Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-11-10
Pacific Coast.

FaC1uC Toast,
San Francisco, Nov S.-The following
press dispatch is just received: Seattle.
W. T., Nov. THE Daily Dispatch re.
ceived the following special from Port
Townsend this morning: The American
ship Messenger, Cart. j. F. Hickey, ar.
rived nine days from San Francisco and
reports picking up twenty miles south of
Cape Flattery part of the pilot house
and Henry l.. Jelly, survivor OF the Pa
cific, which sailed from Victoria at nine
o'clock Thursday morning and foundered
40 miles south of Flattery at o'clock
Thursday evening. Jelly foated on the
pilot house from o'clock Thursday
night until 10 o'clock Saturday morning
when he was picked up by the Messen-
ger. Several boats were launched but
all foundered. Signed. A. F. LEARNED.
Mr.. Jelly is too low to give full partic-
ulars. He states that he was on the
boat that swamped and with another
man succeeded in reaching a part of the
pilot house. The other man subsequent.
ly died from exposure and was cut loose
by Mr.. Jelly. The following is the list
OF passengers, fourteen of the first ones
mentioned, together with ten or twelve
in the steerage being from Puget Sound.
the balance from Victoria. J. Hellmute
and wife. Mrs. Mahon and child, II. G.
Victor, G. I. Vining, Fred D. Hard, c.
b. Davidson and wife, A. Robins. T. AL.
lison, o. McHerson, VIM. Maxwell. B.
Wood, John Garbell, VIM. Ammiss. NJ
wilson, VIM. Purdary, A. Lang, John
u. Tidd. j. McLanders, Dock Young J
Fitzgerald, j. Candon. G. Chisholm. A.
Frazer. j. S. Webster, the Hurlburt and
Rockwell Troupe, f. Yarsche, Miss A
Reynolds. Miss f. Palmer, Mrs. Moore,
Mrs. Lawson. Edwin II. Policy, James
Linning. Mrs. s. Styles and child. d. G.
Mcintyre. G. d. Foirbanks, Cant, and
Mrs. Parson. A. B. Oaway, w. j. Ferry.
j. +. Johnston, Thos. Smith, John Coch.
rane, s. P. Moody, T. j. Terrell, M.
Summers, J. Cahill, John Watson, VIM,
Wells, JAS Fl. Webbs. VIM. Policy, Col.
Vaudeville, wife and child, r. Hudson,
ID. Climee, P. Atkins. Thos. Beverley.
h. Laysell, W. Wadron, John Lee. e.
Gribbell, Geo. Morton, John Nc Cormick.
John Sampson, Isaac Webb, P. L. Chap
man and forty more in the steerage.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 9.-Hsnry F..
Jelly, the survivor Of the Pacific, makes
a further detailed statement to the effect
that the ship left Victoria quarter past
nine Thursday morning. Between s and
y in the evening of the same day, while
in bed, he heard crash as though il had
struck rock; went on deck; saw lights
at distance as of some vessel: heard
some one say we had struck a vessel
the Pacific soon began to fill and settle
was busy forward helping to get boats
out; heard it said, after two boats got
off. but | did not see them, that they got
one boat into the water with about
twenty women in 1t. which was capsized,
and thinks all were drowned. About
10 o'clock the steamer broke in two and
sunk; 1t was clear night, not much sea
but fresh breeze; got on the wreck OF
the pilot-house with another man in the
morning and saw three RATS in the
neighborhood-the first had one man on
it. the second three men and one woman
and the third was too far off to make
out; was on the pilot-house all day with
my companion, who died about p. m.
soon after he died l sighted vessel but
she did not come near; did not see the
RATS after that; Saturday morning was
within mile of the Vancouver shore
and about 10 a. m. was picked up by the
ship Messenger and taken to Port Town.
send. The following is a list of the
officers and crew Of the Pacific: Master,
J. D. Howell; First Officer, McDonough
Second Officer, A. Wells; Third Officer,
JIM. Lewis; Purser, O.Hite. Jr.; Freight
Clerk, I. b. Bigley; Chief Engineer, T.
Houston; foremen, Jasper A. Coghlan
James Lestrange, Thomas Murphy. r
Manders and james O Neil; coal passers,
VIM. Clancy. Frank Palmer, Charlie,
Norris and Richard Powers; oilers, T
Lestrange and ]. Dugan. Jr carpenter
R. Erickson; watchman, Henry Norris
seamen, W. Fairfield. W. Wilson, Johr
DAILY. John Sherry, Peter Jemeson, Law
renee Quinn. Thomas Kerby, Martir
Vice. Patrick Moore and Neil O. Henly
steward, John Martin; second steward
Charles H. jackson; steerage steward
D. McNioal; first cook. ]. Nj. Holds
worth; second cook, 8. Miles; third
cook. G. H. Whiting; baker, Thoma
Malloy; porter, Robert T. McNemaine
officers messman. Richard Bell; crew
messman, G. Herbert; first pantryman
Daniel Munroes; second pantryman
| Charles Eisenloha, xva;,ers Ararav