The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-11-24
ALBATROSS LOSES
CAP TAIN At SEA


quarterback at the time and one of
them heard a faint cry of MAN over
boardl" The surgeon later heard am
other cry of Man overheard" and it
sounded to him as if it came from for
ward 1t seemed to the doctor to be
as much of gasp as a cry and it is |
believed that the captain was severely |
injured before he fell into the water.
Lieutenant Hepburn, now i'm COM |
mand, who was i'm the ward room when |
the captain was thrown overheard |
rushed on deck at the cry of Man |
overheard" Others on deck were
passing the cry from one end of the
vessel to the other.
At this time no one aboard knew who
it was that had gone overheard. All
that was known was that somebody
was overheard and everything possible
must be done to save him.
First a buoy was thrown astern
and one of the sailors remarked, as
he threw it, that he thought he heard
faint cry from that direction. AS
soon as possible the vessel was put
about, coming around in almost a
circle. At once the searchlight was
brought into service and the Albatross
moved about, throwing her light in
every direction, attempting to locate
the buoy in the hope that whoever it
was who had gone overheard would by
this time have hold of it.
1t would have been impossible, con-
| sidering that the vessels only life boat
| was on the weather side and the wea-
| Their was rough to have put the life
| boat into the water. Nothing could be
| seen of the life buoy, although it must
have dropped within two hundred
yards Of where the captain fell The
Albatross stood by all night, using her
| searchlight all the time and her posi-
ton at $3.50 o'clock in the morning
showed that she had varied her posi-
ton during the night very little. Then
all hope was given up and the Alba
tross sadly resumed her voyage to this
port.
1t was not absolutely known that it
was the Captain who had been lost
until within about ten minutes after
the life buoy was thrown, the crew
was mustered. Other officers, to be
sure noticed that the captain was not
among them on the deck and feared
that he was the one who had gone
overheard but since no one had seen
the accident, there was no means of
making sure until the crew was mus
tered.
Some of those aboard the Albatross
when they first heard the cry of Man
overheard" thought the sound come
from the engine room and rushed in
that direction. The quartermasteI
heard a cry from the poop starboard
rail, muffled and gasping, probably the
cry of the captain as he struck the
rail- and he repeated the cry ant
, alarmed the ship. The paymaster
= standing on the quarter deck, hearC
the quartermaster's cry and repeated il
loudly.
, In bringing the vessel about a lee
was made for the life boat, but the
= sea was too rough to get it away. The
sea was so full of white-caps that il
: would have been a difficult matter t
locate the white lifebuoy in the glare
of the searchlight unless the captain
had been holding on to the buoy
: There was no self-light,ng buoy ABOARD
the Albatross.
Captain Garrett was a fairly goot
swimmer, but the probability is tina
he was so severely injured inN being
hurled across the deck that he NcoulC
not reach the life buoy, even if h,
> could have found it.
: Captain Garrett was a native of New
) York state. He was not married anC
was a man of about 40 years of ge
His mother is living in Plattsburg
: New York state. All Captain Carrot
had to do to be ranked as Commander
> was to take the examination and hi!
E commission would have been dated
J from July 1 of this year.
The Alhatross came to port fyinl
the captains personal pennant and The
ensign both at half mast. The fla9
at the naval station by order of Ad
miral Very, was half-masted when the
news was conveyed there. At moor
today seven minute guns We're fired a
the naval station because of the dealt
of Captain Garrett
The Albatross sailed from Yokohama
on November TO- She had rough wea'
Their all the way here, but nevertheless
made very good time She is a yes.
sci of the Fisheries Bureau in com.
mand of naval officers. She left Sar
Francisco May and is now ending
one of the most important scientific re,
search voyages an American vesse
has ever made. She has been al
through the Aleutian Islands and wa,
ters Of Japan, studying the life of the
ocean and the countries under the
ocean. DR.. Gilbert, in charge of the
scientific business, was left i'm Yoke
hama to complete certain work. HI
, will come through here on the mex
boat from the Orient
, The Albatross is moored at the nava
wharf. The time of her departure fol-
San Francisco has not yet been set.
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