The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-11-19
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ing the passage along the Vancouver
shore 1.-the Indians seen were conn
nunicated with, but farther than the fact
that some light timber, deck buckets
and boxes had been found, nothing was
ascertained. Steaming up Barclay
Soand. the first Indian village was hail.
ed and canoe came off containing
white man, who came aboard and intro
duced himself as the first mate of the
ship Os21jteus. lie stated that lie had
been run into the Thursday night previS
Gus by steamer, and was wrecked ou
the following Saturday morning on AN
island near by Copper Island. The cap
tain and crew had got ashore safely, and
were encanped further up. Proceed.
ing IN tile objection indicated, another
eanoe approached, Nj wsliish was Captain
Sawyer, of the silly Oy1,heats. He gave
the follwing account of the disaster (:
On Thursday evening he was APPROACH
ing the Cape, and was, by hisreckoning,e
about twenty miles off, with fresh
southeast breeze, steering about north
west, before the wind. His man at the
wheel first saw the steamers headlight
off the port bow, and thea Immediately
after straight ahead. He could see
neither of her side lights, and could not
make ont which direction she was conf
ing. He put his helm astarboard and
turned his ships head off shore.
The light came nearer, and he continued
to starboard his helm uutil his vessel
had turned around, his sails were fiat
aback and his ship hove to. The steam
er, by this time, had got very near him,
and blew one whistle, and in less than.
half minute after her bow struck his
ship glancing blow just abaft the fore
chains, crushing in the rail and break
ing his planking down to near the cop
per. She surgcd alongside of her, strik--
ing and grating along his starboard side
carrying away all his starboard braces,
and rigging on that side and also his
foretopmast and topgalant mast. Capt.
Sawyer states he hailed the steamer as
she surged past and called to them to.
lay by him, ard send him boat, as he
| then supposed his ship to be in a sink
ing condition, but no one answered his
call, neither did be see any ono on her
deck. She crifed or steamed away he.
was not certain which, and he after.
wards saw a flash light, which he took
for signal at that tirne-tlIey had.
Eeard his hail and wonld lay by him.
He saw her no more, and his ship at
that time demanded all his attention.
/ He lay to the remainder of that night
and nearly all day Friday repairing his:
rigging, and that afternoon got under
way and again made sail for the land,
allowing for two knots llortherly set off
the cnrrent for his position, from which
he had first hove to. Soon after dark
he made light, which he took for
i Cape Flattery, not knowing that there
was light on the coast farther north,
nor did his latest sailing make note OF
any. lie allowed five miles clearance,
for Duncan rock, and considered him
4 self safe after entering the straits Of Fu--
4 ca, when about s o'clock Saturday NOR
1 ming, bis ship scraped over q reef, and
Immediately after struck her bow ON a,
rock, stuck fast and filed. The light
he mistook for Flattery is on Cape Beale
the entrance OF Barclay Sound, 35
miles north of the former. How the
ship escaped dangers passed before she
struck is a mystery to all who have ex-
amined the admiralty chart of Barclay
/ Sound. Tho ship will prove q total loss.
Capt Sawyer got all the saluables he
could out of her, aud encamped on the
shore with bis wife and crew. in tents
made of her sails. lie had hired ca
nee from the Indians aud started his
mate to Victoria for help, but the wealth
er was SO bad that the Indians would
q not venture ont on the voyage. so they
were found when the Wolcott arrived.
I Lieut.. Harwood took them aboard his
vessel with the most valuable portion
4 of the goods saved, leaving the firsh
mate OF the Oraohe,ss in charge of the
wreck until her owners could be consul
ted. All were landed safely at Port
Townsend on Friday morning. Moth
ing was heard of or seen III Barclay
Sound of anything pertaining to the
unfortunate Pacific. So ends the sad
story of the loss of a steamer with only
two lives saved and four bodies recov-
I, cred and fine ship wrecked, forming
in the combination one Of Flse most mel
q ancholy catastrophes occurring in this
part OF the Pacific coast. Too much
praise cannot be given to Capt. Har-
wood and the other officers and crew OF
/ tile revenue cntter Wolc0st for their
. energy and activity shown on the occa-
sion and also to Peter Thompson, a
7 pilot. who volunteered his service, as
ii he wasswell acquainted with the shores
s of " ancouver Island and the surround
ings of the Straits of Fuca, and also TO
/ Mr.. Huntington, the Indian agent at
) Neah bag reservation, and IN fact, all
{ with whom we come in contact.
Capt. Harwood and Pilot Peter
Thompson went to the wreck of the
O,ple4s and examined il carefully.
!, They say that the ship was undoubted-
q ~ struck bv the steamer, just abaft tue
. forward rigging.
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