, 1875-11-11
From Daily of Monday.
Fearful Marine Disaster.

A special telegram from EPort
Townsend was received at this
office yesterday morning and
was Immediately sent on the
street in the form of an extra,
announcing the laundering Of
the steamship Pacific and the
probable loss Of 250 persons,
only one survivor having been
picked up as yet. The dispatch
was from Judge Learned Of Port
Townsend and was as follows:
PORT TOWNSEND, Nov. =
"The American ship Messeng-
.er, Capt. J. F. Gilkey, has just
arrived here, having been nine
days from San Francisco. She
reports having picked up a part
of a pilot-house 20 miles south
of Cape Flattery, containing
Henry L, Jelly, the only survi-
yor of the steamship Pacific,
which sailed from Victoria at 9
O'Clock Thursday morning and
foundered 40 miles south OF Cape
Flattery at s o'clock Thursday
night, Mr.. Jelly foated on the
Ipilot-house from 5 clock Thurs
day night until 10 o'clock Sat
-urday morning, when he was
picked up by the Messenger
Several boats were launched but
all foundered.'
On the appearance OF the eN-
ira on the streets the most in
tense excitement prevailed and
numbers of persons endeavored
to obtain more information as to
whether any survivors had been
found, but no such information
has been obtained, though there
are still strong hopes that more
have been picked up. The Pa
cific, though an old and not very
seaworthy boat, was ably officer
ed. Her commander, Capt. jeff.
Howell. who was young man.
just in the prime Of life, was con-
sidered to be one Of the finest
sailors that ever trod a deck, as
well as brave and true gentle
man, and if there was anything
in the power of man to do to
save the lives Of his passengers.
Capt. Howell would have done
it. We cannot believe the pos
.sibility of blame being attached
to Capt. Howell, though he is
undoubtedly gone where praise
or blame Will affect him none.
In all her large list of passen-
gers there were very few from
the Sound, mos. unusual cir
cumstance, as Capt. Howell was
so universally popular that he
rarely left here without full
passenger list. Every effort
will be made to find, survivors,
as well as the bodies of those
lost, the Oliver Wolcott and
tug Goliah having gone out be
fore this. The Pacific was well
supplied with life boats and life
saving apparatus, and it seem
ed most incredible that but one
man should have escaped. The
darkness may have prevented
Mr.. Jelly's observing whether
any of the boats got off safely.
We subjoin the full passenger
list:
|. Hellmute and wife, Mrs.
Mahon, II. c. Victor, G.. I. Vln-
ing, Fred. d. Hard, c. B. David
son and wife, A Robbins, 7 Al
lison, O Mcpherson, Wm Max
well, b Woods, John Tdrbett,
VIM Ammiss, VI Wilson, VIM
-Purdary, \ Lang, John g. Todd,
J. McLanders, Dock Young, J
Fitzgerald, J Condor, J CHS
holm, A Frazer, J S Webster.
Hurlburt 4 Rockwell troupe, f
Garesche, Miss A Reynolds, Miss
F Palmer, Mrs Moote, Mrs Law
son, Edwin IL. Policy, James
Lenning, Mrs S STYLES and child,
D C Mcintyre, c B Fairbanks,
Capt and Mrs Parsons, A B Oa-
way, W. J. Ferry, J. F. Johns
ton, Thos. Smith, John Coch-
rane, S. P. Moody, I J Ferrell,
NJ. Summers, } Cahill, John
Watson, VIM. Wills, Jas. II
.Webbs, Cal. Vaudeville, wife
and child, r Hudson. IL Cline,
E P Atkins, Thos. Beverly, Il
-Layzell, W Waldron, John Lee,
..G Gribbell, Geo Morton, John
Mccormick, John Sampson, Isaac
Webbs, ? L Chapman, and forty
more in the steerage.
The Pacific was quite an old
vessel of about 1000 tons bur
den and belonged to the G. n.
P. Co. She was loaded with
grain from the farms Of Conner
and the Calhouns, on the Swim
omish.