New-York tribune., 1900-09-04
ain wiIde.s report is as follows:
Z. S. s. oregon. first rate,


CAN'T = os 95eg0n f% jaly i5st + rAis; sSO
have the honor 10 report that the United states
sn mneharted ledge in Pe-Chi- Gulf sO5 p. M
he fathoms rs over @ its highest part Its position is 10
Gated by sextant angles upon an accompanying t
eighteen fathoms. Previous to the grounding OF
the ship Prom haye TO Sfate ro ma the
chief proceed 70 Taku as soon as READY rms
afternoon. The Zairo arrived at 410 p. m. on June
e. and the moment men ana stores We're Were 1J TAKEN
Kong at $50 m. .., - -.,
in ysay 6d ane sR& Sef6 G Ra Ra spee
fog lifted and ship was sent ahead full speed
o'clock on night of June q; Northeast Promontory
down Neither fog signal heard Ship was being
''leaded' right along with patent sounding ma ma
moments-just long enough for me to see the fash
ing light That was va m the M 9s{ bT seeing %
unks which are generally seen on th9t bPo1 port IN
to Che-Foo from Port Arthur.
The fog settled down denser and denser. Sounded
tanee from Howk Light had been run run down T to to
Ieadsmen in both chains also extra ookouts listen
ing for any whistle echo from any island or 10
There f4s9 were fully ty men stretched along forward
on both sides on lookout Owing to density OF & t6g
28th: all hands, in fact were constantly on the
and as there We're very light airs there was no
reason why the hghtkeepers should not nave
/ continued on. sounding constantly. until 45 4
Pm m o on the 18Th % br3ee T4ea fatbom 8tfSm Rhch had
been getting right along, to seventeen lannon's, rs
response to blasts whistle. anchored in seven
| teen fathoms of water. Fog very dense dense. lTo f
structions. About forty-fve minutes after anchor
the f9T suddenly bsaF1s n m W
and one-thrd miles The chart sh9wlng nda cifar ear
Fog g shut down again very dense before got my
| but Irrnu inc nv
| urgent and suspecting no dangers, started ahead
VIII VIII taee gnc hf umps Ne Tn Re1 did the
lightkeepers fire guns: they then fired two guns ae-
| stanty closed. The engines were instantly stopped
bs n9 into een water 9 Th sea WAS
| a lake and l decided to wait and see II she mao
IA, A-5' A-33 A-s5 AIS. B-8O 10 magazine maya
yge a b6a aso armed and eq1ppd
Got collision mat at once ana at slack wafer
was procured very fortunately from a wreck!ng
expedition some ten miles distant, who located on(
long break extending distance of twenty-five fee
on port side forward. The current running at grea
high and low water slack Sent Lieuenant Leigh
| navigator to Che-Foo. on passing French gunboa
coal and stores ship would have to be llghteneC
TWo steamers arrived from CheoFoo on June
which had been chartered by Commander Rodgers
| T. 6 S Nashville. Got 10 centrifugal pumps
| from wreckers Without them water could not b
because of the breaking of main drain pipe by rocl
coming through side On July l at II IL a; m shiI
out astern with ten-inch hawSers; hawser parted
and in order avoid sinking chartered steame
could not avoid going aground a second time. Shil
rests between two large powders forward. Dive
can see under keel She showns signs of strain
so far butts "streaks' starting. shall con
tinue TO tighten by taking coal and am
muniton. Am confident gan get ship off. Kur
drydock. inland sea, is the nearest, and Japanes
Naval Department has offered its use Very re
spectfuly. G. F. F. WILDE,
Captain, L. s. Navy Commanding.
report from Captain Wilde on the followin,
day. July ), dated on board ship in the Gulf o
Pe-Chi-Li, says that he has the pleasure to re
port that the ship foated off at 1:30 o'clock tina
afternoon while tightening She was anchored
in seventeen and half fathoms of water tw
and quarter miles south of Howki Light. ant
the pumps were controlling the water Wreck
ing steamers were with her but the Captain
was able to report that additional hole ha
been found by the diver since going ashore tn
first time.
The ship afterward went, as is already known
to Kure dock, where she was temporarily re
paired.