The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29


crew got away only with their clothing
but they had time to get away with
out great danger.
Cast Adrift In Boats
The chronometer, compass, provis
ions and water were placed in the two
boats. At eight clock in the morning
the decks were afoat, and they left
the ship. Six, including the captain
were in the big boat; four were in the
small one. This was September %
Sails were set for both boats and n
course was set for Laysan. The small
boat was making poor Roadway in a
rough sea and was shipping nue.
water, so she probably would have
swamped. All we're taken INTO the biz
boat and the small was set adrift at
six clock Monday evening, SePtem-
her -. Canvas weatherboards wer"
put about the boat and she shipped nit
tie water.
At eight clock he same evening
Laysan was sighted and the castaway,
made the lee of the island. They lay
there that night, with the beach tw
cOcoanut trees and sloop Helene il
view; and at six thirty o'clock in the
morning, they landed on the western
side, the only place.
Schlemmer and the boy Eric, tweIv"
years old, hurried down to the beach
as the boat neared shore, each with a
rihe: but the captain showed the Am
erican flag and Schlemmer lowered tn,
gun.
Guarding Birds From Poachers
~ asked him what he was doing
there, the captain went on, and /,
said he was there to guard the bird>
from poachers. That was all rOuIu
get out of him, and didn t ask wheth
err he had appointment from the gov
eminent tor the work. He told me h,
had put his daughter ashore on Niihau
when going up, and he had only the
one boy and a white man
When the name of Brand was repeat
ed Captain Lunn said the third man
was he. 1t had been thought mere
that his boy Otto, nine years old, also
was with his father on Laysan.
so sure was SchlCmmer that the
Thetis would arrive within three
months, or in September, or anothei
ship within four months, about now
that Captain Lunn waited at LaysaB
until October 3, six days, all the whilr
keeping his eyes on the horizon, watch
ing for the cutter. But she did not
come, and he arranged with Schlemme
for the slOop. IT was planned at first
to try 20 make Honolulu, but the cap
tain decided provisions were too low
to risk It-and the crew would no
agree unanimously for HonOlulu-SC
Midway was chosen. Neither was thu
sloop in proper shape for the long bea
east. Before sailing, her decks werC
repaired a little, for they leaked bad
~.
The Helene sailed October g. 1t wa
variable winds and Gains, confuse,
seas and Sw"llS to Midway. The cap
tain had a North Pacific chart III,
Schlcrhmer gave him a local chart.
Weather Is Strenuous
cit was bad, disagreeable an
strenuoVs weather so the CAPTAIN de
scribed it. The second night out
there was a terriblr thunderstorm and
southeast galc. For three hours W,
lay to with a sea anchor There woukl
be five or six Streaks of chain Iightnin
at once, aud then the night would set
tie down. | never saw such thunder,
storm. -
The Helene arrived off Midway De
t"h"r - and beat up to the passage Jpn
the west side Of the island, Well = Har
Dor, and entered October 49, Superin
t"ndent Morrison took Mrs. Lunn Off in
boat and the Helene was moored.
81 can t say enough for the wav
Morrison treated us, and on the IrOquOh
re the mate and chief gave up Their
'"hins 10 Mrs. Lumn and me. And
d"'f fCrWet to saw that
Schlemmer would not permit any o.
the Kellogg = crew to touch a bird, OF
even to 90 among them, and he seems
to be living up to his self imposed duty
There are plenty Of turtles, rabbits and
fish, and Schlemmer could stay at Lay
san indefinitely, just as the castawayf
would have been forced to do had they
not found the slOop there.
Give Schlemmer Provisions
Provisions taken of in the sh p ;.
boats from the schooner were water
coined beef, bareback, a few tins %
butter and condensed milk, but coffee
tCa and sugar were forgotten. Captain
Lunn exchanged some of his pilots
bread, timed, for old bread Of Srhlem
mer, who had little biscuit and meat
They gave him some -four, also, and
some of the timed butter. Captain
I.unn said there was enough to have
gene two days more when he reached
Midway, There was a small oil stow
o. the Helene, with which rOndeuset
milk and the beef could be warmed.
How Sehlrmmer slOop will he gOt
from Midway is something clse again
Max believed he WAS sure Of aid from
the government, and told Captain Lunn
:" cable Captain Brown of the Thetis
who would arrange TO care for the sloOp
II is prOl able that the Flaurenee Ward
will tow 1t tack when she goes to Mid
way and that Schlemmer will be the
Oh "ct Of snerial cruise by the Thetis
I" 10 taken of laysan.
Mrs. Ldnn Was Brave
"She stood it like brick, said the
captain, in answering II question as to
how Mrs. Luun stood the hard voyage,
The captain confesses to being more
tlrEn Rfty five wears old aud Mrs Lunn
a''.. il old to have endured the hard
times
The mpmhers, Of the crew besides tho
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