Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-03-09
KUAIWA OF LAHAlNA
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carried with fearful velocity for al
shCgt distance and then without warn
ing the boat was lifted high out OF
water and suddenly hurled TO one side
and over and over and buried with all
its human freight In the raging sea.
Soon figures were seen struggling
In the water bravely trying to stem
the current that swept seward out o!
the channel, and the whirl of the rush
ing waves. number OF the brave fell
lows. after long fight. eventually
succeeded In reaching the stone break
water In safety. all but three, and
these were the three whose rescue had
been attempted. They had been weak
ned by fasting and the long hours OF
strenuous toll which had been theirs
cut ON the water. These men were be.
ing fast swept out to sea.
Then II was that a crew OF brave
Hawaiian lads. led by Officer James
Roberts. William KaiwenaOle, and Ku-
aiwa, made the attempt TO reach them
In a canoe. there being no larger boats
available. But In vain was their en-
deavor Their boat was caught up By
u violent stroke and broken to pieces
on the rocks. Nothing daunted, Ku-
aiwa seized plank and threw himself
without hesitation into the roaring
waters In the direction of one OF the
drowning men who was fast being car
ried away, Reaching the man, he
gave him one end OF the board and then
tried to make land. Kuaiwa is a not.
ed swimmer and powerful man.
o. nj h.t0 ha
was too strong and he found that he
could not make land with his burden
Never for a moment did he desert his
man. however, and those on shore Gag.
erly watching the brave mans course.
saw him and the man he sought to save
gradually swept out into the breakers
and beyond. For fully two hours
watchers could see the two heads bob
up and down far out to sea, and the
truth gradually dawned upon the line
OF anxious lockers, that even In those
raging waters Kuaiwa was In command
and was guiding that plank and steer
ing IL with cunning hand.
Slowly and almost imperceptibly tho
two neared the line OF surf far down
to leeward, reached the surf, passed IL.
'Ah oAbNlg Jul app NiAs
shore. The poor Japanese was nearly
dead from exhaustion but still alive
kuaiwa started back on the road Ia
town, exhausted though he was ami
shiyering with cold The brave fellow
was picked up by some kind ladies who
app eciated his heroism. and he rode
back to town. What is his reward?
lie asks none. He expects none. Blu;
where Is there a man more deserving
NJ recognition and high honors than
he?
Let those who award Carnegie med.
ais for bravery look this way ami
ponder while. They need look M
further TO find brave and worthy 10
cipient.
The second unfortunate. with the as.
slstance Of spar he had caught hold
OF, was picked up by rescuing crew
out of the waves Just as he was ON
the point OF giving up hope. When
oincer Roberts reached him In the wat.
or his hands could not be loosened
from the piece OF wood he held, his
teeth were set fast and his limbs
doubled up with cramps. He was wife
and number OF children dependent
upon him and his rescue was partic.
ularly fortunate.
The third man was swept out to sea
and was not seen after he reached tho
outer channel, He undoubtedly be-
came exhausted and was drowned. His
end Is more sad from the fact that his
father and mother have written to him
to come home and are expecting him
back, He had about completed his ar
rangements for returning and was ~
he had told his friends, engaged In get
ting together enough additional money
10 feast his friends before his depart
ure He was an only child.
Thus do they that go down TO the
sea in ships, pass away in the deep off
Hawaii coasts.