Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-02-11
TWO SURVIVORS OF
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against the Jagged rocks
Luckily. the vessel did not go To
pieces at once. The men had time 10
collect thcir wits before making tho
plunge into the .seething breakers
They were only a little over one hun.
dred yards from the shore. but IL
seemed like so many miles. CAPTAIN
Andrew Johnson, with the carpenter
and couple Of sailors were the FIRST
10 leap overheard and try for shore
They made II, and shouted 20 the rest
who were hanging on 10 the forecagtlc
cabin. 20 come. Put the sailors re-.
manned as long as thov possibly could,
or dared. and only when the shin be-
gan to crumble 90 nicces did thcv
plunge into the waters.
Eleven men In all survived tho ter
rible experience. The CAPTAIN died
the second morning otter landing on
tho bare shores Of what thev discov.
cred was Staten Island The japanese
cook never reached shore, and one
seaman passed away. The CAPTAIN
and scnmcn died from the exposure
and lack of food The vessel struck
the rocks nj twenty minutes after
midnight, and two hours afterwards
nothing remained of her
Although the men had plenty OF
water, there was no food to be found.
Far up ON the hillside behind them.
they could see what appeared TO be
q light twinkling in the distance. II
was impossible to leave Flinders Bay.
1t was rock.bound along the shore. SO
two men were dispatched to find the
light, or lLcate it, If possible. Five
days elapsed before these men were
heard from again. Then only one
came bloE. The other had died from
hunger and exposure.
But the labors Of the returning men
had not been IN vain. He had located
the light to be on a nearby island
about fifteen miles distant, he judged.
From the wrCckage Of the Prussia.
which had piled up on the shore, a
small raft or gkiG, Was constructed
and in this five men started Off for
help. The distance TO New Years
Island, where the light was situated,
turned out to he 2S miles instead Of
10, and the men seeking aid were six
days in making their destination.
Strong currents, against which the
feeble efforts Of the sailors with the
oars were as naught. not only impod-
ed them, but threw them far from
their courge.
and then, when they arrived at The
place where the light was, they FOUND
that there was no boat there, and they
we're forced to go on to a sealing sta.
! ton on another island before they
could get aid ut all. Hero n volunteer
crew OF the soalers, with one OF the
ship.wrecked mon as guide, took a
! large whaling boat, and started blck
! Six days 1t took them, too, for the
currents were even more contrary
] than before. In the meantime. the
poor unfortunate six who had been
left behind, We're practically starving
Nothing 10 eat save the tough. hides
of two seals that they killed and nov
and thea a limpid that they pulled
| from the rocks. The rcscuing boat
had taken the majority of the prov
siOna, thinking that those left behind
would be able to kill seals or catch
fish.
It was just in the nick of time that
the resculng boat arrived, for the mei
we're nearly all in. After that It wa;
all like a beautiful dream, say the
two sailors who came hero on The
Astral They were fed and clothed
and finally picked up by the light
house tender and put aboard one o
he Pacific Mail steamers, from which
they were transferred to the Royl
Mail line and went 10 New York,
This is tho story told by Il. L. Ran
lacy. all, cCuwon on the Astral, IN,
coincldai wilh by the tale Of Ncrma'
Haenl, TO the reporter for the Bull
IIctin this morning. Ranncy IS I
big fna-lcOking man, and he says tha
the only thlng that pulled him thr0uS!
was his splendid physique. He is
quiet man. however, ana told the won
derful tale simply and without an,
flourish