The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-03

HOpSAcSS. al SUCH
times all depends upon the GOODNESS and
bravery of officers and crew or chance he
roes who may come from the hold or the
cabin.
The Atlantic, bound for New York
from Liverpool in March, 1878, ran out of
coal Of Nova Scotia and turned to put in
at Halifax for n supply. At midnight the
Both Captain Williams, Chief Officer
Smith and Third Officer Brady left the
deck, giving the second and fourth officers
charge of the ship. She was supposed to
be off Sambro light, 80 miles. Orders
were to run q certain distance, then call
the captain. He was not certain Of his pc
sition, but depended on his rcckoninos.
The prime condition of speed exacted by
the owners, however, kept him from lying
to for daylight At 3 o'clock Fourth Off
GER Brown gave orders that the captain
should not be called, as the ship had not
run the distance required. An under Off
Ger proposed TO go alOft and look for land,
but Brown told him it was too soon for
that. Brown then went below to inspect
the steerage leaving. Second Officer Met
calf on deck alone. Metcalf went down
in the disaster. Brown returned to the
deck about $3.50, and shading his eyes with
his hands looked for Sambro light but
could see nothing. He could not hear the
''rote" of breakers. The ship was run
rate of speed. She struck between $50
and O'clock while all who survived, with
scarcely an exception, were below in their
berths. There were on board 1 600 souls
so of them cabin passengers Out of all
less than half escaped, and these mainly
through the energy and GOODNESS of Cap
tain Williams and Officer Brady, both of
whom were aroused from sleep by the
shock of the vessel on the rocks
Do H. T~.-l L L
being in the pocket of his mate, Officer
Brown. He broke out, and the first man
he met on dock cried: My Cod Tho
ships COMO ashore Running to the cap
tain'S boat, he cleared it with an Ak and
put two women in. a number of men
made rush to get in, but were held back
by Brady, who insisted that the women
and children be saved first. The wran-
Cling and confusion caused delay in
launching Some of the men jumped in
in spite of Brady, and at that moment the
vessel reeled and fell on her beam ends
carrying the boat and its load down
When the ship rolled over, Brady scram-
bled across the watery decks to the miZzen
rigging, then made his way forward
where he saw rock just ahead He I'M
rove a rope from the foretop sail and the
signal flag halliards and sent a quarter
master off with one end toward the rock.
The man couldn't reach it and was hauled
back. He afterward drowned on the ship.
Another under officer jumped in with an
end of the rope, and seeing that he was
making Roadway Brady followed. The
two reached the rock and hauled off stout
rope which they had made fast to the
ropes they carried ashore, before leaving
the ship. BY this rope about 20 men were
landed on the rocz-enough to crowd it,
At this point the volunteer hero of the
wreck gave a hand. This was William
Hoy, also sailor but crossing in the At
lantic as n Storage passenger. He lay |
asleep in his bunk when the vessel struck. |
The shock seemed to him like the letting |
go Of an anchor suddenly, and waiting |
awhile he heard the bottom strike heavily. |
When he got on deck, he was confused, |
because he did not know the way about |
the ship and expected the nasts to fall. i |
heavy sea was coming in over the ships rail. |
and he climbed into the lOwcr rigging, al |
ready filled with people. In five minutes |
the ship fell over, and the heavy seas |
washed at least 100 of the people in the |
rigging overheard. Hoy, however, main !
tanned his hold and soon saw Brady ana |
his men working at the rope
Climbing forward, he heard Captain |
Williams ask for some one to see If there |
was any communication between the rock |
and land. Hoy volunteered, and follow |
ing Brady's rope got upon the rock. There |
were seven or eight men ahead of him. |
The quartermaster who first got the line
to the rock was hauling the men up from
the water, and Hoy took his place, releas-
ing him, rs an officer of the ship, to look
out for communication with the land.
Hoy remained at the rock three hours
pulling people up and directing them to
the rope which Brady and others had es-