The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-07
NEARLY PERISH
Schooner Rescues Two
Men at Sea.
Fishermen Who Cling Five Hours to
Sinking SIoop Saved
of Makapuu.

A thrilling and exciting tale of peril
and adventure at sea is told by two
battered and bruised young men WIN
returr ed to Honolulu yesterday -co n
Kaneohe.
2. ]. Hollander and G. T. Turner VINO
have been camping out between Maka-
pun Point and Koko Head and going
nshing in small sloop in those waters,
started from Makapuu Point in their
little craft about 8 o'clock Saturday
morning for Honolulu.
The story is told best in Hollander >
own words; yesterday afternoon lie
gave the following graphic description
of his own and his comrades perilous
exploit:
Nv hen we got outside" he said, I'VE
encountered terribly high sea with
strong south easterly wind. After
realizing that it was much too danger
Gus weather for boat the size of ours
we attempted to make for the shore
but it was not many moments before
the sloop became unmanageable. Her
sails were blown away and the little
mast creaked and groaned with the
terrific strain of the high. heavy waves
breaking over the boat, and the force
Of the wind.
About half an hour after we haze
left Makapuu Point, after the water
had been continuously coming aboard
and the water-tight compartment, for
ward had been filled through the loos-
ening of the mast, we finally swampe1
The boat lay over with her mast
beating the water, she was half sub
merged and we chung tooth and nail 20
the uncertain support for dear LIE.
We hoped and prayed that we would
drift ashore but we had no such good
luck. On the contrary we drifted rapid
Iy farther and farther out to sea.
For over five long hours we clung
numb and desperate to the wreck, our
fingers becoming paralyzed and our
shivering bodies being dashed against
the half floating hulk by the terrific
force of the waves. Our legs were
bruised and skinned and every mo-
ment we expected to slip helplessly in
to the depths and be drowned. Our
heads were under water half of the
time and our short breathing spells
were taken up in expelling the water
from our lungs.
Just about the time we had given
up all hope we sighted a schooner
We Immediately attempted to signal
her with portions of our clothing tied
TO an oar which we had miraculou5ly
retained. 1t was about all we could do
to raise the oar into position but we
maraged it somehow.
Imagine our intense relief when we
saw that we were sighted. The
schooner which proved to be the Lady
oil rot Jr Nf Nd
lines which we grasped with all our
remaining strength. We We're pulled
aboard and when we at last found our
selves on the schooner we sank to the
deck utterly exhausted and in a state
of total collapse.
The captain and his crew did every
hing in their power to help us. We
were furnished with dry clothes and
blankets, hot coffee and something to
eat.
AT 6 o'clock Saturday evening the
schooner Lady arrived at Kaneohe and
Mr. Bolte and Mr.. Mendonca We're no
tilted of our condition. Mr.. Mendoncu
drove US to his residence and gave u
the very best of care. This morning
early we telephoned to the city for
rig and got into town about O'clock
this afternoon.
I'VE can not speak too highly of The
captain and crew of the Lady for they
saved US from a terrible death and did
for us everything in their power. We
are also very grateful to Messrs. Bolt.
and Mendonca for their treatment and
consideration.
THE sloop was abandoned, 1t being
impracticable for the schooner Lady
tn tnly h., ;,,+o 4xo1I
are glad to be safe ashore again, 1t
was an awful experience and our
bodies are each a mass Of cuts and
bruises"