Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-17

:, feet above the level of the sea.
Turning he called. Loek out Eel
lows. here comes a wave. Run! Run.
But it was too late. The wall of
green water swept over the edge OF
the ledge, engulfing them, clutching
al them with tearing fingers, batter
ing them against the cruel coral. Says
Abel Nascimento, in telling of the
affair:
We had no idea of the danger we
were i'll. The promontory from which
We were fishing extended out into the
ocean about sixty feet and was about
forty feet wide At is about twenty
feet ABOVE sea level and the waves
were breaking about halfway up. All
| of us had thrown out our lines, but
they had become tangled. | was
standing at the far end of the bluff,
Cooper stood next To me, Vincent adj
joined hin, Trayers was next TO him
and Andrade was fourth in the line.
My brother, John, was on the oppo-
site side, close to the edge of the
ledge.
Il was working over my line when
my attention was attracted by an inn
mense wave coming from the north
west. saw it would strike the ledge
in such way as to sweep over every
thing, and calling to the crowd
started TO run. But it was too late.
The great mountain of water seemed
to enguIf US. | went down first,
Cooper followed and that is all could
see. i could feel myself lifted by o
giant wave, pounded on theN surface
and carried on across the surface OF
the rock.
Caught by Cooper
As i went grabbed about for some
thing to winch / could hold. grasped
creyice in the rock and held firmly,
There seemed slight pause and then
| was caught again and swept around.
1t was then that my leg was broken.
Cooper had caught hold of me. | had
also caught him with my free hand
and in this way we were kept from be-
ing swept into the sea.
The great wave had scarcely pass
ed when another came. The first
seemed at least thirty feet high. 1t
seemed to over many feet above the
ledge upon which we had been stand
| ing and seemed like great mountain.
Vincent Trayens was Knocked down
and dragged over the rock. Andrade,
who had been standing next to my
brother. was within few feet of the
edge of the precipice. My brother,
JoSn. probably did not have a chance
and was carried directly into the sea. "
Owe Lives to Drowned Man
ITO John Nascimento. the five who
have survived the terrible experience
ow@their lives" said A. II Cooper,
who was one, of the most painfully in
jured. Il was standing by him few
moments before the wave struck US.
Don't stand so close he cautioned
US, but giving no thought to his own
danger. I don't know what prompted
me or the rest of us, but We stepped
back and / advanced across the
ledge. Then came the wave and /
| vas picked up and swept around the
ledge like cork. l attempted to dig
, my binds into the hard lava and final
| ly succeeded in getting my torn
| fingers into ledge where held until
that terrible wave and another had
passed. / would Judge the first wave
was about sixty feet In height.
Injuries Are Agonizing..
Abel Nascimento, the most serious
| ly injured of the survivors, is suffer.
ing from a compound fracture of the
left leg, besides cuts and bruises on
the body and decorations of the left
arm. The bone of his leg. was broken
and forced through the flesh, so that
when he was picked up, the jagged
end could be seen protruding. Cooper,
with his gaShed leg and fingers and
TraVers with his bruises, will prob
ably be at work within week, but
, it may be months before Nascimento
RECEIVERS sufficiently to get back to
his daily routine.
After the second great wave PASSED
and left the survivors gasping for
breath and in pain on the rocks, a
count was taken anc then for the
| first time was it seen that John
, Nascimento, Happy Johnny as his
+, friends called him, had been washed
to sea- Then the pressing need of
getting Abel Naseimento to medical
aid became apparent. He was carried
by his companions TO a railroad
/ hand car, standing on the track,
/ fifty yards away. TraVers and An
drade were sent to fetch the other
members of the party, whom they
found making their way across the
coral. At the cave where Nascimento
was carried his broken leg was tenn
Eporarily set and splints made from
box were used to bind broken limb.
Then came the long wait for train.
which did not reach the point until
$3.50 o'clock yesterday morning.
, As soon as the party arrived here
arrangements were made to send
searching parties for the body of John
Nascimento. Deputy Sheriff Kupau,
of Waianae was instructed to get to
work at once, and a reward OF two
hundred dollars posted for the re.
! covery of the body, one hundred dol
lars from the family of the young man.
fifty from the Star-Bulletin and fifty
from the Typographical Union, of
which Nascimento has been a mem
Der. There is little hope. however,
that the body will ever be found. as