The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-03
STRUCK FAST WITH BOWS ON,
The American Barkentine Hilo a
Total Wreck.
ON TIE COAST OF KAU, HAWAII.
The Captain and Crew Arrive safely Mt
Punaluu After Three Hours i'm an
Open Boat-The American Consul
Takes the Whole Crew in His Charge.

The barkentine Hilo, lie Ballister
master, is total wreck, and what re-
mains of her is now lying on the rocks
at Keauhou, a point in Kau, on the
island of Hawaii.I She was bound for
this port from Newcastle, n. S. W.,
with 1850 tons of coal consigned to
Allen Il Robinson of this city. She
ran on the rocks on last Tuesday
morning about 4 O'Clock, and two
hours later was abandoned by her cap
tain and crew, who took to a lifeboat,
and after a hard row of five hours
reached the little village of Punaluu to
tell OF the loss Of one of the finest sail
ing vessels that touched at the port of
Honolulu. The news reached this city
yesterday afternoon by the steamer w.
G.. Hall, which also conveyed the first
and second officers and nine of the
crew of the wrecked vessel and w. G.
Michulich, who was passenger. The
men went to the American Consulate,
where they were relieved by Consul
General Mills, who took them in
charge. A boarding house was found
for them, and by order of the Consul
everything was done for their COM
fort.
Rolf Arnett, the first mate, was
seen by an ADVERTISER reporter. He
stated that the HilO arrived at Sydney,
n. S. W., on Nov. 18th last from New
Westminster, anu after her cargo was
discharged she loaded coal at New
castle for this port. She sailed on the
7th of January and was just fifty
days out when she went OH the rocks.
The wreck happened last Tuesday
morning, as stated above. The cap
tain had been on deck nearly all
night, and at $3.50 q. 10. he went be-
low, after giving the course to Homo
lulu to Second Mate Olson, who was
the watch officer. The weather at the
time was quite rainy, and the vessel
was in the midst of a heavy fog. The
captain thought he was clear of land,
but, Notwithstanding, sharp lookout
was kept ahead. Shortly after the
captain went below everybody was
ahead" An attempt was made to
turn the ship about, but before it
could be accomplished she struck on
the rocks head on and Immediately
commenced to settle. The pumps
were started, and il was found that she
was leaking badly-in fact, her hold |
was flooded. She settled lower and |
lower, and finally it was learned that |
her bottom dropped out, as the coal |
could be heard falling into the water !
from the stern. The vessel struck |
about 200 feet from the shore, imme- |
diately in front of a high bluff.
The captain and men remained on |
board until about o'clock, and tn en- |
they were forced to desert the vessel, |
as heavy seas were continually break
ing over her. a life boat was launched
and, after keg of water and box of
bread were placed into it, all on
board took their places and the
boat put off. No personal effects
be found for anything outside of the
water and provisions. No attempt
was made to land at Keauhou, the
scene of the wreck, as the high seas
prevented any possibility of dOiug SO,
and the boat was headed for PunaIuu.
The wind died out and the men had
to row all the way to Punaluu. Ow-
ing to the crowded condition of the
boat she was very low in the water,
and one man was kept busy bailing
out water that would now and then
|
wrecked men also suffered greatly
from the cold.
They finally arrived at Punaluu at {
noon and made fast to a buoy. The
appearance of strange boat with
people in it, created great {
and in a short time the 1
beach was crowded with natives, most
of whom jumped into canoes and pad
died out to the buoy. w. p. Fennell
and G.. e. Stone also went out to meet
the strangers. The party after land ,
ing was we'll cared for by the gentle
men named. The captain and his
wife, who accompanied him on the
voyage, were taken in hand by Mr..
Fennell, while the crew were taken
to the hotel by Mr.. Stone, who did '
for their comfort.
The following is the full list of the
crew: 7
First Mate Ralf Arnett.
Second Mate Edward Olson.
Carpenter Charles Fries.
Steward a. Anderson.
Seaman J. Anderson.
Seaman B. Visne.
Seaman Chas. jacobson. I
Seaman Louis Braehme.
Seaman John Smith. .
Seaman Thomas Mathews.
Cabin Boy Thomas Mckenzie.
The men have nothing but what is 1