Nuhou, Volume II, Number 26, 24 October 1873 — The Wreck of the Costa Rica. [ARTICLE]

The Wreck of the Costa Rica.

We give some particulars of this eTent ? on ae:ouDt of our iDtereet felfc iu tiio parties mentioned. The fbllowing 6tatement is from Mr. Gharles Nordhoff; and we are most happy to read of the gailant conduet of tlie YOUNG AMEKiOAN OFFICERSj Lieutenant Engign Mayer, whom we had the honor to know verj pleasantlj during their* stay in Honolulu» Disasters begin to as- > ame fche charaeter of fortunate events, when ey thus bring out the .nobility and bravery of ar fellow men : : INTO THE BOATS* īt wae not at first intended that the paseengers -hould leave the sjiip, but lt was aseertained that she !ay on a kind of shelf, with deep water on 'he outBide, and !t' was jTeared that being eareened mighfc fall offinto deep watcr and sink. For thie reaeon it was deemed ādvi6able iliai the pas--engers should begot into the boafe immedhite]y. Aecordingly thc boate \veve gofc out and loweicd The lirBt one lowered eontained all the women ■iiid ehi!dren that eoukl be found and got into it ot- the time, īt was placed under the eare of Lieutenant ī)elahanty 5 of the lTntted State«? ehip Portsmoufh, who waa a paesenger, īt had only :wo men to pull the oars, One of ihem w.\s an M man-of-war€mān s and I was the other. I oan

. pull an oar as well as anybuddy. The next boa: loTvered was uncler tiie eommaiKl of Ensign Mayor, ;of the Purfsmouth. The quarterina6ter ? s ljoat i contained ?everal of thc lady passengcr.fi. The | boat comirtanded hy the third mate pushed oif for |town with a crew and notiiied thoee on ehore of | the disaster. The quartermastcr ? s boat eome time j afterwards also pulled away towarde lown and made the landing ahoui 5 o'eloek in ti]e morning. The fifch boat was foundered in launehing, some disarrar)gement or breakmg of the taekle, ae I understand, and some of the men fell overboard. They were pieked uphy the third mate % s boat and taken into town. ! ajcheekless night jn the boats. Lieutenant Delahanty and Ensign Meyer eoncluded that as there was no eea on, and they were in no immediate danger, it would be better to remain near the steamer until suecor reaehed them than to attempt to row to thecity. They tried to a landing on the opposite shore, near the Tessel 3 but could not c!o ifc with safety, ,so they re- ] mained in the boate, occasionally pulling out Into |the stream ? as they clrifted with the tide near the j breakers. Blankets were paseed to theni from j the *steamer, and by wrapping them about the women am! chiMren, they were kept from guSering mueh fr6m eokl, They remained in this eondition in thc boats from half-paBtBuntil2o*eloek, when the tug-boat reached them ? and they were taken on board and landed at tlie Mail Company's wharf. THE COXDUCT OF TIli: OmOERS AND FASSEXGIIKS, j The embarkation was conducted in an orderly jmaDber, and the ladieē and children conducted j themselves with great courage aud quietness. |There was no sereaming, no fainting, and no i panie or disturbance. In the boats it ,was the jsame. They were very aud those to whom jthey belong had a right to be proud of them. Lapidge and the Purser and first officer re- | mained with the They senfc up rockets at | mtervals during the night and showed blue lights. S About two hours after we got into the boats wo isaw, what we rightly judged to be, Port Point | light and Aicatfaz light. The fog remalm\l roore or less thiek until morning. I wish you to say that the passengers, espeel ill> the ladies and ohildren, feel ?ery grateful to Lieuteuaut Delahanty and Eneign Meyer fbr their dmirabk i<_-as6uring conduct wMle in oommand of tlie eontaining most of the ladies and children.

| A.\c,oka Uoai*.—Wc uoiiee wiUi pleasuvc im importatiou ol tbcio ;uiimalb% uud \vould be glad to plaoo them on our islaiid of Lauai; but ahall be woll eoutent to lieuir tlu\i >oiue loiiger purees | bave avurcd t!ieui for yiher īauehea, aud for the j No importat;lon eo good as that of lm- : proved live stoek.