Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-28
.RUDDtR POST Of
lUKA WAS BROKEN
Little Schooner Was II
Days Without Sight
OF Any Land

After cruising around for three days
looking In vain for the schooner Luka.
which had been reported In distress by
the Coptic, the Manning returned to
this port at 1880 y. IN. yesterday and
only short time later, at 3 o'clock, a.
message was received from Waimanao
that the Luka was lying OF the reef
nj that point ut anchor Captain JoyncS|
fof the Manning made u thorough
search of the district IN which the Cop
tic had seen the Luka but while he COW
cred "A section or the ocean 1900 miles
In length. In paralellograms 10 miles
long and three miles In width, was
unable to catch u sight of the little
boat
The Manning returned here yester-
day to take ON more coal and was then
going out again 10 continue the Search
but was relieved of this task by the
telephone message announcing the
Luka's safety The tug Intrepid made
the run to Waimanalo and brought In
the Lula, arriving this morning at
1880. Capt. Moki states that while the
long trip was u good deal Of strain,
that, thanks to the provisions which
were obtained from the Coptic, there
was no suffering.
According TO Mate James X. Uhna-
lcle, the Luka's crew were very lucky
10 get OF us easily as they did. In
speaking of the trip he said:
I'VE left this city for Hilo on Janu
airy and had pleasant weather, though
the winds We're not just what we want
ed. till January 10. when we we've on
Molokai and II became pretty rough.
Then our trouble happened: the ruddcr
post broke inside the casing, where we
could not get at II to make repairs and
the rudder began to thresh from side
to side. or course the l.uka was I'M
manageable and we had to get along
as well as we could TIL the seas quiet
cd down. Then two of ny went over
board and tried To fix the r,ldder. which
had become jammed on the port side.
| Twas stuck 80 hard that there was
nothing that we could do and We tried
our best to fix things up 80 that We
l
It very large amount of provisions on
board and when we sighted the Coptic
we had left only half u case OF crack
ers and about 80 gallons of water. The
night before. at II o'clock we sighted
n steamer which ! believe was the
Sierra but she did not see us.
1--WE We're very lucky to have the
Coptic observe our signals as It was
very smoky and II she had been mile
further away she would never have
seen MS. We tried to signal the Sierra
but she could not make us out.
I'VE saw no land for eleven days
and the one Jap whom we had In TIC
crew went nearly crazy on this ac-
count and tried 10 tear his clothes on
and To tear himself with his finger
nails. When we got within sign oil
land he became himself again and Is
now all right.
I'VE caught two sharks while We
were drifting around and that gave Js
Il little something to eat One of these
was a monster and was about ten feet
long and nearly six feet wide. | have
his backbone and will make a walking
, stick out of II. r...r.'
We finally rugged IA jury rudder ont
OF the boom and managed to make
enough Roadway to reach Waimanalc
and then telephoned In and the n.
trepid came ont and helped us In. Al
the members of the crew, of whom
there are four, which. with Capt. Mose.
Kalama and myself makes six. are al,
right and none The worse for our trim