The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-10-14
DEPARTURE OF THE ALAMEDA.

There was large crowd on the
O. S. S. Co.'S wharf at the de-
parture of the Alameda to-day. The
passenger list given elsewhere is one
of the smallest ever gone by this
line, but includes some very promi-
nent names.
A sad incident, unknown to the
most of the gay throng of spectators,
was the embarkation of Mr.. John
Lyle, shipwright, for his home in
California. He came here five
months ago, to work on the Marine
Railway with his brother, one of the
lessees of the works. About two
months ago he built landing at
Waialua for the Honolulu Stone
Company, and after returning to
town complained of being unwell.
Different doctors failed to afford
him relief, and about q fortnight
ago he was taken to the Queens
Hospital. Not getting any better
there, he was ordered by the physi-
clans to go home to his family by
the first opportunity. The officers
of the S. S. Australia refusing to
take sick man on board, the
patient had to wait until to-day.
Members of Excelsior Lodge, l. o.
o. F., of which he was a visitor,
generously presented Mr.. Lyle with
the price of first-class passage, in
addition to the benefits due by his
own Lodge in San Francisco. The
steward, purser and doctor Of the
Alameda engaged to do all they
could for the sick mans comfort on
the passage. Possibly the trip may
have a beneficial effect upon him,
but the local physicians are doubt
full if he reaches his destination.
The steamer took away nearly
twice as much sugar as the Mari
posa took on September 10Th. A
mail of 1915 letters, weighing JOG
pounds, and 1881 parcels of papers,
$50 pounds, was despatched from
the Post Office. The Royal Band boys
were on hand and played fine pre-
gramme.
THE LATE PASSENGER.
An amusing episode took place as
the steamer was leaving the wharf.
A stout man, with a SLOUGH hat and
an old-fashioned carpet bag, came
putting through the crowd after the
gangway was taken down. The stern
lines were cast off, and the vessel
was swinging out. There was
hawser hanging in a festoon from
the deck. Someone cried out to the
late passenger, "Take hold of that
rope and climb up" just as he
made grab at the rope sailor
pulled on one end Of it and raised
it three inches. The passenger
made desperate leap and grasped
the hawser with one hand. Feeling
a bite, as an angler would say, the
sailor avasted heaving on the line.
While the vessel was near enough,
half-a-dozen laborers joined in CIV
ing him boost. When the dis
lance between wharf and ship en-
banded to about two feet, the men
had to leave the struggling passen-
ger to his fate. A newspaper man
vainly tried to lift the gangway, to
get some loose boards from under
it, with which to afford the wrig-
Cling emigrant q purchase for a
grand spring. The mans hat had
fallen on the edge of the wharf.
Digging his toes at the margin of
the iron plate, he continued the now
desperate struggle. Excelsior! But
it was too much for him. His
strength was evidently failing, and,
as he paused in his prodigious ex-
erlions, everybody waited for him
to drop into the water. AT this
crisis sailor sprang over the rail
with the end of rope in his hand.
As the gallant fellow clambered
down the side ringing cheer rose
from the crowd. Giving a double
turn of the rope round his wrist, he