The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-19

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when r1..s vor. compared. was awe
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Just before OBJ. crash came their
eyes we're drawn upward by o. fearful
white fringe that hung above the
tossing ship Dc seemed to them that
Go must be the sky and they we're try
iug to figure how that white streak OF
sby could break Zoo such a storm and
u such impeue'ub'e darkness
My God. it's vateri" cried one. iu-
s.iuctivo'y putting q hand above his
head and reaching for ftanchIon
with the other Co hold ON.
"lts waier' We're gouel
That was when he tidal wave
struck them THE huge. curving mass
of water just breaking ass DO curled
hish above the foremost and showing
che white. like tooth ready to deyour
poised. as it seemed, for q CHASTITY mo-
ment and then fell The steel fore
mast crumpled under Go like "a candle
smashed down by hammer. the
lashings of the deyk-load burst asuu-
der and great umbers went flying over
the side; The bulwarks burst ana bulg-
ed and the broken mast swung over
the starboard side and pounded dread
tulIy ON the yessefs plates
Volunteers TO cut awayl Who'll
cut owuy2' cried the first officer
through a trumpet while the bridge
upon which ne stood was shaking like
a fam and the water was sweeping
around him.
cut away sir! came a faint am
swer or two and I'M moment two men
We're rislling their lives. for It was al
most certain death, making their way
over the loose and crazy lumber load
to put axes TO the rigging stroke on
stroke, balancing themselves as only
sailors can, and In moment the
threatening crunch and chewing sound
of the mast and croa5-tree and four
big derrick-hooms. trying TO eat holes
i'm the vessels side, had ceased and
that danger was past
But death urked att TO stab tho
good ship there The giant tidal wave
had swept the vessel from stem to
stern, her single stack was wohblng
humming in the rushing wind like a
smothered whistle aud the aftermast
was doing q funeral iig on lis own ac-
count, for the weight of waters had
carried away the port rigging oft and
the decll-load had shifted against the
starboard rigging and the steel mast.
with Its derrIck-booms, was leaning TO
starboard, pulled down by the shifted
deck-load. II was "cut away" again
aud more men went into deaths trap
to how az the steel mast and slash at
the starboard rigging This was even
more risky than the heroic work for
ward, for here the mast was suu
standing ana when she fell there
might be mangled bodies TO tell the
tale, II the smashing seas ala not got
them first But Il was done and the
ship rode easier. After the stroke OF
the tidal wave the great danger lay in
the probability Of the dragging masts
and booms pounding holes I'm the
ships side
The men, about quarter of the deck
| load having been washed overheard
when the storm eased a Bit looked 10
throwing over the side another quar-
ter Of the deck cargo
The ship made water but not Sc
Fiou3ly She h comparatively new,
having been completed only three or
four years ago and Is stuunch craft.
very much Ike the American IIawai-
| Ian boats i'm appearance.
AZ enc time during the continuous
blow her stoko-room was flooded ana
the iremon found 10 their turn 10 be.
lieye the vessel was sinking; sim they
got used 10 that and q sailor knows No
greater observation-disclosures than when
tho next moment Is likely 10 be- hil
earthly finish
Captain Winsnes had the followinl
to say to The Star reporter this morn
Ing. We had hurricane weather from
a day or two after leaving the soun,
until -four or five days after tho tida
wave hit u.s. II seems 10 me Their
must have been terrific earthquaU
somewhere below the sea II wal
certainly Il tidal wave have neye
experienced anything like n before
We thought we would not live through
the storm ana when the big wave hl
us / thought Of nothing but waltinl
for the waters ~ cover us. Just be-
fore the crash / was 800 sure N ou
going down In II few minutes mat
went 10 say goodbye 10 my wife. q
was while ! was In the cabin that IN