New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
THE SHERIDAN ASHORE
Transport from Manila on heef
of HascaR.

,yo,o,ulu Are. 3f.-The United ota'es "ii"'
-, sheridan Is ashore on barper oii''
-. so,,.h,.as.ern extremity OF the isl""u u
o., =, which Honolulu Is iocateo' 4>e"S vi
a. .ro,,,anr Of the Sheridan was receives rom
- ,,;-o,.ss telegraph station at ba' "e' oiii'
,h,s ,,orn,ng. It was reported 'ha' N"e
tf'is 'i0' A.., reef Arrangements are being
-,aae 10 send assistance iiii,e ' ~.
ii'1oe ,,essel There is a lighthouse on bar
ber's Point ,-o o, 4 o'clock this
'He an .4,orts 10 send boats ashore from
- co. have been unsuccessful There is
nei -, :, the Mace where she struck. and the
80 -, makes II impossible to land any
-. -ear where she lies. AS seen from the
-. 81. snpears TO be hung up amidships' ana
-.,,;r, g noticeable. She lies broadside TO
- shors her bow pointing toward Honolulu
D.r .-o,,s,ort blew her whistle after going
- h,,, did not get into communication with
,I--o,,,,, until the wireless telegraph station
80 onened Owing 20 the fact that the Sheri-
a.. is nrovided with watertight compartments
- hss a double bottom. IT is believed that she
80 sustained no serious damage. The tug
r,es,less has started for the scene.
IT, sner,san's main steam pipe is broken
- the vessel is helpless so far as her own
- &c concerned It is reported that the
ing
.a-o.- grounded, and that the crippled condi-
-, - her engines was the cause OF the acct
-. The nine broke at 1:;3S o'clock this morn
7r,r,esiately after the vessel struck the
-. IN usebnars were lowered and efforts Mad.
-..o, the shore. The position Of the steamer
=. arnsrentlv alarming. but her boats have not
=. haen able to find a place where they can
land.
The natives are getting 10 the vessel through
she surf in canoes. Captain Peabody says that
- mower is applied quickly he believes the Sheri-
5.n csn be saved but otherwise there is little
home for the transport The swell is heavy and
she coral rocks are sharp. Good order is main
tained on board the vessel The transfer of
Messengers either TO the shore or to other craft,
so they can be brought TO this city. is a serious
problem.
The second officer Of the Sheridan has come
ashore His boat was swamped in the breakers.
but her crew landed safely. Captain Peabody
has signaIled the steamer Claudine to take the
sber3dan's passengers TO Honolulu If possible
the transfer viii be made at once, the revenue
cutter Manning assisting The report that the
sheridan's machinery broke down before the
vessel struck is denied. The Sheridan is now
hanging on q rock amidships with deep water all
around
coal is being rapidly thrown overheard with the
view Of floating her al high tide this afternoon.
Captain Peabody is quoted as having assumed
all responsibility for the accident. saying that
the vessel was IN too close
The Sheridan has aboard one hundred and
twenty-five passengers. and fifty soldiers.
Washington Aug S1-The transport Sheridan
sailed from Manila on August II and from Ma
f-asaki on august IS She has on board seven
teen sick men. one general prisoner and forty
i've enlisted men She is commanded by Cap
tain Peabody, and the quartermaster In charge is
Captain Frank J. Marrow.
The Sheridan IS 4s5 feet inches long and As feet
inches beam. Her gross tonnage is 367s. and her
draft under normal conditions Is 20 feet. She
VAS bulk IN Ireland in 1882 and wac formerly known
rs the British steamer Massac husetts In the Span
isl American Mar she taken into the service OF
Tie United States government ard her name was
changed 10 Sheridan in ACCORDANCE with the plans