The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-25
MARION CHlLCOTT
LOSES THREE MEN
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day and night Captain Williams did
not know whether his vessel would
weather the gale or not. The Chilcott
carries a big cargo of crude oil and
a portion of the cargo was utilized TO
good purpose in quieting the troubled
waters Fortunately for the vessel and
crew, the water which covered the
decks did not get below, although it
was two days before it had run out and
the sea had quieted sufficiently to al
low the shorthanded crew an onpor-
tunity TO replace the sails which had
been carried away.
The story Of the disaster is told
briefly but completely in the following
entry in the ships log book
| Sept. 10, 1908, Lat. SO deg 45m N,
Long. 1913 deg. 5Sm. W., ship run into
a northwest gale with heavy sea run
| ming, shipping heavy water about
decks. Lost part mizzen topgallant
sail, main and main topmast staysail,
! wind increasing to a violent gale.
Kept ship before wind and sea, run
ming under topsails and foresails,
shipping heavy seas continually AT
9 O'Clock p. m. first officer had his leg
badly hurt, also seaman Smith had
his leg hurt with heavy sea. Mid
night wind increasing.
Friday. Sept. IL, 1903.-Gale contin-
ued to blow, ship running before sea
and wind hauling more northerly. At
4:3o a. m. while hauling on port fore
brace three men were washed over
board and lost in Lat. 35 deg. pom. N,
Long. 123 deg. 45m. w. Same time
No. boat which was dashed ON top
main hatch was smashed to pieces;
hatch bars broken and tarpaulin
washed off. Ship rolling heavy, tax
ing much water fore and aft. 1t was
impossible to save the unfortunate
men that washed overheard on ac-
count of the heavy gale and sea that
was running. At daylight began
pouring oil over the side. Towards
night wind moderating.
Names of the men that washed over
board:
S. E. H. Rasmussen, native of Dem
mark.
Antoine P. D. shohse, native of Dem
mark.
Gustaf A. H. zreve, native of Ger
many.
R. WILLIAMS.
Master
Witness: Edward Santry, I'd mate;
Carl A. Mahuquese,. seaman; Peter
Bossard, seaman; Heinrich Koeller
THE CAPTAINS STORY.
I'VE left San Francisco on Septem-
same night, before we had hardly got
past the lighthouse, we ran right into
the gale said Captain Williams of the
Marion Chilcott yesterday afternoon.
1--WE had laid around the lishtship
from ten in the night until two o'clock
the next morning. There wasn't
breath of wind when suddenly we ran
into the gale 1t was a clear night,
although not moonlight. A heavy sea
was running and we were shipping
water right along. on the decks. I kept
the ship before the wind and we ran
utdQ DS4OIS Iiit SdAe.
1--WE were hauling on the braces, and
was at work with the men, when I
saw the sea coming. I yelled 'look
OUT but none of US was prepared for
the sea that swept over us. We were
hauling on the port forebrace, and three
of my men were washed overheard
and lost Two men and the mate were
also washed overheard, but they hung
onto the braces while I kept hold of
the sheets. One of the men must have
been hanging on over the side fully
four or five minutes, before he was
pulled in. We were filed way up BY
the sea. The man at the wheel said
he thought there must have been two
heavy seas, breaking over US in quick
succession. The sea began to break
Just at the fore mizzen rigging and
then swept all over us.
The three men who were lost were
never seen afterwards. They disap-
peared completely in the sea that
broke over us, and it is a wonder that
all of US were not carried away. we
must have been going twelve knots an
hour, and with the wind and sea we
could neither see or hear thing of
| the others
Eat daylight we began pouring oil
on the water and that seemed to do
some good We used about four bar