Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-28
SWAN THIRTY MILES.
Remarkable Escape From Death OF
Nervy Hawaiian.

Edward Duvauchelle, of Molokai,
is the hero of a most remarkable
story of human courage and endur-
ance, and of marvellous escape from
death. The fact that he was one OF
the team that represented the ma
tional guard of Hawaii at the rife
shooting at Sea Girt, N. j., last fall,
will perhaps add some interest to the
tale of his thrilling experience.
Monday night, May 23, Duvau-
chelle, who is a fisherman living at
Pukoo, on the southern coast of Mo-
lokai, with three native Hawaiians
as companions left home in whale
boat with a load of fish for Lahaina,
about IL miles away. They arrived
there safely, sold their fish, and
about o'clock started in a dead
calm to row back. A light breeze
sprang up and they hoisted sail,
making the sheet fast. A sudden
squall capsized them before they
could ease off the sheet. The boat
became waterlogged and began
drifting out to sea. They were at
the time a mile or two from Kama
pali Landing, Maui. They made a
float with four oars and the mast
and, with this to help them, two of
the natives, at their own request
started to swim ashore to get help.
After waiting their return for
three hours in vain, Duvauchelle and
his remaining companion, Dan Pa
waa, came to the conclusion that the
men had failed to reach the shore
by swimming. They made float of
the boom and gaff and all that was
left of the oats gear and started
The current carried them in the di-
rection of Napilli, and they were able
TO gradually make their way toward
the shore. When within half mile
of 1t they discovered, to their con-
sternation, that the current was set
ting against them, and that In spite
of all their efforts they were drifting
further away-this time in the di-l
rection of Molokai, which seemed to
them to be about ten miles distant.
They therefore made up their minds
to swim toward the shore of that is
land. They seemed to be making
considerable headway, and by sunset
were, as near as could be judged by
the line of breakers on the reef, four
or FIVE miles from the shore,
They had moonlight until nearly
midnight. when the moon set. BY
this time Dan Pawaa was becoming
exhausted and could hardly keep
himself afioat. Thereupon Duvau-
chelle gave up the float to him en-
tirely, placing him in the middle OF
1t, and he himself swan without the
assisting buoyance of the float.
When about 500 yards from the
shore of a little rocky inlet, about a
mile from the Moloki coast Pawaa
was overcome with exhaustion and
bidding Duvauchelle goodby, dropped
from the float, sunk and never arose.
Duyauchelle succeeded about an hour
later in reaching the rock and drag
ging himself, wounded and bleeding
beyoud reach of the waves, where he
fell asleep from exhaustion not
awakening until past noon the next
day. Then he swan to the Molokai
shore. a mile away. and made his
way home.
When he started on his swim he
had taken on his shirt. as It was
hIndrance in swimming, but had kept
his trousers on, so that the white
skin OF his legs would not attract
the sharks which infest these waters.
He was terribly tormented while In
the water by small crabs. which fas-
tened themselves 70 the skin OF his