The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-09-24
THE STRANDED WILCOX.
THREE FoURTHs OF THE WRECK
UNDER WATER.
Voyage of the Cummins-U Unable to Get
Aboard-Parcels of Cargo
Washed Ashore.

The j. A. Cummins left port Friday
evening for the wreck off Moloka and
returned Saturday afternoon. The
crew, representatives of the syndicate
now owning the G. n. Wilcox, I. p.
SEVERN OF the Customs Bureau and
Frank Godfrey composed the living
cargo of the little steamer. The voyage
was made slowly and the scene Of the
wreck was not reached until early Sat-
urday morning. Before sunrise the
white sails and masts of the wrecked
ship were in full view.
A stiff breeze was on and heavy seas
made it extremely dangerous 20 APP
proach the shore. The pillows leapt
and rolled against the helpless wreck on
the rocks and the jutting promontory.
In the meanwhile the little steamer was
being pitched about in most uncom-
Portable fashion.
After a survey of the situation the
captain decided that it was impossible to
board the wreck. He therefore con-
tinued on east, hugging the shore, and
finally entered cove, or small bay,
where the water was quite smooth.
This was about two miles from the c..
n. Wilcox. Anchorage was made in
eight fathoms and the party was safely
landed on an open shore.
Turning again to the west the
wreckers proceeded to walk back to a
point opposite the stranded bark. This
was accomplished and the party came
out on the promontory in position on
the level with the tops of the masts of
the ship. The wreck was not more than
200 yards away and the party looked
right down upon it.
From that point of observation it was
seen that the Wilcox was listed toward
the sea, and about two.thirds of the
deck is under water.
Only comparatively small portion
of the hull was visible and the waves
were constantly dashing over this part.
The picture is described as a pitiful
one. There lay the fine steel ship, her
sails flying as on the day she was
abandoned, mastered by the rocks
beneath and the weight of her cargo,
perfectly helpless and beyond the
power of man to save. While the party
was surveying her they discovered sew
eral pieces of woodwork floating about
on the waves which told plainly that
the wreck had received tremendous
lashings.
One of these pieces of the wreck
caught by the visitors proved to be q
glass door with the panes intact. The
top of box of what appeared to b,
dry goods was also captured. The box
had left the ship, but was dashed
against the rocks near the shore anC
broken open. The top found was in
distinctly lettered. A post from tn,
wreck had also found it's way into tn,
shoal water and was picked up.
All of the party climbed down from
the promontory to the narrow shor,
and searched along it for articles from
the wreck, but nothing of greater value
than has been described was found
However, it was clearly to be seen tina
articles were constantly being washed
away from the ship.
The Wilcox has settled down on tn,
rocks so sDlidly that the waves dasl
upon it without moving it at all. 1t i
said that she is perfectly stationar.
from stem to stern and that there is ap
parently no grating. Not one of thu
crew or party from the Cummin
borded the wreck or attempted so to d.
after the fruitless efforts at the begin