The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-22
KAMAA|NAS TELL Of
THEIR EXPERIENCES

Tales are being told relative to the
accident 10 the big liner and listeneG
TO with interest by the Honolulu peo-
pie. The kamaainas were the least
disturbed because they are used To
rough seas on the island boats and
when they were told to disembark on
the Cummius it did not strike them as
being anything out OF the way. Among
the passengers were Hiss Josephine
Deyo and Miss Ellen Lyman, two
teachers of Hilo who had been on a
vacation on the mainland OF their
experience Miss Deyo says:
AS THE STEAMER GROUNDED.
Miss Lyman and roomed together
and We're awake. or at least ] was.
when the steamer scraped on the sand.
l seemed To know what it meant ans
said to Miss Lyman, we are on the
rocks We dressed Immediately bur
before leaving our room Levi Lyman
came TO the door and informed US Of
the condition of affairs. L think We
were the first of the lady passengers
on deck and everything seemed as stiH
as death; there was no shouting among
the officers or the Asiatic crew and
saw but one evidence of greed on the
part of the mon. Two of the sailors
reached for the life preservers ana
would have put them on had they n0G
been discovered by one of the officers
The language used by the officer war
forcible enough to put stop to that
sort of business and saw. nothing
further. Passengers came from their
rooms like spooks.
1--WE overheard the captain say some
thing about sending the Chinese crew
ashore with a message to the pianta-
ton to be transmitted to the agents OF
the company in Honolulu. Mr.. Ly-
man, knowing the waters of these IS
lands pretty well, volunteered to pilot
the boat ashore and deliver the mes
sage, This he did but when he was
met by Mr.. Chalmers he was told that
the agents had already been informed
of the wreck. 1t seemed TO me that
during the short time that the snaN
boat was gone from the steamer Cap
tain Saunders grew old. There was nc
one on the vessel that did not feel the
deepest sympathy for him In his
trouble The passengers behaved re-
markably well and there was not q
sign of a panic even. among the mass
of aged Chinese in the steerage who
were on their way home to die.
WANTED TO GO ASHORE.
''There was an expressed desire on
the part of many of the passengers 10
get somewhere before dark; they had
a dread of staying on board, facing
those tremendously cold looking and
unsympathetic cliffs through night
for we did not know whether the
steamer would stay together or the
plates come apart. There was re-
quest upon the captain to send them
ashore in the ships boats but this
would mean "A great many trips from
steamer to shore. The Captain as
sured the passengers that there would
be steamers out from Honolulu and IL
would be safer and easier for them 90
go to Honolulu that wey. 1t was a
relief when We saw the Fearless APP
and then the island steam
ers. When the time came to leave the
steamer those who We're not used TO
that sort of transportation held back
for a time and one lady who had been
i'll collapsed completely. She did not
go aboard the Cun1mins until she had
carefully removed her shoes and stock
jngs The angel among the babies
was Miss James who formerly iiVed
In Hiio but who returns to the island
to fill position as stenographer In
Mr.. Castles office. She was as cool aS
could be and went around among the
little tots on board and ashore supply
ing them with milk and such delica-
cies as were obtainable.
I'VE all deplore the loss OF the steam
er and the misfortune to Captain
Saunders, who is an ideal officer. IT
was pathetic to watch him and as we
left the deck to go aboard the little
cummins he bade us adieu and ex-
pressed regret that we were obliged
TO go ashore in the manner we suid.
1t was an experience will not for
get. for the sensation of the three
bumps as we went up on the sand reef
IS still with me-"