The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-09-06
SHIP WATTS; BUT
OH, SUCH ANGUISH !
Women Frantic When They See
Sherman Slipping Away From
Them at Wharf.

sprinting, loud cries of distress,
laughter, hysteria and tears by the tub
these were some Of the things which
figured in an incident which took place
at the naval wharf yesterday after
noon, when the transport Sherman
sailed for San Francisco.
All the passengers were supposed to
have been on board when the gangway
was lifted-but they were not. just as
the troopship was beginning to move
away from the wharf an army captain,
whose name could not be learned dur.
ing the exciting time that followed,
came through the main gate of the
wharf, carrying baby and a satchel
or two in his arms. His wife was close
behind, and she too was running some.
The distressed officer let loose a yell
that would have done credit to Sioux
Indian on the warpath. He was cover
ing about seven feet at stride, and
his wife was making shorter. but quick
err, steps.
Before the captain and his family
reached the edge of the wharf where
the steamer was pulling out, girl of
perhaps twenty-five dashed through the
gate and came running toward the
steamer. She was too badly frightened
to speak. She was dead certain she
would be left in Honolulu for at least
a month. Then came another army
captain, accompanied by his wife and
another woman.
By that time the officers on board
had seen the plight of the seven per.
sons on the wharf and had given orders
to stop the Sherman till they could get
aboard.
A rope ladder was thrown to the
wharf. The distance from the steamer
to the wharf was half dozen feet OF
more, and it was no trouble for the
hnen to climb up the side of The Sher.
man. But to the women it was a
perilous undertaking. One of them be.
came hysterical, and two of the others
spilled large quantities of tears in spite
of their efforts to preserve their COM
posure.
One of the large square portfolios
was opened and "a half.dozen men SHOW
ed over the ladder, and stood on one
end of it so that the women could get
aboard without danger of being tilted
into the water.
While the men were opening the port
hole the women began to get rid of q
lot of small belongings they carried in
their hands. Bundles of merchandise
purchased in the city, packages of can
dies and bags of fruit, baby clothes
and many kinds Of women 8 wearing
apparel were hurled into the hold Of
the Sherman and the men inside
would have been inundated had somt
of them not been amateur baseball
players.
Three of the women managed to ge
aboard through the hole, but the hys
terical one was afraid to take tn
chances. Persons ON board and ashor
| tried to assure her there was no dan
ger, but she baked.
A single rope was tied around he
waist to render the undertakings per
fectly safe. She went up the ladde
slowly and with about as much frigh
as if she had been shipwrecked in mid
ocean. There was a scramble when sh,
Itried to get on deck, and three or fou
men reached for her with their sooty
grimy hands. 1t happened that sht
was dressed in white, and every tim,
finger touched her clothing it left
print. The men who helped her to ge
aboard were sorry for her when sh
was trying to reach the deck of tn
ship, but when the trouble was owe
they turned aside and laughed heartily
Forty-fve Babies.
The stork has been a busy old birt
in the Philippines during the past few
forty-fve babies, probably the larges
number that ever crossed the Pacif,
on single steamer.
The decks were like overcrowdet
nurseries. One passenger remarked
that it was the largest number of in
Ifants she had ever seen on steam
ship and that they were long on yell
ing.