Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-02-17

overheard and were swallowed up IN
the foaming sea. Probably all could
have been saved had they kept cool and
obeyed orders. All the white men and
% Cinnamon were safely stored away
In the boats. but Just after pulling
AWAY from the ship, one OF the officers
concluded to put back to get somethirp
he wanted. He had just re-entered his
boat and had rowed away to safe
distance, when the mizzen mast went
by the board with crash. The life
boat had Just got out of reach In time
to prevent being smashed. A little lat
CT and the main-top mast followed IL.
While all the members of the crew
had realized their danger when on
board the Onlda. they believed IL DOS.
sible that the ship would not 20 to
pieces, but would hang on to the rocks
until morning. when they could re-
turn and get food from her. They did
not know how far they were from
shore. but they believed they could
manage to keep aiioat near the vessel
until morning. But the vessel proved
% be in worse condition than they
had realized. They had scarcely rowed
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she went to pieces and became nothing
but mass OF broken timbers. Cap
tain Johnson thinks that from the time
the vessel struck until she went to
Eieces was not more than 20 minutes.
That was memorable night for the
ship-wrecked people. Everything they
owned, but the clothing that happened
to be on them at the time OF the acct
dent, went down with the ship. and
they know they must get to land soon
or starve.
All night long they rowed in the di
iection OF what they deemed to be the
shore, and by morning the found be-
fore them an island. II took them
some time to reach II, and at last they
rowed ashore between the breakers.
and pulled their boats inland to a safe
distance, The island is twelve miles
away from onida Rock, and is known
as Sanak Island. The men were wet
from the spray and benumbed with
cold. Luckily some on had dry matches
IND fire was kindled
Nowhere could be seen a trace OF liv-
Ing being, and what they would do for
something TO eat was getting TO be an
important question. Later in the day.
however, some food was washed
ashore The first that arrived was
come raw cabbage, which they ate with
relish. There had been much food
on board the ship, and by the next
morning, much Of this had found its
way to the beach.
Among other things that was washed
ashore, was some Chinese gin, which
some of the men drank without stint
Thus the second day on the island was
one of revelry. The third mats became
temporarily irrational from the e.
iects of the liquor, and II was neces-
sary 10 guard him to keep him from do
ing injury TO himself or to others.
On the following morning It was de-
cided to gain the other side of the is
land. To do this they put out in their
boats and rowed along the shore as far
as the sea would permit. Then II be-
came necessary for them to pull their
boats overland for some distances
around rocky points. At last the home
Of trapper was found, and he being a
hospitable man soon made them COM
portable and furnished them with all
they could eat. They learned from him
OF small village on the shore some
distance away, and to this he escorted
them,