Show SWIMS 30 MILES TO ESCAPE DEATH remarkable FEAT OF A HA FISHERMAN IN WATER NEARLY 17 HOURS capsizes in squall and his three companions h Is nearly dm ea en mad by dabs during awful E experience honolulu H I 1 edward davau chelle of molokai la is the hero ot of a most remarkable story of 0 human courage and endurance and ot of a mar escape from death the tact fact that he was one of the team that rep resented the national giand ot of ha wail at the rifle sl booting at sea girt N J 3 last fall will A ill peri perl ai al add some interest to tl e 0 tale ot hib his thrilling ex peri ence monday night may alay 28 duvauchelle who is a f sherman livi ig at pukoo on the southern coast of molokai with three native as compan ions tons left home in a whaleboat with a load of fish for lahaina maul maui about 12 miles away they arrived there safely sold their fish and about eight 0 clock stai stained ted in a dead calm to row back A I 1 breeze sprang up and they hosted ho sted sail making the sheet fast A sudden squall capsized them before they could ease off the sheet the boat became waterlogged and be gan drifting out to sea they were at the time a mile or two from kaana baana pall landing maul maui they made a float with four oars and the mast and with this to help them two of 0 the natives at their own request started to swim ashore to get help after waiting their return lor for three hours in vain duvauchelle and his re companion dan kawaa came to the conclusion that the two men had failed to reach shore and as the whaleboat was drifting still barth er out to sea they decided that they would themselves attempt to reach the shore by swimming they made a float of the boom and gaff and all that was left of the boat boats s gear and start ed the current carried them in the direction ot of and they were able to gradually make their way toward the shore when within halt half a mile of it they discovered to their conster nation that the current was setting against them and that in spite of all their efforts they were drifting farther away this time in the direction of molokai which seemed to them to be about ten miles distant they there fore made up their minds to swim toward the shore of hat island they seemed to be making considerable headway and by sunset were as near as they could judge by the line of bre breakers alers on the reef tour four or five miles from the shore they had moonlight until nearly midnight when the moon set by this lime time dan kawaa was becoming ex hausted and could barely keep himmell afloat thereupon duvauchelle gave up the float to him entirely placing him on the middle of it and he himself swam without the assisting buoyancy of ohp float nhen hen about yards from the shore of a little rocky islet about a mile from the molokai coast kawaa was mas oNer overcome come with exhaustion and bidding duvauchelle good by dropped from the float sunk and nev er rose duvauchelle succeeded about an hour later in reaching the rock and dragging himself bounded mounded and ole deeding eding beyond reach of the waves f az P awa duvauchelle SWAM DESPER where he fell asleep from exhaustion not awakening until past noon the next day then be he swam to the molo kal shore a mile away and made his way home when he started on his swim he had taken off his shirt as it was a hindrance in swimming but had kept his trousers on so that the white skin legs would not attract the sharks which infest these waters he was terribly tormented while in the water mater by small crabs which fastened themselves to the skin of his chest and clawed and bit him almost to madness he was in the water nearly 17 hours and swam a distance of be tween 26 25 and 30 miles duvauchelle Is of french and ha mallan parentage 38 years old tall and powerfully built in many re aspects Davau duvauchelle chelle a experience Is without a parallel although there have been several somewhat similar occurrences in these waters the corn coin ively narrow channels between the islands ot of molokai lanai and maul tempting many to cross in whaleboats and other small craft |