The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
6. E. KELLOGG IS
SWEPT TO DEATH
BY GIANT COMBER

Claude Z, Kellogg proprietor Of
Kellogg's Auto Shop Of south and
King Streets, was drowned yesterday
afternoon, in the fierce breakers of
Makapnu Point. Mr.. and Mrs. r. III.
Powell of s2s Beretania Street, with
Mr.. and Mrs kellogg and their two
children, were spending the day fish.
ing near the point. The party had Just
finished the picnic lunch and the men
prepared their tackle for fishing. Ear
her in the afternoon the men had
watched an embaukment on the east
side of the point for more than q half
hour, satisfying themselves Of its safe.
ty knowing that 1.-THE breakers were
particularly bad at times near this
point. ~. ~ d. ~. =.
They had been fishing for nearly
half an hour when n huge wave broke
over them, sweeping them from the
bank. Kellogg, who was a man Of six
feet two inches, powerfully built, land
ed astride Of Powell in the swirling
pool below. They laughed and joked
of their plight, and even planned care.
fully, the best method to pursue to re-
turn to shore. The cross currents in
this place made egress doubly difficult.
Both men being good swimmers they
expected to experience no trouble in
negotiating the one hundred and fifty
feet necessary to take them to the lee
ward side of the point. ...s III
They had swum only q short way
when the waves began to break furi-
ously. Powell was battered against the
rocks on several occasions. the last
breaker landing him on his back, high
and dry on o large rock. He was grow.
ing weaker each minute, and realiZed
that in order to save himself he could
lose no time. He gathered all of his
energy and with a final dash through
the currents and breakers, he reached
the, rocks where Mrs. Powell and Mrs.
Kellogg were standing. In his weak
ened condition there was little that
could be done to assist Kellogg who
was struggling frantically about fifty
feet away -.
A tow rope was obtained from the
automobile, but ii was too short to be
of any assistance. BY this time il was
apparent to them all that Kellogg g
strength was fast waning. A great
wave carried him for a considerable dis
lance, after which the currents carried
him one way and then another. -
After the passing of this breaker,
Kellogg ceased struggling. Powell said
last night, that the common idea is
that man comes to the surface two
and sometimes three times after be-
coming unconscious, but Kellogg did
not. II appeared as If he were hold
ing his hand out of the water, but he
remained below. His body, in a cramp.
ed position, was plainly visible to all
from the bank, only a few feet away.
1t remained SO for several minutes, the
current, finally carrying it out to sea,
and II was seen no more. rSFEH,Ttts. "
Powell was brought to the city and
taken to the emergency hospital, where
his bruises were treated by DIR. Richard
G. Aver. Mr. and Mrs. Powell have
been in Honolulu little more than a
month, Mr.. Powell being employed in
Kellogg's Auto Shop as welder. He
was resting easily at late. hour last
night. IT,. s.. nt &c..
A party under Deputy Sheriff Asch,
left for Makapuu, late yesterday after
noon, TO search for the body. Mr..
Kellogg was member of the national
guard, being recently discharged under
the married mems clause.
Mrs. Kellogg is a prominent member
Of the Order Of the Eastern Star.
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