The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-18

| The Coringa was caught in it and for
ififty-six hours she battled with the ele-
ments. The bulwarks were ripped off,
an opening was made in the side and
$50 tons of water went into the hold.
The ship scudded almost under bare
poles. The captain lost his reckoning.
There was no food except canned stuff.
The crew worked away a t the pumps
with the exception of Arthur Court
ney, an English army officer who had
! shipped at Bangkok. He showed the
white-feather and lay in the forecastle
unnerved. The boats We're smashed.
The vessel was hove to and finally she
| went far over on her side. Almost
| sverybo was dashed to the masts or
| stanchions Mrs. Josselyn and her
daughter showed wonderful courage
| throughout the storm. Finally the
| sun broke through the clouds, a man
in the wreck of the rigging of the
mainmast-two masts had been par
| TALLY chopped away, shouted Land
| hot" and sure enough there was land
| Captain Josselyn was surprised to find
| he was far inside the gulf when he
made an observation, and that he was
| so close to the shore of the Malay
| Peninsula. With portion of sail on
| the foremost, he managed to swing the
| vessel into the wind and choose his
J position to run the ship on the shore
! This was at night. The one remain
! ing boat was patched with canvas.
| Spars were Joined together as RATS.
! Finally the Coringa struck, then a
| little harder, than with a crash and
| a piece of the keel hoated to the sur
through the deck
The man at the wheel grabbed the
compass and asked the captain what he
should do with it. Then some of the
sailors wanted to try to get ashore.
The captain attempted to dissuade
them, but they insisted. He divided
sixty dollars among all the men. Three
men went off on the raft, but the cur
rent carried it seward. For six hours
they were buffeted about, but were fl
nally washed ashore half dead. The
next morning the captain made prepar-
ations to get the others ashore. The
first attempt to launch the boat was
unsuccessful. Then he attached a rope
to the boat, and several got into it,
including the captain, his wife and
daughter. The boat would have been
sWamped at once but for the rope AS
they reached the inner line of break
ers. Malay out of the hundreds lining
the shore ran out into the surf and the
girl was thrown to him. but receding
wave washed all the sailors out of the
boat, while the captain held his wife
and himself to the bottom of the craft
which broke. All were landed safely
in time. The captain secured the rope
with the aid of Malays and then the
mate and others who were still aboard
were drawn ashore by means of the
rope
While on board one sailor had got a
bottle of whisky and became paralyzed
drunk. He was dashed forward and
slept all through the terrible night.
When the mate got on the raft, the
drunken man was swung overheard and
dashed thereto. They even got his
chest of duds on it, and although the
men had terrible time in reaching
shore, their drunken comrade came
through all right When he opened his
eyes he didn't know in which world he
was. But, as the captain said, 1.-THE
Lord preserves those who can not help
themselves" and this drunken sailor
was the only one who saved his entire
kit
When Mrs. Josselyn came ashore half
drowned she had clutched at her false
teeth and held them out, much to the
terror of the Malays. Besides this, all
had stripped down to bathing suits ann
shoes.
= The Malays, much to their surprise,
treated the shipwrecked people kindly.
The Rajah took the captain, his wife,
daughter and two English boys to his
homes where he had several wives.
Capt4 Josselyn at once started to teach
the Rajah English and pick up little
of the Malay languae. One day q
negro came into the place. The cap
tain asked if he spoke English. Yes"
was the reply. You know Singapore
Yes How far away?" Three
days" Can you get there?' Yes,
three-masted schooner" And then the
captain found that those We're the only
words and phrases the man knew.
For twenty-eight days they lived
among these people. The third day the
second mate went back to the wreck,
tore off the Malay Peninsula from the
chart and returned to shore safely. He
then announced that he would go across
the Peninsula to Penang and get as
sistance The captain tried to dis
suade him. but finally consented, and a
guide was procured for $50 The man
was a long time crossing. He traVersed
the provinces of five rajahs. The third
province showed no friendliness. The
rajah was away. They would give the
mate nothing to eat. He wanted to
cross the river in a boat, but the queen
would provide him with none.
The mate then took out from his coat
a small bottle of beef extract given him
by Capt. Josselyn He sought to mix
it with water unobserved, but was
caught The sUperstitiouS people
thought it was stuff to make him white.
They brought him before the queen.
She demanded some of the white
making remedy. He said he would give
it if she would get him across the
river. She promised, and the mate an
nointed her with a bottle of the extract
of beef. He finally reached Penang,
was cared for by the police, and saw
the American consul the next day. The
news of the wreck of the Coringa was
ia n al he world and for