The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-07
MYSTERY OF TWO SLOOPS
ONE is LOST AND ONE is
FOUND.
Thrilling Story of Two Fishermen-The
Sloop That Was Capsized and the
Sloop That Wasn't.

p. ]. Hollander and G.. T. Turner,
two young men ayho embarked in the
fishing business on the other side of the
Island last week, returned to Honolulu
yesterday with a thrilling story of their
escape from death by the waves, being
rescued by the Island schooner Lady,
after they had spent five hours clinging
to an overturned sloop, which was slow
ly drifting away from land This morn
ing a report came from Marshal
Browns place, near the scene of the
disaster that so nearly cost two lives,
that slOop answering the description
of the lost one, had drifted in and had
been secured by one of Mr.. Browns
servants The sloop that was deserted
was on her beam ends, full of water,
and almost ready to go to pieces as a
| result of the buffeting she had received
| from heavy seas. The sloop that came
| to Marshal Browns place was on her
keel all right and had sails set. Is she
! the evidence of another unexplained
| disaster at sea- or is she the same sloop
| from which Hollander and Turner were
rescued, is question that has suggest
ed itself to many people.
| The young fishermen were trying to
| make Koko Head, intending to return
| to Honolulu, when their troubles began.
They started from Makapuu Point at
about s o'clock on Saturday morning.
| and had been under way about half an
| hour says Turner when the sloop be-
came unmanageable. There was a high
wind and a heavy sea-" said Turner
| and the fore compartment got full or
water, weighing down the bow till the
! boats nose was in the water most of
| the time. We had some boxes of cement
! and iron on board, and an anchor, and
! began to move them aft to try and
| even things up, but soon saw we could
not make any headway. We tried to
| come around and make for the beach,
| but the sloop would not answer her
rudder We knew then that things were
very serious. We tied the two oars to-
gether, thinking to use them to help
| us to keep afloat If necessary, but still
hoping that we should get into shore.
The seas were high above our little
boat and it soon keeled over and lay
on beam ends, with the mast in the
water. We clung on, Hollander at one
end, and me at the other. am good
swimmer, and as every wave came l
rose and met it, keeping my head above
water most of the time. With Hollan-
der it was different 1 could see him go
under every wave, and thought several
times he would never come UP. When
he did rise it was only to sputter and
gasp and then go down again. / don [
know how he managed to hold on. The
high winds kept up and we were soon
cold and numb.
when we sighted the schooner Lady
l loosed one of the oars and held it up
| with a rag flying for a signal | feared
at first that she was cutting across to
MolOkai, but when she tackled and came
our way l knew she must be going
along Oahu, and that she would be sure
to see US. If she had kept on to Molo-
kat we must both have lost our hold on
the sloop before long.
when the Lady got near enough she
threw us lines and we got aboard. We
hours, and neither of us could stand.
We both fell helpless on the deck The
mate of the Lady, who was in charge.
kind to us" Turner and Hollander
were taken to Kaneohe, and on Sunday
afternoon they telephoned to Honolulu
and secured a rig to make the trip
home.
The finding of a sloop at Marshal
| Browns place suggests a mystery of
the sea. Certainly the one the fishermen
left on beam ends could not have right
ed herself. Perhaps the discovered
sloop Is another one, coming myster-
iously into shore without a soul on
board to suggest all kinds of tragedies
and theories for those who like to spec
ulate upon such things. Perhaps 1T is
the same sloop that Turner and Hol-
lander took out, and perhaps the de-
scriptions of the vessel full of water
and on beam ends are inaccuracies ol
detail that may be corrected when the
heroic rescuers of the schooner Lady
return to Honolulu and give their de.
scriptions of the lost sloOp. as they lasi
saw her.