The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-12

lay the blame on my brother, who is
not here to tell his side of the case"
1--WE are not deciding anything I'M
til all the evidence is in" Hewson was
told
Dead Man Defended.
Captain Faria has said" Hewson
continued, that my brother met his
death in the workbat because he was
not good seaman, and allowed the
boat to come against the Santa Rosa
broadside on. My brother battled in
those heavy seas all the afternoon,
having spent the entire morning in
the boat, without lunch or rest, and
when the boat capsized he was weak
and exhausted. For all that he man
aged to get within fifteen feet of the
shore. l think he was a pretty good
seaman"
Surprising testimony was given by
Quartermaster Dan f. Kilkerry. who
was at the wheel when the steamer
struck. He had been on the lookout
for the two hours preceding his trick
at the wheel which came at 2 O'Clock
in the morning.
Had we not got that line ashore
the passengers would have drowned
like a lot of rats" Kilkerry said. IN
the morning they could have been
transferred in the boats, but al r
twelve noon it would have been muir
der to have taken them in the boats;
the sea was too rough"
LOS ANGELES, July 15.-Passen-
gers who were aboard the steamer
Santa Rosa when she struck, off Point
Arguello, appeared today before Gov
eminent Inspectors o. F. Bolles and
John X. Bulger of San Francisco, who
are here taking testimony of the sur
vivors. One man asserted the passen-
gers were treated like so many cattle,
while another averred those on board
were shown every consideration by
the official and the official and crew.
Says officer Was intoxicated.
F. w. Collins, solicitor, testified:
Il saw the quartermaster intoxicated
on two occasions. The first time was
soon after we left San Francisco. Then,
again, on the morning of the wreck.
He was the only one l saw in that con-
dition.
"At ten o'clock a committee of six,
of which l was spokesman, asked the
captain how soon we could be taken
off the ship. He replied that the Presi-
dent and two other ships would be
there about noon.
when 8, o'clock arrived three Of us
again went to the captain and told
him that unless he did something we
would have a line taken ashore.
/ Later he had the line shot ashore
From early in the morning until our
second conference with the captain all
the passengers could have been put
ashore without Inconvenience.
Passengers Did the Work.
i 81 think if the passengers had been
a cargo of cattle they would have been
shown more consideration by the cap
tain and the crew. 1t was not the
crew, but passengers who did the
work"
Morse said he was not a seafaring
man by occupation, but he had been on
the water a great deal in q yacht He
said:
"At. the time the ship grounded I
was down in the saloon talking to the
night Waterman. The ship hit the bar
three times before it stopped. The
contact shook the ship from stem to
stern. About o'clock I asked the
captain what he was going to do. AT
that time there were a couple of tugs
near at hand
Between the hours of six in the
morning and two at noon the passen-
gers and their hand baggage could
have been landed on the beach by
boats with perfect safety.
81 saw no member of the crew
drunk. The treatment of the passen-
gers was as good as could be expect
ed"