Connecticut western news., 1875-11-12
FoUNDERINa OF PAoIEIo COAST STEAMER. 40 LIVES LOST.
SEATTLE. w. T., Nov. 7,

SEATTLE, w. T., Nov. 7.
 The American ship Messenger Captain J. F. Gilkey, arrived nine days from San Francisco, and reports picking up, twenty miles south of Cape Flattery, part of the pilot house and Henry L. Jelly, the only survlyor of the steamer. Pacific, W&ich sailed from Victoria at nlne o'clock Thtfxs- day morning, and foundered forty mileA south of Flattery at 8 o'clock that evering. Jelly f1oated on the pilot house from eight o'clock Thursday night until 10 o'clock Saturday morning, when he was picked up by the Messenger. Several boats were launched but all foundered.
 1 Henry F. Jelly, the sole survivor. makes a statement to the effect that when the Pa cific left Victoria Thursday morning there were about 200 people on board. The steamer was driven all day against south easter. Between eight and nine o'clock in the evening, while in his berth, he heard 8 crash and felt shock as if the vessel had struck a rock. He also heard something fall as if rocks had fallen on the starboard bow. The bell struck to stop, back and go ahead He went on deck and heard a voice say, Its all right; we have struck a vessel He saw several lights at dis tance; does not think they were colored, but paid little attention. Returning to the cabin he noticed that the ship took heavy list to port. He then went on deck to the pilot house and heard some one say She Is making water very fast The captain, coming out of his room. asked him if there were any blue lights or guns on board. He said there were blue lights in the pilot house. He got them and burned light. He noticed the engines were still working, but that DO one was at the wheel. He went to the starboard side, forward of the paddle box, where number of men were trying to get off the long boat but could not. He then went to the port boat forward and helped five or six women into it, and tried to get the boat of, but could not move it.. There were about twenty women in it. He heard that one boat had got of but did not see it. Finally he and the others engaged with him succeeded in lowering boat, which had scarcely touched the water be- fore it filled and was overturned. Jelly got upon it's bottom and helped several others to place upon it. Immediately afterward the ship seemed to break in two fore and aft. The smoke stack in falling struck the boat on which Jelly was. Soon after the steamer sank. About all the women, be thinks, were in his boat and were drowned when it upset. The steamor went down about 10 o'clock in the evening. The night was not dark nor was the sea very rough. He afterward left his boat, and with anoth- CT man climbed on top of the pilot house, which was floating near, and with their ropes lashed themselves to the house. He saw three rafts near by, the first of which had one man on it, the next three men and woman. He could not make the other out. on account of the darkness. except that there were people on it. At about four o'clock Friday afternoon, his compan- ion. wearied out and exhausted by exposure to waves which all the time dashed over the pilot house, died, and Jelly cui loose his body. Soon after he sighted vessel, called out, and heard the people on the other raft calling. But the vessel d1d not come near. On Saturday morning he found himself within mile of Vancouver island, and sighted two vessels on the American shore which passed on. About ten o'clock the ship Messenger picked him up. <5
 The lost vessel was wooden, side-wheel steamer, of about 900 tons, built in 1851 by w. P. Brown of New York, and nearly re- built at San Francisco by the Pacific Mail company, two years ago. She was docked and surveyed the trip before her last, and given certificate rating her as A 2. Her value was about $l00, GOO, and she carried cargo of hops and oats worth S25, 1000.
 Bright Prospccts-The Country Grow
 ing Rich.
 There has probably never before been g time when this country was growing rich 30 fast as at present. People generally dc not realize this. They thlnk the hard times indicate that the country is growing poor. The hard times produce economy. They compel retrenchment of expenses. Al first, it is true, they somewhat derange bus mess and throw many persons out of eni- ployment But in a little while they force industry as we'll as economy. The grea mass of the people cannot long be idle They would starye. So the whole country goes to work-goes to producing. And th' productive power of this country in a pc riod of universal industry is enormous.
 We say we are growing rich faster to, da. than ever before. Why Because our pop ulaiion is larger, we are now all at work, a the same time spending much less none than usual, while the progress of invention has rendered our industry more productive and the resources of the country are so dc veloped as to yield larger product than s any former period. a.s.
 It is impossible, for the reasons which W have thus briefly but comprehensively sts ted, for depression of business to continu lopg here. Times no sooner get very ba than they begin to mend. The country
 growing rich today with unprecedente rapidity, and there are bright prospec ahead. ttt
 During the war, when the currency W, rapidly dcpreciating, and our expenditure reached a fabulous sum, the uureacc:ir enormously supposed we were getting ricl whereas, in reality, we were growing poo CT every day. Now they think VIC a
 growing poor, when, in fact, we were ne CT before accommodating so rapidly. VI have no occasion thefore, for despondenc
 but the most substantial ground for encou agement and confidence York Le ger.
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