The San Francisco call., 1906-10-20

10 the lay eye, presented their wontec
appearance.
II she was leaking there was no eyN-
dence OF pumping, and II nothing had
been known Of the liners experience at
Honolulu II would have taken some
thing more discerning than the eye OF
a landsman 10 have detected anything
the matter with the Manchuria as she
swung TO her anchor yesterday morn
ing OF the Preside
When she hove up her anchor and
> tsrted for the upper bay, however,
the unrhythrnic song OF her engines told
something OF the discord wrought
among her machinery while the great
hull lay IN the grip OF the reef Her
engines did not work il harmony and
the jar OF, the discord told even 70 the
Impractical ear that somewhere, away
down in her vitals. the great steamship
had been badly hurt II she had been
a man and had been taken to an emer-
gency hospital the surgeon in charge
would have put her TO bed and dag
noseo the case as possible internal
injuries
From the report Of the diver who
examined the liners bottom as she lay
on the reef, there are no holes in the
ball. but so per cent OF her bottom
plates are bent and dinged- Many OF
the supports inside the double bottom
are known 70 be bent and the engines
VIII require mlCn OEernEullnE.
The Msnchuria's port engines went
out of commission soon after she
struck through the breaking Of q stop
valve While on the reef the boiler
saddles were broken by the straining
OF the hull. and when the vessel was
foated she was helpless except 10 sup
ply steam for the winches. A new
stop valve and new saddles for the
boilers were installed at Honolulu
after the liner was hoated and she
came Up using both engines. The
shafting is out Of plumb ana the pro-
pellors badly twisted. but in spite Of
the lack OF harmony between the diff
ferent parts OF her machinery the Man
churis maintained 8 speed of more
than eight knots an hour.
The Msnchuria was foated under the
direction OF Captain John Metcalf. who
was sent 70 Honolulu BY the Pacific
Mail Company and who was assisted
by Captain Il r PilIsbury. Although
both Captains Metcalf and PiIlsbury
represent insurance interests. in this
case they were acting directly for the
Pacific Nail Company. having been re-
tsined for this work by the vice presi-
dent and general manager, r. P.
Schwerin. who, ar this end Of the
cable, kept in toUcn with every step
they took
To get the Manchuria ahoat seventy
i've cases Of dynamite were used 10
blast away the reef When she was
finally pulled of It was through a
channel sixteen feet deep. The vessel
at this time required nineteen and
half feet Of water in which to float
Evidence Of the enormous power re-
ouired to drag her from her coral bed
can be seen on, the windlass- head. /
where the wire hawser cut a groove
half an inch deep into the solid metal
casting.
ra-rafr Pf11sbrr-v re+,--na5 On the
Manchuria- Captain Metcalf came home
on the Ventura Until the vessel has
been drydocked il viii be impossible
10 estimate the full extent OF the
damage. but the bill for repairs will
be heavy, and Il viii be not less than
four months before the liner is IN
commission again.
Captain Saunders, master Of the
liner. would not discuss the mistake
! that led to her stranding and appeared
10 be more concerned about the loss
and inconvenience to the company than
worried about his own fate, which
now lies between the Government in
spectors and R P. Schwerin-
Chief Ohicer PiIlsbury. brother Of
Captain PfIlsbury, who was injured by
the breaking Of a wire haWser as the /
liner was being anchored at Honolulu, 4
has recovered and was attending 10
his duties yesterday as executive
officer.
The battleship Wisconsin. which es-
corted the Manchuria from Honolulu, 1
is now in quarantine Two signal men I
from the Warship were on board the I
AIanchuria during the voyage from
Honolulu and messages were ex- 1
changed daily between the two vessels 4
The voyage home was uneventfuI 4
Strong northwesteriy winds were en-
countered as the vessels neared this I
coast. but caused no Inconvenience. as /
the vessels had followed the sailing
shin course At Captain Pillsbury's sug-
aestion and when the northwester j
came Il was a fair wind for the Grip i
pied liner
wisconsin In Quarantine.
Because OF neglect to put ratguards I
on the battleship's mooring lines as she I
Law alongside the wharf at Honolulu. /
the Wisconsin. which arrived Thurs /
day evening from the Asiatic station, I
was ordered into quarantine yesterday I
for twenty-four hours. She is now
alongside the funaigating barge Omaha
OF Angel Island, where with deadly 4
gases the quarantine officials are pois- 4
0niug such rats as may have walked 4
on board at Honolulu
The ratguard is a simple contrivance 4
OF tin. Failure 10 place this barrier 4
on mooring lines at ports where plague
and other tropical diseases exist is
responsible. say the Government medi- I
COS. for the quarantining Of I've out
Of every six vessels detained by the
federal doctors at this port II rat
guards have been used-and they are
on all the regular Iners-the vessel is
granted prarioue. provided there is no
actual sickness on board. II no rat 4
guards have been used. the vessel from
the infected port goes into quarantine
without regard TO the state Of health Of
those on board.
Here From the south seas.
The trading schooner Triton. which
flies the German flag manned by
south Sea Islanders and commanded I
BIZ Captain II. Schmidt. came into port
Yesterday. forty-two days from Jaluit.
the principal port Of the Marshall
islands in the South Seas. The Triton.
which was here about year ago. has
her mainmast in splints, having broken
10 during a gale some months ago 1T
is 10 get a new mast and 70 have re-
paired the gasoline engine that supplies
her auxiliary power that the Triton
has come here. Captain Schmidt says