The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-09-21
MANCHURIA
IN SAFETY

From Wednesdays Advertiser.)
Shortly after o'clock yesterday
morning the S. s. Manchuria was tow
ed alongside the Hackfeld wharf. look
ing little the worse for the experience
she has gone through on the walma-
nalo reef. Her sides are coated with
part OF the flour jettisoned at the last
moment as she was being towed of and
below tho waterine the green sea
moss has covered her. She stands
high UP out OF the water.
BY a most singular coincidence. on
the day that she has found her snug
and safe shelter. the harbor OF Hong
kong. where she would have been iy-
ing under ordinary circumstances yes
! terday, was swept by a fierce typhoon
and score of vessels wrecked Per
/ haps, after all, her Bleaching on the
Waimanalo reef was blessing in dis
guise.
' Yesterday afternoon, as she lay out
side. her crew were at work picking
| up and hauling in the great wire haw-
ser lost overheard when being taken
in from the Restorer on the previous
day, in which accident Chief Officer
| Pillsbury was injured. This cable is
over 1000 feet In length. formed of three
wire hawsers bent together and was
most necessary in view of the disas-
ter to the Mongolia, in pulling which
1t will be needed. In getting it aboard
| the hanchuria crew worked from 9
in the morning until o'clock on Mon
day afternoon. At the same time the
pumps on board were being discon-
| nected to be taken to the rescue Of
her sister ship.
| Yesterday afternoon the tackle from
| the Manchuria was being put into
shape on the Hackfeld wharf for load
ing on to the Restorer, the wire haw-
sers being wound up on drums for
convenience in handling.
Much of the gear yet remains in the
water off Waimanalo and the recov-
ering Of this will be let out by con-
tract, an advertisement to that effect
| being published this morning. Ten
| ders are asked on the raising of the
| anchors and the recovery of the wire
| hawsers lost during the wrecking oper-
| atoms.
What has been gone through by the
crew Of the Manchuria and of the as
sisting vessels Is evidenced better by
| the battered up condition of her small
boats than from the appearance of the
liner herself. These are lying near the
liner and are SCARED and worn from
the frequent humping against the
steel hull in their work. Never be-
fore have liners boat been seen in
the harbor in as used-up a condition
as these and the fact that they stood
the test is eloquent testimony to their
staunchness
MONGOLIA IN DANGER.
There is grave danger of the effects
Of the Hongkong typhoon being felt
at Midway" said F. w. Klebahn last
night, land in that event the situation
In regard to the Mongolia may be af-
fected very materially. The typhoon
itself would not reach that far but the
swells may. You cannot tell what the
weather there is going to be like.
For that reason we cannot tell
what we are to do. We are waiting for
further advices from Midway and the
cabled news from there during the next
two days will decide us as to the num-
Der of stevedores we are to send on
the Restorer and what time the Res
torer will sail. At any rate she will
not depart before Thursday afternoon
During this afternoon we have receiv-
ed no additional news from Midway"
The advices received yesterday morn
ing from the scene of the latest wreck
by Captain Metcalf tell of the leaking
condition OF the Mongolia, her Nos. 2
and 3 holds being flooded. The wreck
ing expert has cabled instructions as
to the laying out of the available
anchors to hold her from driving furth-
err on the reef and it is expected that
by this time that work has been DONE
The cableship Restorer has finished
coaling and was taking on supplies
yesterday afternoon at the railroad
wharf. Already her decks are becom-
ing Uttered with buoys and gear and
today she goes to the Hackfeld wharf
to commence taking on the tackle from
the Manchuria.
The Iroquois got away for Midway
yesterday afternoon, sailing shortly
after four o'clock.
AS an instance of the close-mouthed
way in which people who are required
to guard secrets kept the news of the
Mongolia disaster from the public, 1t
is said that the information came to
Honolulu between 2 and a. m. Sun
day morning. 1t was received about
that time and the report made strict
ly to those vitality Interested 1t was
ed the city and was opened and read
to friends that the news get abroad.
And then 1t spread like wildfire. Ev-
erybody thought that the vessel was
wrecked only about the time the Man
churia was being floated off the Wal
manalo reef and commented on the
coincidence of one boat getting off a !
reef and another getting on one at al /
most identical moments.
PUMPING OUT THE SHERIDAN. |
The pumps rugged on the deck of the
transport Sheridan We're put hard at
work yesterday, and last night hold !
No. l had been pumped dry. while the
others which We're flooded We're cleared !
of much of the accumulated water, |
showing that the question OF pumping |
out the ship is going to be easily |
handled
Yesterday morning 100 stevedores |
Were taken down to the wreck and in
the afternoon the work of transferring |
the coal from the bunkers to the scow
Melancthon was begun. Today 80 more
stevedores WIN be taken down on the
Iwalani II they can be procured The
Iwalani returned last night, Captain ,
Humphrey being the only passenger.