The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-15

which he supposed 20 DO not far away
The fog and darkness combined were so
thick that he could not see the length of
tho vessel. The only sign to tell the mar
lEcrs their true position was the roar of q
tremendous surf caused by the 1reaking Of
long easterly ground swell upon shore
and that shore was the outer bar off the
beach of Long Branch, although this the
InCn on shipbOard could not divine. The
bark sailed slowly under light canvas,
making a west course. At 0:3O she struck
on the bar, $50 yards from the bluff, and
all hands quickly sprang on deck and
tried 10 head the vessel OtfshOre. The
wind was so light, however, that sho
wouldn't move only as the sea lifted her
higher and higher upon the bar. In that
position the waves broke over her, gradu-
ally swaying the hull until 1t lay broad
side TO the sea, receiving its full force. The
bulwarks were quickly torn loose and car
ried overheard, and the tons of water com
ing down on the decks stove them I'm, show
ing those on board that the ships doom
was sealed, though they fondly believed she
would hold out until daylight. The sail.
ors could do nothing but try TO save them
selves. Tho halyards were cut TO let tho
sails run down, fagots made Of oakum
soaked with oil were lighted for signals Of
distress, and the men took refuge on the
highest part Of the deck preparatory to
launching their boat. Tho wreck lay off
the bluffs where they rise % feet in height,
but not even these nor tho houses upon
them could 10 seen, except through an &C
CasiOEal rift in tho fog. No answer com
ing FROM oEshore to their signal torches
the sailors gave up all hope of summon
ing help through that means. The boat
was their last rCsCUTCe, although its
chances in that wild surf were not much
better than thcse OF the wreck itself
Hhilc they were lcCscninE tackle and get
ting ont tho oars n tremendous sea swept
over and carried it away, breaking the
daVits like pipe stems. Life lines were then
strung along the deck, and the men, be-
lieving they were doomed to q night of 10
on the wreck, took refuge upon the cabin
roofs and the rails on the port side which,
owing to the listing Of the ship ECayarll,
arose some feet out of the water As hours
passed on, realizing their extreme peril,
they from time TO time halIoOCd at the |
tops of their voices, hoping to attract the |
attention of some one at the houses whose |
dim outlines they had seen early IN the |
evening. These fOrlorn cries at last penc-
trated the cluster OF cottages on the bluffs |
OF the west end, Long Branch. One of the !
occupants aroused his household and hur- |
ried to the beach, where he lit q fire to en-
courage the men whose voices he had /
heard out at sea. At the same time q /
WdSChiudH az IIle w ehJ Euu DOUelS nearing
tho same cries, hurried to the Long Branch |
life saving station, a mile below the |
wreck. Notwithstanding the admirable
system Of beach patrols sent out by the
life saving corps, the presence OF the wreck
had escaped their attention. At that point
on tho beach the patrols are compelled to
walk along the bluff because the sand
shore is broken by a series of jetties ex-
tending from tho bluff out beyond low wa
Ter marx. In dark and stormy nights
ravel IS slow and also hazardous along