Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-11-13

and on the same morning. at ABOUT 3:l0, tie
steamer left the haTbor OF Victoria; there
were about two hundred persons on board
moro or less, and we steamed all that day.
the wind blowing fresh from the southeast;
during the day the crew were constantly
pumping water into the boats to keep the
steamship on an even keel, first on one side
then on the other, and she would list to either
side alternately; an6 noticed the boats absft
the paddle-box had no oars in either side,
but the forward boats had oars in them; be-
tween and 8 o'clock that evening, while
was i'm the cabin in bed, heard a crash and
felt a shock, as il we had struck q rock or
fall as if a lot of rocks had broken into and
fallen into her starboard bow, and immedi-
ately heard the bell ring to stop her, and
then to back her, and then to go ahead;
say 1T is all right, we have only struck ves-
SELF and, looking around, l saw several
lights, but did not pay much attention to
them; went back into the cabin and was
heavy list to port; then thought she was go
ing down, and went on deck; heard some
one say She is making water very fast for
ward;' went forward to the pilot house; there
he would take charge of; did not hear the
answer; asked the captain If there were no
blue lights or gun; ne told me would find
blue lights i'm the pilot house; the captain was
not see him after that; then, with another
man whom did not know, went into the pill
OF house, found six blue lights, set five of
them off lost the the other; then noticed
was at the wheel; Then went to the starboard
side forward of the paddle-box where num-
Der of men were trying to get the long-boat
out, but they could not do 1t; then went to
seeabout the port boat forward; helped five or
six ladies into it and tried to get the boat off,
but we could not bulge the boat; there were
about twenty ladies' in that boat; there
heard it said that the two boats abaft the
wheel had gotten of; did not see them; the
boat l was near was partly full Of water; we
could not get her off; 1 think it was about
an hour from the time the steamer struck
up to the time when she listed to port so much
that the port boat was let into the water and
cut loose from the davits; was in this boat
which, when it touched the water, began to
fill and turned over; crawled upon the bot
tom of the boat and helped several others
up with me; Immediately after, the steamer
seemed to break intwo fore and aft, and one
half with the smoke-stack fell to port, and
the smoke-stack struck our boat and pushed
it away, and the steamship Pacific sunk;
think about all the ladies were in our boat,
and, when she upset, they all fell into the
water and fear they. all were drowned; this
was about ten i'm the evening; the night was
not dark, nor was the sea very rough; there
was a fresh breeze; / afterwards left the bot
tom of our boat, and, with another man,
climbed on the top of the pilot house thatwas
floating near, and we held on to copper
wire that came out of the top; next morning
got some life-preservers floating near the
house, and with their ropes dashed myself
and my comrade on to the house; saw
three RATS; the first one had one
man on, the next had three men and one wo-
man, and the other could not make out for
the distance, except that there were human
beings on it; think we were thirty or forty
miles south of the Cape when the vessel sank;
we passed the light on. Tatooch Island be
tween four and five in the evening of the 4th;
and my comrade were on the top Of the pi-
lot house all of Che 9Th until about 4 o'clock
p. M, when he died and cut him loose; the
sea was running very high all day, and
think my comrade was drowned by the waves
washing over him; he not heing strong
enough TO hold his head up and the waves
constantly washing over us; soon after he
died ! sighted vessel and called, and also
heard the people on the other RATS calling;
did not see the other RATS after that, and
that vessel did not come near me; spent
Friday night on my raft; there was little
wind until morning, when it came onto blow
hard again, and the sea became very rough;
| was within mile of the vancouver shore;
I sighted two vessels ON the Washington
shore that passed on, and about 10 o'clock
A. M. on the 9th Saturday saw vessel hear
ing down on me; was very weak by that
time, but waved my hat, and the vessel sent
boat and took me up; the vessels name, /
learned is the Messenger, and the captain,
whose name is J: r. Gilky, gave me every
everything in his power to relieve my wants.
(Signed,) HENRY EaELLY.
Mr.. Jelley took passage in the North
PncJfc for. Victoria, Monday where he
has friends.
The American ship Messenger was
towed to Tacoma to load lumber for
Peru.
Mr.. Llewellyn, our telegraph ,opsrat-
or is very low with fever. J. -.
The Revenue Cater Oliver .Halcott
and tug-boat Goliah went down to the
place where it is supposed the steamer
Pacific foundered, to see if any one
from the wreck could be found.