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,
BAlLED WATER FOR IL DAYS
Vessel wa. Three nay. In a Typhoon
Was tnscsworthy-ucn short
Provisions.

Manila. Nov. g. 5.a5 p. m.-Thc trans
port Manauennc. with Lieut.. Col. Webb
Hayes and three companies N the Thlr-
ty-ffat Infantry on board, has arrived
here. She narrowly escaped disaster.
The officers and soldiers were Tor twelve
days baiiing with buckets The steamer
was unscaworthy. UNDERMINED. aud
short Of provisions. Her engines broke
down and she rolled three DAYS In q
typhoon.
S,i5 .. m.-whcn the Mnnaucnsc an
chorcd 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
slstnnt Engineer punlcavy was under
arrest and, according TO Col, Webb
Hayes official report, the chief engineer
would have been under arrest also u
there had been any one TO replace him,
The c1luncl's report also declares that
the captain u the vessel told him mat
the only thing which brought them
through was the fact that the men were
| gtccrhorua and failed TO realize theif
danger. while experienced aoamon
would have deserted the ship and taken
| to the boats In midocuan.
The Manhuense Il a chartered ship
nying the British nag She belongs 10
u nrm % which senator Perkins Of
san Francisco h alleged to be- a junior
| member
The oiIlccra say the Arm bought her
| for $4,000, and they claim Efforts o.
sell her to the government Tor $4,000
were made. She started from san
I 80 NNaHHNN
/ port pokin. which carried the reminder
| ~ the regiment and encountered heavy
/ seas 10 Honolulu without accident. AZ
/ ter starting u developed that she was
| undermined. and soldiers had to be
detailed to act NJ hr.men. coal passcrs,
! and walters. and to do other work.
| Washington, Nov. 2S.-Gcn. Otis ca
blcd the war department announcing
that the T'hlrty-nrst volunteers who ar
rived on the Pckin and the Manauensc
| viii gnriisun tho ports Of Mindanao.
Gen. OTIS also wirCs that tue transport
Port Albert sails today Tor San Fran
cisco. and thu, the Tartar and Nau-
| worth will sail on the 3gth. lie alro an
nounccn the arrival 81 the hospital ship
Missouri. which sailed via Suez. No cas-
ualtios are reported on the arriving
ship.
Francisco ON October sGth. FOR Ma
Mia.
before reaching Honolulu the crew
| concluded the ship was not safe ana
the majority agreed 20 desert Though
they wcrc closely watched many OF the
crew succeeded In getting away, and
tn. Mnnnucusc ieft Honolulu with less
than half her crow. The captain OF tho
transport, on November II, told Col.
Hayes that the vessel had sprung n leak.
An investigation resulted In nndlng
several feet ~ water In her hold The
steam pumps wcrp tried, hut failed "a
work aud there were no hand pumps on
board However. forty-slN huckcts
were found. others were improvised and
| tho soldiers not employed IN working
tho ahlp were organized Into iiNc shirts
aud HtHnHed. aui forming hntn they
began blillng. the officers working with
the men passing the buckets. which
were sent ~ 10 the deck by q windlass,
The longest time N shirt could stand
was two hour. ana often the period
was not longer than half an hour
The huillnr continued until the shin
anchored here. Tho same day the leak
was discovered. the machinery col'
lapscd. and the electric lighting plant
and distllllng, cvnputnting ana rHfrlg'
Grating plants failed to work Thor,
We're no lamps ana the few candles
found were exhausted after few
days.
During the last week of the passng,
the Mennucnsc was In utter darkness
at night She had been rolling In hcivS
seas al the way, but November 22nl
she encountered tynhuon and pitched
and tossed alarmlngly'
san Francisco. Nov, ?S-Transporl
| officials at this port are at a loss to cN,
plain the alleged unsenworthlness OF
the transport Mnnnucnse, whose arriv,
AT at Manila was reported today,
/, representative N the Associated Pres,
, interviewed number u officials To-
. day and In every Instance the allegct
I unsenworthiness. undermined ant
, | under provlFlpncd condition OF the yes
, sci was ridlculed. II was stated tina
, ! tho Mnnnueuae was In trHt class condi
tlon when she left this port on October
. a6th. Her engines had been thorough
I H. overhaulcd and her nttings were II
the best OF condition, She was thor
oughly prnyisloned In the cabin, enoufl
supplies Tor the soldiers ana The ON
: olnls are nj loss to explain the al
. legged shortness ~ the food supply
! That she was undormanned IL abso
} mtely denied, because had she been
} clearance papers from this port woul
2 not have been issued. AZ genera
, rule transports leaving TINS port ar
! II anything over supplied with worlSin
} crews.
ness of the vessel II can be stated tina
Z she was thoroughly inspected by III
i treasury department and was plssc
5 as In first class trim. Lody's locr
) Inspector, Capt. Metcnlf. also inspectc
) tho vessel and passed her The locg
2 Inspector of hulls and boilers made
I thorough examination and found h,
& englnea In excellent condition, and I
5 fact the Mnnnuenae was general
> credited with being one Of the hei
Z lifted vessels In the transport sci
Z vice.
& The only source of foundation for III
s rcport tina she was under provlsiono
; miy have been with regard to her SUI
2 ply OF fresh meats, OF which she too
z a rood supply from hcro,but which ma
{ have been spoiled from some nccldef
8 10 tho refrgcrnting plant which IA,
s some trouble Mt Honolulu.
2 n the typhoon through which II
z Mnnnuensc passed was severe on
& ii is not 1T an unlikely that some ace
9 dent might have happened "a her ma
5 chinery. ncccssitatlng It's shutting dow
2 Tor several DAYS, 10 that repairs cou
2 he Directed This IN the only explani
& tlon obtainnhle regarding the reportt
q | rntten condition OF her machinery.