The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-07-03

the bay shortly before and proceeded RAJ.
idly to sea under steam and sail In order
to cross the shoals at high tide The pa
trolmun saw that her course lay wide Of
the channel and suspccting dau-cr
alarmed the crew. The keeper happened
TO be- absent, but the surfmcn immediate.
~ manned the boat and rowcd out toward
the shoals The wind blow gale from
the southeast hcaping up the waters OF he
bay In angry breakers along the hUr and
the strong tide setting ia shore from The
ocean nude rough SEA for the boat to
contend against. On reaching the first
line of breakers the surlmCn, wh1ac
thoughts and eyes had been conferred upon
the stranded ship, were amazed to- SEQ upon
the crest Of n huge wave in front of them
u small boat full Of water, with two men
clinging to It. Changing choir course tho
oarsmcn pulled heartily toward the boat,
hut before they could reach it another ono
lifted the frail craft and rolled It over like
"A log, dashing the men into the boiling
surf The sea was covered with vrcckagr,
and It tested the strength Of tho suIimrn
to tho utmost to make hcadwpy through
it, but they finally hauled the two men ON
board The poor follows had just strength
enough left TO say that five Others, incud.
ing u woman and child had been cast
overheard from the boat when it swampCl.
Urging the surfboat through the breakers,
the life savers picked up man and WON.
an, the latter unmindml Of her own con
ditiun, piteOusly begging the rc#CuCrs to
save her child. On, on, through the break
crs, the wind driving one way and the tide
surging the other the brave men urged
the boat toward a small object, which
driftcd, helpless plnything, upon the an.
cry waves suddenly n cumbcr lifted It
and dushCd 1t past the boat turastorn, and
then the surfmcn saw that it was child
wrapped in "a liic prcscrycr and floating
face downward. The contrary currents
and heavy wind wouldn't admit of turn.
ing tho boat short in the breakers, and
heroic efforts to back her through the surf
proved useless. Far astcrn and driven
oven farther by the la>hing tide, the child
could be seen passing hupolCssly beyond
reach There was one chance of rescue,
and acting on his own inspiration Surf
man John Rcgnicr lcApCd into the sea aud
struck ont fC" the haplcss waif, which he
soon held in his strong grasp. Then fol.
lowed u battle with the breakers ind the
adverse tide to reach the boat. 30 help
whatever could be given, but at last Ec
swan alongside and handed the uucun-
sciuus babe to his mates just us the moth
cr lapsed into Inconsistencies after her
long peril and suspense Again the holt
was urged forward over the shoals and
two more men picked up, making the
whole of the boat party rescued. All If
the victims Were helpless from their terri
bic struggle in the chilling sea and tho
boat put back To the station, where rpstor-
ativcs might DO applied. Not moment
was passed by the life savers on shore
longer than necessary to secure attention
for the sufferers taken ont Of the sur.
Then the crew LcudCd once more for the
ship on the shoals. She could be seen ~
ing brondsidc to the beach, with heavy
seas lashing over her amidships Mean
while the captain and the sailors remain
ing ON board attempted to float her.
The vessel was the Mcndociuo, newly
built schooner equipped with auxiliurg
team power and laden with lumber. H,
skipper had intended to cross the bar a'
high tide without pilot and had missed
tho ocean channel by nearly n mile. Soon
after she struck her steam pipes burst, and
she foundcrcd on the bar with such vic.
lcnco that her hull spread its seams, let
ting In water at an alarming rate. The
captain ordered the lushings of the deck.
load cut in order to tighten ship, but the
sailors mutinicd and began to lower the
boats. The small boat, manned by four
sailors and carrying, besides the engineer
his wife and child, was first to put off.
but before it travelled dozen lengths in
the boiling currents it swnmpcd, casting
all on board into the sea. The sailors on
shipboard took warning from tho catas-
trophe and returned to duty, but all efforts
10 ease the ship were useless. She was
fast upon the bar, surrounded 10y shoals
which would ropel any vessel and over
which the sea whirlcd and eddicd In cur
rents which no surfboat could resist.
On n second atteu pt tho life savers
found their oars perfectly useless, and
their boat was driven past the wreck in
spite of them. They returned to the sta.