The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-16

way wharf. In getting the vessei
around so as TO put her alongside the
wharf stern foremost. the Eleu sue
ceeded in putting the Howes onto a
mudbank III the middle of the haroor,
within three or four feet of the large
buoy, between the Railway wharf and
the Oceanic wharf. This is exactly
what the Eleu did with the same YES
sci the last time she was here, on the
I'd of December last.
The more the Eleu attmepted to get
the Howes eff the deeper and deeper
she got into the mud. For over two
hours the EIeu strained to free the
big ship from the grasp of the mud
bank Then, about 4:G0 in the after
noon. after the Eleu had been pulling
on the ship for over two hours, and
after the tide had been falling, the
captain of the Howes, who had return
ed to his snip only to find her stuck
in the mud, sent for the Fearless to
get her off
The Fearless went to the assistance
of the Howes but, although the power
full tug pulled for over an hour, moth
ing could be done to get her off while
the tide was dead low.
When the Fearless arrived alongside
of the Howes the ship was five feet
in the mud. She had listed heavily
to starboard, and was in rather bad
position and was running good
chances of sustaining some injury to
her bottom and her keel.
When the Howes entered the harbor
she was drawing about "a feet 10 inch
es. When the Fearless got alongside
of her. in the attempt to pun her out
of the mud, she was drawing only 10
feet of water on the port side, while
she drew between % and "a feet on
the StarbOard side.
Her port side was at least five feet
in the mud, and was evidently resting
upon some more solid substance than
mud. She was hard and fast, at any
rate, and refused to move. Her star
board side rested in the soft mud and,
as has been already mentioned she
was listing heavily to starboard
The Fearless left her about O'Clock
and went to her dock When the tug
gets time this morning she will doubt
less have another try at getting the
vessel off. The probabilities are that
she will get her off at high tide.
There was no use in pulling on her
any longer than the Fearless did, for
it would simply have meant pulling
the bits out of her and wasting power.
Last time the Jabez Howes arrived
| in this port, December g. there was
! some misunderstanding in regard TO
her docking and the Fearless left her
! lying in the stream. Captain Brokaw
had received orders concerning the
docking of the Howes two weeks be-
I fore she arrived here in December
| His orders were to dock her head fore
most at the Railway wharf. There had
| been very heavy rains, and there was
a great deal of mud at the Railway
wharf at that time. Captain C1app
wanted his ship locked stern foremost
Captain Brokaw, having been ordered
| to dock her head foremost, and taking
! into consideration the amount of mud
at the Railway wharf, declined to dock
/ her stern foremost. The result was
! that Captain Clapp called upon the
/ tug Eleu to put his ship alongside the
Railway wharf stern foremost. The
! Eleu got hold of the vessel and ended
! by getting her into the mudbank In
! the middle of the harbor. where she
staid until the Fearless came to the
rescue and pulled her off and locked
her, as the CAPTAIN wished, stern fore
most.