The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-21
ALICE K|NBALL ASHORE WERE NEARLY DROWNED
CAPTAIN AND CREW HAVE A
LIVELY TINE.
Make Tent on the Beach with the
Vessels Sails-The Schooner Not
Damaged.

KAHULUI Maui May 2O.--As The
schooner Alice Kimball was beng tow
ed out yesterday by the Leslie Bald win
at about o'clock, her hawsers snapped
and she drifted towards la l. Her two
anchors were let go Immediately but
the gale was too strong, and her chains
parted. She then driftsd ashore until
she reached whiting thirCy feet of the
government road leading to Kahului,
between the Kahikinui Ranch CJ's
slaughter house and the turn Of tine
road to Kahului.
The Alice Kimball had discharged all
her freight at Kahului, and the tug
Leslie Baldwin was towing her TO sea.
The wind was blowing very strongly.
The schooner sustained no Iamag
whatever, although rhe IS very high out
of water, in a sand bed. Captain Ma
son and the crew of the island schooner
began to work hard, and as soon us
they reached near land, everything was
done to make the vessel safe for the
night.
Many people assembled around The
boat TO see how she was located, but
there was no hole whatever in the
schooner. Captain Mason and his men
began to make tent on the side of the
road to pass the night in. This he
made out of the sails of the schooner,
and mattresses were brought to the tent
no trouble to get anything from the
ship, as the water where the vessel lay
was only about three feet deep, and
during the night dow tide) it was only
about one or two feet.
Captain Mason in speaking of the
occurrence said I'm sure that I'm not
to blame, because | did not run the
schooner ashore. If 1 had the time to
put up my fore and head sails, l would
have hidden goodbye to the tug and to
Kahului. The wind was very strong,
and this is why we came in faster
than we could have gone out. When
the hawser snapped, we let go our an
chors, and about five or ten minutes af-
ter both chains parted"
The sea was quite rough and the
men had lively times, while working on
the ship, as she was drifting. There
are about twelve men in the crew, and
it seems that they never had worse
times than the experience of yesterday.
When they got ashore they saw that
they had to sleep somewhere, and as it
would be quite unsafe to pass lie night
on the little schooner, they had to do a
little more work in building tent for
the night. The Captain is very glad
that no hole was made in the vessel.
and he said that if no damage occurs
during the night, practically nothing,
with the exception of the two anchors
NOulu De lOSl.
The Claudine, also of the Wilder
Steamship Company will probably try
to get the Kimball into deep water to-
day. The Kimball will have to go to
Honolulu in tow of the Claudine. The
Kimball is particularly fortunate in not
having drifted a little further north, as
then she would have struck rock, and
in all probability, have been total
wreck, but as it is, she is lying in a bed
a VIZ 10
pull her off.
Reports from Kahului today are to
the effect that the schooner Alice Kim
ball is total wreck and can not be
saved. According to one report the big
steamship Hawaiian was indirectly res
ponsible for the Kimball going on the
reef. The Hawaiian was anchored right
across the channel so that only a small
space remained for the other vessels to
pass. In order to get around her the
Kimball had To go closer than usual in
to shore and during the time when the
strain was the heaviest her lines part
ed and she was carried onto the reef,