The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-09-05

have been, we were way to the west
ward. Then discovered we We're in Il
strong current setting up to westward
We endeavored to beat back to Lay
san, but were continually drifted to
westward. / began to think there
might he something wrong with my
chronometer, so l decided to run down
TO Lisianski and find out about it. On
arrival there l found the chronometer
was all right.
II had hoped to take on water at
Lisianski but as we had lost both an
chors att Laysan and had only the
kedge-anchor, we decided to get back
to Laysan at all hazards. We made
very creditable time, considering our
crippled condition.
MAN DEAD AT WHEEL.
when within about 30 miles OF lay
san, 1 went below for rest At $3.50
! in the morning l was awakened by
the watch and went on deck. He had
/ reported something wrong with the
man at the wheel. When saw him
tho wheelman was lying back on the
wheelbox. dead But his hands still
gripped the spokes of the wheel and
so he died at his post of duty. We
buried him at sea at 12:55 the next day
The wheelman was a Japanese sailor
and splendid fellow"
Men aboard the Woodbury. state that
the wheelman had called out to another
Japanese during his trick at the wheel
and asked him to stay about as he was
not feeling well. 1t was dark and the
man stood by. neither speaking. A
long time afterward the Jap who had
been called aft spoke to the wheelman,
but received no answer. He shook him
and then notified the captain.
A HOODOo ABOARD.
4 II began to think there was a hoo
doc on the schooner" commented Cap
tain Harris. I'VE had been getting
short of provisions and we had cut the
rations down to minimum. The
same with water, for q cask had been
swept overheard. During the storm
that broke the boom, the mate was in
jured in the leg, so you see we were
pretty short-handed
I'VE arrived at Laysan on August 9
and In two days, after getting the boom
unshipped and ashore, where Captain
Schlemmer spliced it and made a very
creditable job, stitched the foresail UP
and on August IL, we started again for
Honolulu, leaving Schlemmer behind
we had new stock of provisions
aboard. might say in this connection
that the old boom of the wrecked
schooner Kennedy was used in splicing
up our broken boom.
| BOOM AGAIN SPRUNG.
I'VE met with nothing out of the or
binary until II days out, then we en-
countered strong trade winds. These
dying out, caused the vessel to roll.
with the result that we sprung our
main boom again in the splice. We
reefed in the mainsail again and with
the small portion OF foresail we had
remaining we continued to sail I'm the
direction of Honolulu, Then we ran in
to another blow, something like A gale.
ABOUT THIS time we passed forty-foot
log in Lat. 25-15 N, and Long. 1885, 25
w. IL was covered with barnacles,
and would have been a dangerous oh
stacle had we come within range of 1t
by night Last Tuesday morning we
came in sight of Waimea, Kauai. We'd
nesday we were still close by, and then
we Hdu GAINS. we We're on Barber
Point on Saturday and were picked up
Off Diamond Head yesterday morning
and lowed into port, twenty three days
from Laysan."
! BUILT FOR FISHING BANKS.
The Woodbury. lies at Railway Wharf
No. 2. and will commence dischargins
her guano this morning She shows
signs of her long and varied cruise, her
broken bulwarks and broken boom at
Testing to her experiences. The WOOD
bury is an Essex. Mass, craft, built of
oak, for work on the fishing banks.
She was brought around the Horn. 4
few years ago, when Captain Harris
was bringing a load OF lumber here
from Eureka, she was almost thrown
on her beam ends in a gale, but
weathered the storm and brought the
whole cargo safely into port. Captain
Harris has been her master for four
years.
The small boat was slammed down
on the deck during the first big gale
and several planks stove in. This
breach was Matched nyar Will, capx,as