The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-11-14

I GAZETTE, TUESDAY, NO
]. Sidney Thomas, third officer, of
Richmond, Maine; Peter Smith, of Am
sterdam; Harry Morris, of Havre,
France; Charles Cardman, of Den
mark; John Haskell, of Fultonville,
Mass; Joe Williams, of New Bedford
Ia native of Madeira); Fred'k Clough,
Of Thomaston, Maine; John Farris, of
Maaeira; Thos. l.. Tate, of Portsmouth,
n. H.; James Cox, of New York City;
Antoine Passaic, of Cape de Verde
Islands; Neal Turner, of New York
City.
1.-THE second boat was placed in
charge of the first officer, Samuel
Hardy, of Chatham, Mass. Besides
him, there were William Lang, of New
York Whose father is stock broker
in that city,; George Winthrop, of
London, England; George Washington
(colored cook), steward and four
others, whose names we have not yet
learned. 4
"The third boat was in charge of
the second officer, Mr.. Parr, of North
Shields, England. With him were the
carpenter and six seamen, whose
names we have not been able to OBJ
tain.'
Provisions and water were fairly
divided between the boats. Until the
eighteenth day out the captains boat
towed the others, but then fresh
breeze compelled Captain Mitchell to
cut off the mates boat. Three days
later the other boat was cut off. After
that night the small boats were NO
more seen.
Captain Mitchell at first steered for
the American group" but not find
ing it headed for Hawaii. Before the
2Sth day from the ship the captain 8
party was reduced to ham bones and
the canvas in which the hams had been
wrapped with two gills Of water day
to each person. The slaves of butter
keg next furnished the main standby,
while the leather of their boots was
scraped off and soaked in water so as
to make the leather soft. "This,D the
account says, ''served as their soup.
For dessert, they ate pieces of cotton
shirts and handkerchiefs. Some to-
bacco was left, which, it is said,
"served to allay their thirst, and may
have been principal means of pre-
serving their lives. On the 3Oth,
39th and 40th days, some flying fish
and one of another small fish Topped
aboard. The flying fish were divided
into fifteen pieces and served around,
but the small fish twas given to the
captain, as he was suffering most from
want of nourishment.
"On the 41st day Neal Turner, an
invalid seaman, who had severe alb
scess in the hip, gave up discouraged
and lay down in the bottom of the
boat. The rest of the party were in
good spirits but weak, expecting to
see land in four or five days. There
was no grumbling nor dissension.
"'On the AID day out at IL a. m. the
lofty summit of Mauna Loa cheered
the famished voyagers. The land was
| sighted day or two sooner than they
expected. On nearing it flag was
waved on a pole, which was seen by
those on shore, but at first it was sup
posed to be fishing party. When ap
preaching near the breakers, off Laupa
hoehoe, two natives swan off to tn
boat, and on finding the destitute con
dition of the crew climbed into il
shook hands with everyone, sayin
How do you do took the oars ar
brought the boat safely to the beach.
"None of the party were able t
stand up, and on trying to do so fel
over, perfectly helpless, and unable a
infants to stand alone. The native
crowded around, women vying with tn
men, took them up in their arms an
carried them all ashore, to the hous
of Mr.. Jones, pulu agent of j. c. Kin
& Co., who received them with creates
Kindness. The natives brought a
kinds of fruits and vegetables, such a
potatoes, bananas, cocoanuts, etc, fc
the starving men, but Mr.. j., deemin
it not prudent for them to eat then
made some tea and broth, and nurse
them with the zeal of Florence Nigh
ingale. Next morning they were "a
! lowed to eat little more freely, br
: still with great caution, their host pr
viding them more at each subsequeI
meal
The Hornet was ship of 1928 tor
burthen and on her illfated voyag
had left New York for San Francisc
with general cargo on January i
Besides the Advertiser account of tl
disaster, from which the foregoing
condensed, Harper's Monthly for d
cember, 1866, had a complete stol
thereof, entitled "Forty-three Da.
in an Open Boat; Compiled from Pc
sonal Diaries"
]. Mort Oat, who has for many yea
taken an interest in shipping new
turned up the Advertisers narrati'
in the bound volume in the library
this office yesterday morning. Ha
per's article was easily discovered In
Q set of many volumes of that magazil
Q which Chas. S. Crane, manager of u
e Hawaiian Gazette Co., lately bought
t a sale of the old library of Excelsi
5, Lodge, l. o. o. F. The search was
r. stigated by letter, asking for info
e nation about the Hornet tragedy, fro
0, Geo. NJ. Gushing, nephew of CAPITA
le Mitchell, which was printed in yestt