The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-31
CrelO Destitute
As Result of
Kor,a Horror

capt. A. ii. BiehI, First Mate Santiago
christensen, Second Mate Florencio
Cortes and the twelve surviving mem.
bers of the crew. The men on their
arrival wore clothes given to them by
the people of Port Allen. Accommoda-
tiOns were secured for the shipwrecked
party at the Seamen s Institute, by,J /.
W. Waldron. consul for Chile. Super
intendent Charles +. Mant of the insti.
tute will be glad to receive donations
Of clothes, hats, shoes and underwear
for the members of the crew, who are
in urgent need. g..
Captain Biehl and First Mate Chris
Jensen are both Danes, and they, as
well as the crew, lost everything in the
wreck. Both officers are married and
each has wife and four children In
Chile. Consul Waldron stated yester-
day that the shipwrecked marines
would be sent back to Chill by the
| Chilean government, as soon as pass.
age could be secured on any vessel.
Story Of Wreck Told
A hearing of the circumstances of
the wreck was held yesterday morning
by Consul Waldron. Capt. William NJ.
| Rind of the Matson steamer Hyades,
which tried in vain to assist the Ivan.
hoe, was among the witnesses. All the
ships papers, as well as the captain g
papers were lost and Captain Biehl also
lost his sextant and binoculars.
Captain Biehl said that the Ivanhoe,
at prevailing prices, was worth $780,
900. Her owners are the SOciedade
Nacional Buques y Mnderas. The bark
had IS tons Of nitrate aboard when she
went to her doom.
at was bad weather, the anchors
wouldn t hold, and we went ashore, -
said Captain Biehl, yesterday. Luck
lily only two members Of our company
of seventeen were lost. They were
Antonio Cody, steward; and Yuan
Haute, the Chinese cook.
"GOdy was killed by being struck
by the foremost when it fell after we
struck the breakwater. His back was
broken and he died instantly. The
Chinese refused to jump from the jib
boom TO the breakwater, which the
other men did, and was washed over
board. Three of the men were pound
ed on the rocks in getting ashore but
were only slightly injured. "'
The IvanhOe was wrecked on the
rocks at the makai side Of the break
water inside of Port Allen. The bark,
which was built of iron, arrived at
Port Allen about ten days ago from
AntOfagasta.
When the kona swooped down upon
Port Allen, the doomed bark was lying
at anchor about 800 yards west and
seward of the end of the short break
water, used as a landing for small
boats. Alongside her was the bark
British Yeoman, which had arrived at
the same time, while to the left, look
ing seward, was the freighter Hyades.
Garden Islands Account
The Garden Island gives the follow.
ing account of the disaster:
"The Kona storm which has been rag
ing with more or less severity since
Friday morning heightened early Sat;
urday night all along the coast. Seas
rose very high at all points, including
Port Allen. At the latter harbor the
captain of the Hyades got up steam
| and with difficulty made the open sea.
The barks Ivanhoe and British YeOman
threw out all the anchors and chain
they had. There is no tug at Port Al
len, so it was impossible for them to
get out.
"Along about ten o'clock the Ivan
hoe began to drag her main anchor.
| Everything possible was done, but she
gradually drifted toward the shore. In
doing so she swung completely around
so that she came stern first upon the
| big rocks which are thickly strewn just
beneath the water on the unused, or
| sea, side of the breakwater With the
hrst contact the rocks went through the
hull of the bark as though it had been
of paper.
Vessel Thrown Upon Rocks o..
1.-THE vessel was then hurled side
wise by the storm On the rocks farther
toward the shore, the sharp bOulders
breaking her back and then cutting her
in two E.,
| "The captain and most of the men
had gotten Off in boats and succeeded
in making the landing. Three were
wounded in landing. When the body
| of Cody was recovered it was found that
he had a life belt around him. showing
| that ii was his intention to make a
| fight for his life when engulfed in the
smash.
| "When daylight came effort was
turned to the work of rescuing the
bodies of Cody and the cook. Hawsers
were stretched from the landing onto
sections of the wreck. By hanging on
with their hands, sailors moved back
and forth, while the waves dashed mad
ly over what was left OF the wreck
About 10 o'clock Gody's body was
found. From its battered condition II
seemed quite evident that he was kin
ed outright and not drowned. a sling
arrangement was hastily imprOvised
and the body was brought in on one OF
the hawsers
"Men experienced in the matter
who have examined the wreck of the
IvanhOe have expressed doubt that the
vessel was altogether seawOrthy. HeI
iron bottom certainly had the appear
ance of being in an advanced stage OF
lecay, and there seemed to be 4 doubt
uOund yesterday that she could have
taken care or herself in any sort of q
sea much longer
TWO Others Lose Lives
| Facts that further tragedies occurred
ut Port Allen during the recent storm
are reported from Kauai. and il is con
sidered certain that at least two meT
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