Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-17
GIANT COhDER
Brings DEATH
And BAD INJURY

tously injured, is the record of a 81
gantic comber that broke over Kaena
POINT on the windward side OF Oahu
late Saturday night. John NaScimen-
TO. linotype operator for The Star
Ifulletin is dead, his brother Abel S.
| Eascimento. foreman of The Star
Eulletin composing room, is at the
| Queens Hospital suffering with a
compound fracture of the left leg and
decorations of the arms and body: and
other members of the party are laid
jhp with Commissions and cuts from the
knife-like coral. ........::
4 Abel Nascimento, by far the most
severely injured of the party OF
fishermen, may be months on his
back, so serious are his injuries. At
noon today he was reported at the
Hospital. as resting quietly. and the
] physicians are in hope that they will
be able to care for the bones OF his
fractured leg soon, as the swelling is
! going down rapidly. vi. mi. =
! Vincent Travers, another member
OF the unfortunate party; and the
brother of the dead man, Manuel Mas
cimento, started this, morning to head
i the parties searching for the body.
there is very little hope, how
ever, that it will be recovered, as the
sea at the point where it was lost, is
- veritable cauldron, that, boils about
the base of the cliff continually, and
nothing but freak of the waves In
tossing the body onto some ledge
Sculd bring it in reach OF the
searchers.
No arrangements have been made
for funeral services over the lost John
Nascimento. 1t is probable that the
lI.usitana society, of which orSaniza-
ticn he was a director, and the local
branch of the typographical union will
held special services in his memory.
Eleven in the Party.
The members of the party which
| left Honolulu Saturday afternoon
i were Abel 8. Nascimento, foreman OF
the Star-BulIetin composing room, his
brother, John S. Nascimento, limo
4 type operator, A. j. Cooper, linotype
operator, Vincent Travers, railroad
j fireman, Manuel Andrade, at one time
la member of the crew of the U. S.
j r. c. Thetis, H. Pereira, Manuel
Lewis, William Bisho, Charles Car
4 retro, Joseph Carreiro and Joseph Ro,
man.
j The wave, which lowered about 20
fleet or more above sea level, broke
clear over the point and swept John
Il Nascimento ont to Sea. At least none
of his companions saw him after the
comber broke over him. Abel Nasci-
i mento was rolled over and over,
clutching at the .hnaaen coral forma,
i zion, tWn7cE 4ofgs rs fingers and
clothes and lacerated his BODY where
lit touched. 1t seemed hours, he says
I in telling of his experience, before the
i water subsidized and he found himself
lying face downward, with compound
Fracture of his left leg, his arm town
by the sharp rocks, and his left side
t mass OF cuts and bruises,
i Cooper, who aswas standing near
i Abel Nascimento, was whirled away
i from his companion by the first of the
/, two giant waves, flung down upon the
i coral points, pounded and rubbed
along, until almost stripped Of his
i clothing and cut and bruised. His left
i leg was lacerated and his body and
fingers torn, as he grasped at any,
Thing that might stay his rush sea,
i ward as the wave began to recede.
Travers, employed by the Oahu rail,
road as a fireman, was the most for
tunate of all his comrades. The sea
tdealt comparatively gently with him,
and he escaped with a badly bruised
body and a severe nervous shock. An.
drade was fortunate also, although his
injuries are reported as being more
painful than those of Travers. He
got off with his left thigh. torn by the
4 projecting rocks and other minor in
juries to his body that will lay him
Eup for some days. ....-..... ....-..=
/ On reaching Kaefla Point, the party
selected q large cave, as rendezvous,
built large fire to serve as a bea-
con, and split into two parties, one
of which, composed of the injured
linen turned back ia little way to a
Ipromontory they had seen on their
way to camp, the others, Pereira,
Lewis, Bisho, the two Carreiros and
young Roman, going towards the top
of the Point. Ill.,. -. .....-. II
Sea is Treacherous 49,
The spot where Nascimento met his
death is known among Hawaiian
fishermen as very dangerous, and the
sea at this point is regarded as I'M
usually treacherous When the tide
turns a swift current sets around the
rocky point, and shortly after the
turn of the tide it is said to be not
unusual for giant waves to be massed
few hundred feet offshore and flung
against the rocks with tremendous
force. Hawaiian fishermen say that
Iif a man falls into the water under
these conditions, his only hope is to
allow himself to be carried a short
distance around the point and inshore
by the current. .-*.:. i.
For hours at the point the sea will
be comparatively calm and then sud
ldenly great waves will rise and surge
against the rocks without any warn
| ing ~. +. 49,.
Abel Nascimento Shouts Warning
Before separating the parties agreed
that no matter what the luck might