Two views of the engine, prop shaft, and propeller of the SS Kauai, an old wooden steamship, which sank in 1913 in Mahukona harbor.
Wreckage
Graham's Island
Life on the Big Island of Hawaii
Two views of the engine, prop shaft, and propeller of the SS Kauai, an old wooden steamship, which sank in 1913 in Mahukona harbor.
Graham's Island 
Are there many shipwrecks around the island, Graham? We have certain spots around our big island and some with victims in the hundreds.
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I read a book about shipwrecks around this island and there were a lot of them. Where I used to live in England, they used to hang lights out on the coast, away from safe harbor, and lure ships onto the rock where they would steal the cargo and anything else worth taking.
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Cunning, but cruel.
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I think it was a fairly common practice around the world.
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These are such lovely photos…but I was saddened, not knowing the backstory.
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Not too sad a story. The boat foundered on the reef here, but I don’t think lives were lost.
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Oh, well that’s good to know.
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