The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-12-31
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mond Head about IL o'clock Saturda,
1 night
| STRUCK BY KONA.
Them about half an hour later q
| heavy kona wind struck us. Tt wa.
sudden and quite heavy and I had te
hesrve to. The weather became so thick
that L could not pick up a light any.
| where. Everything was black around
| us.
| Then came successive displays OF
| lightning accompanied by thunder. The
wind increased in severity and the rair
| was quite heavy. Then came the clina.
ak. An extraordinary sheet of light.
nlng lit up everything like day and e
crash of thunder followed and with il
came blast of a gale, the like OF
| which have never experienced be-
| fore. Crash! Our sails were blown
| out, every one Of them. The vessel
| heeled over and swung around and ]
| knew then she was helpless. I was at
the wheel all the time We drffted
around and 1 knew we were getting in
| to the breakers.
KEEL COMES THROUGH DECK.
Finally we struck on the reef with
| a terrific crash. The vessel heelel
away over and a rush of water came
up from below. The vessel had split
on the reef. We waited on deck for
awhile. The waves were breaking over
US, but We stayed until the keel SEEM
ed to be working UP through the deck,
and then told the boys to jump over
board and swim ashore. When [ said
that knew it was time to leave. We
jumped in with just the clothes we had
on and started for shore, keeping to-
We got ashore all right near the
Aquarium, nobody hurt. Oh, yes,
used to ts a good swimmer"
OF course, as the old man told the
story it was replete with Hawaiian
English phraseology and filled with
quaint expressions that are not incor-
ported in this narrative.
FELT HEAT OF LIGHTNING.
Two or three of the sailors when
asked their experiences told of one in
cident which was to them about the
most remarkable thing concerning the
wreck.
.eWhen that big blow come,'' said one
of the crew, Captain Sam he have the
hell-um One, great bis, blow he come
anu plenty Oh oSe 81
much before All at once come the
lightning, the thunder, rain and a gale.
Phew! That lightning make all our
faces hot" and the sailor rubbed his
cheeks with his hand to more clearly
eIucidate the statement. Each man
said that the lightning seemed to
charge the rain-flled atmosphere with
electricity and to send a warm current
through it.
HELPED BY PEOPLE ASHORE.
Several people on shore saw the pre-.
dicamcnt of the schooner and when the
captain and crew came ashore they
were ready to render them whatever
assistance they needed. The men were
not exhausted with their swim through
the heavy breakers, but they felt in
need of stimulants, and these were
given them. They said they knew
where they could get clothes and start
ed down the road. They We're disap-
pointed at one place, not finding tho
people in, but at the Moana engineroom
they found a Chinaman who procured
clothing for the entire six and other
wise made them comfortable. The crew
look upon this Celestial as a Good Sa-
maritan. Yesterday they returned the
clothes loaned to them.
HAD NO CARGO.
The Lavinia on this homeward trip
had no cargo. Since Captain Sam has
had command of the vessel the cargo
was always freight carried from Homo
lulu to island ports.
Captain Sam rented the Lavinia from
Captain Weisbarth, a veteran seaman
who had many trying experiences in
= rt al IN Ga took
trol of the vessel on October 49, 1906.
His crew comprised Jimmie, the mate;
Antoine, Pohaku, Henry and Pho, sail
ors.
A CENTENNIAL BOAT.
Captain Sam says that the Lavinia
came to Honolulu from the Coast in
1876. He believes she was known then
as the Waiole and was owned by |
Frank Cooke. She passed into the
hands of Lavinia Kapu, and the name
was then changed to Lavinia. She
was owned by Allen & Robinson and
finally came into the possession of Cap
tain Weisbarth. She is a vessel of
about forty tons and has been used in
inter-island trade and also carried |
suano from -ysan Island to Homo
lulu.
Captain Sam began his sea career IN
the early SOS, when he went to CALI
fornia and thence to the Arctic on
yhaIer He has sailed up and GOWN
the Pacific Coast and has been In
various ports of Mexico.
MADE MEMORABLE TRIPS.
The Lavinia has had an interesting
.istory. ON June 25, 1904, the Lav1n1a
.eturned from trip to the French
Frigate Shoals, where Captain Weis-
,arth went to wreck the fine French
park Connetabel de Richmont. The
title schooner returned in 81 days with
vast amount of plunder, comprising
vindlasses, pumps, hawsers, wire ca
,les and about everything movable on
he vessel.
The schooner was away so long that
people here began to give the little
ressel up and protested that she had