The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-19
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himself and VITO. and H... ... I..I...
saying Chat r1 rin h1H Oh. twin.
out ... storm mu.. Ue entertained
fUr fhH huu..ar. Va. i..rU |H. boz
iury. Che ship might H..Yu. umlr-
aEedIia. at times se.mu. unable t0
recover from the thasH.r. off tna
m0u-trous waves and f.. va. ul. im-
probable that they'd aU au down to-
sethar
The FIRST and second officers Irlmes-
tadt and Lause'and. were ou One bridge
at the time and the men were gathered
just abaft the bridge % was impos-
sible for them To- go forward where tine
[ huge rollers were combIng the deck
load The vessels was hove to with
. her nose into the blow and 90 anything
had happened to her steering gear ana
I 10y any chance she had come broadside
To- the waves she would have been
stove to q certainty i'm a very few
minutes
There was no murmer of fear from
he men and the captains Wife was
handy with him to the end, with never
q whimper out of her
40 matter what might have happen
ed 10 the vessel it was for the crew
I Co go with her. for the life boats had
an been smashed or rendered uusea-
worthy by the destroying waves and
| 1T they had not been there would
have been no hope i'm putting them
1 over the side for they would not have
| lived to right themselves Pieces of
I timber from the deck-load might have
| for awhile afforded a continuance OF
| life TO those fortunate enough To be
able to- cling TO them All this was
| realized by the master and men and It
| was % case of standing by am hands,
and doing the best that was To- be done,
with no great hope of coming out
! 1t was so dark that men had tu feel
their way, holding to lines and to the
twisted rails That was the most
| awful night that any one aboard ever
| passed through 1t seemed that the
/ big vessel was being thrown about i'm "a
manner that would at any moment re-
| suit i'm her laundering.
Midnight came and the storm had
grown in terror Captain Wnsnes
! had been sixteen hours without
moments relaxation, Ina duty His
wife was in the saloon, just below the
bridge She was fully dressed and
had not turned i'm, prererring To lie on
the sofa In the saloon rather than get
into the bunk in the cabin adjoining
She was awake, which was hardly
strange under the circumstances She
was below by the captains orders, al
though she wanted to be ON the bridge
! with him, she die not know when
he would be taken by wave ana
washed overheard
At 1926 or Whereabouts, SATURDAY
mornmg November - Captain VIM
mes left the FIRST and second otneers
on the shaking bridge and went TO say
goodbye TO his wife.
eve may be swamped any moment,
he told her, "and ! must be on the
bridge to do what ! can IL there is
any hope | won't be far away,
! Good-bye!" kissing her he seized his
cap and started for the bridge.
Suddenly there was roar as OF
a bursting dam, followed by "A crash
like heavy artillery the bulkhead pro-
tecting the saloon, where at that mo-
ment the captain was standing and
his wife was reclining, was crushed IN
like cardboard and hundreds OF tons OF
water, the seethlng white Of which
could he seen in the darkness after It
had demolished the lamps, Hooded the
cabin. broke down all the partitions,
spllntered furniture ana made a fear
fuI wreck Of everything, a wreck un-
der which the captain aud his wife
were for a moment pinioned. Ana
then. mercifully, the force Of the wa
ter broke open the starboard door
, and some Of the Hood slid out other
, wise the master and his wife would
have been drowned in the trap
The woman struggled for a moment,
she thought the ship was sinking She
= struck for the surface ana Just man
aged TO get her nose and one hand
. above the water Her wet clothes
held her down and there were pieces
of heavy furniture holding her limbs
Where was her husband? She called
but the roar Of the waters inside and
the shrek of the elements outside
, drowned her voice
& The steward, whose room was on
, the port side IN the same house n
which the saloon and the cabin OF tho
captain and his wife were situated
his door being burst In by the water
rushed out or rather swan out into
q the saloon and got hold OF the cap
= talns wife. BY then the water hat
been let out by the starboard dool
. and together, the woman and th'
steward, got TO the captain and lifte'
Z his unconscious form from under th'
| heavy WrppFaVg