The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-14
LOST TWO
MEN OVERHEARD
SCHOONER CARRIER DOVE PUT
INTO PORT sHORTHANDED AND
IN DISTRESS.

Short handed with three men i'll in
their hunks and the story of two men
lost at sea, the American schooner
Carrier Dove-p put into this port this
morning in distress. Unlike the schoon-
Forest Home she was not short of pro-
visions. Her larder was well stocked
but she was sadly short of sailors to
man her.
The Carrier Dove left Beira, South
Africa in ballast for Port Townsend on
November is. Her crew consisted Of
Captain G. Jensen Mate c. Carson, Sec
Ond Mate MatsOn a stewardess and six
sailors. Almost from the outset of the
voyage she encountered bad weather
and worse luck. On November 90,
G.. NIAGARA a Scotchman one of the
sailors suddenly went insane He had
been drinking heavily before he
boarded the vessel. Without any warn
ing he gave a wild whoOp and sprang
overheard and started swimming away
from the vessel as fast as he could.
The mate manned a boat and started
after the frenzied man. The crazed
sailor had close onto hundred yards
start over the rescuers and it was some
minutes before the boat caught up with
him. 1t was well that the mates
crew reached the man when it did, or
else the sailor would have been de-
Voured by a shark. Just as the boat
drew along side Carson the mate saw
a shark turn on it's back to seize the
helpless sailor and drag him beneath
the water. NIAGARA was dragged into
the boat just as the jaws of the shark
snapped over the spot where the man
had been but the instant before. But
for all the practical good that was ac-
complished by the rescue of the man
the boat might as we'll not have been
launched. NIAGARA grew more violent
after being put back on the schooner
and died within an hour after return
ing to the vessel. His body was buried
at sea.
Bad luck seemed to follow the vessel.
Terrific gales struck the vessel, sails
were ripped loose as If they had been
paper, the rigging was more or less
strained. First the foregaff broke. then
the mainmizzen gaff. Two more gaffs
were broken during the succession Of
gales. The vessel was in ballast and
very light. Weathering the gales was
very difficult.
On January 16 worse luck came TO
the schooner. NJ. s. Anderson, the car
penter, was aloft making the topsail
fast A sudden lurch of the vessel
threw him out of the rigging. He pitch
ed headlong into a raging sea. Again
did Mate Carson start to lower boat
The mate realized tnaJ no BOAT COulu
live in such a sea, it seemed nothing
short OF suicide for anyone to venture
from the vessel into the waters. Fur
Their loss of life was probably saved by
the very violence that seemed to pause
and wait for the men to venture into
the boat. Just as the small boat was
launched a big sea higher than all of
the rest caught up the boat, dashed II
against the side of the schooner and
stove in two of the planks. The small
boat Immediately filled. Before any
thing else could be done, Carson saw
the carpenter sink beneath the dark
seas.
The second mate and two of the sail
ors became sick during the voyage and
had to take to their hunks, unable to
help man he vessel. The captain and
mate had to act as sailors to aid the
two mar who were loft. Numerous
sails wore also lost. Shorthanded and
unable to handle the vessel Captain
Jensen made for Honolulu arriving off
port this morninC. The Carrier Dove
is leaking and VIII have to go on the
marine railway. As soon as she can
be outfitted with new sails and neces-
sary repairs be made, she will resume
her voyage to Port Townsend. A new
crew will probably have to be shipped
as all Of the sick men will be removed
to the hospital.