New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-10
THE PERILS OF THE SEA.
,ross OF TWO HUNDRED LIVES.

- ..-..,,so,p PACIFIC STRIKES A sUNKEN ROCK
on A VESSEL AT NIGHT-TuE SEA SMOOTH bo'
rfr BOATS UsELEsS-HENRY ,. JELLY fLoAls
TuIRTY-sIx HOURS IN THE WATER.
saw FRASCIsco, Nov. "a dispatch from
Fort Townsend this evening says Henry F. jelly wh'
ia suppos.d 20 be the sole survivor OF the s'amSnl
Pacific disaster who brought here yesterday ny tn'
aim Messenger Is In wrctchcd condition. He was on
the raft 80 hours before being picked mp He saws inc
Pacific colided with some other vessel whose hRh' DC
sau In ms interview With Capt. Gilkey the master o.
Tho Messenger however, he made no mentioh oi uo s
OF vessel and some persons think ne 10 is"o''"s w.
haIlaeinsion IA 10 that Experienced naVl9a'ors "oo
think IL Is more likely that she struck SuiNon iV'"
Joly makes q statement 20 the following enrct'
ItooL a CABIN passage on the Pacific rom Victoria,
leaving about 9I5 O'Clock Thursday InoTnag, In a.,
nx sasf south eastern gale, the eryw constantly
puinuing water into the boats 10 'llin tne sp h
hosts hal oars between o'clock In the evening,
while bed heard crash anu c III - 81 90 rovs Ind
had struck rock heard somehrg is az ,ocss m
fallen on the starhoard bow the bell struck 10
back and go ahead y went on DECK; heaIu No' -;
al distance they were coored but paid ltte steh
ton 10 returned to the c1Dn, anu %t 70 6e
the shin carened heavily Ia port Went ON otoh ~ ~
lilot-house and heard some one say sne si am
wafer very fast =; the captain coming oIt Oh us I
he said the blue lights we're in the pilot,
~ vIes We're atm worSing at the wheel
vent Ia the starboard side forward OF the l"uuto
vi n
lanneLed hut could not; theu went to Tue port pos
fnryY rd and h, lped five or AK women iIo " ~
,o tne boa on but cOnd not move II; here were hp9u
o women in it heard that the boats abatt tue paddles
had ne, n got of, bat did not see tDem IN, -
- wnch t,e port boat was in the water; WAS IN that
boat aud cut IL rom the daNlis inc uoat hlS '
turned over; got ON her BOTTOM anu noif'N
with me. - $4,000, ,o hraat m two
fore and AT The smukt-stack fell aud STRUCK HuI pue
sni tIe steamer saIG tLnE about ali TIE women VIZ h
In our boat aud fear they we're al drcwhso W. o"e
aHnnf
the nignt wac dark the sea very r0nSn uu h t
was resh breeze aitefwaru eit e ROM Of The pilot
honse boating near; morning We got some me pre-
shd ourselves to the house; three rats; the first
lad one man on II, the next nM tnreS men alu u
woman could not s mnfo HAT Ts III" there We're poo
pie 1t; think We We, w ,hn ,cs Sc sunk /
passed ligt Tatoosh Island ne'wc Wa anu D
O'clock 10 the evening; my companion anu ~ ~
the pot-aouse all Friday until about T. M, %heh e
died, cut him loose the running very hlsh al
day the waves washing over Us; sighted vessel unt
bnt the " sei did rot Friday night theI
was but little wind untii morning when tns wnu u
tea rose was tlen within nile OF -ioie Oh %
Island; sighted two vessels ON tue Alneiicln snuie,
which passed me; about III CLOCK oh ndtur""' "V"e
the Messenger picked me up
Thare was great excitement in this city the receipt
az the uews of the disaster and the telegraph aud news
uaper offices and Merchants Exchange were heseeed ny
persons who had friends relatives on board the SNIP
No one seems know the OF the members OF the
uurlOut ROCKWELL lrOup'' ""' ~ ~ '"PfV
Fannie Marston one of then and That the others
were performers picked up In this part OF inc country
The steamer Los Angeles has been dispatched TO save
the SURVIVOR there any. Jelly says there was no
terror or confusion the part of the passengers ana
That IL tie boats cond have been launched and properly
manned ~ the comparatively smooth, all on
board night have beeu saved.
POSTAL AGENT HAND on THE STEAMSHIP.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-Mr. Frederick ~
Hand, whose name appears among the passengers IT,
ported ost Oh tile steamship Pacific, well known N
W,shinsrop having been clerk in the POst-Ofhce De
partusent fer number OF years He WIS Postal Agent
lori q Pacific Coast