The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-21
Machinery Disabled, But
Sails Rugged up and
Progress Made.
LIEUT.. MONTGOMERY TELLS OF
EXPERIENCE TO JOURNAL IN
TAlF. OVER THE LONG-DIS-
ANcE PHONE, BUT OTHER Of
FiCERS TELL DIFFERENT
STORY.

The HuntreSs was safe at all
times" said Lieutenant Montgomery,
or that vessel, over the long distance
telephone last night, while speaking to
Journal representative. Our ma
chinery became disabled but we
rugged up sails and were proceeding
slowly toward Horn Island when a
tug came out and took us In tow,
carrying us into the harbor. The
Journals story was an exaggeration. .
Lieutenant Montgomery was in Mo
bile when speaking, having gone there
from Scranton. In explaining the
/ difficulties experienced by the gunboat
he said that the vessel passed Mobile
light about o'clock Wednesday after
noon, and had steamed about thirty
miles when the machinery became
disabled
When this occurred they rugged up
sails and sailed to within twelve miles
of Horn Island, when a sc-ooner 5as
spoken, and she was requested to send
tug out from Horn Island. This
was done and the Huntress towed
into Scranton.
The lieutenant stated tnar the en-
tire crew was not seasicK, as stated
and that furthermore, fully nne-half
| of the men had seen service in the
regular navy. '-.-..---.
Surgeons Story.
| The following account OF the trip
! of the Huntress was published by
the New Orleans. Picayune yesterday
{ morning, having been furnished that
/ paper by Surgeon A. Pr Wells,
L : The converted gunboat Huntress,
recently turned over by the navy de,
partment to the naval reserves of
Missouri, was towed into Rascagoula
yesterday afternoon, having been
picked up about twenty miles out to
sea by one of the big harbor tugs.
The Euntress then was in a helpless
condition, as far as steam motive
power went, but she was making a
little over a knot an hos1r under sail.
The vessel sailed from Pensacola
Wednesday noon, Captain Dan
Houghton, coast pilot. having been
employed to handle the little ship.
She was bound for South Pass to be
gin her long trip up the Mississippi
to her future anchorage at st. Louis.
During the forenoon on Wednesday
the Huntress put out TO sea, but was
forced to return, owing to trouble in
the engine-room. A marine engineer
and fireman were employed in Pen
6dcOId OH one OF me 0arDOr Tugs TO
| look after the engines until the Hun
tress reached the river The second
attempt to put to sea was made at
noon. The weaIner was fairly good,
with the exception of a strong sea
running outside.
About 8. o'clock at night the vessel
made Sand Island light, at the mouth
of NOZZLE Bay. She was steaming
then about nine knots an hour and
was carrying a full head of steam
About midnight the steam dropped to
nothing ana the Huntress came to a
dead. stop. The engine-room force re-
ported that it was impossible to again
raise steam. The engine-room also
began to leak somewhere, and water
was almost up to the flooring
: A Bucket Brigade.
'All night the meE were put to
work bailing out, bucket brigade
being formed. About that time signal
rockets were sent up and a three
masted schooner bound frori Havana
to Horn Island for a cargo of lum-