The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-11-30
Almost a Loss Of Lite Oh the
Trip to MOlOEai.
WERE CApSIzED IN THE SURF
Peril OF Miss Carol and Purser Guy
Kel!y-Natives Iniured-An un-
satisfactory Voyage.

Late friday evening. members OF lHS
Board Of Health. accompanied by a
number OF physicians from the city.
some trained nurses and s number Of
people on = visit 10 friends at the
Ieper settlement and Others, left for
Molokai on the steamer Noeau. There
were 81 passengers in all The trip
was a very smooth one and everything
looked promising for fine day at the
settlement II was not long before the
calculations were all upset. The Noe
au arrived at Ralaupapa at about 3
O'Clock Saturday morning and al day
break it was noticed that there was
very heavy swell from the north and
that the waves were breaking over the
landing. The steamer was rolling and
pitching and the members OF the party
who had stood the trials Of the jour
ney with great bravery up 10 that time,
began 10 have thoughts OF home and
mother. Worse and worse came the
swells. until il became absolutely ne
cesszry for number to take TO their
berths.
Al about 8 O'Clock. a boat containing
Chas Wilcox, secretary Of the Board
OF Health. and Geo. Bruins, went
ashore. II could be seen from the
steamer. that it would not be safe for
another boat 10 venture ashore just al
that tine. so the Nosau steamed over
10 Waikolu. where Attorney General
Smith and Deputy Marshal Hitchcock
went ashore 10 take Chas. Wilcox
aboard again Ihen the steamer pro
ceeded back 10 kalaupapa- Things did
not seem 70 have changed much during
the interval but toward noon, boats
were gotten ready and those who wish
ed il. taken ashore. This proceeding
was not without q certain amount OF
danger. The native women who had
gone up 70 see their friends. we're
warned OF the danger Of the undertake
ing and told that they had better re-
main aboard ship. They wSuld have
very little time with their friends as il
was However. they were very Obsti-
nate and refusing 10 be put OF almost
jumped into the boats, saying that if
they we're going 10 get killed it was
al right They would risk death 10 see
their friends.
When most OF the people had gotten
OF the steamer. Attorney General
Smith went ashore. asking Deputy
Marshal Hitchcock TO accompany him
The latter refused, saying that the
time was so short it would hardly pay
70 20 ashore However, after q while
he changed his mind and calling a
boat. started off. Just as the men were
II T.
Hitchcock noticed a kamaaiua standing
on the wharf He was motioning fran
ticaIly for them to go back. Mr.. Hitch
cock had heard too much Of the place
20 disregard the mans motions, and
ordered the sailors 10 back water.
This they did with g little hesitaney,
deeming it perfectly safe 10 proceed.
Il was q matter Of very few seconds
before there seemed to come out of the
very sea itself. a couple OF blind rollers,
one on top Of the other and in quick
succession. They broke directly under
the bow Of the boat. Had they disre-
garded the kamaaina, they would have
been capsiZed in an angry sea. When
this danger was past, the man on the
wharf beekoned 10 advance and the
boat got ashore without further trou-
BILE
Just before leaving the steamer, Mr..
Hitchcock had asked Miss Carol, a
Young trained nurse who went up TO
see some OF the worst cases Of lepTOsy
70 20 ashore She replied that she
was q little afraid TO venture out, as
she had q presentment that in case
she did, something would happen 10
her. Il will be seen that her present
ment was not without meaning. II got
along pretty well toward O'Clock when
Captain Peterson and Purser Kelly de-
cfded 10 20 ashore They spoke TO
Miss Carol and this time the young
lady consented
All went well until just before reach
ing the shore. when roller after roller
came along and threw the boat TO the
right hand side Of the wharf The
men lost control and the waves kept
dashfng over with great force, until
there was great danger Of being dashed
70 pieces on the rocks. close at hand
Suddenly there was q wave higher
and more fierce than the rest, and the
boat went over. Captain Peterson and
the crew managed TO extricate them
selves from the boat but Miss Carol
and Purser Kelly were pinned under
meath, as both were holding on with
death-like grip. when the boat went
over
Soon Kelly was seen TO emerge from
under the boat. looking like drowned
rat Upon being asked where Miss
Carol was, ne replied that he did not
know. By this time the natives were
running about like Wild people and
CRYING out. -AuEe, ia make ka wa
hine haole" II did not seem 10 enter
into the minds OF any Of them 10 Try
10 right the boat At about this time,
M. Hitchcock and others had arrived
near she place, and Captain Peterson
had recovered himself The boat was
righted and Miss Carol appeared She
did not seem in the least frightened,
and upon being taken ashore, asked 10
be allowed 10 stand. protesting that
she was perfectly able 10 do So The
men who saw the accident, say that Il
If had not been for the cool nerve shown
bv Miss Carol she must surely have
persisted The water was shallow at
the place where the boat cspsized, and
this enabled her to keep her head
above the water, although under the
boat Then again, the waves subsidized