The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-02-21

G. was induced to delay till morning, when he
started with some wrecking apparatus and
two skilful divers, and taking the Sheriff in
his boat. Prior to the departure of his boat
Kia Nahaolelua had fitted, ont boat and des-
patched her to the wreck, and when Mr. G.
and the Sheriff arrived they found natives on
the hull If the capsized vessel and busiy en-
gagged in clearing away her sails and running
gear. As she then lay she showed her keel
partly above water, Mr.. G. stood upon it,
with her masts dipping downward at an angle
of about 40 The wreck seemed evidently
rock or coral on the bottom, and she lay in
about l6 fathoms Of water, and about two
miles from the shore The Sheriff proceeded
to take charge of the wreck, but o. the same
time the work of the wrcckers who had pre-
viously arrived was continued. They, with
great effort and care and with the assistance
of tools and the divers brought by Mr.. Gibson,
succeeded in clearing away the vessels whole
suit of sails, with booms, blocks and tackle,
all in good condition. and took them ashore,
and placed them where they could be pre-
served with safety Sheriff Everett now for
! bid any further work to be done, and had
notices to this effect placed on the hull of the
vessel, and at points on the shore at Lanai
1t was evident that this capsized and utterly
abandoned vessel could be righted, and Mr..
Gibson was prepared to do so, but he returned
with the Sheriff that night to Lahaina, whilst
some of his men, along with the first wreck
ers, continued work in endeavoring to right
the schooner. The schooner Guiana" hove
to near the wreck and picked up the crew of
shore in their own boat, and landed them at
Lahaina, where they were clothed and pro-
vided for by the residents of the place.
As the chief owner of the wrecked vessel,
Mr.. A. F. Cook, was at the time residing at
Haiku, Maui, a messenger was despatched to
him, and he came in consequence to Maalaea
to meet the "Kilauea," which would proceed
near the scene of the wreck on her way to
Honolulu, and when on board he placed his
interests in the wrecked vessel in the hands
of Captain Marchant to do what he thought
proper in endeavoring to save the "Iolani."
On Saturday, about 10 am, the steamer was
alongside the wreck, which lay about 10
miles from Lahaina. The hull was covered
with busy wreckers, who had succeeded with
casks and timbers in raising the vessel so far
that her topma'ts were several feet above the
water, and it was now, as compared with her
position when the Sheriff left, an easy job to
right her by the use of some additional APP
planes. The wreckers were ordered off,
and yielding to the superior force of the
steamer, gave way. The Kilauea" was now
placed alongside the Iolani," which lay on
her port side. Tackle was make fast to her
spars and she was gradually lifted into posi-
ton; but much of the work could not have
been done, and especially the chain which
held her down, could not have been cleared
away without the help OF the divers and wreck
ers who had first arrived. 1t was novel and an
animated scene as the disabled vessel rose into
position. Groups of nude brown natives
swarmed around in boats and canoes on the
water and when the "Iolani" was on an even
keel, there was not shout or cheer from the
assembled crowd, who regarded what was
done, as the interference by officers of gov
vernment vessel in job which they re-
garded as theirs, and which they could
have accomplished. The vessel could, as it is
stated, have been raised before the arrival of
tha or M Ourinfr fD a1,nr,ff7a Ill
no action was taken; and that the disabled
vessel did not become an utter wreck, and her
debris scattered along the shores of Lanai, du-
ring the time that elapsed from Thursday when
the sheriff posted up his notice till Saturday
when the Kiauea" arrived, is simply owing
to the fact of most unusual calm weather, and
placid sea. When the schooner was righted,
she was baled out the steamer making use
for this purpose ofthe barrels and casks en-
ployed by the first wreckers, and when clear,
and her ballast restowed, she was made fast
with hawser and towed by the steamer Mr..
Ii. Swinton and crew being placed in charge
the hawser parted, and the schooner was adrift,
and as all hands were asleep on the schooner,
the steamer was separated some distance fro IN
her before she was missed. In short while
the luckless craft, that had been lost second
time, was made fast with a newer and better
cable. 1t was fortunate for the safety of the
disabled vessel, that there was no wind nor
sea to hurt her: because if there had been any |
sort of blow with some swell, whilst she was
adrift, and no Storage way on her, the sea
would have preached over her, and in a very
short while have made it hard job for the
mel. on board to save her or themselves. But
luck and i'll luck are curiously blended in the
fate of this vessel She is quite new, and cap
sizes and loses her captain on her second trip.
She bitches on to projecting rock, or coral,
and does not 60 to pieces on Lanai. She is
raised by the steamer and gets adrift from the
steamer and though living on account of the
,alm sea, yet Shesicomes into port to meet a
'torm of law, to be libeled, and to have con-
est over her hulr on account of claims OF SAL
rage. Mr.. A. F. Cook owned two thirds of the
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