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Show eic TROOPSHIP MIS I REEF Transport Logan Goes Ashore in Honolulu Harbor While Trying to Back Into Slip. Was In No Great Danger, and Foreign Vessels Rendered All Aid In Their Power to Boat Used to Carry Uncle Sam's 8oldlcrs, Honolulu. The United States army transport Logan went nshoro Saturday Satur-day night In this harbor whllo ma-noverlng ma-noverlng to back Into her slip. Tho big troopship stopped with twenty-five twenty-five foot of her bow resting on a reef on tho south side of tho narrow harbor, har-bor, Just opposlto tho slip. Tho Logan hnd entered tho harbor and was maneuvering to back Into her slip at 8 o'clock at night. Pilot Milton N. Sanders was In chargo. Tho slip lies on tho north sldo of tho hnrbor, which Is very narrow at that point, Tho big ship swung around so that she headed southward and ran on to tho reef on tho south shore There was no excitement among tho passengers and troops aboard when tho Jar camo. Tho ship's o 111 cer 8 at onco ascertained the extent of tho dnmago and found thnt no leak had been started In tho hull. As the position po-sition was sholtored and the weather culm, no other effort wns mado to float her when It was found that sho could not freo herself, Tho commanders command-ers of tho foreign vessels hero Immediately Imme-diately offered their assistance. |