The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-04
OCEAN TRAGEDY
OFF CAPE HORN
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aster off the cape
BY August 20 the Atlas had been re-
paired and was ready to proceed to
San Francisco Its trials were soon to
begin afresh. Twenty seamen from as
many strange seas had shipped at Rio
for the trip TO san Francisco. Two
of the crew said that Mcdonald the
first mate, had a pistol and was going
to kill them According to the reports
brought in last night the captain told
the crew TO get the revolver from the
officer That they did, but they refus-
ed to work unless Mcdonald was put
in irons. To appease the mutinOus
sailors Dart ordered Mcdonald into
irons. where he stayed the remainder
of the voyage.
Before the collision off Cape Horn
three of the ships company met death.
On May % J. Schumacher and Charles
Nolan, seamen. fell from the jibboOm
and were drowned On June 10 John
Hook, sailmaker died and was buried
at sea. When the ship arrived yester-
day the captains son and the third Of
ficer were i'll and the vessel was order
ed into quarantine.
The Atlas had a cargo of coal for
the United States government. The
vessel had been 12O days out from
Rio. and was overdue Reinsurance
had been offered at 10 per cent
The Viking was new bark of 2541
tons. Nothing had been heard Of it
after it began its last voyage until the
Atlas brought in the tidings last
night.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 2G.-While
willing hands were outstretched to
save her from a watery grave. Mrs.
Peterson, wife of the late captain Of
the Inflated Norwegian bark Viking,
was practically torn away by her in
sane husband and crushed to death
during a collision between his vessel
and the American ship Atlas off Cape
Horn on June last More narrowing
details of the sad tragedy of the deep
related in yesterdays Call were ex-
Iplained fully yesterday afternoon by
Captain l.. c. Dart Of the Atlas,
/ According to Captain Dart, all hands
save the captain and his wife managed
to reach the decks of the Atlas after
the collision. The Viking was fast
sinking and as he was about to leave
/ her a sturdy Scotch sailor caught sight
of Mrs. Peterson on deck crying pite-
ously for somebody to save her.
Forgetting his own peril, the brave
/ Scotchman grabbed hold of a line from
/ the deck of the Atlas, and was about
to fasten it to the woman and have
/ her hauled out of harms way, when
her husband, driven insane by his aw-
/ full experience, hove in sight. The
sailor tried to reason with the crazy
captain, but the latter was obdurate
calling wildly to the heavens for aid
aud imploring his wife not to leave
him.
Grabbing hold of both of them, by
sheer force the Scottish sailor fastened
the rope around their waists and gave
the signal for his shipmates on the
Atlas to hoist The insane man, with
his wife clutching him as her last hope
of safety, suddenly gave a maniacaI
shrek and at the same time relin-
pushed his hold on the rope.
The agonizing screams of the wo.
man, mingled with the insane screech.
Iings of her demented spouse, still ring
in the ears of Captain Dart and his
crew. The woman was the first to fall
AS she descended she was caught be-
tween the sides of the two ships anC
, literally crushed to death. A gallan
attempt was made to save her body
but it was carried far out to sea by {
Z heavy wave that swept over the fas
, sinking Viking.
, Captain Peterson did not meet sucl
= an awful death as was his wife's lot
He fell in another direction and wa
K drowned His body, like that of hi
I hepmate, was also swept away by al
q angry wave.
1t is the belief of Captain Dart an,
the Inflated Viking that Captain Pc
terson's reason forsook him foreve
when he scented danger. Though h
tried every means known to moder
navigation to avoid the collision, Car
u tain Dart asserted that the master q
i the wrecked craft kept steering int
: his ship till finally the collision wa
inevitable. When the large and heav
Atlas struck the smaller boat squared
. amidships the latter sank rapidly.
Captain Peterson was issuing insan
: orders to his men from the bridg
J. Instead Of trying to keep out of tn
way Of the other ship, his men told til
crew of the Atlas that he kept steel
ing right for her all the time, appal
emily believing that she was in dan
: ger and that 1t was his duty to rendt
any assistance within his power.
When the Viking had sunk Capital
Dart discovered that his boat was IA
] filling with water He ordered q
hands to the pumps, and for 10 houl
the men fought heroically, finally sa'
r ing the ship. Twenty-nine days lat,
Captain Dart put into Rio de Janeir
. where the vessel was temporarily +
x paired and started on her voyage
~ this city again, arriving here Tuesdf
N evening many days overdue and Wi
X 10 per cent reinsurance quoted
IN -SSs
N FARMERS INSTITUTE MEETIN
N The sixth annual meeting of h
A Farmers Institute of Hawaii will
II held at the Library of the Territori
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