, 1871-12-07
THE WEEKLY ARGUS
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NJ BID sheiekoa Caught in a cyclone.

On the 2oQ OF June ldbb tu6 AmCllCdu
6riR Shslekoff, 213 tons, was dispatched
bv Glidemiester MdekesSz Co. from San \
Francisco bound for CalIao, with cargo
Of about 200 900 feet Of lumber valued at
al about $4,000. Her crew and pAsser.sI
rers numbered in all twelve. She had
rough voyage down, and on the, night of
the Sd ofJuly was caught in a cyclone.
Fortunately the steamship Moses Taylor
on her downward trip frpmISan, EJanciscO
TO Honolulu, encountered heavy weather,
ran off her course for seven hundred miles,
and at Q O'Clock Son the morning Of the
18th Of October in latitude 26 deg. 40
min. north, longitude 14S deg. 50 min.
wtst fen "a With and boarded the wreck
Of the brig.
From the Hawaiian Gazette of October
24th we CLEAN the following particulars of
the disaster -------,
On Thursday. Oct y eths at 8 Al NJ .
sail was discovered by the wheelman on
the steamer Moses. Taylor. The vessel
| y directly in the steamers track, and
appeared TO be disabled, having but one
mast standing, and only her lower topsail
ct, running before a flesh southeast wind.
On approaching her it proved to be brig,
apparently deserted no persons appearing
in sight on board. A sail spread over the
fOrecastle, and tent rrgged in the cross
trees showing that the crew had occupied
these places for some time. At every
lurch the scas made a. clean breach over
the vessel from stem to stern. TO all ap-l
pearances it was wreck Nhich had long
been water-logged, and her crew taken off
by some passing vessel. Her stern was
broken away eher bulwarks on Doth sides
gone and her sails flying from the fore
mast in rags.
On approaching the wreck the steamer
stopped, and Captain Bennett sent of
boat TO ascertain whether any persons
were,on board, = and il none, whether any
record could be found respecting her.
The sea being quite rough the brig lurched
heavily, and the-boat- approached her
with some difficulty. She was boarded,
however, blythe third officer and sea-
man from the steamer, who Immediately
went aloft into the foretop and finding no
one, went into the foreeastle, where they
discovered q weak, emaciated man, who
exclaimed as heisaw them -" :" Great God
Almighty am saved = He was lifted
into the boat and taKenJto the steamer,
m" only article brought with him being a
smalr-c, nvass bag, containing nautical
almanac ana !. vial inclOsing sheet Of
paper With the daSc Of the wreck and
names of the crew and passengers.
1T proved to be the American =: Snele-
koF, 21S tons register, of San FrancISScco,
bound 10 lCAllao with a cargo of lumber.
The survivor was Captain Luder Hopken,
the last Of, twelve persons on board at
the time Of the disaster. II
.ThesbGig was caught in a cyclone on
the night Of July Sd, the same date of the
solar, eclipse. Soon after midnight when
the cyclone was at its height she was
thrown on her beam ends and found to be
rapidly filing, and in. order to prevent
toiSi loss Of tie vessel and her company
her maintopmass was cut away and she
righted again. Noeice was allowed to
take any provisions or-~clothing from
the cabin, and the crew were obliged to
retreat TO the foretop to prevent beicg
washed overheard as every wave made q
clean breach over her. The mate. john
son, died first six days after the disaster.
1--WE half barrels of salmon half barrel
Of tongues and box of China--staFeh
were fshed up out of the hold Tbut the
drinking water Ras all found to be brack-
ish.% tThe salmon tongues, starch and g
fish cunght with hook from time to time
and occasSndllya a lftls rain water caught
in sail andNlyays more or less brackish
from Ifhe salt splNY were all that the ships
company had to sussistl on. q GlAa1J
Captain Hopken's lccount of the suf>
fefings of his men ano oasseneers is a
most heart-rending one. AAer the death
al tho mate on the 9th of July 'uone oc.
Cured till September 9th when tNy he.
Gan 10 become delirions and weak Ss.r,
hunger and thirst, and several died =.
Jumped velboard in their delirum. Boils
and disease induced by hunger and salt
water added to the intensity of their suf-
ferings. -. .re.-rr ~ II
Nine or ten days before the steamer had
rescued him Capt. Hopken states that
bark had run down to the wreck, hove to
Tor few minutes then squared away With
out making any effort to rescue the lives
of those on board Of whom there were
eight then living. The bark came so neal
that persons could be peen moving about
on her deck. Those on the brig were Sc
weak a. to be unable TO stand, but got ot
Their knees and waved pieces Of saiIcioth
hoping to attract attention. Their feel'
ines As they saw the bark square ava.
when 60 near, may be better imagined
than described. Their last hope being
gone, they. lay down and one after an0th
,d;od or leoDad oyerboard, The barb