The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-18

humping black eye. No finer craft ever
left the ports of Maine or the yards Of the
Clyde than the ship Elizabeth, built in
America and transferred TO the German
flag during the war. For a quarter of a
century she outrode the storms of the At
lantic and bore among scafaring men
reputation for luck Her skipper had eel
ebratcd the anniversary of his one hun.
dredth voyage across the wild ocean short
ly before the disastrous trip of which l
write, and the large crew of 81 sailors
were, as will be shown, like their master,
well disciplined and cool headed; but nci-
ther skill nor craft nor strength in cap
tain, crew or vessel could avail against
old Neptune when he dccreed that the
Elizabeth and all ON board, together with
the daring souls who would attempt res
cue, must become the playthinR of his an
CRY mood.
Bound for Baltimore, with several hun
dred tons of marine salt for ballast and
a clumsy cargo of 1900 empty petroleum
barrels, the Elizabeth made land of the
dangerous coast of Cape Henry late on
IAN Z, 1887 About dusk binding snow
storm set in driven Ivy % mile gale from
the northeast, which beat upon the sands
of the cape, raising a turbulent and dan
gerous sea. How and when the vessel
struck no one lived 10 tell but she lay inn
beddcd In the sand parallel to the beach,
with an anchor trcnding to the northeast,
or oifshorc, showing that she might have
cast anchor in deep water and dragged it
before the rcsistless gale, fetching up help
-ess on the bar.
Trouble was discovered soon after mid
night by the life saving patrols of two =
lions, the Dam Neck Mills and Little Is
land, whose beats met half mile north Of
the wreck. They saw the flare of Coston
signals on the outer edge of the bar and
hurried off to the station houses, one
making ga mile and the other four
mile run through drifted snow. The
first covered the distance in less than an
hour, the second in less than l y. The
wreck lay in the precinct of Little Island
station, and the keeper Abel Belanga,
brother of the patrol who carried the news,
routed out his crew and started with his
beach apparatus for the scene Keeper
Baroo of Dam Neck Mills, marshalcd his
crew empty handed, and having the wind
at their backs the men made good speed
to the wreck. Finding that Belanga had
not arrived, they kept on down the beach,
and meeting the Little island crew gave Il
hand at hauling the mortar cart through
the heavy snow. Half past found the
morning Stlll uafh, IOr neaNE snoNClouus
yelled the full moSn. At that hour all was
ready for heaving the line on board the
wreck, which could just be made out about
$50 yards from shore The gun was placed
at the waters edge and fired across the
vessels bow The shot fell short and the
line drifted away in the current, A second
line also fell short. The first line was
again brought into play, but it had frozer
stiff on being hauled out Of the water ant
broke close to the shot A fourth sho
failed and there We're but two charges o
powder left in the box. Keeper Belang'
determined to wait for daylight befor
risking his last shots, and all hands set tt
work to thaw out the lines. Daybreak re
vealed large ship, with the sea breaking
over her decks from end to end, and along
side, under the port quarter the ships
boat filled with men. They had abandon