The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-03-05
is mot certain, nus that he was no
luotana seems well established

luoinna seems wei tstapiisHcu'
The wsketiol las Known Here
Nrs wakefield ana her daughter. VINO
were drowned. came to Honoiulu apou.
the drst Of the year ana w,ie 80 went
tho hawaiian Hotel until they wei
ayyav ON the Rio They occupied apart
tn.nts in the new cottage OF the no'vi,
adjoining Berctania street. ihoE ,i,
a trip 10 Hllo, Visited the volcano ~
..y, everything that Is Interesting W
,a,,,,sts ,rhey were last at the Waialua
Hotel and returned - the city anu 10
the Hawaiian hoteI two DAYS ptlo'c Wv
Rio sailed both the lanes were Nti;
uopular in the social lie at the Hot'i,
and the guests YET AT That hoslrir! VIZ
mad been their companions haI! Ne'c
borriiied to hear of tneir iale' ,,,
The call says: Mrs. 5. II. NakGuelu
ond her daughter, Miss Naomi wake
field, who were lost in the wreck oI w
rio dc Janciro, were well known IN
midland ana were leaders N the inner
social circle. They travelled great uTal'
and when in Oakland resided at the no
tel Metropole' -,,,,,. srent
the early part of the winter at sne eve
rnno,a hut decided for the beneht OF .he
health of Miss Wakefield, to go 70 Ihe
Uo,yaiian islands on November ~ they
left Oakland and they have peeh III VIC
islands since ,,,,,
The last steamer from ,ioi,otu
re-Agagng her rooms at the MetroPute
and saving that she would arrive on INC
Rio de Janeiro about February ~ i,
Mrs Wakefield has sister, Mrs. H.
w Miller, living at loSi East lmeh's
seventh street, in this city. AS soon as
the story of the wreck of the steamship
reached Oakland Mrs. Miller went 10
San Francisco to learn OF the late y,
her sister. and shortly after her arriV"l
Mrs Wakefeld's body was prous"'
ashore, ~ L., ,rl
There are many in Oakland VINO VIII
learn with sorrow of the death or the
ladies' They had many friends ana DC
fore their departure for Honolulu thes
gave dinner at the Mettopoie 80
which they entertained large party OF
trieDds who wished Them happy Jour-
ney.
Long Barley Escaped,
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. @.-R. H.
Long of Honolulu, whose home is III
petaluma, where his family reside was
also brought to Meigg's wharf. lie siliu
This morning about 4:SV . cioeh ',v o,t,id
lot left orders if it cleared up he "ouiu
bring the ship up to the quarantine
grounds 1t cleared up as they We're
getting up the anchor, and then II pc
came foggy again. The Vessel, hoWeEtt'
started up and she ran about twenty
live or thirty minutes when she struck
hard She piled up on the rock. Ihere
was considerable freight on the man.
deck which began to list. uld not
think the vessel would go down 50 soon,
So went to my stateroom and packed
nv valise | also took off my oId coat
and put on Il new one, l thought II l
was to drown, I'd drown III my pe7.
clothes ! also got my cane, put iost
listing to port. You know, she struck
ON the starboard. I jumped into 'he
water and went down with the ship. l
had. fortunately. provided myself with
n life preserver and came to the sur
face Then / saw ships life ralt, Dnt
was so heavily weighted down that 1t
must have been fully ten minutes be-
fore I got on the raft. 1 saw one ood'
break up She was loaded with people:
My watch stopped at IA minutes TO D.
had "a friend on board, Harry Guyoh.
He IL also from Petaluma. His family
lives there He was down In Honolulu
for a short visit / have business N
Honolulu, and this has been my eighth
"trip. Consul General Wildman ana ms
family aboard
MISS Ripley.
Miss Frances Ripley. who was one ol
the saved. was we'll known in Honolulu
and had lived at the home of MIR. and
Mrs. f. NJ. Hatch. She had narrow
escape and tells Of her experiences a.
follows:
LAS l wanted to ENJOY me fui
through the Golden Gate" she said, 81
arose and dressed as soon as i felt th'
steamer moving and went on deck.
had been there but a few minutes whei
the vessel seemed to recede for "A SECOND
and then make "A wild plunge forward.
uuivered from bow to stern and theI
began to turn on one side.
THE captain shouted from the bridge
people were screaming ana running abou
aimlesSly in their terror and the creates
possible confusion prevailed.
thinking some of the ladies of tn
cabin would need aid, 1 ran down t.
tn, saloon and found Mrs. West, wh'
Was bcwildered and frightened.
I'VE went deck and were LITERAL.
picked up by some Of the officers AM
put in small boat. As we left tn
ship | saw the captain on the deck. h
seemed to be directing things as well a
he could in the great confusion.
Il shall never believe that he locke
himself in his cabin If he went dow
il was at his post Of duty"
Seymour Had Friends Here.
H. f.. Seymour the proprietor OF tn
Manila American who became wei
known in Honolulu during his short stay
was man OF the world. and was on
OF the first to so to Manila to assis
Dewey in taking the capital of the PHI
ippines He went as IA volunteer sol
der. and upon his discharge investe
what money he had in Spanish news
paper, which he at once renamed tn
American" and printed it in Engisn
He prospered and when he went throug
here on his way to the Coast to buy d
entire new printing plant for his paper
he was considered a rich man. His pa
per was to become one of the chief dai
lies of Manila, c. o. Ziegenfuss, for
merly city editor of one of the loca
papers, was associated with the Ameri
can, having been engaged upon its stat
shortly before Seymour sailed. Seymour
intended TO come through Honolulu o.
his way to the Philippines March .:
and his last words to D. c. Camarinos
who was one of his best friends here
and to IA number OF local newspaper me
at the Hawaiian Hotel the night the Ri
sailed We're: Now, don't forget II
date. | will be back here on March 9.
and | want you boys TO have thing
ready and show me a good time Don