The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-14

The other members of the party
would not tolerate the cannibalistic
idea for a moment, as all had hope
that something would turn up to save
their lives. The mate then turned his
attention TO the wife of the captain,
and nearly drove the poor woman into
state of frenzy by his idiotic talk.
The captain then took the man in
hand, and after the fellow had been
threatened, he did not cause any more
trouble. For days and days the boats
were drifting aimlessly, and by a
miracle on the morning of the ninth
day they spied a large object on the
horizon.
RETURN To THE VESSEL.
The object afterwards proved to be
the hulk of the wrecked vessel. 1t
was welcome sight to the storm
tossed people, and after an interval of
several hours they came within a
short distance of the vessel. Although
it meant almost certain death TO the
party to row over the reef again, the
men did not falter, as hunger and
thirst had made them desperate
enough to attempt anything which
| would give them food and drink.
After several efforts, they were finally
| carried into smooth water by big
breaker. 1t took them but few mo-
ments to regain the deck of the vessel,
| and then general thanksgiving was
| offered by the grateful sailors. Plenty
of food and water was obtained, and
after the survivors had regained their
| strength, they commenced to repair
| the battered boats and to make new
| sails. Each boat was supplied with
| nautical instruments, and after taking
on board a big supply of provisions
and water, the sailors abandoned the
ship, which was fast breaking up.
THEY LEAVE FOR HONOLULU.
The boats reached the open ocean
safely and, by order of the captain,
headed for Honolulu. They remained
together for two days and then the
parties were separated. The captain
has not set eyes on the mates boat
since they parted company. For four
teen days the voyage up was unevent-
| full. OF course the party suffered a
great deal from cold, as their clothes
were continually wet. They had but
little sleep and the want of exercise
had benumbed the limbs and muscles
of the shipwrecked men. They were
all in good health however, and last
Friday morning at s o'clock Hawaii
was sighted, but owing to contrary
winds the island could not be reached
The next day Maui was sighted, and
when the boat was rounding the point
another serious danger was expert
enced. The sea was choppy, and g
sudden squall struck the heavily-ladeT
! boat and nearly turned it over. AS il
| I, fnr NJ
for while it looked as if the boa
would not right itself, but it finally
did so and all hands commenced tC
done with great difficulty.
DIAMOND HEAD SIGHTED.
The vessel then kept on her cours,
and yesterday at noon the captain
sighted Diamond Head, after they
had been at sea in the open boat fol
seventeen days. The distance Travelled
was over 1000 miles, all under sail I'm
til Molokai was reached, when tn,
men in the boat took to the oars ant
after q row of three hours this por
was reached safely, as heretofore men
toned.
AS soon as the survivors of tn,
wreck reached land, Captain Petersen
his wife and their fellow vOyagers wer
taken to the Office of the Inter-Islan,
Steamship Co., and food and drinl
furnished them. Soon after the cap
tain and his wife were taken to tn
Eagle House, where Mrs. Thoma
KrOuse, the wife of the manager o
the hotel, took the lady in charge
and everything was done for her com
fort.
THE CAPTAINS BRAVERY.
Captain J. Petersen, the master an,
part owner of the wrecked bark, acte,
through all of the sad affair like
brave man. For seventeen days Ii
did not leave the tiller of the boat TO
longer than an hour at time, an
only then when tired nature woul'
assert itself and cause him to 60 t
sleep from sheer exhaustion. To hi
courage and hopeful nature is due tn
safe landing of the ooat and its crew
At times when the Zen became surl
and wanted to give up life, he cheere
them with predictions that the
would ultimately gain shore. He wa
true prophet. He is a native of Nor
way, and has followed the sea all hi
life. Of course his long watch at Sc
has made him very weak and ENACT
ated, but yesterday afternoon whe
he was seen at the Eagle House by a
ADVERTISER reporter, it seemed tina
his one hours sOjourn on land ha
braced him up in a remarkable de
gree. He is q very intelligent mar
and told the story of the wreck in
clear and interesting manner.
LOST MUCH FLESH.
Mrs. Petersen has been married fo
the last three years, and, since he
} marriage, she has always accompanie
, her husband ON his voyages. She is
woman of short stature, and, previou
: to the wreck and the misery she ha
suffered, was a woman of moderat
weight; but the long voyage in tn
, open boat caused her to lose ies
} rapidly, and now she is as thin as
is possible for human being to b
? and yet live. She has proved herse
f to be courageous woman, and
extremely grateful to have had he
life spared. Her entire wardrobe We
lost, and when she landed here hi
L clothes were few. She speaks well ,
, the men who were in the boat, with tt
l exception of second mate Brown; ST
t cannot forget his more than cru
: conduct to the poor cabin boy.
THE CABIN BOY.
= Willie Weldon, the cabin boy, is
r English parentage. He met Capital
4 Peterson at Sydney, and told him tn;
e he wanted to go to California as cabi
i boy. The captain took liking to IL
e youngster and took him along. Whe
the wreck occurred the boy was take
a in the captains boat for the first nil
Y days, and until the party returned
L the shin aftar The drifting SMELL Whe