The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-06
Taken off the Rocks.


its perfection.
Taken off the Rocks.
one of the notable instances on the
Coast of the saving of ship from
apparently total destruction is pre-
scented in the case of the German ship
Edmund, which passed up San Fran
cisco Bay at noon on February 10th, in
tow; of the tug Luckenbacn. The Ed
mubd with 1,500 tons of sand and rub
bleaballast, left Santa Rosalia, in the
GuH' of California, on November 2Sth
Last for Portland, but owing to the
darkness of the night ana a calm, the
ship drifted on the rocky beach near
Santa Rosalia and. stuck hard and fast.
Captain Gerdau, after trying in vain
to save the ship, went across the gulf
to Guaymas and telegraphed for as
sistance. Captain John Metcalfe,
LIoyd's surveyor at San Francisco, was
instructed by the London Office 10 pro-
ceed to Santa ROsaia, and, if possible,
get the Edmund into deep water. He
engaged the tug Luckenbach to assist
him, and by the time the tug reached
the gulf had done much to get the YES
sci in shape. Hundreds of small holes
had been stove in the bottom by the
rocks, the largest aperture being about
six inches in diameter. The actual
WI II VI lily IllS W save Int sup DGSdn
on December 22d, and by January 18th
! the vessel was hauled into deep water,
! the punctures having been patched up
! by divers. In tow of the Luckenbach
the Edmund left Santa Rosalia on Feb
ruary I'd, and reached San Diego eight
days later, leaking badly Repairs
were made and the ship was started
for San Francisco, an anchorage off
the bar being made in fifty-ffve hours.
Captain Mccoy, of the Lucxenbach,
says that credit for saving the Ed
mund, which he considers a notable
achievement, is due wholly to Captain
Metealfe, who directed the work
throughout. The expense of repairing
the ship and making her ready ror SEA
again will amount to s2S 900. The Luck
enbaeh was employed for sixty five
days. and in consequence made a large
sum for the Spreckes Tugboat Com
pany. The Edmund formerly the VIII
helm Tell, is a four-masted steel ship
of 676 tons. and was built in 1891 at
Leith. The owners are @. j. H. Stem
ers & Co, of Hamburg. The ship is
1913 feet in length with a beam of 47:2
and depth of 25:2.
j General Shipping.
The number of vessels built in Can
ada during 1899 was 227 measuring 2b-
09S tons registered tonnage. Estimat--
ing the value of these at $45 per ton,
it gives the total value of S949,4 for
new vessels.
The feet of small craft consisting of
the converted yacht Frolic and tug
boats Wompatuck and Piscataqua en-
route to Manila under convoy of the
cruiser Annapolis, arrived at the Ca
nary Islands about January 80 The
fleet left Bermuda on January u.
The British steamer Kansas City has
been awarded G6,S00 FOR saving the
White Star steamer Cufic last Decem-
Der. The Cutie was bound from Liver
pool for New York and had lost her
propeller at sea. The Kansas City
towed her back to Queenstown.
President Mckinley has awarded
through the London Board OF Trade a
binocular glass to Captain Joshua
Nickerson, commander of the British
steamer Ethelred. of the United Fruit
Company's fleet. and gold medal to
Second Mate Solomon Bateman, of the
same vessel. for their gallantry in res
cuing the shipwrecked crew of the
American yacht Aliris on October II,
1900.
Shipping Notes.
The Antiope and the John Currier are
loading at Comox for these Islands.
The transport Wyeffeld sailed for
Manila yesterday mornigg
The Lehua did not get away on Mon
day. She sailed yesterday afternoon
for Molokai.
The schooner Aloha sails today for
San Francisco with sugar.
The Niihau. which was scheduled to
sail yesterday afternoon at o'clock for
Eleele and Koloa. will not sail until the
same time this afternoon.
The tug Leslie Baldwin, which is to
be used at Kahului. is expected to ar
rive here soon. Her shell will come on
sailing vessel, and will be turned
over to Chief Engineer Johnson, OF
Wflder's- Steamship Company. together
with her machinery. to be set up. She
Is constructed OF steel. ana will have
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