The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-16
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crushed against her upper works until
they threatened to be washed over
board. the matter was indeed serious
one and the movements of the tug
were anxiously watched.
At times nothing was to be seen of
the Eleu but her smokestack. The
great waves swept her decks from
stem to stern and burst into the cap
tain's room, drenching his belongings.
Her plucky captain kept up the one
sided fight with the elements, however,
until il was impossible for him to take
his tug any further out. The Eleu
would not answer her helm and was
In great danger of going on the reef.
There was nothing for 1t but to turn
back. and this was finally managed,
and the Eleu came plunging on her
homeward way with the wind roaring
at her heels, and every man aboard
drenched to the skin, and good
amount of water In her hold.
Meanwhile the pilot was still aboard
the Doric and had to be brought
tashore. Then the Fearless started out.
1t was a test of strength and sea-
worthiness, and Captain Brokaw Of the
Fearless fully realized this fact. But
1
boat and started to the Doric, deter
mined to come back with the pilot or
TO stay outside himself. If the Fear
less had been satisfied to go out slowly
she would probably have managed it
without taking much water aboard
but she was in hurry, for 1t must be
Remembered that Ii was not yet known
why the Doric had signalled for a tug
Captain Brokaw did not know but
what the Doric was in some great dan
ger and needed his assistance at once
So the Fearless forged ahead at full
speed, taking sea after sea aboard. The
water piled up against her bow and
broke all over her decks and, in break
ing, the wind took the spray and toss
ed it all over the tug until nothing
could be seen of her except the top OF
her smokestack. The Fearless tool
aboard just as much water as the Elel
but she was better able to stand it
and although her upper works wer,
buffeted by the heavy seas, she wen
through il all right and finally arrive,
within a safe distance of the waitin,
Doric.
The captain of the Doric wante,
Brokaw to take his tug right along
side the Doric so that the pilot coul
get aboard by the rope ladder. Captain
Brokaw knew better than that, how
ever. for to have taken the Fearless u
/, alongside the big steamer in the Sc
that was running at the time woul
, have been to smash a hole in the sid
. Of the Doric.
SO the tug lay to while boat wa
lowered from the Doric and the pile
/ was sent aboard the Fearless. The
? the Doric stood out to sea and tn
Fearless returned to her wharf trium
phant, with Captain Cameron aboart
, who had come very near taking tri
! to San Francisco
In the small hours of yesterda
morning there was a great tangling u
I among the little yachts lying at anchC
/, near the boat houses. They were blow
together and badly mixed up. bangin
one against the other, and injuring or
$ another more or less seriously. Young
n steam launch, the Water Witch, We
4 driven ashore. and the Bonnie Dund,
! was almost chewed up by the poun,
. ing which she received while lyir
: across tine bows of two other yacht
Il Yesterday the Bonnie Dundee w,
e moved over to the Navy wharf ar
n made fast to one of the coal barge
q La Paloma was damaged considerabl
:, and will need extensive repairs.
The Young brothers, who live rig
e next to the pilot house, were up &
e Wednesday night trying to save d
q little yachts from breaking each 9th
r. up. One of them swain out to one
|, the yachts and took her to a place
- safety; they also rescued Youne
steam launch from the beach. where
n was in danger of going to pieces as
u was being bumped up and down wi
II no gentle force.