The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HE
The American Ship W, A, Camp
bell Lost Off the Coast
Of Mexico.
Mate Sullivan and Ten Men SayOd--.The
Captains Boat Not Heard OF,


vi ocean caIaSIfODneS we, on uneSe
islands, have known many, and there
is now one more to add to the long
list.
The w. A. Campbell, built in
Maine in 1866, left Puget Sound
August 9th. She had on board l.
100000 feet of lumber and was
bound for Cork, Ireland. The cap
tain had his wife and child with
him, the latter only six months old.
Everything went well till the. morn
ing of the 10Th of August. AT mid
night the mate had turned in and
everything was clear, the glass show
ed no indications of coming storm.
At $3.50 a. m. a cyclone whirled up,
took the vessel aback, tore the sails
to shreds, snapped chains, and broke
the iron bolts from the solid wood.
Everything on deck was swept away
and even a portion of the deck itself
was carried off. The masts went by
the board. At z the fury of the
storm was over and the vessel lay
like log upon the ocean. For two
days the captain stuck to her, but on
the 2Sth of August it was decided to
abandon her. BY this time the lum-
Der had swellod so that the deck was
like an arch, while the water tanks
below had been burst by the pres
sure. Those on deck, of course, had
been washed overheard in the storm.
There were but two boats. The
whaleboat carried the captain, his
wife, his baby and a portion of the
crew. Fourteen souls in all. She
was we'll provisioned but had only
II gallons of water on board, though
she had wine, beer, and mineral
water. OF her there is no trace.
She has either been picked up by a
passing vessel or has added one
more to the list of the unburied
dead which the ocean will render up
on the last great day.
The mates boat parted from the
captains August 18th. She was a
better sailer and, being crowded, it
was considered better to push on.
She was only Is feet long by feet
broad, and in this IL human beings
existed till September Goth, when
they were picked up by the native
fishermen off the coast of Puma.
The boat voyage was devoid of in
cident, it was merely time of great
suffering, as the water gave out.
Think of it! Eight gallons of water
among IL men for % days. Five
days before they reached the islands
everything was gone, and for those
five days the poor fellows were re-
duced to such straits as very few in
the world ever have been. The pas
sage was fair-too fair, not drop of
rain fell.
, On the morning of September Goth,
! a fishing canoe off Kahuwai, Puma,
saw a boat drifting out at sea and
padded up. The men we're done.
a Kind, as is the nature of the Hawaii
\ an, the boat was towed near the surf
I and then, one by one, the exhausted
o men we're transferred ashore in the
= canoe. Even cat was saved. Poor
e puss had been taken off the wreck
and had received it's regular rations
like the men. 1t is now at Captain
? Eldert's, and will be an historic cat
J Once ashore, the men were taken
> to Captain Eldert's house and there
, most carefully attended to. This is
d the second time within year that
e the Captain has given shelter anC
u care to shipwrecked crews. 1t il
about time that he received som,
"a public acknowledgment both from
a this Government and that of thu
IA United States.
m When the Kinau arrived at Hilo
"a she went off in search of the cap
A. tain's boat, but after cruise OF 3
"a hours she returned with no news
/ For this expense some of the citizen
of Hilo are responsible, should tn
Government not reimburse them.
IN The men were brought up to Hill
e in Captain Eldert's boat and ar
A now lodged under the care OF the I
le 9. Commercial Agent, Chas. Fun
he neaux, Esq. They are all suffering
II from scurvy and are being treate'
Y by Dr. Williams. Though terribl
a emaciated they will all pull through
with care and attention.
The following is list of tn
10 names of those saved:
" A. II. w. Sullivan, Worthing, Eng
d land, mate.
u Herman Johnson, Sweden, A, b.
r. Joe Borough, Guam, A. b.
81 Frank Mills, Aberdeen, ScotlanC
D3r A. b.
" John johnson, Norway, A. b.
as John Brown, Mauritius, A. b.
=" Solomon Abraham, Seattle, U. S
A. b.
w Antoine Avalis, Chill, A. b.
n James Newton, Dublin, IRELAND
he A. b.
al Postena Groceiris, Manila, A, b.
Or Mahkoo, China, cook.
n, The mate has been in Honolulu
m on board the Consuelo and h
re brother awas here as Paymaster o
ne board III. b. M. S. Garnet.
d, Herman johnson has often bee
k. to the Islands and has worked q
shore for several parties. He wa
ne six years in the American Nav
ne Joe Borough, the Guam man, h;
n worked on the Volcano road.
IS. The vessel was wrecked in lat.
re n, lon. l22 W., about 500 miles fro
at the coast of Mexico. The mate an
ty boats crew will be in Honolulu !
in the next trip of the Kinau.
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