The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-11


,ssy spui come fr1a oE~ quarter.
then they Woald cone grura anoshsr
~ times ne s.s-u uf ta- bark uoutd
b. lifted 80 hi<h out 90 th- Eas-r tAas
Be- seemed a. a. nS;h-ax cuaid possibly
prvv.aJ the ship diyinE strsiEhi Iowa
to he bottom of the oc-an.
Jus; "a The Stern % The ship had
se.,ied nicely do~u !n;o a heiieE Ia
th. 50. and there SEEMED danger os the
ship turaiuE a backward som.TSauii.
tremendous save CURED hixh over
the stern and before any one csa,d 49,
on; of tae wsy I foaad myself barred
under Aha, s-crn-d tons % satcr. sly
men saved my iisc. bu; nv isfs shSai-
der and arm Scrc hslpi-ss-
In recognition os Captain wciss' ser-
vices on this occasion b. uas the 49,
le.Pica, OF n sold medal frUn -. NCy-
Vc<san Govsramclt. tn. medal vsas
~ the hrss class. a dis;inetioa rarely
conferred
The American schooner AEn-s Maa-
ming. $50 miles from NeW YORK. vEas
picked up March Z. iSss. ~ the steam
ship Exeter City. thea commanded BY
Captain Weiss. In speaking 90 this ~
ent the Caciain said: "oa hrss ss<hsia<
the boat she Was uat-r barc Po,~s. and
had he appearance os nos bcsn< prC9-
criy handled. boEc aWay Zoe hcr. AMI
upon coming withsa easy distance dis
covered that she Was ahandonet.
Immediately lowered a boat and Utsh a
willing crew Veat on board. dis
covered that she -sas a d-rclics and hcr
name was the AEacs Manning
sounded her pumps and fouad ten feet
of water in her hold. On Cur@ory cx-
Iaminstion found that sh. bad a steam
Ieuxinc on board. and her d~ck scar AS
in very good repair. took OF one 90
her ha.chcs and DISCOVERIES that shc
Was laden wtgn cual.
Il immediately iit nrcs .a aer ssesm
donkey. s-nt the boat en- board for one
NJ the engineers and Eps steam uP and
started her pumps. Whieh . foand in
thorough working order. The weather
at this time vas very thrcsscntax. tbs
barometer falling rapidly. aud aas;y
seas making up Sith every appearance
OF an approaching hurricane. Daring
the working of the pumps 40 had r.
duccs 81. water in her bold our foot.
I deemed il ,hca pridcat a. take my
crew back on board uf the sseam.r,
and await the passing over Of the cssa-
ing hurricane. According 60 my e.Pec-
tattonS the hurricane came from thc
northwest with very heavy scss. AMI
tastes -IroaEh the uisht-
''Whcn Daylight came Wc wcrc ssili
within slElt us our prize. sent doUu
as near to her as VAS PrDd.as and
found that Snc ~as still IN good oSnai-
Zion. bus MUGS us~prr sn tAS water.
showing that sac had taxca more uassr
in during the night FSndsn< the srs
going down ! again lpSCrcd our boat.
and sent willing boats crcW aboard
OF oar prize. They bearded her Nish
some dinicyilty. and tsnmcdsatcsr corn-
mencct to get steam uP on her doakcY
again. We ATTACHED a hasscr to tsc
boat. but after towing her Coz an hoar
d parted. Several other hs~scrs also
parted besorc 80 wcrc hnally able tp
make out the Sandy Hook oF the HsEh-
land lights. so ! Thought d prnsi.ns Co
turn the ship's bead tn tho rssS. Ia
doing so our hsSs-r parted ia sh. bad
close ;o the ships stern. and our Ps.se.
OF course. cornmcaesd drifting towar3
the Ice shore.
We only had. az shat tssnc. about
seven u.tlcs OF drtft before shc upsId
be high and ,ary ON the jersey bcsch-
The schooner had ab5lt srvvrty faith
ouls OF czblc paid cut. sfsrr having bc-a
onto a hsvssg. and Eith eac wso'c
length % our heavy asaaer % was =
diHicuit thiuE for her 90 asavc hsg
chan and hs0EscT in. and the time
would no; adm., 81 her trying TO DO so.
I again eoy az near ss possible Co hcF.
and shouted Qua for them Co scnd the
boat. when told them To bod oa
the -ud os th- t-a-inca hawseg. vAicA
had parted co. the frst place. they hav-
ing one end On board aud 80 The other
got tae snd % their part hove ga
ispard and ben: if on ts oar part. aad
Ic; our .azinEs 80 dead Sips Ahead.
my object bsinz Co ssep ahead Oh shprs
and en- prvyeut drifting upon t4e beach
OF course. the shprtncss 90 Usr hAssss
and the heavy sea hat prevented my
being able to ~ faster sAaa slow. and.
whereas ~ couid ao; tea her OF shore.
We held her in such ppsition that she
would drift on a iins with sh- cnass
instead % dead on
To shorten a !eaE yarn. - ~veas-
u1lly succrcscd IN toEink sls prize
'sssciy.inso port. where &C safely raoog-
"A hnr ar .hn &c min nalns I'D.