The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-17
MARINE

Aboard the trim American bark Nun
anu which was brought safely into port
from New York on Monday by Captain
Josselyn, is French sailor who a year
ago passed through a shipwreek expert
enee which Captain Josselyn character
ICES as terrible and, in comparison. his
own shipwreek experience on the bark
Coringa was only picnic. 1t was due
10 this French sailor, when the Nuuanu
was N the vicinity Of Staten Island,
south Of South America, that Captain
Josselyn gave that island a wide berth.
Captain Josselyn had been taking
down the story of stanislas Pothin, the
French sailor, when they came near
Staten Island where the French sailor
had been wrecked. A storm came up
and the Nuuanu slowed off and so pass
ed so Ear away from it that no one
saw It this trip. stanislas Pothin tells
the story Of his experience aboard the
bark Prussia, as follows:
cit was dark stormy night, June
Is, 1907, the wind northeast and snow,
ing in squalls, when we ran ashore on
the north side Of Staten Island near
Cape Horn. I came on deck at mid
night The bark was running to the
south under stopsails and foresail, steer.
ing s0u-sou-west. As I came on deck
TO 60 10 the Iavatory, I saw land ahead.
The lookout being at the pump, for we
had TO pump every hour in bad weather
with the windmill going also. I sang
cut, Land, hot and ran into the
70 e 5 tie TO get my clothes. We had
been called twenty minutes before
twelve TO get our coffee before reIiev-
ing at the wheel.
1.-The ship vas luffed up to the wind
on the port tack and braeed sharp up.
The mate sent the watch below to stand
by and relieve the wheel. I went to
the wheel and still I could see the land
and told Captain johnson, Sir, there
Is land on the lee bow. Mind your
steering, answered the captain sharp
~, and then went below, probably to
look at his chart. The mate came along
and the captain coming up again asked
the mate if 1t was land or clouds. Yes,
il is land said the mate. I then got
orders 10 Hard up the helm! and all
hands were called to wear ship, but we
no sooner got around than we found
we could not weather the land and we
were close to the shore. Then we kept
of but ran straight ashore.
AS soon as we struck, the first sea
hit as on the starboard quarter, tearing
il away, and washing me up on top
Of the house I met the captain who
shouted, Get back to yoHr wheel. I
said, The wheel is gone, sir, and the
snip Is ashore.
1.-The captain seemed to be dazed and
was then standing to leeward of the
mizzenmast which was then on the
point Of falling. 1 helped him into the
cabin. All hands then got into the
boat on the forward house after collect
ing Iife-preservers and some provisions.
The ship turned broadside to the shore.
In a few minutes the masts went over
the side and washed ashore on the
rocks. All escaped except the cook and
one A. B., Harry Hammond of Atlanta,
Georgia.
1.-The captain was badly injured, as
were three others, and all more or less
bruised and nearly frozen in the lee
cold water At daybreak we mustered
together and erawled around the rocks
70 look for anything that might have
washed ashore, it being low water then,
and we had gone ashore at high water.
Among other things was a tin of
matches, but we did not succeed in get
ting a fire started for three DAYS as the
matches were wet. We made a hut out
of some Of the wreekage. The captain
died al 10 0 clock, and we were obliged
10 take his clothes and use them for
we had few ourselves. We rolled his
body IN a flag and left it in the bushes
on the top Of the rock, and five days
later We buried him on top of the
rock and left a cross on his grave
which was there when we left the IS
land
After climbing the mountains for
a day and finding nothing, we return
ed. after one nights absence, to the
first camp. Then the carpenter start |
ed To build a boat. While they were |
building the boat a Norwegian seaman |
named Hoisten Hoseth and myself
started on an exploring expedition. |
We were living on seal entirely, Of /