The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-08-16
Master of the Wrecked Vessel
Heard From at
Last.
SICK MATES BIG APPETITE
The Captains Explanation OF
How the Helga Was
Driven Ashore.
lErom Monday s Advertiser.l

day morning, in an interview yesterday
with an Advertiser reporter, made a
general denial of the accusations of
poor treatment of his crew on the voy'
age from Newcastle. He was particu,
larly vigorous in his denial of the
charges made by Thomas Roll, the
mate. who stated Thursday afternoon
that he had been i'll fifty-eight days en-
route and that Captain Wall had not !
provided him with nourishing food.
Explains Accident
The skipper also gave his version Of
how the wreck occurred. He said the
statement that he mistook the Diamond
Head light for the Makapuu light was
erroneous. lie explained that he was
trying to keep close to shore Thursday
morning in order that the crew might
mako soundings. He knew, he said, that
there was no use in trying to make
soundings far out from shore, and he
was overtaken unexpectedly by light
wind that swept the Helga onto the
rocks
Dropped Anchor Quickly.
Late Saturday night Captain Wall
and Capt. Frederick Miller Of the Nil,
Ter Salvage Company, discovered that
ILL., ,I,, 10" Fo,,r Fa+bo,,s onJ +,ro foot
of wafer which showed that tbc bark.
entine had been suddenly swept be.
yond her mooring, and that if she had
stopped when the anchor was lowered
there would have been no wreck.
One of the anchors, two big chains
and several smaller articles have been
recovered by Captain Miller. The Helga
yesterday showed evidences of having
been shaken up during the day by the
swell. The swell yesterday was deeper
than at any other time since the wreck.
Record If Mates Diet
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az "",i 9"ia I've ~, IT, IT,,
ha5 va" - pa,.a.,i a. 5,'.s 90 Ne
n la'V oee - Pmii %"5 o,,,Ini,,o5 of
hoi,,r IN ma onro ''i bo1o, s s,,,,i, In
,yos ,nai,lo 20 ,E-,nrl, a,,d tio+ 10 food
,y"s NOT G. to o.tNond onticinotca tba
comnioint that was made Inv tbn m9to
1,non orri,.,no ot tbis rort
Last nigbt tbe Skinner ovbibited a
loo which no had directed tbe cabin
how to keen for the nurpose of sbowinp
at the end of the VOYAGE inst what
Roll had eaten following his ALLEGED
attack of malaria and starvation. The
log was kept from July TO the dav
of the wreck.
Three Meals Day.
This is an average meal actually eat
en- by Roll according TO the boy IS log:
Breakfast-one soup plate full of oat-
meal, milk and sugar, three rolls with
butter and jam, two cups of tea and
three or four biscuits. Dinner-souT
made of preserved meat, peas potatoes
two rolls, butter and jam, plum duff
and with jam, two cups of tea with
three spoontuls of sugar in each. Sup.
per-preserved meat stew, peas, chips
one roll four biscuits four buns and
' Tbot ro ~ 'r% ,ros r.rf++on - tbe
Ioa T,l,. ma folIo,,i,,a, NOE 49,,
do,yn t,yor+,, doys Ia+or. tti5rooI, fost
ootmoo1 ,yi+b nil, and s,,o,or two ro11,
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Win two tobIesnoonfrIs If sraor n
oocb D;rnor- so,,r r,o,s ,,,oJo t,,-,
ems Of TOO With t,yo toIloenoonfnIs NJ
sngor in each Tco-nreservcd meal
stew ncos norsnfne two rolls ono crr
of tea, lam and roIls.U
There were days on which, according
to the cabin boys statement, Roll ate
more sparingly, and some days he ate
more than on July and %.
Continuous Turkish Bath.
Captoin Wall and bis vito stated that
A Roll kent himself closed mn in a It'll,
stoteroom eyer, dav no cnmnlainad n,
heinz sick The room. thcv eaid wa,
y like an oven and that if RoiI was anna
It cioted If was dro IN his baipg coono,
:, mn during the LONG davs in tronicaI SEN .
r, Tho Skinner said oiso nm Poi nro
It tended 70 be rnoLIo e. mnl,o bmt ,ya va
d the first man to rush for boat wher
y the ship struck the rocks Thursda,
r morning.
y malaria Good standbv,,
y .rpou ,afa 20 ~ -. - a..
. crow tbot noiorf o'' ms ' ,aod 81 stan ~
!, E,, ,, gocIareI Ca,tafr W,iI f,y WI,
= hoard bis fret cownI,irts 7 toId bi,,
- a. 40 Iclo,, and az To oo,,a a.,
tbrce or fonr davs later hut returne5