, 1873-03-20
Wreck Of the Str. Wright.

confirmatory Of the former reports will
regard to the loss OF the steamer Geo
). Wright, and every one belonging t.
er. The Douglass left Nanaimo OF
aturday morning. and reports the
steamships peterel, Lincoln, and Gus
sic Telfair lying there, having after al
untiring and penetrating search, beer
compelled to return to that port without
the joyful news that would have Sci
many an aching heart to rest Mr.
Nichols. of the Oregon Steam Navigs.
ton Company, and Mr.. Joseph Spra.t
of this city, arrived down on Saturday
and from the few facts which have beer
brought to light, We gather that the nm
fortunate steamer has been known t.
have called a Fort Tonsas on or abou,
the 18th of January as she was making
her up trip, wliere she took on boarc
the usual mails, little freight. and /,
Frenchman belonging to Omineca, and
Mr.. John Williams, who was Possessed
at the time of einbarkation. of the sun
of $15. 900 in gold dust. Still continn-
ing Ler passage up, the Wright is known
to have arrived in Sitka in safety; and
at the latter place. Messrs. Chas. Xii :
caid. and Charles Waldron, as well as
Lieutenant Dodge, U. S. A.. and a SER
want was added to the living freight,
which then numbered thirty-one souls
all told. Mr.. Waldron, was the owne,
OF fishing station at a small bay called
Kluvok. whittier the steamer proceeded
for the purpose of taking in freight, con
sistIng of some 500 barrels of salmon.
and an assortment of skins, furs, oil.
etc; and on the 25th Of January she
sailed from that place to Nanaimo.
The Gussie Telfair called in at many
places on the coast, amongst them. Kiln
vok. the last ibor the Wright is known
to have been at; at Bella Bella, Mr..
Goodhue, tPurser) purchased barrel
of oil which Indians had picked up Oh
the shore distance of 200 miles above
the place where the wreck was first dis
covered-Cape Caution. 1t is also said
that other parts of the rigging were
found an immense distance up the
coast, and that signs of a rough habita-
ton having been erected by white peo-
pie are still visible; but in contradiction
he Indians affirm that they have seen
naugbt of the wreck or crew.
H. NJ. S. Peterel has also prosecuted
strict search along the coast, firing off
guns and rockets to attract the atten-
ton of any living being, but all without
The desired result. Captain Stanley des-
cribes the coast as the toughest and
widest he has in the whole course OF
his experience witnessed. and also pic
tnres the neighborhood of Cape Caution.
TO effect q landing there, unless with
very favorable weather, would be thing
impossible. The Peterel has secured
the sign board of the ill-fated steamer,
bearing the inscription, &c. S.Wright.
and has cruised arouad Queen Charlotte
Island, but without tidings of the lost.
She also sustained some slight damage
to her keel and has been beached at
Nanaimo for repairs, which will be tri-
vial
The cluster of rocks known as the
Devils Reef is doubtless the locality
of the catastrophe, and if such be the
case, the finding of the wree kage on
Cape Caution is easily accounted for, as
these two dangerous places are closely
situated. Amongst those who have lost
their lives, John Williams was we'll
known as resident in this city. He
leaves wife and family to mourn his
loss.
LATER.-By the Gussie Telfair we
have news which only tends TO corrobo-
rate the preceding information; but
she gives list of passengers known to
have been on board, they are as follows:
Major Walker, q. S. A., and wife.
Lieutenant Henry c. Dodge, Battery
c., Second U. S. Artillery, and formerly
Quarter Master at Sitka.
~ "
Mr.. Sincheimer, soldier, and form
erly Quarter Masters clerk ut Sitka.
Charles Waldron.
Charles Kincaid.
man supposed to be named Hogan,
from Stickeen, and son; and a cooper
who rsed to work at Kluvok, name un-
known.
The Telfair reports that there is little
doubt that the Wright was wrecked up
on the "Sea Otter Groupe. which con-
sists of low, sunken rocks, about six
miles outside OF Queen Charlotte Sound.
Conirmatory OF which supposition. are
that portions of the wreck were found
in Wright's Sound, 200 miles north, and
in Seaforth Channel, some ninety miles
north of the wre K The pilot house,
half Of mast, and portions of the pain
deck, together with number of deer
skins and fragments of freight were also
visible at Cape Caution, and in this 10
cality it would have been utterly impos-
sible to effect landing, or indeed upon
any part of the open coast along which
vestiges ef the misfortune are to be seen.
The Gussie Telfail called in every port
laid down on the chart between the two
extreme points of the trip. but after a
most energetic and praiseworth search,
could gain no information other than has
been reported already.
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