The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-10

about 800 tons of water ballast in our
forward hold. AS soon as we were
aground we Immediately began to
I pump this out. When the Young
Brothers launch came out we employ
! ed the boat. The steamers kedge an
Choir was put into one of our boats with
| a seven-fnch line attached to it.
Young's launch towed this boat over
/ to the opposite side of the channel
where the Hedge anchor was dropped
/ Up to this time we were working the
! engines full speed astern.
L vas, however, on the lookout that
bad weather might make the situation
/ OF the vessel worse so when the Fear
less came up alongside I employed her,
gave $1,000 for her services. The
Fearless did not pull us off. She mere
lily held the vessel up to the wind while
we backed the steamer off by going
full speed astern. stopped the engines
for some time to get up steam AS soon
as we Rad steam enough they were
made to go full speed astern ard the
steamer pulled off the ground by her
own motive power.
This paper intimates that we were
anxious about the safety of the vessel.
There was no such thing. The Neva-
dan is practically unsuitable. You
could cut the steamer in halves and she
would still float. She has eight water
tight compartments and besides that 4
double bottom. The survey board
which is on board now has as yet made
no report, The board consists of Cap
tain Campbell. Captain Cameron, Mr.
Foster of Davies & Co., who represents
Lloyds here. When I left the vessel
Young, the diver, had gone down to ex-
anime the bottom of the vessel. He
has not as yet made his report, The
tanks and bilges of the steamer were
sounded all last night but no water
whatever was found to have entered
AS a consequence we do not anticipate
that any damage has been done and
will leave this evening for Kahului"
Arthur Merry was also on board of
the Fearless. To an Advertiser report
er he stated last night: Il stood beside
Captain OLSON on the bridge / heard
him say distinctly that his price for
pulling the vessel off the reef was $4,000
and l heard Captain weldon agree to
those terms after he had made an I'M
successful effort to get the vessel off
the reef without assistance"
Sam Macy, mate of the tug Fearless.
was at the wheel. He says: Captain
OLSON was alongside the wheelhouse
when he told Captain Weldon that his
figure was five thousand dollars, r
heard this distinctly. There is no place
for argument as Captain Weldon
agreed to these terms
The Nevadan was not damaged to any
great extent by her experience on the
reef. 1t is said that Diver Young found
only paint scraped off for distance of
about forty feet along her bottom and
no plates dented.
Sea lawyers" along the waterfront
spent all day yesterday arguing Cap
tain 1Veedons case. with a powerful
searchlight playing on the water 1 do
not see how Captain Weldon could have
mistaken long rakish Jap sampan for
round buoy said one. "Weedon is
all right about his job. He's a heavy
stakeholder in the American Hawaiian
line said another.
When the Fearless went out to the
Nevsdan on Monday night no sampans
were in sight in any direction. An Ad-
vertiser reporter was on board.
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Darling at His Post.
The Chronicle says: "Chief Steward
John G. Darling, whose acquaintance
in the world ranges from dukes and
lords to mendicants, has returned to
the steamship China, after a three
months leave of absence. He resumed
his duties yesterday, relieving J. S.
| Norton, who looked after the culinary
affairs of the big liner during the last
voyage to the Orient
Nevadsn Left Last Night.
The Nevadan left the anchorage at
seven o'clock last night for Kahului.
syltid at Puget Sound.
| The Russian ship Sylfid arrived at
Puget Sound on November %.
Dirigo at Ph1ladelphia.
The ship Dirigo arrived in Philadel-
Dhia on Novan har %