The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-12-05

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stand that steps are ssing tskenfsrthc formation Of
9 joint stock company Tor the above purpose. A
capital Of only $1,000 IS required to start the enter
prise On q solid basis. and we learn that over half
thAs san has been sabscEihod. TIE failure Of the
Mandatory on the EsplAnaae hiss been ewing to
several unavoidable circumstances. but Capt. Smith,
the manager, who h&s Ice, thereby all that be bad TO
invest. deserves the suppor, aud encouragement Of
the Community. The estimates and plans OF the new
enterprise (which it is proposed to carry on by water
power. ~ being cheaper than steam) plate the
daily consumption OF ice in this city Of from 500 to
500 pounds. which II is proposed TO sell at 81 cents
per pound, and il is calculated that the profit on the
business wiz pay at least % per cent on the capital
invested Il needs no argument 20 show that ice is
not only 8 desirable luxury, bat frequently Of great
benefit in cases Of sickness
Sac DEArH on A YouSG SrsAS0ER-The arrival
Of the schooner Jsnnie FROM Kona, on the 18th ult.
brought the melancholy intelligence Of the death by
drowning at Kailaa. on the morning Of Friday the
18th Of November, of Mr.. Charles Lambert, Of
CoquimbO, Chile, who was making u visit TO these
islands for the benefit Of his health. The following
suocinot and reliable account Of the circumstances,
written by an intelligent eyewitness, hss been
kindly furnished Us for publication
"Kailua, Nov. 20. 1874. \
"You have probably before this heard Of the sad
accident which happened last Friday; I refer to the
drowning Of Mr.. Lambert. lie had come out for his
health on the Scout. from Valparaiso. his father
being one Of the richest co~pper-mine owners in
Chile. He intended to stay here q short time with
the Venus Transit party, prof Rorbes and Barna-
cle.) On the morning Of the day mentioned a kona
storm was raging. an enormous surf on and q very
powerful undertow running out Unaware Of the
danger, and nobody being present to warn them,
Mr.. Lambert and Prof Forbes went in TO try their
skill with surfbOards Going down to the beach
myself q little later, I found several native women
there in great CONSERVATION, saying the haolss were
in pilikiG. / saw aome heads in the water, rapidly
drifting out. Mr.. Simon Kasi was trying to launch
. canoe, there being no natives present 10 swim out.
I assisted him and we nearly got IL out, when a huge
wave dashed it high and dry on a rock just then
another native appeared and we got il of. the latter
and I padding. Mr.. Kaai stayed ashore, being one
handed and unable to swim. Luckily we only
shipped one wave and reached them without swamp
ing. Meantime some natives had arrived and swan
out, and when We got there two Of them were sup
porting Lambert's body. We all got into the canoe,
and riding in on the breakers were totally s~wamped,
but the women pulled the canoe to the beach. 1t
seems that very soon after going into the water.
had lost his board and was struck by each
successive breaker. Forbes, with difficulty, came to
his assistance and supported him. Henry Weeks, "a
halfcaste carpenter engaged in putting up the as
Economical buildingsl and a native went out % their
assistance, but the former was soon exhausted and
was just able TO reach the canoe before We started,
and the latter was unable to give any assistance,
being q poor swimmer himself. Lambert soon lost
consciousness. and for the last Eve or ten minutes
was. entirely submerged. Forbes being just able to
hold him by the arm and save the body from being
lost. He had himself given up all hope, thinking it
to launch a canoe in such a surf.
"The body was Immediately taken to a native
house and all means attempted for restoring life, but
with no success. the jaws being locked, no pulse per-
ceptible. and the skin taking a yellow hue "
"He was buried next day, twelve natives carrying
the coffin to the English Episcopal Church in South
Kona. The ease is all the saddle, rom the eircum-
stance that Lambert was actually improving here,
with q good prospect of completely recovering his
health" 4