The New York herald., 1875-11-10
LOSS OF THE PACIFIC.
STATEMENT OF HENRY 7. JELLEY, THE soLI


SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. s, 1873.
despatch from Port Townsend this evening says -
Henry f. Jelley, the supposed sole survivor Of the
steamship Pacific disaster who brought here yes
terday by the ship Messenger is in a wrotchod con-
dtion, having been the raft thirtysx hours before
hewas picked up. He says the Pacific collided with
some other vessel whose light he saw, but in his
tcrvew with Captain Glkey, the Of the Messen-
ser, he made no mention of the light of vessel, and
persons think he is aborng under ahallucination
TO that Experienced navigators here think it is
likely that she struck sunken rock Jelley
makes statement to the following eIect:-
JELLEY's STATEMENT.
took a cabin passage on tho Pacific from Victoria,
leaving about a quarter past nine O'Clock Thursday
morning, the 4th inst, with about 200 people
board; steamed all day against a southwestern gale
the crew constantly pumping water into the boats to
trim the ship; the boats abaft the paddle boxes had
i'll them. the other boats had oars Between
eight and nine O'Clock in the evening, while in bed,
BEARD CRASH
and felt shock as if we had struck a rock; heard
something fall If rocks had fallen the sarboard
bow; the bell struck stop, back 20 ahead went
vesse;' saw several lights at distance; they
colored, but paid but little attention to them; re-
took heavy list TO port Went deck TO the pilot
house, and heard some say, ''She is making
very fast" Tho captain, coming out OF his room,
asked him IL there any blue lights or guns Ho
said the blue lights were in the pilot house Got them
and burned five Noticed the engines still working,
but no one was at the wheel Went TO the starboard
side forward Of the paddle box where number OF
men were trying 10 get long boat launched but could
not Went TO the port boat, forward and helped
OR SIX WOMEN
into IT, tried TO get the boat OF but could not it,
there were about twenty women IN IL; heard that the
boats abaft the paddles had been of but did
them think II was about an hour after the steamer
struck when she listed much the port boat in
the water was in that boat and cut il loose from the
davits; the boat illed and turned over l got her
bottom and helped several up with me; Immediately
after the steamer seemed TO break fore and aft
The smokestack tell and struck our boat and rho
steamer sunk.
WOMEN DROWNED.
think about all the women our boat and
fear they were all drowned while the boat upset This
was about ten O'Clock IN the evening The night was
not dark, nor The sea very rough, but there was
fresh breeze. Aforward left the bottom OF the boat
and with another man climbed top Of The pilot house
floating near; next morning got some lie preservers
floating by the house and with their ropes ashed my
self and companion 70 the house;
SAW THREE RATS
the first had one man II, the next had three men
and woman; could not make out the third raft
owing TO the distance. except that there were people
on IL; think we thirty forty miles south of
Cape Flatery when the vessel sunk passed the light
the evening"
DEATH on yELLEY's coxPAHroS
ana my companion we're on the pilot house al; Of
Friday until about four p. NJ when he died | cut
him loose. The running high all day the
waves washing over us sighted vessel and called TO
her ana heard persons other RATS calling but the
vessel did not come near Friday night there was
but little wind until morning, when the wind and sea
rose; was then within a mile Of the shore of Van
cOuver Island; sighted two vessels the American
shore which passed me- About ten o'clock Saturday
morning the Messenger picked me up
FRANCISCO.
There was great excitement in this city the
ceipt Of the news, and the telegraph and newspaper
Offices and Merchants Exchange beseged by per-
sons who had friends or relatives board No one
seems to know the names OF the members OF the
HURLBURT ROCKWELL TROUPE,
but II is supposed that Fanny Marston was ono Of
them and that the others m
i'll this part OF the country.
DESPATCHED TO THE RESCUE
The steamer Los Angeles will be despatched on her
arrival tomorrow to save the survivors if there
any.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED
Jelley saws there terror confusion on tho
part OF the passengers and that il boats could have
been launched and properly manned, the sea was
comparatively smooth, all on board might have been
saved
no FURTHER NEWS OF PASSENGERS AND CREW
GRIEF AND EXCITEMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO
THE OWNERS OF THE VESSEL on THE CAUSE
OF THE DIsAsTER-wELL KNOWN PASSENGERS
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8, 1875.
Unfortunately the wire has been working to van
couver's Island to-day, and word has been heard
from Victoria to throw light upon the ato OF the pas
scngers board tho Pacific. The statement or the
only survivor Jeloy is received hero with conf
dencc and the publication Of partial list OF passengers
has only tended to increase the poignant grief OF those
who expected they had relatives aboard
MANIFESTATIONS or SORROW.
No language describe the anguish that has been
witnessed to-day around the Office the owners OF the
Pacific Stoui-hearted men could b. seen there en-
deavoring to suppress the uprising Of their feelings
while they heard further news But when the
women received OF hope their waing over the
probably lost dreadul and, their children cung
to these dsconsoatc mothers begging them not to cry
the enough to melt the hardest hearts
OWNERS
The OF the Pacific fully satisfied that che
did against any rock marked the chart for
the reported Of the she was at least
1fteen miles from land and several miles south OF all
rocks known to navigators She might have col
lided with vessel under way as stated by Joley
against noatng wreck or vessel or one or the
huge logs that often floating down the coast hav
ing been washed down from the timber lands BY tho
heavy rains foods They have heretofore boen very
destructive 70 vessels Besides these there has been
single
ROCKS DISCOVERED
around the Straits OF Fuca, and probably there arc
many moro undiscovered just sufficiently below the
water to be concealed and yet certain destruction 70
steamer that would run against them
PASSAGE.
Ten years ago the steamer Brother Jonathan, on
that same passage, went down almost at MONDAY by
running against OF these sunken rocks and only
i've years ago tho ship MONDAY, laden with general
merchandise from New York. went down within thirty
miles Of this city by striking against spindle rock
The Pacific the ath steamer that has been wrecked
betweon San Francisco and Victoria during teen years.
and these disasters many passengers have been lost
and large amount Of treasure
PASSENGERS.
or the passengers known to DO on board and we'll
known in the Atlantic States, may state that Mrs.
Parsons was the sister OF the prima donna Agatha
States who died in New York about year ago. Her
stage name was Mimic Vaudeville.