New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-22
NARINE DISASTER.
Wreck 81 the steamer George 9. Nrlskt-
Lose of eaty Lives.

This is a dispatch. dated March J. from
Seattle, Washingto Territory, to the Port
land !Oregon) Herald:
The -sselliqercer vii, contain the follow
ing from the Victoria STANDARD Q. tie
twenty sc venth uitimo@
Yesterday the steamer Emma and D0u'-
Las brought news from the east coast. Wbl' y
confirms the belief that this i'll tated
steamer George S. Wright has fOundered at
sea, and that all hands on board have per
ished The first tidings of the sad disaster
we're brought to NaEaimo On Wednesda3'
and they are in point of fact as follows
About fourteen days since number OF AZ
dams in canoes discovered near the sh0re u
Cape Caution, the deck of steamer, the
pilot or eel-hOuse, some parts OF heI
mssts> boxes blankets and the board bear
inc the name of the unfortunatS Vessel upt
it, together wish certaS2 portions
OF fothAg. Not a trace or Vestge
of human re2ains Wa9, however
70 he found, and the Indians having prose-
cuted a strict search for ive GAYS, gave up
the hope of discovering any body. dead or
alive, and hasteDed Gown to Nanalmo 10
bear the news of the untiMeIy end which
has befalen the steamer. Part of putrid
deer was seen floating about near the spot.
which might lave been on board the
steamer: if so, its state would INFER that
| the wreck took place some time ago. On
| rock also, there was discovered halr,
bich from its appea rance. was supposed
| to have been part of lady's ehlgnon. Inc
| Indians who brought tae news are OF the
| Bella Coola tribe, and the facts they state
! are corrOborated by communication to a
! private gentleman In this city.
! When the steamer George ). Wright lett
| Sanaimo. it is thought from circumstances
which TRANSFERRED that she was badly found
| in canvas, and was travelling, moreover.
| with o broken eseape-pipe, and that tbs
| unfortunate chief engineer, Mr. Sutton,
| who was well known here, had his lore
| holdings about the trip, remarking that Ae
| did not like the looks of things at all, aad
| had but little faith in the engineer uEaer
| him 1t may, therefore, be surmlsed that
| the steamer blew up, or that her machinery
| broke down, and having no canvas 20 as
sist her progress or enable her to put back.
she was in very pitiable state 20 make
aDy resistance to the heavy gales, or TO
| successfully combat the terrific SO as which
| are known to h ave prevailed in the locality
of the disaster about the time the steamer
is thought to have gone down.
The Douglas. when leaving Hanaimo
| had five canoes, manned by Indians, in tow.
but three Of them got adrift. and up to last
| night had not arrived here.
| Neither the number or names OF the pas
| sengers and crew on board the doomed
| steamer are definitely known. 1t would
not. therefore, be wise 10 publish then! en-
supposition. There were probably some
twenty souls, all told, including the crew.
on board at the time she went down. The
catastrophe evidently TOOK place during
the down trip from Sitka. for she was
seen passing upward at Alert Bay, and
still later some zoo iDiles higher up at
Fort Simpson. whereas Cape Caution,
where the wreck was discovered, 10 20
miles this .ide-that is, lower down the
coast than Fort Simpson. 1t i. precisely
the same spot where Captain Warren was
attacked by Indians, and where Knight and
Stratton were murdered.
The George ). Wright belonged 20 the
Oregon Steamship Company. Captain
| Thomas Ansley was in command OF her;
| l.. sutton, chief engineer; J. hOOnsn. CHIEF
officer, and Frank Weidler, purssr.
1.-THE Herald says: 'She carried from here
only two passengers, Major John 8. Walker
and wife. They were passengers on her
when she was lost, and probably three
others, George A. Fades, ex collector OF Gus
toms, and two others whose names are I'M
known. thus making twenty-three SOU
sent before their Maker without q moment d
! warming