Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-11-12
A MAYNARD DERELICr.
Wonderful Voyages Made by IA Modern
Flying buchanan at Sea


in the imagery of men s minds
has IN later years become realities.
A marvellous instance is the case
Of the schooner Fannie Il. VOL
ston. To u great many persons
the fact that vessel fully
equipped and manned can sue
cessfully cross the ocean and
weather t-rr'fc storms is a
constant source of wonder.
The modern vessel represents
everything that experience and
ingenuity. can devise that will
make 1t sb.e to cope with any of
the dangers that can be foreseen
We are horror stricken when we
hear Of such disasters as the Elbe,
CoIlma and Reina Regente.
These YES .oIs Were comparatively
modern and were supposed to be
able to cope with any of the
dangers that threatened them; at
least they were supposed to be
able to float long enough to allow
the persons th7y erred to SO *
some refuge.
The other extr me is now pre-
scented to Us by the photographic
Office. A wooden three mnstcd
sch roner called the Fanuie T..
Wo ston encountered % terrific
hurricane, and, becoming water
logged, her crew TOOK the boats
and abandoned the vessel Fl { ape
Hatteras October Is, 1891. The
vessel, storm rackel and aban-
dOned by man, begsn the most
remarkable voyage f which there
is any record. For over three
years she iourneyed across the
Atlantic ocean, surviving gale after
gale in which many staunch yes
sells, manned by skiIful men, went
to the bpttom. Like a ghost
of vessel which the elements re-
fused to receive, she was forced
to wander over vast expenses Of
water, seeking a final resting
place, her hull partly submerged
her masts broken, with the pieces
of broken rigging and rem
nants of sails Mapping with
every roll and swaylng at
each puff of wind, Nobody at the !
wheel to keep it steady, if reyolv-
ed with dismal creakipgs, and as
fitting accompaniment the ship
bell tolled with every roll. AS
one swiftly passed the derelict, it
WAS difficult to keep from wonder
ing if there was not some poor
fellow-bein weak for want Of
food or water, or dispirited from
frequent disappointments, crouch
ing weak, discouraged and help
less behind some shelter, little
knowing that help is near at hand.
The Wolston WAS sighted and
reported by forty four vessels III
the three years Of her wauderirg,,
and many other vessels passed her
without seeing her, or failed to
report her Many passed her
during the night and faIled to See
her. From Hatteras the Wolston
travelled to the eastward to about
40 degrees west of Greenwich,
taking almost eight months to
make the journey. From this point
she started back to the United
States, but changed her
mind and took what is
known as the southern passage;
this occupied nine months before
she fairly began her western voy-
age. This voyage was accom-
plished in nine months more,
when we find her off the coast of
Florida. After spending the will
ter months in this vicinity, she
started for more nOtherIy lati-
tudes, arriving off Hatteras in
June, 1894 From this point she
endeavored to cross the Atlantic
once more, seeking to do this by
the southern passage, but on ar,
irving in latitude 30 degrees north
she started for the northern pas
sage. This change must lave
been a serious mistake, for on
October 81, 1894, she was seen
for the last time; and there can
be small doubt that she has sought
and found her last resting place.
After she was abandoned it is
known that the Wolston was
ahoat for three years and SIX days.
The distance which she travelled