Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-14
The Mass achusetts Will Pro-
ceed Under Her Own Steam.
CAPT. EMORY'S REPORT
CEEDING SATISFACTORILY.
Naval Constructor Gilmore Under Or
ders From the Department Has
Arrived on the Scene.

Captain w. S. Cowles, acting chief of the
bureau Of navigation, today issued the fol-
lowing bulletin about the condition of the
battleship Massachusetts,. now aground near
Bar Harbor:
1.-The latest report from the Massachu-
sets states that undoubtedly temporary re-
pairs can be made which will enable her to
safely proceed to a navy yard"
Captain Emory sent the following dis
patch to the Navy Department, dated Bar
Harbor, today:
Everything regarding Massachusetts
progressing satisfactorily. Ship lightened
to her normal fiotation. Naval Construct
or Gilmore reported this morning. Will be
given every facility to exert ability fitting
Massachusetts for voyage to dock. When
pumps and material arrive vessel will be
pumped dry and rendered water tight.
Meanwhile no apprehension for her safety.
Have communicated with commandant at
Boston"
Officials at the department are unable to
say how long the Massachusetts must re-
main at Bar Harbor. 1t is intended that
the vessel, when patched up. shall proceed
to the New York yard for docking under
her own steam.
Report of Investigating Board.
Acting Secretary Darling late yesterday
afternoon received from Capt. Emory, COM
manding the Indiana, the senior officer
present, the report Of the board appointed
to investigate the accident to the Massa-
chusetts. The dispatch was dated Bar Har-
Dor, and was as follows:
Board has finished investigation Massa-
chusetts; its conclusions meet my approval.
Reports as follows: Compartments Al and
A97 full of water, about 800 tons. Slight leak
" nfprCpd
watertight bulkhead at frame IA. This bulk
head slightly sprung. Slight leaks through
rtvets into compartments "A and AS. Diver
reports that port starboard strake dented
and cracked athwartships between frames
II and 1S. Crack about eighteen inches
long and half inch wide. Second crack in
shape of inverted T in port strake B or c
between same frames. Crack extends four
feet across the plate and fourteen inches
in the seam. with one-half inch greatest
opening. About twenty-four feet OF dock
ing keel injured. Divers remain at work.
Recommend two centrifugal pumps, electric
driven preferred, eight-inch suction, with
thirty feet suctien hose, foot check, valve
and delivery hose for each pump con-
slider it necessary for Indiana to remain"
Crack Four Inches Wide.
"A later dispatch from Capt. Emory read:
Subsequently to report of board divers
discovered that starboard cardboard strake
between frames No. and No. 1S is .punc-
tured. Opening extends above 3h feet
across the plate. Greatest width is
inches"
Orders were sent to Naval Constructor
Gilmore, at Bath, Me-. to make thorough
inspection of the ship and report the ex-
tent Of the damage to the department. The
commandant at the Boston navy yard has
been instructed to send a wrecking pump
to the Massachusetts to pump out the water
from the flooded compartments. In ac-
cordance with Capt. Emory's suggestion,
the acting secretary has informed him by
telegraph that the Indiana is to remain by
the Massachusetts for the present. Orders
have been sent to the New York navy yard
to get the dock there in readiness for the
Massachusetts. which is to be sent there
for repairs. Compartment A 43, which was
one of the compartments flooded Is up al
most on level with the protective deck
At the department 1T is realized that the
damage to the Massachusetts may cost q
large amount to repair. One hundred thou
sand dollars was spent on the Massachu-
setts when she grounded In New York har-
Dor in 1899.