The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-09-03
Breakers Submerge Sampan o.
cupied BY Eleven Grown Per-
sons and Two Children
ALL WERE GOOD SWIMMERS
AND ENJOYED EXPERIENCE
Members OF Famous GIee Club
Swept From Boat Into
Turbulent Surf

Another accident has occurred in the
treacherous surf at Lahaina, Maui, a
sampan with n load Of eleven grown
persons and two children being
swamped by q huge breaker just out
side the reef on Tuesday afternoon.
In this most recent instance no lives
were lost. On the contrary, all the
victims were Hawaiians, who consid-
cred the affair a good joke and pad
died around the submerged craft until
q boat put out from the pier and took
them aboard. Even the two youngsters
were not frightened and no one was
injured.
Henry W. Kinney, superintendent Of
schools, who witnessed the accident,
says 1t appeared almost as humorous as
the one few weeks ago when Super
intendent Sheedy, Captain Berg and
other officials of the Inter Island Steam
Navigation Company were dumped
over by comber at Lahaina.
Molokai ohortsters Victims
The persons involved in Tuesday g
accident were part of the famous ma
tive chorus of forty from Molokai,
which, under the leadership of David
Kaua, travels around the Islands Civ.
ing recitals. The glee club had just
come across from Molokai in large
sampang and thirteen members had
been transferred from the larger to a
smaller sampan for landing.
The smaller vessel was directly in
the fairway, headed for the dock, when
succession of gigantic waves swept
in. The first two of these lifted the
boat, broad-beam, square-stern
craft, but the third caught it stern
down and passed directly over it. The
sampan was instantly swamped and the
passengers swept out of it. But all are
strong swimmers, right at home in any
kind of water, smooth or rough, and
they raised great shouts of laughter
at their dilemma, swimming back to
the partly sunken sampan and treading
water until the boat from shore came
TO their rescue.
Not Singers First Accident
Superintendent Kinney says a pecu.
liar coincidence in the affair is that
most of those in Tuesdays accident
were in that other accident off Molo
kai many years ago, when the vessel in
which the Molokai Glee Club was max
ing one of its journeys sunk seven
miles off shore. 1t will be remembered
BY many kamaainas the incident was
made the subject of comment in news
papers throughout the mainland by rea
son of the fact that every member OF
the party reached shore safely, though
there were forty or fifty men and
women in the crowd.
1t also was coincidence that Su
perintendent Kinney, who saw the &C
cident Tuesday, was present at Lahaina
boat capsized and two lives were lost
last May.
Inter Island Has Complied
1.-THE company has adopted the pre-
cautions recommended by the public
| utilities commission said Mr.. Kinney
yesterday. 81 caught the Claudine a
Lahaina Tuesday evening. As soon al
the vessel anchored off shore the re
quired red and green lights were SCI
up on the deck. The Claudine turned
on its searchlight, playing its ray
directly on the course and in addition
got out a third boat, fully equipped
and manned, and held in reserve nea
the ship, to be sent forward at mo
ment s notice in case either of tn,
other two small boats met with acct
dent,
"That third boat and searchligh
precaution is an innovation and it Ger
tainly appears to be a good one"