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The Lost Paeine.
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II tAOhi Ne0@AAA6
dated the 10th inst, gives the statement Of
Neal oiialey, quartermaster of the lost
steamship Pacific, rescued by the EeEenue
Cutter Oliver Walcots on the morning of the
9TH inst, as follows:
Thursday About $50 people on board.
Went below at Sp. m. Everything a right
When the shock occurred ran on the deck.
Everything was in confusion, passengers
crowding On the hurricane deck. The ship
fell OF into the trough Of tbs sea- Saw
large vessel under sail which they said
struck the steamer. The passengers crowd
ed into tie blats against the commands Of
the ofic, =. Wild tho chief epginer got the
port boa. forward into tae water. Got III
teen women and sig men into her. She cap
sized b, the rolling Of the ship. Saw none
of them Afterwards. Supported myself by ii
floating ssylight about fifteen minutes, and
then gni n a portion Of the hurricane deck
with suu.t eight Others. Found that she
had iisarjeared. leaving floating mass al
human beings.
lie screams for help were fearful, but
soon eea>, d. and We were alone on the raft.
There were the captain. second mate. sec
ond cool AID four Passengers, lnciIdns
Young inig At one a. H., next morning,
the 5sh. il blew gale from the southeast,
the sea makius Il clean breach over the
raft About a. m. the sea washed OF the
caruiu. tie second mate. the lady and an
other passenger. About a. IN. the second
cook died Ii cleared up about 1 P. IN. Saw
land fifteen mics distant. and 4 piece OF
wreck with to or m re on il. About p
m, another died. On the morning of the
9th another died, leaving me alone. About
4 p. m, large empty box aoated by me.
Got it on the raft for shelter Slept sound
that night for several hours. On the
morning Of the 7th saw land on both sides
Was surrounded with iyating kcip, which
made the water smooth. At 3 a. IN, was
rescued by the cutter.
Nothing has vet been seen of the ship
which struck the Pacific.
The steamship Gnssie Telfair, has return
ed from a cruise in the rei,h5orhood OF Cape
Flatterv. for survivors from the Pacific.
She found no Twin; persons, but picked up
the BODY Of woman identified as that of
Mrs. Heller. Of San Francisco the bodies
of Mr.. Yining, of Heilacom, Washington
Territory. and Of the stoker of the lost
ship. ii! these bodies had life preservers
on. Tie Oliver Walcott picked up tie
body Of the assistant steward, named Rich
ard Jones. Steamers are still searching
for more bodies.
LArER-THE SNIP THAT WAS IN COLLISION
WITH THE PACIFIC, DISCOVERED, WRECK.
SAN FRANcisco, Nov. 10 - A despatch
this afternoon from Port Townsend reports
the return ot the revenue steamer Oliver
Walco,t. After finding O'Iialey, the quar-
terlna-ter preyiOusly noted. the cutter
steamed FOR Barclay Sound, Vancouver :
Island. thirty-fve miles from Cape Flattery
| and communicated with Indians along the
Veucuuyrr shore, but nothing Of importance
was a~crrt,ined. Steaming up Barclay
Sound, can1os came of containing white
man, waa came aboard and introduced
/ himself IL the first mate Of the ship Or
/ pheus lie stated that she had been run
| into the Thursday night previous by q
steamer and was wrecked the following
| Saturday morning on an island near by,
known a, Copper Island. The captain and
crew had got ashore safely and were er-
camped further up.
Proceeding in the direction indicated, an
other canoe approached, III which was
| Capt Sawyer, of the Orpheus. lie gave
the following account of the disaster
THURSDAY evening he was approaching
the cap, 10y his reckoning about twenty
miles t. The man at the wheel FIRST
saw the steamers head light OF the
port bow. Immediately after straight ahead
could ste neither OF her side lights, and
could not make on; which direction she was
coming: tne light came nearer he contiR-
ued t. >tarbJlri biz helm until his vessel
had tIrueI around with sails Hat aback
The steamer by this time had got very near
| him. She h.cN one whistle, and in les>
than ia.f ID inmate after her bow struck hi-
ship Us; a5lft the lorechains. crashing il
/ the IA! anl breaking the panking down
/ to nelrth copper. She slrged alongside
| Of her. striking ami grating along her star
board side, carrying away all the s;arhoari
braces and rigging OF that side. Also the
oretlf mast.
Capt. >twgvr stale, tina; he hailed the
stca.ae- as Sic sursei past. called to them
/ to la+ hy him and send boat A. he then
/ supposed his ship 10 Be IN sinking condi-
tor. hat ua one answered the hail, neither
| dill hr see any one uu deck She drilJed OF
steIme! away. BE- was not certain which
lie afterwards SAW a Hash OF light, which
he took for a signal. lie tonight they bad
! heard his hall ana would lay by him. lie
saw her ~ more. His ship at that time
demanded all his attention. He lay to the
remainder OF that night and nearly all day
Friday, repairing the rigging.
That forenoon he got under way again
] q &c. Ia Il ite
made li,ht which he took for Cape Flat
terry, lot knowing there was light on the
coast further north. Considered himself
safe for entering the straits Of Fuca, when
about five o'c.ock, Saturday morning, hi
ship Scraped over the reef and Immediately
after struck her bow On rock, stuck fast
and filed. The light he mistook for Flat
terry was Cape Beals, at the entrance OF
/ Barclay Sound, thirty-fve miles north Of
of the former. The ship will prove total
loss Captain Sawyer got all the yaluables,
| etc. he could out Of her, and encamped on
shore with his wife and crew in tents made
| Of SAIL. had hired a canoe from the Indians
/ and started his mate to Victoria for help,
but the weather was so bad the Indians
wonll not venture out on the voyage.
Lieut. Harw0od took all Of them ON board
his vessel, with the most valuable portion of
the goods saved, leaving the first mate Of
the Orpheus in charge Of the wreck until
the owner could be consulted. All were
landed safely at Port Townsend, Friday
morning.
Whether any serious complications are
likely to arise or not from our present re-