Kauai County HI Archives Obituaries.....Gody, Antonio December 26, 1915 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: K KM hawaiizeis@gmail.com January 14, 2015, 9:19 pm The Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai, Tues., 12-28-1915 GODY, ANTONIO HAUTE, YUAN (the Chinese cook) CHILEAN BARK IVANHOE WRECKED AT PORT ALLEN - TWO LIVES AND MOST OF CARGO LOST, AND THREE SAILORS INJURED - VESSEL TORN LOOSE FROM MOORINGS BY STORM AND LITERALLY CRUSHED TO PIECES ON BREAKWATER IN THE HARBOR. One of the worst tragedies of the sea ever experienced at this island occurred in Port Allen on Saturday night when the iron Chilean bark Ivanhoe was ground to pieces on the rocks at the makai side of the breakwater inside of Port Allen. Two men are dead, and three more were wounded and treated at the Eleele hospital for bad injuries. The vessel carried 1200 tons of nitrates from Chilean ports, of which 800 tons were lost. The Ivanhoe, which arrived at Port Allen something over a week ago, was lying at anchor about 300 yards west and seaward of the end of the short breakwater used as a landing for small boats. Alongside of her was the bark British Yeoman which had arrived at the same time. To the left, looking seaward, was the Matson steamer Hyades. The Kona storm which had been raging with more or less severity since Friday morning heightened early Saturday 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 Allen, so it was impossible for them to get out. Along about 10 o'clock, the Ivanhoe 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 first contact, the rocks went through the hull of the bark as though it had been of paper. The vessel was then hurled sidewise by the storm on the rocks farther toward the shore, the sharp boulders breaking her back and then cutting her in two. 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 Gody was recovered, it was found that he had a life belt around him, showing that it was his intention to make a fight for his life when engulfed in the smash. As soon as the distress of the vessel was known, the men of the British Yeoman, Hyades, and of Port Allen rallied to assist but could really do very little. When daylight came, effort was turned to the work of rescuing the bodies of Gody 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 madly over what was left of the wreck. About 10 o'clock, Gody's body was found. From its battered condition, it seemed quite evident that he was killed outright and not drowned. A sling arrangement was hastily improvised, and the body was brought in on one of the hawsers. Captain Biehl of the Ivanhoe seemed to feel after the accident that it was one of those things that could not be helped. He said that he had ample anchoring facilities, but that his hooks simply would not hold. Captain Biehl is a Dane. Captain Neilsen of the British Yeoman experienced more or less trouble with his anchors, but at no time did he lose his relative position seriously. All day Sunday crowds surged about the Port Allen landing, automobiles from near and far lining the outer roadway most of the time. Shortly after the body of Gody had been brought ashore and placed in the warehouse, a coroner's jury was empanelled by the police department and began its investigation. A watch-out was kept along the beach all of Sunday and yesterday for the body of the dead Chinese cook, but it has not yet been recovered. It is, of course, merely a question of time when it will come to the surface as it is somewhere in the harbor. Additional Comments: Posted by RMS File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/kauai/obits/gody529gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/hifiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb