, 1875-11-20

IufLl-LrNi LIEUTENANT blTWNtl with q canoe aul
crew oi Indians, which Was taken huar5 the cut
Ter 70 prosecute the search on the north shore ci
the straits IN places whore the steamer or her Hts
could not reach The rescued man was lsft IA sar-,
of Mr. Huntington, and also the holy, which latter
considering the circumstances it was thought best
10 bury and write % the friends Of the deceased IN
Wales The GaSSic Ir.fEiT aTrivel at Neah BAY ON
Tuesday morning and Joined IN the search. She
picked up three botlCS, one Uf a WOTnau " DO was
recognized 70 be Mrs lawson, AMI two Ilen one OF
which was q Mr.. NInInr, Of PUyillup AMI Al other
was supposed 10 he a fireman OF the Pgcifr. Picked
mp two trunks, one OF them, trum the contents WAS
found 20 belong ~ Mrs. Lawson, As Il was flle,l
with women and chil1Ten's clothing On the ont
side of II q leather tag marked Mr. W. lawson.
hank of British North America San Francisco The
other trunk belonged {, the horse tanners Rockwell
y Hurlbugt, who known 10 have taken passage
on the unfortunate vessel
Posr TovSsENp, Nov I2- All lay Tuesday ter
rltic storm ragel and II impossible 70 20 outside
Of the Cape all the labor OF the two steamers was
devoted 70 searching the north and south shores Of
the Straits, with only the results above Indicated
On wednesday the weather moderated and the COM
DaGtr OF the HoiCDr determined 10 search the shore
of Vancouver Island - far north as Barclay Souul
3 miles from Cape FlatteTy. At about the same
time the steamer l. far started IN her search % the
SouthwIrt. During the passage along the Vancouver
shore all the Indians seen communicated with
but fur-he- than the TACT that some light timFyrs
deck buckets and boxes had been found nothing Wa
ascertainei. Steamins up Barclay sound. the first
Indian village Lslle}, aIrl @ canoe pushed Of
containing white man, WHO came aboard II intro
CuCel himself as the first maze of the ship DrfE.as
He stated that he had been into thr Thursday
night previous 10y steamer, AMI WIS wrecked uu a..
following Saturday morning on an island near hv
Copper Island. The captain AID crew had llnl,.I ia
safety, and were engIL-pel further Up, Pulrt-3.ur
III the direction InIHIt-l another canoe appr0I.hrl
III wL.h Captain sawyer, Of th- ship OrTa.rls
tie gave the follow IN, account Of the disaster. ON
Thursday evening ne was approaching the Cap and
Was, by lis reckoning about twenty miles m with 4
trr-h southeast breeze .llFuT
before the wind. HIS man ~ the wheel first - the
steamers headlight Uff tie IOrt bow and then IN
meiItely utter straight le1G. He could neither
OF Eeg si'ie-ht-, H1'i could not MAKE uu' wieL i'll
rcctUn She WAS coming He put his helm a.t.r. alrl
and turned hls ships head OF shore The M.ht came
nearer and he continued % sJTluarl his helm uutI
AlS vessel had turned around, Lis sails were tllt
ahack and hls ship hove TO. The steamer. 10y tins
tlme, had r-3t very nrig him. AMI blew one whistle
and IN less than half minute after her low struck
hIs ship glanrins blow Just alatt the f1re-rll.us
crushing in the rail and breaking his PlnLIu down
10 near the copper She surE-i alOH->ILe OF lgs,
striking and grating along BIS starr oIr4 s!e carry
IN; away al Ls stJgoyITi braces and rs-u. On tl.lt
Slie ami also h!s fgretuVEJst and tupIliint mast
Capt Sawyer states he hailed the steamer as she
surgl past and called them 10 lay by hIu, sni send
hIIh q boat. he tL.u supposed hi, snip 20 b. IN
sInkIn; condition, hut Ia one answered. his hail,
neither d e Sc any one On h,r deck. She lrtci
steamed away, he was not certain which and he
afterwards saw a flash hight which he took To-. SIX
nal at that time they hui heard his hail AMI would
lay by nu- lie her UD more, and his ship AZ
that time demanded an ms attention. he lay 70 the
remainder Ut thIt night aEi nearly al LAY Friday
repairing IN, r,ESus, AMI TINT afternoon got under
way AMI again made sail for the land ulluwiu, for
two knots UUrtheIly set Of the current Tor his posi-
ton, from which be had first hove TO Soon after
dark he male ll-ht, which hc took Tor Cape Flat
terry, not knowing that tele Nis hight On :he coast
further north, dIi ms latest Si;Hy make note of
any. he allowed i've miles clearance for duncan
r0ck AMI considered himself safe after entering the
STRAITS q FEr-. when, about UclOrH saturday
morning, his ship agraVei over a reef, and iIInelI-
ate.y after struck her bow rock, stuck fast and
filed. The lisht be mistOOk Tor Lttsry Cape
BeIe, tie entrance OF Barclay sound, 81 miles north
Of the former. How tie ship escaped dangers past
before she struck i mystery 10 all who have exam
incl the admiralty chart OF fIrcLy Sound. The ship
Will prove tUt-u loss Clpt- Sawyer got al tie
vIluablrS BE could out Of her and eLeiuu.d the
shore with his wife AMI crew IN tents make Of her
sails. He hai hired a cluOe from the Iulia-us and
started his mate 90 Victoria Tor help but the weather
was - bad that the In!I+us wou not venture
out on the voyage, 80 they were found wHtn tie
Us'cg" arrived Lieutenant Harwool took them
af0Irl his vessel with the most valuable portion of
the goods saved leaving Jh- gst mate OF tie DJyIrHs
in charge of the wreck until her owners could b.
consulted. All Se landed safely n Port Townsend
on Friday morning. NuthIug WIS heard oi or seen
IN Barclay Sound oG anything pertaining to the
fortunate fFrifr. ends the sal story % the loss
OF steamer IN only two Lyrs saved and iour ici-
leS recovered and fine ship wrecked forming IA the
Abi4f4ilill'ilA lllc 'i le 'fAts-ai'
occurring IN this part II the rI.t. COIst- Too M.
IIai-c c4uUot he given 90 Capt HaEwOoi and the
other officers AMI tie crew %: tn" revenue cutter
WD'ru" .Or their energy AMI activity shown ON the
OCCASION and also 20 Peter Thompson. q !Il1t, VINO
volunteered Lis service, as Ire wI> we'll acquainted
with tie Shores ut Eau,uEvr- Island and the SlIr-
rOuni:uss of the Strait, of FUcI, and a SO 10 Air.
Huntington, the Indian AGENT AT Nth BIy rgs-rg.i-
ton, ana fact all with wiIn we came IN contact.
Capt. HarwoOi and Pilot Peter Thompson went o"
the week OF the OJtIrs ami e7aIIlnei % cTrul!y.
They say that the ship was undoubtedly struck ly
the steamer, lust ahaft the forward gl--sIIi2,