The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-09-26


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Hlif H.fHI II.u. HuI iI0HH uI HuH.
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mnInWHst IHr mrfDu.fHIr bruk.
ah1ft on and came tfHaHIHr tn thl
Ir'k rn.up HrIi 'HrHurn i1" bottom uI
fhr afirr Iuu IfD.hHIt TH. fHru-rll.
liant barkstuN WHs rut ana fhIH released
fhe fore-rallhnt ana fHre-tNIWHst and
these too dropped over the vessels side
Tie middle boat on the port side was
broken t1 srllniers ana th" fore part
uf the bottom of the middle starboard
1Hat was also smashed.
The ship stll las ON her side in dan
ger uf capsizlng al any moment and
with only one small ifc-bpat left
capable OF accommodating only half OF
the crew In case they had 90 take 90
the boats, the men ON the Andromeda
were In a frightful condition.
INJURIES TO THE CREW.
Four of the crew were injured dur
ing this time. Captain Rpttcr had a
three-inch nail driven right through his
right foot but continued to work for
an hour and half and then had the
sailors pun % out. The nail was rusty
but Captain Rottcr has not since suf-
fered any severe trouble through It,
The ships carpenter was knocked in
the side and IL is feared that some of
his ribs are broken. Second mate Han
son had his ankle sprained and was laid
up while the saimaker also had his
ankles sprained but was able to go to
work again later The crew were tossed
around in all manner of ways.
Then work was started to right the
vessel. The crew labored night and day
in the hold in shifting the seven hun
dred tons Of ballast which had been
heaped up on Lne port side. At day
light the following morning the fore
rigging was still hanging over the side
and this was cut away by the car
/ penter. The storm moderated late in
the night and the following day was
clear But the ship continued to labor
in the trough of a heavy sea and there
was still danger that she would capsize.
on September 2nd the ship had been
righted and every effort was made to
put some sail on her. The foremast
and mizzen-mast still stood A fore
sail. the spanker, and three stay-stails
were bent on
on the fourth Of September the ves-
sci was making about two miles an hour
/ towards the coast of Lower California.
/ The miZZen-topmaSt which had remain
4 ed stuck through the bottom of the
broken boat was taken forward and put
up as fore e-tOpmast. There was new
main-topsall yard on deck and this was
utilized in fitting up yard on the fore
mast. on September 5th the vessel was
able to make three knots an hour. on
the sixth a staysail was fixed up be-
/ tween the top of the miZzenmast and
the foremast. on the eighth every pos
sible sail had been bent on and the yes
sci was riding square again.
But with the ridiciOusy small
amount of sail IT was useless for the
vessel to try to labor against contrary
winds towards the California coast. The
captain called the whole crew together
and all were willing that they should
| try to make Honolulu. Captain ROtter
| thought there was cable station here
and that he would be able to commu-
/ niCate with the Norwegian owners of
the vessel at once. The vessel had a
! fair wind all the way to Honolulu and
made anywhere from two to four and
"A half miles an hour Considering the
condition that the dismantled bark was
in she made the two thousand miles
from the scene of the wreck to this port
in remarkably good time.
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IN" second mate OF the vessel was
Dauly lald up by the spralnlng OF ms
ankle lie also received injuries to MS
race hisht days after the storm
/ rheumatism sci IN IN ms legs. lie
uraSRea hiihsei around the decks. AT
one une ne says ne got out or ms
H.. IL
DUNK ana pulled himsei to position
Where he could look out ana see the et-
i't' 'na' 'h' STORM had had on the yes
sci lie describes ms feelings as in
''hS' on looking NJ the wrecked deck OF
NHaI had once peeh hhe snip. When
ne '""Neu "'"il ana saw only biue SKY
"here pciort lhere had peen great
Ssp''a" oi "h't' canvass ne says that
MS "e"r' gre" SICK ana that ne hopes
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