Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-30

smashed IN the pounding of the vessel
with seven OF his crew including his
two sons. to seek for some spot OF
land whittier ne might transfer their
effects.
The boat missed the rock and vas
driven to sea.
These in Rescue Party
The power sampan makiawa Left
Honolulu On Monday, October p. In
the party were Harold w. Rice, Lieu
tenant r. e. Ferriz, U. S. NJ, former
Iy captain Of the kestreI; Arthur
Rice, n. L. Tucker and the captain
and crew Of the sanpan, as follows:
William FeuerpeiI, crew captain;
Johnny Naseencellos, chief engineer;
Manuel Deponte, second engineer;
Levi Faunfata, a Samoan seaman,
Arthur Rice, who had intended ONLY
TO fish as far as Kauai ard leave the
party there, carried out his plan, so
he was not with the sampan when IL
turned westward from the Hawaiian
group. The party had fished on the
way TO Kauai and also after starting
for Bird island.
There was plenty Of rough weather
on the way. The fishermen had good
sport at Bird island but found it i'm
possible TO land owing to the wind
and sea. and decided to continue
westward Neckar island was then
picked up and some good sword fish
/ ing found. Here the party made diff
ficult landing, finding some old ruins
and signs of former inhabitants, as
we'll as much varied bird life.
The sampan left Neckar island on
the afternoon OF October Is and early
next morning found itself among
dangerous breakers on the great
French Frigate shoals which extend
for 30 to 25 miles from east to west.
The position Of the craft was peri.
lous and IL was not until small
channel was found that the sampan
could get off the shoals into deeper
water. -.
Sight Wrecked Schooner ...... T..
Meanwhile Is miles west those
aboard the Makiawa had sighted a
small pinnacle of rock which is tho
French Frigate rock. At the same
time the schooner Churchill was
sighted, with two jibsails set. The
party could not discern the condition
of the vessel at this distance. II was
then that the sampan was steered off
the shoals and made toward the yes.
sci.
When within hailing distance the
schooner ran up her colors, the Amer
ican flag. Hitherto there had been
no signs OF life. The ship was riding
high and looked all right as the fish.
ermen approached at o'clock on Fri
day morning. October 26.
The captain was hailed and asked
his condition. He said the vessel
was filling with water and going to
pieces and asked the sanipan to hur-
ry to his rescue
The Makiawa anchored 200 yards
TO the leeward OF the schooner,
whence the Churchill rouidtbe seen
pounding heavily. The sampan's
small boat was then put over the side
and soon took off the captain and
four men-all who were then aboard.
as well as instruments and some OF
the mems effects. Three trips be-
tween the schooner and the sampan
we're made The vessel was going to
pieces fast and only an hour could be
spent in this work.
Schooner Catches Fire
As the sampan moved away, search,
ing for the missing men, the sclIoor.
er suddenly seemed TO catch fire,
probably from spontaneous con1bus.
ton, and was burning as tie party,
left.
Captain GranEow told the Honolu-
lans that the night before, that is, the
night of October %, the schooner had
struck the big reef about 8 o'clock.
The vessel seemed to come off altar
pounded heavily all night.
About midnight he sent off the only
large boat with Chief Officer Ander-
son in charge, four seamen and the
captains two sons, aged Is rand Z,
with stores, instructing them to make
for French Frigate Rock, which was
visible in the moonlight night about
five miles away, instrueting them
also TO land their stores there and the
small boys, then return for the rest
OF the crew and for more stores as
soon as possible.
They had not returned by morning.
tI1O 4Ao0 SOnC AASeiASB buS
were visible nowhere.
After rescuing those on the schoon
er, the sampan Immediately weighed
anchor and started the search for the
srlall boat, visiting every sandpit iii
the extensive shoals and finding no
evidence of the boat or party
Rice and the others almost con-
cluded they had attempted an impos
sible landing on French Frigate Rocb
and had been lost.
Seek Others From Ship
On the off chance that they had
been carried down by the wind the
party cruised westward in the hope
OF picking them up. At 2:40 that after.
noon Manuel Depont, the second en-.
g.neer, gave the cry Small boat
ahead" and tossing about in the
rough water they saw the ships boat.
with seven people aboard, pullins
very feebly up the wind The sam.
pan came alongside and took them
aboard with difficulty in the rough
sea, and also took their boat aboard.
They reported that they had at.
tempted to land on the rock during
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