The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-10
IL l. Il HlLlINS AO4ll IL
THE OCEAN HORRORS I!
Loss OF THE STEAM.
SHIP PACIFIC.
Two Hundred People Lost
ANOTHER SEA DISASTER |!
BURNING OF STEAMER WACO.
FULL PARTICULARS. ETC.
Two Hundred People Lost
ANOTHER SEA DISASTER
BURNING OF STEAMER WACO.
FULL PARTICULARS. ETC.
The Ocean Disaster.
SAN FRANoIsco, Nov.


SAN FRANoIsco, Nov. o.
A dispatch from Port Townsend says
Henry L. Jelly, supposed sole survivor Of
the Pacific, was brought here yesterday IN
the ship Messenger in wretched condit-
ion, having been on raft SO hours before
being picked up. He says the Pacific
colided with some other vessel, whose
light he saw, hut in his interview with
Gikey, captain of the Messenger, lasting
IL hours, he made no mention of the lights
of the vessel, and some think him laboring
under hallucination as to that. Expert
eoced navigators here think it more likely
she struck sunken rock. Jelly made the
statement to the following effect
81 took CABIN passage on the Pacific
from Victoria, leaving about % o'clock
Thursday morning. November a ; about
200 people were ON board steamed all day
against southeasterly wind, the crew
constantly pumping water into the boats
to trim the ship boats abaft the paddle
box, and had no oars in them. Others had
between eight and nine. In the evening,
while in bed, he heard crash, and felt
the shock, as if the vessel had struck
rock heard something fall, as if rocks
had fallen starboard. The bow bell struck
to stop, back and go ahead. went on
deck and heard voices say, 'Its all
right, we have struck a vessel" Saw
several lights at distance do not
think they were colored, but paid little
attention. l returned to the cabin and
noticed that the ship took heavy list to
port went on deck to the pilot house
heard rome one say, She is making water
very fast saw the captain coming out of
his room anG asked him if there were any
blue lights or guns he said the blue lights
we're in the pilot house got them and
burned five; noticed the engines still work.
ing. but no one at the wheel l went to
the starboard side, forward OF the paddle
box, where number of men were trying
to get long boat out, but could not
went to the port boat forward and helped
five or six women into it tried toll get the
boat off, but could not move 1t; there were
about 20 women in it ; heard boats abaf
the paddles had got off, but did not SET
them think it was about an hour after the
steamer struck that she listed, so much OF
the port boat was in the water was in
that boat cut loose from the davits the
boat filled and turned over, and got on her
bottom and helped several up with me- i'm.
mediately after the steamer seemed to
break in two the smoke stack fell and
struck our boat, and the steamer sunk ]
think about all the women were in ouI
boat and fear they were all drow ned when
the boat upset this was about ten O'Clock
in the evening the night was not dark,
nor the sea very rough, but fresh breeze;
afterwards left the bottom of the boat,
and, with another man, climbed on top OF
thepilot house, floating near next morn
ing got some life-preservers floating near
house, and with their ropes lashed myself
and companion to them saw three RATS
the first had one man on it, the next had
three men and woman; could not make
out the other on account of the distance; ]
think we were thirty or forty miles south
of Cape Flattery, where the vessel sunk
we passed light on Tatooshe island, be
tween four and five o'clock 10 the evening;
my companion was on the pilot house all
of Friday, until about four o'clock p. M,
when he died; cut HIM loose; the sea was
running very high all day, waves washing
over US; soon after he died / sighted yes
sci, called and heard people on the Other
RATS calling, but the vessel lid not CONT
near; Friday night but little wind unit
morning, when wind and sea rose wat
then within mile of the shore of Van
couver island; sighted two vessels on III,
American shore, which passed on about 10
o'clock a. m; Saturday the Messenger
picked me up. HENRY l.. JRLLY."
There was great excitement in this city
on hearing the news. The telegraph and
newspaper offices and merchants exchsg'
were besieged with pcople.w had friends
and relatives on board. No one seems Il
know the names of the Hurlburt- Rockwell
troupe, but it is supposed that Fannie
Marston was one Of them, and that the
others were performers picked up in thai
part of the country. The steamer Los An.
geles will be dispatched on her arrival to
morrow to save the survivors, if any. Mr.
Jelly stated informally that there was n,
terror or confusion on the part of the pas
sengers, and that il the boats could have
been launched and properly manned, and
sailing comparatively smooth, all would
have been saved.
A dispatch from Seattle says the Rock
well and Hurlbut troupe, consisting Of A.
II. Rockwell and wife, NJ. ID. Hurlbut, j..
d. Cowler, w. and VIM. Tully, reported
as being lost with the. steamer Pacific
that it is certain they took passage by thai
vessel, as on the day it sailed Mr.. Rock
well told an officer of the steamer Salvador
that they were booked for the Pacific bu'
could not get ready and would 90 on THE