The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-24
BATTLED FOR LIFE ON SEA

, in the hold in shifting the seven hun
dred tons of ballast which had been
heaped UP on the 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 End the ship had been
righted and every effort was made to
put some sail on her. The foremost
and mizzen-mast still stood. A fore
sail, the spanker, and three stay-staiIs
were bent on.
On the fourth of September the YES
sci was making about two miles an hour
towards the coast OF Lower California
The mizzen-topmast which had remain
ed stuck through the bottom of the
broken boat was taken forward and put
UP as a fore-tOpmast. There was a new
main-topsail 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 staysail was fixed up be-
tween the top of the mizzenmast and
the foremost. On the eighth every pos
sible sail had been bent on and the YES
sci was riding square again.
But with the ridiciously small
amount Of sail 1t 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.
A MISUNDERSTANDING SCENE.
The second mate of the vessel was
badly laid UP by the spraining of his
ankle. He also received injuries to his
face Eight days after the storm
rheumatism set in in his legs. Hel
dragged himself around the decks. AT
one time he says he got out of his
bunk and pulled himself to a position
where he could look out and see the eff
feet that the storm had had on the YES
sci. He describes his feelings as in
tense on looking at the wrecked deck of
what had once been a fine ship. When |
he looked aloft and saw only blue sky |
where before there had been a great
spread of white canvass he says that |
his heart grew sick and that he hopes |
to never again have to witness such a /
There are three hens aboard now
which have the proud distinction of
being in a dismasted vessel and living /
through the experience. They We're in
a coop near the boat that was wrecked /
by the falling of the mizzen-topmasti
yet We're uninjured.
Something was wrong with Diamond /
Head yesterday and no communication
could be obtained with Charley" AS
the wires were oul of order he could (
not report sighting the wrecked vessel
and it was not until she got between
Koko Head and Diamond Head that
Paul Isenberg sighted her. He tele
phoned TO HackfeId 6, Co, and that
firm notified the tug Fearless which i'm
put out and brought the YES
sci in. The Andromeda came around
Diamond Head under her own sail and
lid not furl her small bits of canvass
until the Fearless had started to bring
her in the channel.
The Andromeda was well provisioned
so that there was no suffering aboard /,
from this cause. knowing that they
could not leave the ship in only one
boat. If occasion demanded it. the sail
Drs set to work ana with canvass and
wood repaired re other boat in such
a way that it would have been sea-
worthy if 1t had been needed.
Although a great deal of work has
bean done in clearing the vessel UP, +
the Andrnr~e7a still presents a very
7lari1ated condition about her decks.
7-.-~'-eez = srrea56 All b Ut them.