The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-11-17
Oh SAT- and Green Sailors Hunt
ING Fearing Grounds
Wit by i6aIts
WIFE Of ANGRY SKIPPER 81
HAS AWFUL EXPERIENCE
ADVENTUROUS Party Goes pays
without Fresh water and
Has No Money
.(frdm satnfaar AaYtrtiser. \

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half starvcdi with green and fiiex-i
lberiehced crew and vessel which 81
Ihfy-eieht years old, Captain George 4. (,
FFhir,. accompanied ny his wife ana y,
crew Or four aayshtursfs, Who, clairh to
be seeking pearl .fshetfes 10 South Pa
dhc waters, arrived IN this port yester-l
tay on the fittie schooner Jessie Free
l'm0nt. e n
The tale which Captain Fair told
| aftdr his afriNa1 WAS doiefpl once
The little vessel left san Diego on
September % and was fofty.fvc dayS
| gpakirg the Voyage across The Pacific
| On October II, Caf,tain Fair ran into
Ia gale md Il was then that he dis
covered TINT his crew was made hp
\ priBefpaily of FARMERS = and lands
men who had never smelt salt water
before cA3sS ,1iF sflf 80
9iowevof, The storm was weathcreif
and fair weather wis met with untii
October q, whom rapother gale, even
| worse than the first one, was run Into
BIT carried away some OF the ahcient
/ rigging iof the craft. For several days
i The little vessel was battcrea ahout and
4 captain Ffllir did not see his bunk foil
i soTyeeight hohrsat a stretch. To mako.
llhatters wofsb tile supply Of fresh wa
ter aboard went bad and the thembcrE
i of the adyentbfous party suffered great
1 " from thirst. The water was stored
in wine casks which had not been thor
oughl9 cleaned. Fermentation started;
which make the water unfit to drink.
Mrs Frair sunsrs ~,
y East wednesday me schoohsr nut into
4 KIaliikona, where n fresh, supply Of
wRter was taken aboard. Mrs. ffaif
1 said yesterday that for tive DAYS before
arriyfhg al. skfahhk oiia, water hsd mo-
lpassea her llps. Tho wbfiiah showed un
mistakable signs Of the har,lFhips which
she had undergone. Tier lips wore
tracked lind She was IN b generally
4 weakened condition, y. f "
y + have followed the sea for many
Years, said Captain Frair, 9 bnt nevef
have A undergone the expeiiences
/ through which We have passed. 1 have
'een engaged ID pearl fishing nearly az
my life D,fipg the elfiy part Of this
year 4 was in San Diopo and interested
| 9. u. lBloehmah, banker Of that city.
and Gl II. Jones, who is Al ohrd the
craft In the capacity Of sailor, ia this
| venture. Blochman chartered the vesJ
| fei Jones was to stock the vessel with
ahpplies and act as financial manager
twas engaged las Avigating officer and
/ We were each 10 get a third of the
profits of the tpip.s The crew were 10
work ON shares. x ~ y Si123.8 a ii. y
srikht oteN ofseaii6rs
js.twhen ahobt SOD milo, ar The soutb
| .ien cagiforhia caasi nv tgo,t.las bscan
we ran Into gale sba Il vas thep'
hat | discovered what a bii ht bunch
| " tailormen ] had Ishinnna . mate
whom think learned bis navigation Oh
thes hurfieaue deck Of q bronco some
where back in Kahsas. Fhe crew was
worse than useless We wsathered Thu
storm, howevet. and Jold az Nhe' fs, the
bessie Freem6nt behaved 'noi'ly. l .way,
| up night and day and pfacticaily had
~ run the vessel single 'hhhhed and
alone. To make matters worse The wa
Ter went bad and everything that was
cooked in IL was sickenipg. Ten days
'ater we ran into another ystoEm. which
'arried away iot Of our top hamper.
The fore and Inaipsails were rent and
torn on several occasions but we mani
aged TO save them. NJ,
Il Our suffering Under these cenditions
vas hothihg n comparison 70 what my
wife underwent; % this WIS her hrst
up sat ssa and the hnr.islrlps she OK
1er1enccd WAS q source Of grHAt mo mcHt
&p " az ~ "a sHe p - ~ .i
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humorous humorous Siue 70 VeHtuIe
AIrspite Of the, sufcrihes which we
vent through there Is humorous side
% thisisenttire, wl9sh nm trying hard.
70 agute out Jones was supposed to
be the financial head o. THIS party and
when we arrived ~ Mahgkona ! went