Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13
sWAM THIRTY MILES.
Remarkable Escape rom nearh OF
Merry Hawaiian.

Remarkable Escape fsor, oeIrn OF d
Merry Hawaiian.
Honolulu Correspondenccof C.'ea5' Ne"S-
Edward p~uvaucnelle of Molokai. is
the hero CT u most refndrkanie St"tH -.
human courage ard endurance. ara on
n marvellous escape from ceath. me
fact that he was one of the tc;iin tEat
representcd the National Guard of
Hawaii ut the rifle shooting at ser 'hf''
\. j.. last fall, will perhaps ado some
interest TO the tale of his thriiilrS en-
pcrience.
Monday night. May %. Duvaucilelle
Wllo is II fisherman. living at lukoo,
on the southern coast OF Molokal. win
three native Hawaiians as companions.
left home in a whaleboat with II load
of fish for Lahaina, about twelve miles
away. They arrived there safely. sold
their fish, and about s O'Clock starred IN
a dead calm to row back. A light
breeze sprang up and they hotsted sail.
making the sheet fast. A sudden suuill
| capsi2ed them before they could ease
on the sheet. The boat became water
logged and began drifting out to sea.
They We're at the tire Il mile or two
from Kaanapali Landing. Maui. They
made a loaf 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 awaiting their return for three
/ hours in vain Duvauchelle and his re-
naming companion, Dan Pawaa. came
to the conclusion that the two men lad
failed to reach the shore by swimming.
| They made n float of THE boom and
gait and all hat was left OF the boats
gear, and started. The current carried
them in the direction Of Napilli. and
they were able to gradually make their
way toward the shore. When within
half Il mile of it they discovered. to
their CONSERVATION. that the cure mt
was setting against them. and tina in
spite of all their efforts they were drift
ing farther away-this time in the OIL
rection OF Molokai. which seemed to
them to be about ten miles distant.
They therefore mad up their minds
to swim tward the shore of that is!ard.
They seemed to be making onsiderab Bile
Roadway. and by sunset We're, as near
as could be judged by the line OF the
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 wa; becoming ex-
hausted and could barely keep himself
afioat. Thereupon Duvauchelle gave
up the loat to him entirely, placing
him on the middle OF it. and he him
self swan without the assisting buoy
ancy of the float. When about SOC
yards from the shore of Il little rocky
inlet. about n mile from the Molokai
coast. PaWaa was overcome with en-
haustion. and. bidding D%uvauchelle
goodby. dropped from the tloat, sum-
and never rose. D~uvauchelle succecde.
about AN hour later in reaching tn.
rock and dragging himself. wounded
and bleeding, beyond reach of tn,
waves. where he fell asleep from ex.
haustion, not awakening until pas
noon the next day. Then he swan t,
the Molokai shore. a mile away, an,
made his way home.
When he started on his swim he ha
taken off his shirt. as it was a hin
drance in swimming. but had kept hi
trousers on, so that the white skin O
his legs would not attract the shark
hic infest' these waters. He wa
terribly tormented while in the waite
by small crabs which fastened them
selves to the skin of his chest an
clawed and bit him almost to mao
ness. He was in the water nearly sew
enteen hours and swam a distance {
between twenty-five and thirty mile
Duvauchelle is Of French and Ha
waiian p%arentage. 3S years old, tall ar
powerfully built. In many respecr
d Du~vauchelle's experience is without
parallel. although there have been Sc,
eral somewhat similar occurrences
these waters. the comparatively mario
channel between the islands of Moloks
Lanai and Maui tempting many
cross in whaleboats and other s,na
nc craft.