Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-17

struck The former was raised about ten inches
midships, tapering fore and aft and wooden
deck was placed over all, with places for men 10
row, with movable matches. Lieut.. Talbot,
Peter Francis, Jr., master, belonging TO Manila,
and John Andrews, seaman of Boston, James
Muir seaman of Glasgow, Scotland, and Will
liam Halford (mysel0 coXswain of the captains
gig volunteered to go in the boat to Honolulu.
Five days out we lost all light and fire, and no
means of making either. There was no dry
finder or wood but we had a hard flint and
steel
About five or six days before making Kanii
we succeeded in getting Il lightwith glasses
taken from an opera glass. We suffered much
from wet, cold, and want of food When we
left Ocean Island November IS, at noon, we
run to the north to latitude 30 degrees. There
we took the westerly winds and run east to the
longitude of Kauii, as Mr., Talbot supposed, but
it proved ultimately that we were not near that
longitude by over a degree. We then stood
south. We had heavy weather while running
eastward. We hove to with the sea anchor
twice, and the last time lost it. We did not
make land so soon by week as we expected.
The first land we saw was Kauhuelaua Rock,
near Nibau Island. Friday morning, Dec 10,
she was kept away for the third tine. | re-
manned below until | felt the boat was getting
into shoal water. | walked Muir and told him it
was time We went on deck. He did not 90, but
did. just as got in the cockpit a sea broke
aboard abaft MIR. Talbot ordered to bring the
boat by the wind. Francis was at the helm and
brought the vessel up. Just then another break
er broke on board and capsized the boat. An
drews and Francis were washed away and never
seen afterward. Muir was still below and did
not get clear until the boat righted, when he
gave symptoms of insanity. Before the boat
was righted Mr.. Talbot was clinging to the
bilge of the boat, ! called to him to go to
the stern of the boat and then get upon the bot
tom. While attempting to do so he was washed
n when Snnl q heavily clothed
much exhausted, but made no cry. | succeeded
in getting on the bottom, when stripped my
self of clothing, then sea came and righted the
boat.
1t was then that Muir put his head up the
cockpit, when assisted him in getting on deck.
Soon after another breaker came and upset her,
and again she went over twice, the last time she
came upright and head on to the breakers. We
then found her to be inside of the large break
erS. We then drifted toward the shore at a
place called Kaliki Kar about five miles from
Hanalei. landed with the water breast high
and took with me the tin case of dispatches and
letters. There was a tin box on board with the
cover broken, containing books, charts, ETC.
Also, Capt. Sicard's instructions to Lieut.. Tai
bot, and other papers, among which were Muir's
and sAndrews' discharge papers, they having
shipped November Is for one month. They be-
longed to contractors as their employees previous
TO that time. Also mine and Francis transfer
papers and accounts destined for Mare Island |
navy yard. The above named box and every
thing not dashed fell into the water when we
first upset. | landed at about three A. NJ, and
saw no one until daybreak, when, seeing some
huts, went to them and got assistance to get
the boat on to the beach had previously, by
making five trips to the boat, succeeded in bring
ing ashore the long tin case aforementioned,
chronometer, opera glass, barometer, one ships
compass, boats pinnacle and compass, and also
assisted Muir to the shore. He was insane and
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deal. | was much exhausted and laid myself
down to rest till sunrise, when Hooked for Muir
and found him gone from the place | left him
in. Soon after found him surrounded by sew
eral natives, but be was dead and very black in
the face. During the day got some food and
clothing from the natives, and after resting my
self, Peter and went on horseback over to Han
alei, to Sheriff Wilcox and to Mr.. Burt. Before
left it was reported that Andrews body had
come ashore, and had been taken care of.