The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-11

white boy were washed ashore and
crawled up TO the rocks. The poor
men managed 10 scale the bluffs and
wet, almost naked, and hungry,
Crawled into the "haun brush and
passed a most uncomfortable night.
When daylight came hardly a YES
tige of the wreck was 10 be seen As
they. looked over the cliff They
could discover no bodies, either float
ing around, or on the rocks. After a
while they started, most without
shoes or hats and hardly clothes
enough 10 cover themselves, 10 get TO
where somebody was living. After
while they found some natives who
kindly furnished them clothes and
sent them on 10 the deputy sheriff,
where they were kindly taken in AMI
cared for, and all were brought into
town the 4th inst.
There is but little probability that
amy Of the others are saved, as il the
boats had got clear OF the land thew
ought 10 have been heard Of before
now. This is the worst case Of loss of
life by shipwreck We have ever had
on these Islands. excepting the loss of
the schooner kamamau in 1857,
which disappeared and was never
heard of and which had on board
about eighty passengers. The men
Will DO forwarded 70 Honolulu by our
Consular Agent, Mr.. Furueaux, on
Monday, per kiuau.
SWORN STATEMENT OF THE WRECK.
The following account Of the IN
fortunate wrsckaga of the whaler
Tamarlaue is sworn 30 by james ".
Pardee, third mate, Samuel Lopes,
fourth mate, John San Francisco,
fifth mate, sud Chas, Y. Strong and
AuEUste Richsrd, seamen.
THE vessel left San Francisco on
January 3, 1899, and was bound Cor
hodlAc, Fox Islands Waeu about
midway OF San Francisco and the
Sandwich Islands, We captured =
sperm whale, obtaining one hundred
and fifteen barrels Of oil.
I'VE continued our course
III the direction Of the Sand
wlch Islands, Intending 70 cruise
for while i'm THAT uelghborhood fol
whales, On the first day Of February
Knowing Nc ol0st be near land, orders
Wrer9 given at O'Clock =. NJ. 70 "a kg
III every ching except the lower top
sails, EoresAlLs lt5 Sp3nSer, and Cuilzar
scaysa1t, la8 slap was heading OF
the wind : by L. half Z. Shortly
alter, the Wind hauled more TO thS
north, the ship was sailing at sb0UI
three Knots an hour. making 3 :. I. Z
course 1 Was OH the first watch from
seven To eleven. The last part Of the
watch was Sqgla.lly.
- went below ae quarter PAS
eleven and went 10 sleep. I wa.
awakened at half past Twelve by
hearing the vessel grating ON thu
rocks and somebody shouting, vafl al
hands
Rushing on deck I found that thu
vessel was pounding Oh the rocks
Inc chief officer lErSt mate gave tht
order TO elear away the boats, anG
Ewo boats were lowered. In one. wsr,
, sLce% mem, tine boat header, the boa
s.eerer &Dd the ship carpenter. anl
!. afterwards I think the cook fumpea
INTO the boat. Into this boat CaytaiE
Rowland 30d the first officer, Mr.
tucker were lowered by 3 lime. boil
Carrying Y3LtSes. Two other mem go
In, / saw the boats.
81 saw the boats clear Of the Silrf
: The second boat WAS empty. tn
, vessel now gave , turn And with tn,
resi- OF THE crew, we bad to crawl Oh
the side OF the ship where we stayet
. for three quarters OF an hour. \ planl
getting l>8lmu1ed between the ship sns
the shore. enabled those left on boar
to crawl To safety.
Those VINO got ashore by tn
l. plank numbered eighteen, but D PiQt
; INDIAN who had been washed out G
, the LDllusn stays, appeared mex
Z p -,t~r
2 the eIfiT. We were cared for by DepU
. ty Sheriff Hitchcock aa his Residence
six natLes from the scene Of the. Ci.saS
, ter and Twenty-Five miles from ttilc
We were brought into Etll9 ON horse
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