
OF the regiment and encountered heavy
seas 10 Honolulu without accident. Az
ter starting 1t developed that she was
undermined. and soldiers had 10 be
detailed to act as firemen. coal passers,
md walters. and to do other work.
Washington, Nov. 2S.-Gen. Otis ca
bled the war department announcing
that the Thirty-frst volunteers who ar
rived on the Pekin and the Nanauense
Will garrison the ports OF Mlndanao.
Gen. OTIS also wires that the transport
Port Albert sails today Tor San Fran
cisco, and that the Tartar and Nau-
worth will sail on the Goth. He also an
nounces the arrival Of the hospital ship
Missouri. which sailed via Suez. No cas-
ualties are reported on the arriving
ship.
The Manauense sailed from San
Francisco on October Goth, for Ma
Mia.
Before reaching Honolulu the crew
concluded the ship was not safe ana
the majority agreed 10 desert. Though
they were closely watched many Of the
crew succeeded in getting away, and
the Manaueuse left Honolulu with less
than half her crew. The captain OF the
transport, on November II. told Col.
HAYES that the vessel had sprung a leak.
An investigation resulted IN finding
several feet OF water In her hold The
steam pumps We're tried, but failed 10
work and there were no hand pumps on
board. However forty-siX buckets
We're found. others were improvised and
the soldiers not employed In working
the ship were organized into Ave shifts
and stripped. and forming lines they
began bailing, the officers working with
the men passing the buckets. which
were sent up 10 the deck by o windlass.
The longest time a shift could stand
was two hours. ana often the period
was not longer than half an hour
The battling continued until the ship
anchored here. The same day the leak
was discovered, the machinery coll
lapsed. and the electric lighting plant
and distilllng. evaporaung and refrig-
Grating plants failed 10 work. There
We're no lamps and the few candles
found were exhausted after a few
days.
During the last week Of the passage
the Manauense was In utter darkness
al night. She had been rolling In heavy
seas all the way, but November 22nd
she encountered a typhoOn and pitched
and tossed alarmingly
san Francisco Nov. 2S.-Transport
officials at this port are at loss to ex-
plain the alleged unseaworthiness OF
the transport Manauense, whose arriv-
al az Manila was reported today. A
representative Of the Associated Press
interviewed a number Of officials to-
day and In every instance the alleged
unseawOrthlness undermined and
under provisioned condition Of the yes
sci was ridculed II was stated that
the Manauense was IN first class condl-
ton when she left this port on October
2Gth. Her engines had been thorough
~ overhauled and her fittings were In
the best Of condition. She was thor
oughly proysoned In the cabin, enough
supplies for the soldiers and the ON
oials are al a loss 10 explain the al
legged shortness Of the food supply.
That she was undermanned r. abso.
lutely denied, because had she been.
clearance papers from this port would
not have been issued As n general
rule transports leaving this port are
II anything over supplied with working
crews
Regarding the alleged unseaworthi-
ness of the vessel Il can be stated that
she was thoroughly inspected by the
treasury department and was passed
as IN first class trim. Llody's local
inspector. Capt. Metcalf, also inspected
the vessel and passed her. The local
Inspector OF hulls and boilers made a
thorough examination and found her
engines In excellent condition, and IN
fact the Manauense was generally
credited with being one OF the best
fitted vessels IN the transport ser
vice
The only source Of foundation for the
rcport tina she was under prOvisioned
may nave Nt'H WIN lNt"lN W N'f SUI
ply OF fresh meats, OF which she took
a good supply from here. but which may
have been spoiled from some accident
10 the refrlgeratlng plant which gave
some trouble az Honolulu.
II the typhoon through which the
Nanauense passed was a severe one,
II Il not AZ all unlikely that some acci-
dent might have happened 10 her ma
chInery. necessltating its shutting down
FOR several DAYS, 50 that repairs could
be effected. This Il the only explana-
lion obtainable regarding the reported
rotten condition Of her machinery. II