Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-02-14
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The schooner Carrier Dove arrived
his morning and will go on the Mar
inc railway for repairs. Captain Jen-
sen tells the following story of his
,ound trip from the Sound to this
port
ION June 30. 1902, ! sailed from
aberdeen. Wash. bound for Southeast
Africa to a place called Beira, on the
pungue river, and the troubles of the
5oyage may be said to begin almost be-
ore leaving port After being delayed |
waiting for a crew, one week, one man |
deserted as the vessel left port; so |
iad to proceed on my voyage short
| landed. We had tOlerable good wealth
| ar and made good time until August
eth, when in the latitude OF Cape
| Horn. Then for two weeks we had the
most violent weather have ever seen
in my twenty-six years experience. ey'
| srything movable on deck was swept
/ Jverboard-boats, compasses, binnacles
| md life.boats. One tremendous sea
| broke over forward, carrying away fig
Irehead, cutwater and part Of stem.
he deckload shifted and listed the yes
sci two feet to port.
Had the Carrier Dove not bep
stauncn, good vessel, she would nbver
| lave lived through II. As II was. an
awful lot of water got into the hold,
| with the heavy list she had, and The
cabin and forecastle were being flood
ID continually. She sank very low In
Ian lao
.eet of water In the hold. Then the
weather moderated slightly and
headed the vessel for Stanley, Falk'
land Islands When OF Port Stanley.
another gale sprung up from the west.
During that gale, a heavy sea struck
On the side she was listed and righted
the vessel again. Shortly after, the
dealer moderated, and after the wa
ter had been pumped out, found she
leaked but little. proceeded on my
voyage, arriving in Beira October ~.
ION November 10, sailed from Be
ira. bound for Port Townsend, but the
former bad luck still pursued the ship,
the first day at sea, John Macar, sea
man, Jumped over the ships side OF q
sudden. The vessel was ailing at 10
knot speed. She was put back quickly
and a boat launched. | went aloft to
. direct the boat towards the man, who
was swimming away from the ship as
fast as he could as the boat was get
I ting close to him. | saw monster
. shark approach from the opposite d.
roction. will never forget the horror
|
ebtween the boat and the shark; hut
thank God! the boat won the race, and
lat least we were spared the gruesomt
sight OF looking at % human being tori
to pieces by shark. So close was the
race that the shark was turning arount
. TO grab when the man was hauled into
the boat. John Macar, who was ma
9 tive of Scotland, aged 30 years, diet
" about one hour after he was takeI
- aboard-not from drowning, but from
=, bursting a blood vessel In the head.
= ION November 22. in latitude 20 deg
- 90 min. -, longitude 3S deg. 90 min. f
. we buried him at sea.
!, I'VE then continued on our long an
"a tedious voyage around the Horn, every
! body feeling sad and gloomy, Shortl
after, two O: the men shipped at Beir
=, went down with fever and ague. TheI
"A after crossing the Is deg. 90 min. mer
10 dian, the second mate took sick wit
>, some trouble in his throat, and keI
nj getting worse fast.
IL "on Jan. 16, during short tropics
20 blow, another sad accident befel u
N The carpenter S. Anderson, native
N Norway, fell overheard from aloft an
40 sunk almost Immediately, as he fe
over so feet. 1t is probable the IA
stunned him.