Show tl I I SHIP TOSSED TOSSE ON BEAM END BY TIDAL WAVE IJ I Purser Relates Weird ExI Experience Ex Ex- Experience I In Hawaii After 1 Quake 1 f CHECK UPON TOLL I II I Known Dead Includes Child 1 and Three Japanese Japanese I Fishermen I HONOLULU T H rebBY reb Feb By 5 6 BY BYthe the Associated Press Experiences Press Experiences aboard roi lA the Island Inter JU steamer I uca which was tossed up and do don doan n back and forth and pieced p on doJ her herin J t earn ends In bay and Island ot by one tidal wave and right righted ed b the next were ere related by Matt MattAn-fon MattAn on Amason purser ot of the vessel essel hen alien lIe he arrived cd In Honolulu Sunday Before Ine the first wave Arntson said the sea sucked away the water from Crom fromI the harbor re rev a bottom of oC mud j I It and coral covered coverd pith lIth floundering fiSh crabs lobsters and squid The Thel first wave aria caught the Kilauea and I raised her above above the Ie level el of the whal wharf f f purser said aid and It If the lines had not been een loosened the ship would have Ilave been on the wharf 4 1 p STRANGE SIGHT JI H If JAA fiBS S f r c a on saId nd there was aas as virtually no ho Indication of danger anor before beCore the wave wa vale came flood flood- flooding flooding Hooding ing in and then receded suddenly The I 1 went down until she settled on the bottom om of oC the ocean and heeled and andl I otei 0 el again against a hummock mounded on the the- bottom of oC the bay presented her from front going com com- corn I completely I over oer For a minute It looked at a Ih the ship would go corn f com I com completely ly over even then theil but tut another 1 luge uge wave wae the tho Ilu largest st of the series that lashed the Island shores lifted the Kilauea up and put put- her back backup UI up on even en heel beel but damaged two lifeboats by smashing them against the wharf chart SW SWEPT PT PT The water cater rushed by us over the wharf over the beach bench and then Into x the tho streets sweeping on toward the thel I stores tores and nd warehouses es ruining a IL large quantity of sugar awaiting I shipment The steamer Mahukona J as aas torn from Its moorings and swept out until Its dragging anchor hit a I harf the concrete piles plies of ot whIch r held and saved her f 1 the bay was reported to have hate been turbulent for tor some time after Ithe thelast last of or the aeries series ot of waves Somewhat similar experiences were reported by persons arriving Ing here to- to today today to today day from on the Matsonia whIch was tied up In Hilo bay LOSS IS Inhabitants of the city and bay or of Hilo Island of Hawaii continued to- to today today to today day to take stock of o th tha results or of tidal waves which swept their distrIcts Saturday afternoon with an estimated loss of ten or t teh twelve eh e lives Jives and prop prop- property erty damage but placed J oIt at In the city alone alona The known dead today Included a achild achild child ld and three Japanese fishermen men It was believed owe l however er that others perished Several das dabs probably willbe I be required to ascertain the total I damage The tidal wave followed a severe sevel e earthquake which the observatory at reported to have occurred Kilauea 1 from 2000 to miles away In an anIt unknown direction It Persons living In lower HUe fear fear- fear ine lug Ine recurrence of ot the todal waves aves moved to higher ground with all their I possessIons ye yesterday police and firemen fire fire- firemen I men patrolled the affected area to keep order |