The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-03-17


81 the Lavinla. which hsd pounded "
pieces within eight q the little dwell
| lng. ~ was nhe Who expressed Che
luudtat the hope that The one bonfd
Cnpisin Sam had struggled ashore with,
che only BIZ Of VIC Moi Wahino left.
would Be found on Lanai and brought
70 her 10 preserve alongaide Of the La
vinin souvenir.
Duvauehello's Battle for Life.
The history Of these Islands - full
Of stories Of long swims by natives,
sometimes from island TO island, some
times from capsized boats in the chan
nels, tho swimmers reaching shore after
being in the water for almost Incredible
lengths Of time and after swimming
distances that have been reckoned be-
yond the limits Of men. Edward Duvau-
chelle, Of Honolulu, lived one Of those
stories in 1906 For seventeen hours
he was in the sea between Molokai and
! Maui and reached the land after swim
ming between twenty and thirty miles,
after little crabs had bitten his naked
body. After swimming miles he land.
ed, only to have to swim again to Maui
from the little islet on which he first
found refuge. In that time he kept
| his trousers on in order that his white
skin would not attract sharks, and when
the spiny crabs began to cling to him
he wished he had kept his shirt on,
too.
Accompanied by three natives, Ka-
makee, Dan Pawaa and Keoki, Devau-
ehelle left Pukoo, Molokai one May day
FIVE years ago for Lahaina. The boat
was filed with fish, which were sold at
Lahaina, and shortly after daylight on
Tuesday the return trip was begun. AS
it was a dead calm they rowed. Shortly
a breeze sprang up and sail was hoist
ed. The downhaul was made fast as
| Keoki thought the wind would hold
light, but off Kaunakakai the wind
| freshened. At that time they could
plainly see people on shore.
The boat was struck by squall and
before the sail rope could be slack
ened she went over on the port side
and filed to the gunwale. The craft
was lightened by throwing sacks of
sand overheard and the men tried to
signal TO those on shore, but the sig
mails were unnOticed.
Keoki and Kamakee launched a raft
made of the mast and four oars. The
raft wreekage washed ashore but the
men were never heard of again. Duvau-
chelle and his one companion remained
on the boat which drifted and drifted.
They gave up hope of rescue and de-
cided to swim. They dashed the boom
and gait together and swan and float.
ed, but found the current was bearing
them toward Molokai. At six in the
evening they sighted reef off Molokai
Pawaa became weaker and weaker and
Duvauchelle gave the wooden frame
work over to his companion. Whe1
within five hundred yards of a lofty
rock known as Mokuhooniki, Davau
chelle's companion threw up his hand;
and said:
eddie, I'm going to leave you.
He sank. Duvauchelle kept on and
elambered upon the rock on Wednes
day. In the afternoon he swan across
the two miles of channel which sepa
rated him from the Molokai shore. He
had been seventeen hours in the water
when he sighted the rock.
Tales of Old Times.
This experience of Duvauchelle re
/ calls old times. Z. G. Hitchcock, mar
shall of the Republic, was capsized il
that channel and reached shore afte
; he had been in the water about twenty
; four hours. In his escape from waterJ
grave he was assisted ashore from thu
boat by Captain Sam, hero of the Mo
, Wahine disaster. Judge Kalua, judge
of the circuit court ON Maui, while ou
in boat with his wife, was swampet
and both were in the water for tn,
greater part of twenty-four hours, Blu
finally reached the Lanai shore safely
On Sunday, May 10, 1916, the schoon
er Keola foundered in Hawaii channel
west of Kohala Point. A Mr.. Thomp
son, of Lahaina, was drowned, but hi
wife and two young men got ashore
reaching Kahoolawe the next day
Mauae, of Lahaina, and his wife, swan
together, each with an empty buckle
for support until Monday Afternoon
when the mans strength failed. Hi
: wife then took his arms around he
neck, holding them with one hand ant
! swimming with the other, until sh
> found she was carrying a dead body
Then she let go in order to save he
own life. After sunset she reached Ka
! hoolawe, having been in the water thiI
! ty-six hours.
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