The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-10-15


ed over the berth and on the up side of it
when she turned" ~ '7''a III
"Then this dead light'--this window
was on the side Of the ship, but was up
over your head, was it y
4 "Yes, sir. couldn't reach it, but some
men lifted me up to it, and then some men
/ that was outside took hold of my arm and
pulled me np."
| SHOW long do you think you were out.
side on the ships sideP'
! 81 think about two hours"
"Were there any people out there with
you ?"
"oh yes, there was plenty of other men
there, and was among them"
did the sea wet you out therei"
"Yes It beat over about every ten
minutes-it was like rain falling; it was
the highest part of the ship there for'a'd. :"
"What did you see next p
!" ] seed little boat come to us, but it
wasn't strong enough and they couldn't
reach us"
did you see any woman there on that
part of the ship 2"
"No; there was no woman there, not
as I seed. l held on to some ropes and
had to hold on nearly all the time"
"When the boats came at last, did you
ask them to take you in 2'
Yes. l had TO go down the ships
side and some men took me by the arm.
asked the men in the boat if they'd pull
me in, and a man stood up in the boat and
reached up, and when came near enough
he took my arm or leg and pulled me in
the boat There was good many people
in the boat they was sittin' all round
the sides of the boat"
"Did any of the men try to keep you
from getting wet, or hold you between
their knees or anything ?"
"No; don't think so. They had to
hold on, and they was all wet enough
themselves"
"When did you see your father and
mother last ?"
I seed 'em that night when I went 10
bell"
"And never saw them after that p
"No, sir"
"Did your brother speak to you before
he got out of bed p
eyes; he said as l had better get up,
and then he went out and haven't seen
him since he went away"
"Did you see anybody that you knew
that night ?"
Yes; l seed the man as slept in the
next berth to me; that was outside the
ship, and
WAS CRYING WITH THE COLD,
And he took hold of me and told me not
to be crying but wasn't crying for the
first hour or So"
"Do you know what was the matter ?"
81 knew we had hit OIL o rock or some
thing, because somebody said so, and
heard the noise"
"Were there many little boys like
yourself TN the ship :"
+" Yes; there was a good many there,
but they was very near all Germans. 1
don't remember SEEM any of 'em that
night"
a"Did you see any people drowned off
the shipg
81 didn't see anybody drownin' at all
only two men,"
"Did you see them sink in the water p
;, Yes, SIR"
"Did you see the line that was stretch
ed from the ship to the rock 2"
"Yes, sir. seed the people goin'
along the line holdin' by their Lands and
with their feet hangiu' down and their
bodies in the water. 1t was there l seed
the two men let go, and they were drown
ed.n to
odd you see any of the dead peope
after you got on shore I"
eyes; l seed lot of bodies-they said
there was thirty of 'em-besides boat
load came in, and was picked up in the
water about the ship"
did you have cap on that night,
Johnny ?"
No, sir; 1 was bareheaded and wet
all the time"
Do you know how it was you didn't
: your father and motherl"
/" Yes; they were in the stern of the
ship and was for'a'd, and the stern sunk
deeper and filed up with water, and l
think that was why didn't see EN-"
1t was now becoming quite late, and
Johnny began to yawn as though tired,
and in FIVE minutes more he slipped off
Inc chair and said, l like to go to bed !"
md he went.
AS went toward the door of his state
-oom with him. / asked: il W9H b83
"Johnny, did the people cry and shout
much -