The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-19
FEARLESS
SAVED SHIP
Towed Euterpe Safe To
Honolulu.
RESCUED FROM THE REEF
Alone and Unaided the SpreckeIs
Tug Accomplishes D ffi-
cult Task.
The ship Euterpe is off the reef!
Spreckels' powerful tug Fearless did

! The ship Euterpe is off the reef!
Spreckels' powerful tug Fearless did
/ it!
Captain Brokaw of the Fearless is
now having his horoscope cast. He
wants to know how many more ships
he will yank off the coral which fringes
months. He pulled the Dunreggan off
the Diamond Head reef last month and
early yesterday morning he made the
Euterpe jump her rocky bed near Ka-
.hului.
In the Dunreggan case the Iroquois
and Eleu assisted the Fearless. In the
the work herself and saved valuable
vessel with big cargo Of coal by her
own unaided efforts. While there was
talk of sending the Eleu and several
Island steamers to the rescue of the
Euterpe at Kahului, the Fearless skip
ped off to the scene of the trouble and
saved the day.
Last night about o'clock the Fear
less came into this harbor with the
Euterpe in tow and left her at anchor.
safe and comparatively sound, in the
stream.
About an hour before this the Eleu
heard that the Euterpe was coming
and hurried out of the harbor to bring
her in. After getting out as far as the
bell buoy, however, she saw the Fear
less coming along with the Euterpe
at the end of line and so put back in
to the harbor.
A rumor got around the water front
that the Fearless was returning. Many
people, not acquainted with the great
power of the tug and the stick-to-itive-
ness of Captain Brokaw thought at
, first that the Fearless had given up the
job or that the Euterpe had drifted
, ashore near kahului and gone to pieces.
, They were much surprised when they
found that, although the Fearless was
, indeed returning, she was bringing the
Euterpe with her.
, The Euterpe went ashore about 8
o'clock on Sunday morning. She had
, all sail set when she struck and, as far
, as Captain SAKE was able to observe,
it was all clear sailing. The steamer
Mokolii was at Kahului at the time Of
{, the accident and Immediately went to
, the ships assistance.
, About / o'clock Sunday afternoon the
, Mokolii got line on the Euterpe and
: tugged away bravely for about an
. hour. The Mokolii was by no means
powerful enough, however, to make any
/. impression and at 2 o'clock she started
!, for Honolulu with the Euterpe's first
mate to get assistance. Before she left
!, she saw to it that the Euterpe was
= held from drifting any farther inshore
by leaving one of the steamers anchors
:, out with a five-inch line attached.
: Captain SAKE also ran out ninety
: fathoms of wire attached to the largest
5 kedge he had aboard. To this he at
: tached an eight inch line. But when
:, the breeze sprang up later the lines
. parted and the Euterpe went further
: onto the reef.
The Mokolii arrived in Honolulu
; about 4 o'clock Monday morning. The
: first mate of the Euterpe went at once
to the captain of the Fearless. The
Fearless first towed the ship Great Ad-
miral into the harbor from where she
had been lying outside and then she
was ready to hasten to the rescue of
the stranded vessel from Newcastle.
She left Honolulu about O'Clock
:. Monday morning with the Euterpe's
= mate aboard and arrived at the scene
, of the trouble at about 5 o'clock In the
afternoon of the same day. Half an
hour later the Fearless had a brand
new fourteen inch Manila line attached
~ to the Euterpe and commenced tug
ging away with all her great strength
The Fearless did not pull steadily but
~ with the intention of Jerking or jump
% ing the vessel off the coral reef.
= Unlike the Dunreggan case, there
- was no preliminary argument concern
= ing terms, the Euterpe needed help and
u needed it very badly and the Fearles:
simply handed her line and pulled.
or When the tug began pulling the Eu
"a terpe's crew began to jettison her car
III go. They commenced to throw the Goa
nc from the starboard side overheard frs
SO as to give the vessel list to port
a Brokaw thought that in this manner |
would be easier to get her afloat again
~ All Monday night the Fearless KEEP
AZ lup her Jerking and at five minutes afte
~ o'clock yesterday morning her effort
proved successful and the iron shi
hoated in deep water. At o'clock tn
Euterpe set sail and, in tow of tn
~ Fearless, started for Honolulu. TIL
g. Fearless pulled her along at an cas-