The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-03-29
A Boats Crew Missing.

The Nssrel. 1877 tons register. Csps Gvs. Halli-
day. sailsd fron Hal Qescber sab. 1851. She had
cargo Of i-sSS tOzs Of eosl ho1nd 70 san Fran
cisco AL went veil np 10 March lst. She besag
than fst days c1t- late On that day The captain
had reason 70 suspect there was fre below. Next
morning his sasricions beisx eunhrrned. be had
the matches hattsned down and sho1t sisht feet of
water p1mped into her hy means of steam don
key and force pumps. He left the water in the
hold over night and pamped her oat on the
following day. In the meantime the boats were
provisoned. bat havirg every reason 10 infer that
the sre was extingIished. they were dischkrSed
again. bat not hOfsted up About o'clcek in the
their SUPPER. an explcs1cn occurred The kAtches
were hioun OF, deadeyes and brlkhsads were
dispssced. and the decks opened IN several places
The escapS % the men fron death or bodily IN
jury perfectly miraculous. The steward only,
who VAS laying the cabin table az The time.
immediately the lkzarette seuttle. uas thrown
vio,ently against the upper deck beams He re
ceiyed severe cuntrsion the crown Of bis head
All hands still remained BY the vessel. and the
captain vas IN hopes q running 4 considerable
distance 10 eevard. the position Of the vessel at
that tirre being about lat. IL 0S y aud ion- lSoe
W. The hhmeS, however. bursttout nett morning.
aad there vas alternative but 10 abandon the
ship. which vas done at p m. on the tth inst
They embarked in four boats. Commanded ~
SfscffVeiN ny Ndptdin rraHA AaNefslu
lst Mate. David Thomas. md Mate. and James
Bradley hoatsuain- The latter not being a navi-
gator. the next morning the Captain decided TO
DIVIDE the ers9 Of that boat bstviIt himself and
second mate. The boat containing :he chief officer
and men was lost sight the hrst night out, and
has not siDce been seen He had Instructions
froEa the Captain to steer for Hawaii. II not al
ready picked Up By vessel. ve may hope TO hear
of them shortly. The Captain and the second
usAte kept well together and sighted Land in the
neighbozhood Of LAnpahoehos on the morning of
the s$th inst. II being too ruuSh to land they
Sailed ruuu1 10 the lee Siis OF the Island. and
there sighted schoorer, by whom they vSrs in
formed that the Likriitr was az anchor al Nahu-
kona- They dOuble-bznked the oars. and about
80 ?. NJ on Friday, just as the stsSmer cast
inS % from her uoorings. they were picked mp by
Captain King The boats were also hoisted ON
deck Tie pinnaee containing the md mate and
men was much strained and could not have stood
the 2boring az sea much longer. RatiOns were
served o1t daily on a small bus apparently sufh-
eiently large scale, az the men were all in good
health considering the circumstances. on their az
rivsl here. The Captain speaks hopefully about
the missing boats crew, bat nevertheless the un-
Certainty Of their fate causes him considerable
anxiety. The provisions IN each boat would have
lasted about days more. - that there Is no fear
az present on that seore. They were well received
on bard the Litslits. and II. z. NJ. Vicc-Cousul
viii no doubt look after their welfare whilst tney
are under his jurisdiction The wonderful voyage
OF zuo or more miles in open boats Is itself
miracle, and for which there are but few prece-
Ies ooolness and presence OF mind which Is ap-
parent IN Captain Halliday ars to &c eommended
Ihis crew were ohedisnt and well disciplined. and
10 thess virtues may be ascribed the miracle Of
their escape from death by fire or water and wth-
out one being left 10 tell the tale.
Immediately after landing they we're comforta- |
bly, housed at the Stilor's H0uie. A substitution
list has been set ou foot for the sufferers thew |
having lost all but what they stood in at the time
u ahAnoonmsut- The names Of those arrived |
are Gso,ye Halliday, Master, David Thomas, |
Second Mate, Archibald Hendry. Third Mate |
IAmes Bradley. BoStswsin. Donald MoInnes. Car |
penter, James Gibson, Sailmaker. George Har- |
9ley. stswaEd, John Kelly. Cook. Walter Brain, /
: Eeceriek Beunesi, Apprentice Charles Far /
nilSer, James White Alfred Ostermaun. Frank /
harvick, William Hsarn. Oscar Peterson, o. c /
Andersuu, Henry Boardmaun. Will m Grant /
Antnne De S1Es A. B. and John GREY. 20. s. i
he missing bo1ts crew Contained Frank Ander- i
an Chief Ontcer, William Biggam, Apprentice i
alent1ne Nallenos, Simon IArka. Jacob Hubert Il
lscar Gns;afsou. James Martin A. b. aud /
lharies Pei-re 10. $