The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-09-04

\ ALIFEBoAr CoXswAIN ON GOODWIN SANDS.
aNd we strained our eyes with all our might
hlt could see nothing that looked like a man.
But on II sudden caught sight of length OF
canvas streaming out of the TOP, and all of u-
sreilg IL we raised shout, and few minutes
o. ter we saw the mon. They were all dressed
ia yellow oilskins, and the mast being OF that
t,'or was the reason why we did not see them
| sooner. They looked a whole mob OF people.
] and one OF u roared out, "All hands are there,
! mani" and answered, Aye, the whole ships
! O nii,ny, aud woll have them ally for though
| 50 we Rtierward know. turru were only II of
| them. O. o- have said, they looked n great
| runbt -Ua ed ,u:eher in that top and I
! fGade surc the whole ships company was
| there
BY tlis Tine wa were pretty close to the ship.
and fearful Tgck she looked, with her main
mast and in.-zeauia,' gone, and her bulwsrks
washed Uwn and great lumIs of iiuber and
rNlHktIw rim lH, uIt Of her and going over
bard VITA r. Hrr of the eas. We let go
our anchor 10 tathnu- To the wiudward of her
Epd oSWe did .u we saw the poor felloy un-
lyslihg themselves and dropping, one by ole.
over the top into tne lee rigging A 5 we veerud
olt cable ANA droy. down under her stern I
1uted to the men on the wreck To bend
pi"ce OF wood onto n line and throw IL over
board for rs To lay hold nf. They did this. but
Niny had 10 20 at first, and feared for Lle
pg1r, haii peri he'd creatures again aud again
SAW them scraMhllng along the icy rail,
s.Cppilg and holding on as the mountainous
81 rs icil over the hull, and then creeping bit
farther rtt IN the pause.
tllti 500, q lHrf de mudlle Of spars and
ton canvas and Vi sripg under her lee but we
coI.d not rua.s what fearful sight was there
70 80, oGr NtH-vr haf Ir., been made fast to he
wreck, we hauled ils feb1at close under her
quarter There lcpScd TO be a whole score of
q nd be Dies knocking bout among the spars.
II stunned me for moment, FOR had thought
all hands were in lie foretop, and never
dreRnt of so mgGy lives having been lost
Seventeen were drowned. and there they weru
~ 81 of item, and the body OF the captain
lu'hcd TO the head OF the mizzcnmast. 80 rs To
To- X ~, II hc we're leaning over il, his head si.T
u iis.t and his eyes watching u. and the stir
ol the made him appear to be struggling
to get To rs. | thought he was alive and cried
20 ,he men to hand him in, but some one said
hc was Killed when the mizzenmast fell and
ha l been dead four or fye hours. This was u
dreadful shock. never remember the like of
II. can't hardly get those fixed eyes olt OF
my sight, sir, and | lie awake for hours of n
night Hid "a turs Tom Cooper and others Of
Us, see!I- those bpdie, torn by the spars and
bleeding hnaJiug In the water alongside tho
miserable ship.
Well. .ir. lhc rest uf this larnentable story
has been told by the mate of the vessel. We
saved the II men. II may speak as cOxswain
0l the lifeho1i, wonlb like to say that from
the hour uf i"sying nsgate harbor to the
m mcul Whtu wc 20 .hlrf the wrecks mast
.
thai was that the Almighty would give Us the
strnEth and direct us how TO save the lives Of
ihr poor fellows to whose assistance We had
be "a sent.
Goodwin Sands is name applied gencr
ally to IA great sand bank lying four miles
of, the beach ON the southwest coast Of
England. The bank is eight miles long
and four miles wide and rises out OF deep
water right In the highway Of shipping
During high water the sands arr covered
tO % depth of from IN 90 90 feet and tlip
ffious breakers pouring over them have
carried thousands Of ships to dest ruction
The bank has been known since the begin
mng OF navigation rs "A monster ship swal-
low cr.' But in spite of the dangers that lie
between the bar and the distant beach no
storm thnt blows can keep back the life
hcatmen--who have been itly termed the
storm warriors Of kcnt'-when the signal
cd',s them to the rescue.
GEORGE l.. KILMER