Anchor Becomes Entangled With Chain; Services of Tug Needed to Free Her The U.SS. Bulmer, a destroyer, spent a few anxious moments shortly after she came into port yesterday morning when her anchor got entangled with some chains and wire 1aoorings which at one time seemed to have formed part of the boom across the Whangpoo River opposite the Nantao Bund.
The American destroyer returned yesterday after a two days' cruise at sea to test her instruments and, iter making her way up pest "Battle ship Row," dropped her anchor preparatory to manceuvring intó position for mooring at the tempora ary buoys off the French Bund. When the time came for her to haul up her anchor again, however, it was found that the flukes had become entangled with some chains lying along the river bed near the Nantao boom.
The Shanghai Stevedoring Ca, contractors to the United States Navy, communicated with the Union Steamship Ca. at 11.15 a.m., and the steam tug Indo LI and a rescue crew under Mr. B. Frank were immediately sent to the assistance of the Bulmer. The tug arrived alongside at about 11.30 em. and found quite a number of nailer launches, mostly Japanese.
ding by The Bulmer actually managed to free herself, but the ices of the tug were required to steady her and to help her move down-river to her mooring buoys. The anchor was slowly and, once it was clear a hawser was let down fastened around the entangling n, The strain was taken on the hawser, the anchor was dropped and freed itself. The chain was then dropped back into the river, and the Bulmer proceeded to her Luoys at 1230 p.m.
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