Show I TRANSPORT PRAIRIE I STILL FAST IN MUD Determined Effort Made to Move Her Today but Three Tugs Budge Her DINT HAVE ENOUGH PULL Seven Marines May be lie Tend Laud Tended ed cl When hl Another Effort I rort May Ia be bu Made 1110 to Move Ion Vessel cl Philadelphia Dec 3 The transport Prairie which left let here beta yesterday lot foi the Panama canal zone zono and amid possibly p Nicaragua with wih marines and amI went aground last night In him time the Delaware D river near Fort Delaware is still sti fast ast astIn I In the tIme mud much and ani probably will wit so until the time high title tide today at least The Tho transport Is it lying easy cas In soft oft mud and amid hats has thus far sustained no damage Titers There Ther is little wind Ind and the tho tie river Is smooth A determined effort was made to float foat the PraIrie at high tide at 4 this morning but bul three tugs tuga tUg were unable to move mOe the tIme vessel es el an anInch anInch Inch The Prairie was wa in charge charte of F I L a Delaware river pilot and nd was down the tho to river under almost full ful headway when she struck The heavily loaded vessel hit lilt the mud north of Pea Pe Patch island Rear Admiral Kimball Kimbal and und Capt Kellogg of the tho Prairie lost no time li In notifying the time Philadelphia navy nay yard ard of the mishap Assistance was asked for tor and amid Rear Admiral Admirl Harris com commandant mandant of the time navy yard ard sent time the government tug Modoc down time We river and at once engaged en ged the tIme Red Star lino himme Ino tugs Newcastle and rs N Smith both powerful crafts to help the Modoc All Al preparations were made to pull pul pul the time Prairie out otiS of tho time mud at flood tod title lido at 4 Tho TIme tugs tU began ben pulling on the big ship before the Hood flood tide however and continued to do so until time the tl tide thle hid had fallen considerably Time The he Prairie is in full rul view of o Fort Mott Iott on thu Ihu New Jersey Jerse side of the riv rh river er em Fort Dupont on time the Delaware side and ant of Delaware City at News of o the unsuccessful efforts of oC the tub tugs was Wa sent sont to the thc nav ar by b wireless and amid the time government tug Samo Samoset set Het and four lighters were wore started for tor torPe Pea Pe Patch island i land before daylight It I Is 15 II expected that Kimball Kimbal wIlt will I have most mot of ot the marines taken off and amid some somo lomo of ot tho cargo Time Tho he marines probably will wi bo be b landed at the time two forts With Ith tho the ship con lightened time the tle officers aboard feel almost sure suro that tha t tho time transport will wll hunt float oat on r the th hood flood tod title tide this afternoon |