The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-17
PRINCE KUH|O NARROWLY
ESCAPES 4 WATERY GRAVE
His Yacht Capsizes Off the Bell
Buoy and Help Is Slow
In Coming.
The Delegate-Elect CIings to His Overturned
Craft More Than an Hour Until
Rescued.

and was half way between the spar
buoy and the bell buoy when Prince
Cupid saw a squall coming down upon
them. He ordered the main sheet slack
bring the boat into the wind, when with
lightning rapidity, before anything
could be done to prevent it, the winds
hit the little boat and over it went
carrying every one of the men in the
craft with it. Luckily the crew was to
windward and all escaped being fouled
in the lines as the boat went broad
side into the sea.
AS they were within three quarters of
a mile of the Oregon, and they believed
there was a constant lookout on such
vessels of the navy, the mariners were
not much alarmed for their own safety.
They made themselves as secure as pos
sible on the topside of the sailer's hull
and clung there while each wave broke
over them and threatened to wash them
away. The miputes heightened, and
though their ha1loos might easily have
been heard on the battleship, the wind
setting in that direction, there was no
sign given that ony one on board had
seen the accident or noted the men
struggling in the water.
1 A schooner was bound in and the doc
tors launch was alongside, but though
there was some evidence that the
boarding officers men had become cog
infant of the disaster to the little boat,
that launch made no attempt to run
to the aid of the men in the water. II
was left for some young men on the
galleries of the Myrtle Boat house to
see, without glass, the accident and
the position of the sailors, and TO rush
an order to Young Brothers to send
their fastest launch to the rescue. This
order was given in such time that the
schooner and attending launch were just
passing Young's Island when the little
boat went out to assist the castaways.
When the men were reached they
were all in fair shape though they felt
the effects of the battering of the
waves and were considerably exhausted
by the strain upon them. They were
taken into the launch and a line passed
to the yacht and she was towed to her
anchorage off the club house. Last
evening all the members of the party
were in the best of shape.
GLADYS ONLY ONE TO RETURN.
After a hard pull of over three hours
= y vf,a-r Ntff at ca
all day yesterday the yacht Gladys,
with Commodore Hebron on board, ar
rived in port at half past five o'clock
last night and was moored in the Row
The Commodore had an interesting
story to tell of their experiences.
eyes. II was a very hard gale in which
to put out in and the yachts had !,
rough time Of It although no casualties
occurred as was rumored in Honolulu
! The yachts that went down were the
Gladys, Dewey, and Marion, the lat
ter not arriving at the harbor until late
last night The trip was exciting ON
the way down but we had worse time
coming back as the wind came on at
times with hurricane force and would
then die down to almost calm. These
heavy squalls were very hard to han
Qlc bul llIC 0teiOsS 10 q 6VON 80 C1~N
and stood them all right.
"I believe that the Marion lost her
rudder for she was being steered by an
oar The Dewey started to come up
from the Harbor this afternoon but af-
ter going about mile returned to the
Peninsula and the party will come mp
by train. The Marion is also moored
at the Peninsula.
1--WE had a delightful 'chowder' on
Saturday night but there were no races
on today as the smaller yachts were
held at Honolulu because of rhe gale.
I'VE also took the Eleu. the clubs
rev skip-about, down to the Harbor or
Saturday, She sailed part of the way
and was towed the remainder of the
way by one of the other yachts. Clar-
ence Macfarlane went out in her alone
around the Harbor today and found
that she could ride through the heayy
waves in fine manner.
''The water in Pearl Harbor was
sight A hurricane was blowing snd
;his made it one seething mass Of
foam