Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-11-03
aWAn WRECK NEWS
VESSEL ABANDONED
AND FULL OF WATER
GREW LEAVES HER IN BOATS AND
MEETS WITH ADVENTURES
ON tlTTLE.kNoWN
ISLANDS.

The Japan Weekly Gazette of Octo-
Der II contains the following, giving
details OF the wreck OF the American
ship Benjamin Sewall, which was re-
corded here by cable some time ago:
cable was received on Tuesday BY
L. S. Consul General +. G.. Bellows
from FOrmosa to the following effect:
American ship Benjamin Sewal has
been wrecked Code word "Garambi"
undecipherableJ south Formosa Octo.
Der 9Th ship has been abandoned eleven
males one woman still missing in open
boat please inform vessels sailing in
direction Manila"
The Benjamin Sewall is given in the
American register as of 1869 net ton
mage: length, 26O.2: breadth $50;
depth 2i.1; built at Brunswick, Me. in
1874 by Pcnnell; owners, Sewall, Day
g. Co. of Boston, Mass She is record
ed as having arrived at Singapore from
Mantung on June 18th last, in COM
mand OF Capt. Halsted. and was prob
ably on her way up from Singapore to
the United States when wrecked on the
southern coast of FormOsl. She was
in Yokohama port some years ago.
Attention is called to the bOat-load
of ship-wrecked people still missing on
he open sea, in the hope that ships
sailing towards Manila will keep
lookout for the poor Castaways. among
whom is supposed 10 be one woman.
Lloyd's agents at NagasaN (Messrs.
HOlme, Ringer & Coz have supplied
the Nagasaki Press with further details
sailing ship Benjamin Sewall. the
sighting Of which was briefly reported
In our issue of yesterday.
II appears that the steamer ORC, from
Java to Kobe via Kuchinotsu. sighted
the vessel on October 9Th at $50 a. M.
The weather was then fine, with a
fresh south-westerly wind, a heavy
cross sea and swell, and the ORC bore
away and found her to be the Benia-
min Sewall, of Boston, 1862 tons reg
lister. Only three lower masts and the
lower rigging were standing, the mast
heads were gone above the eyes of the
rigging: the cross backyard was in
tact, the main yard and starbOard
yard-arm were gone; the foreyard was
broken in slings; there was much
wreCkage along the port side; and-at
that time-there was not much sign Of
life on board
Captain W. X. COlman, of the Orc
sent his chief officer away in boat,
and he, with great difIiculty, got on
board. He found her totally aband-
Oncd. She was loaded with lumber.
and her lower holds were two-thirds
full of water. The chrouomcters and
clock were still going the former
showing IS hours since winding. The
only life found on board was repre-
scented by pig and a coCkatOO.
Captain COlman decided to attempt
to tow the vessel to port. Owing, how
ever, to the heavy cross swell prevail
ing. and to the fact that both vessels
rolled very heavily 1t was 3 p. m be-
fore the ORC got fast, and towing COM
lmenced. The Benjamin Scwall stecrcd
VERY Wild" and at 1870 p. IN. she took
q heavy sheer on top of a high swell.
and parted all three tow lines. AS
night was approaching Captain Col
man decided to abandon the attempt to
tow recalled the chief officer and men,
and at $50 p. M. the Orc proceeded on
her way.
When the ORC left the Benjamin
Scwall her position as:-Y ami
Island s. 30 degrees W. true 30 miles.
or Lat. 2l.3O ~, Long. 1872. ljE There
were many signs that the vessel had
been abandoned in great haste, and
also evidence that two women and a
child had been on board. As she lies,
the benjamin Sewall is a danger to
navigation.