The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-11-16
the PACIFIC.
The ship that Sunk Her.

| SAN Francisco, November IA dis
patch this afternoon, from Port Town
send, reports the return OF the revenue
steamer WolcOtt from cruise after the
survivors of the Pacific. After finding
y 'HanlOn, the quartermastcr previously
noted. the cutter steamed for Neah Bay.
Near Waddan Island she picked up the
body of the understeward of the Pacific.
On reaching Neah Bay, Lieut.. HarwOOd,
In &C mman1 of the WOlcott, sent Indians
IN canoes, who searched the coast twenty
miles southwark of Cape Flattery, re-
turning after two days of an unsuccess-
full search. There was heavy gale all
day Tuesday. Wednesday the WOlcott
sailed for Barclay Sound and Vancouyer's
Island, thirty-five miles from Cape Flat
terry, and communicated with Indians
along Vancouver's shore, but nothing of
importance was ascertained. Steaming
up Barclay Sound, the first Indian village
was hailed. A canoe came Oft, contain.
ing white man, who came aboard and
THE SHIP ORPHEus.
lie stated she had been run into the
Thursday night previous by a steamer
and was wrecked on the following Satur-
day morning on an island near by, Cop
per Island. The captain and crew had
got ashore safely and were encanped fur
Their up. Proceeding in the direction in
dicated, another canoe approached In
which was Captain Sawyer of the Or
pheus. lie gave the following account
of the disaster:
THE CAPTAINS ACCOUNT.
Thursday evening he was approaching
the cape, by his reckoning about twenty
miles of, with a fresh southeast breeze,
steering about northwest. The man at
the wheel first saw the steamers head
light off the port bow, and Immediately
after, straight ahead. lie could not see
either OF her side lights, and could
not make out which direction she
was coming. lie put his
helm astai board. The light came
nearer. lie continued to starboard his
helm until his vessel had turned around
with the sails flat aback. The steamer
BY this time had got very near him. lie
blew on her whistle, and in less than
half minute after her bow struck his
ship glancing the bow just abaft the
forechains and crashing in the rail,
breaking the planking down to near the
copper. She surged alongside after
striking and grating along the starboard
braces and rigging Oh that side, also the
foretop mast.
Capt. Sawyer states that lie hailed the
steamer, as she surged past, and called to
them TO lay by him and send boat as he
then supposed his ship to be in a sinking
condition, but
NO ONE ANSWERED THE HAIL,
neither did he see one on deck. She
driited or steamed away, he was not Ger.
tain which. lie afterwards saw dash o
light which he took tor % signal. ii,
thought they had heard his hail anu
would lay By him. He saw her no more
His ship ut that time demanded all his at
.entiOn. lie lay the remainder of thai
night and nearly all day Friday rep firing
the rigging. That forenoon he got unde
way again and made sail for land. SOor
after dark he made the light which he
took for Cape Flattery,nOt knowing there
was light on the coast further north
He allowed five miles clearance for Dun
can Rock and considered himself safe fol
entering the straits OF Fuca, when about
8 O'Clock Saturday morning his shil
scraped over the reef. Immediately aftcl
she struck her bow on rock and
STUCK FAST AND FILLED.
The light he mistOOk for Flattery was
Cape Bealc, the entrance of Barclay
Sound, thirty-hve miles north of the tor
mer. His ship will prove total loss
Capt. sawyer got all the valuables, etc.
he could out Of her and encamped on tho
shore with his wife and crew In tent
made OF sails. He had hired a cano,
from the Indians and started his mate I,
Victoria for help, but the weather was s,
bad the Indians would not venture GU
on T. voyage, so they were found whel
the Wolcott arrived.
Lieut. IIarwood took all Of then