The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-10-21
Wrecked On TreaCherOuS
French Frigate Shoals
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the vessels signals aboard the
and provided with sufficient provisions last for some
days The intention the Captain Raupt have made
his back toYokohama for the of laying fresh supply
provisions Contrary winds however and he unable
make the Japanese port He decided make for Honolulu and call
a this port instead
Twice during the voyage toward this port did the Frencman try
provisions One vessel spoken the Swedish steam
Mary bound from Yokohama for the Ladrone Islands Several of
supplies The
GERS OF the Swedish vessel claimed have ood spare the
ader the Connetabe de Rcemont not rensed from that
source.
About the middle of September the French vessel had expert
with japanese mail which, the of sailors
aboard the Conneabe de cemon true marked by strange
behavior on the part of the mail vessel From the statements Of the
French the vessel have been the Nippon Maru the Togo
Io Midway Islands
French vessel reported According the of the
the straight the Coanetabe
mail boat was about five or six miles distant The French sailors de-
clare that almost the the Signals by their vessel the
other boat changed and passed from the bark The
French sailors seemed think that the Japanese boat did
time stopping give them provisions The vessel evidently
1.-THE Nippon Nau She the only vessel passing that part the
This is description of the Nippon
The Nippon plague was
IDENTIFY hurryng Honolulu xobabe however,
Can Greene would have ignored signals for had he known
Nippon Japanese
Intentionally avoid the bark aA but simply continued
way Nippon
from San Francisco and the her officers then be secured
on the early morning OF October IN Saturday that the Con
Rchemon wrecked All
good wind from the southeast and tie smooth The
carpenter watch He reported seeing off the port
Again did the hopes Captain Raubt and his rise the
OF securing provisions The larder mnnng low There
scarcely variety of food aboard The getting short
Captain Raubt steered his vessel straight toward the unknown vessel
The vessel seemed against the outline OF the sky to be about II
miles distant.
hopes
but short lived The OF life but the doom Of
the vessel Instead of the unknown object being full rugged ship
lit was first thought by every one who saw from the French vessel
1.-THE supposed vessel but the crue kind Of sham 1t
craft all but the harsh rocks of French Fate Shoals notorious
among shipping people taking the form OF vessel
Captain Raub also discovered that he had Been misIby the rock
After his vessel had several miles he became satisfied that the
posed vessel entirely different object He orders change
the the vessel but too late Twenty yards ahead Of the
vessels bow the lookout dark line the He shouted
warning shoa rush the and the wheel
bring the vessel about OF danger 1t late There
shock grating and the full with her bow
hard and fast French Frgate Shoals feet of with
fathoms OF the foremost at 4o O'Clock the
morning when the struck There heavy running
the time and she did begin pound the reef Both forward
tried work his off, but she stuck her
For twentfou hours the crew STAYED with the vessel 1t then
pparen that the vessel could be gotten off by Them Cap
Rabt began the work of leaving his ship AS provisions
Conneabe de Rchemon Captain Raubt
Second Mate Durand and six sailors whale boat First
Mate Enait second boat while the
mander OF the under command of Boatswan Rau the
The showed off the morning OF October
Captain Raub decided make for Kauai The boatswan thought
he would follow the captains boat but the mate decided to the
norhward hopes OF getting the track OF passing So the
boats babe farewell the first day out The weather good
ing toward the Hawaiian Islands, but there little variety of food
Each boat given only three bags biscuits and sufficient water
to last from IS days month The boawan did not to think
that the captain knew what he about however and October 10
decided that he and his would strike for themselves He decided
the and figuring either
to catch else reach the Hawaiian Islands The
boaswains however, days later October
49, Captain Raub and his arrived safely Nau They left
their whale boat Nau and made their another boat
Wama Kauai arriving catch the steamer Mikahaa sailing
Tuesday Honolulu The of the arriving with Captain
Raub Second Mate Duand Samen Poe Simon Lily Lazon
udon and Kerde Mr. Raas the acting French consul took
charge Of the party The sailors and second the
Sailors Home while Captain Raub provided with quarters the
Elite building.
News of the wreck Of the Conneabe de Rchemon first gver
last night wireless message from Captain Gregory of the Mka
haa Acting Consul Raas The dispatch garbed such
tent transmission however that did the of the
sell but stated only French bark had been capzed
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