The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-13
READY FOR
The BIC PULL
Now or Never for the
Manchuria.-.Aid
for Sheridan.

the Mancharia has arrived and the bio
pull Is to be made either this morning
or tomorrow morning at high tide The
last of the fourteen big anchors have
been placed upon which the powerful
steam winehes of the liner will pull.
assisted by the full power of the Re
storer, Pacific, Iroquois and Manning,
from each of which the tackle will be
in position. If possible this morning
will see the supreme effort made to
refioat the vessel, but it is more prob
able that the event will be postponed
until tomorrow.
When the time comes the pumps will
be put TO work emptying the water
tanks and pumping out the flooded
compartments, while a gang of a hun
dred or more shovellers will attack the
piles of coal on the upper decks, throw
ing this overheard as speedily as pos
sible. Then will come the pull on the
lightened liner and, unless the calcu-
lations of Captain Metcalf are at fault
or some unforeseen accident occurs to
the tackle, the hold of the coral will
be 1oosened and the Manchuria will
be hauled back again into deep water.
There will be no attempt made to
save any of the $4,000 worth of coal
by having barges or boats alongside
to receive it,, such as has been spoken
of along the front. When the time
arrives for getting the coal overheard
the minutes will be too precious to
wait for anything and the price of the
coal will be reckoned a mere bagatelle
in the operations. The coal will be
shoveled out on the lee side to prevent
it washing in under the vessel and
shealing the water beneath her.
Everything that it has been possible
to foresee in the way of applying the
available power to the best advantage
and to guard against possible break
downs at the critical times has been
done. On the cableship a double pull
will be exerted, the propulsion of the
twin screws being augmented by the
steam winches pulling the vessel for
ward from the anchor laid out ahead
The dredger Pacific, which returned
to port yesterday morning, having lost
her ground tackle. has reshipped more
and will leave at an early hour this
morning to be on hand at the pull.
Her officers say that there is now a
good fighting chance to save the Man
churia, although they do not expect to
see the big pull made until tomorrow.
The Iroquois left yesterday for the
wreck shortly after noon and it is
quite probable that the tug Fearless
viii also be called upon to pass line
on and add her power to that of the
vessels on hand.
The reported use of dynamite to re-
move distractions from the way of the
Manchuria proves to have been un-
founded, the wreckers conining their
attention altogether to tightening the
vessel and making preparations for
the pull which is to show within the
next few. days whether the Manchuria |
will ever again be afioat or not.
ARRIVE FOR SHERIDAN
accompanied by Richard Sture of the
Union Iron Works, with their divers, |
departed for the scene OF the Sheridan |
wreck yesterday morning on the Iva
ami, sailing shortly after noon They |
viii make a careful examination of the
-esseI's condition and will then decide
Fhat can best be done to rescue her.
Mr. Sture has had a long experience
Can will be mostly in his hands
Naturally, it was not possible for him
0 state yesterday just what plan would
'e adopted in floating the transport, as
he C0n2iti2n of her hun can not be
,nown until the divers have made their
eport. it is Lis expectation, however.
hat Tllls report will show that not
much &c mage has been done by the
uchs. and that the leaking can be
hecked by Golfer dams, for which ce-
rent and oakum have been brought.
Ii. Sture is going on the suppositfon
hat the leak viii be found to be a
mall one. something which the rise
I'D fall Of the tide inside the vessel
eer1s TO contradict.
The pumps. the boilers for which are
ow being taken off the. Thomas, are
q be put 10 work il. an effort to pump
ut the flooded compartments, the boil
rs being set up on deck. After the
essel is pumped out and the leaks
st"ppe.l. she viii be further
ghtened by the unloading of the coal
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