The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-13

did not hear any of the bells or whistles
blowing from Point Bonita. although /
as listening attentively for them
Some OF the passengers said they heard
them, but / did not. Our captain was
blowing our whistle repeatedly. The
passengers We're very cool after the
vessel grounded, and I must compli-
ment Captain Dowdell and his officers
and crew for the complete seIf-pos-
session they maintained and for the
able manner in which they allayed any
excitement that might have taken place
at such time
Mrs. Effinger is the wife of John
Ehnger, prominent merchant of Ho-
nolulu. She had been spending the
summer in Portland. Ore, to see the
Lewis and Clark Exposition, and was the
guest there of her mother. Mrs. George
H Flanders.
One of the amusing incidents of tha
wreck was the action of little Louise
Efinger, daughter of Mrs. John Eff
finger. The child absolutely refused to
leave the wreck until she was assured
that her rag doll had been saved The
beloved doll had a head almost as large
as its body and painted eyes like
saucers. 1t looked as though it might
have been hand me down" doll. but
that only increased the love the little
one had for it, and she would rather
have died than leave her treasure be-
hind. The doll was finally secured and
the happy child, with her treasure in
her arms, was put safely aboard the
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too bad for us to go down when we had
barely started on our journey. L found
my wife and daughter already on the
deck and I soon saw that there was
really no danger
We were lying so close to the land
that the passengers felt perfectly safe.
The crash when we struck was awful
and many of the women on board
screamed with terror. The people were
quickly taken off the Alameda and
We're landed in San Francisco with
very little inconvenience. The officers of
the ship We're cool all of the time and
their presence Of mind prevented a
panic. To them I give my thanks. -
Chronicle.
AUCKLAND GIRLS NOT SCARED.
The Misses Vivian and Hazel Buck
land, daughters of c. r. Backland.
were, with their father, passengers on
the Alameda. When the grating crash
OF the ship on the hidden rocks came
Earring through the ship they were
hurried to the deck by their father. who
understood at once what had happened.
Both young girls-their ages are be-
tween twelve and ffteen-are musi-
clans, their instruments being guitars.
They audibly and emphatically voiced
their resolves not to leave the ship
until they had secured their instru-
ments, purpose which they carried
out despite the anxious urgings of their
father to hurry to the boats.
we just could not leave the ship
without our guitars they said when
seen at the Oceanic company's dock
after landing with the other passengers
from the Golden Gate, which took
them from the Alameda Just to
think of our pretty instruments sink
ing into the water with the ship if it
had gone DOWN.
And We're you not frightened on
your own accounts?" was asked
''Oh, no, really, not at all. We
thought it a great adventure, fine
piece of fun Just fancy, we can tell
all our friends how we We're in a really,
truly shipwreck. Father told us that
there was no danger after we got to
deck and could see the shore barely
peeping through the fog, and. of course
we knew that he knew all about it.
and so we just chung to our guitars
IT,
ing. We would not have missed it for
now that it is all over and
nobody was drowned or hurt"
SO the two young girls talked in
chorus. and their manner plainly show
ed how romantic the whole adventure
shone TO them. Their self-possession
and bravery attracted the notice of
many of the other passengers, who said
they We're the real heroines of the dis
aster. They We're still clinging to their
beloved guitars when they landed from
the Golden Gate and looked as if it
would not take much urging to in
duce them to tune up and celebrate the
jolly occasion with music. They might
have been characters in. Joseph Con-
RAIDS famous sea tale of youth"
wherein it is shown how all the ter
rors and dangers of the ocean were
to the hearts of the young but thrilling
phases of the romance and the joy of
living.
SHIPS CREW VERY COOL.
NJ. M. O'Shaughnessey, who is well
known throughout this State and the
Hawaiian Islands as civil engineer
and water expert, was returning to the
islands, where he is in charge of sew
era large water schemes, which in
volve several million dollars. Mr.. o.
Shaughnessey commended the officers
and crew upon their GOODNESS and brav-
cry and stated that everything was SO
nicely handled that the majority of the
passengers did not realize they were in
the slightest danger
Mr.. O'Shaughnessey was one of the
passengers on the lifeboat that was
caught in the hawser and came near