The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-17
THE LOST STEAMER.
A Survivor from the Tll-Fated
Pacific Picked UD,


Pacific Picked Up.
SAN FRANcIsco, Nov. 9.-Henry
L. Jelly. survivor from the steam
ship Pacific, foated on the pilot
house from 8 80 Thursday night to
10 o'clock Saturday morning. His
companion died from exposure. and
was cut loose by Jelly. Several
boats were launched. but all perish.
ed. The passengers. some seventy.
five, were from Puget Sound and
Victoria. Jelly is too low to give
further particulars. The ships com.
plement was as follows: Master, j.
d. Howell; First Officer, A. N. Nc.
Donough: Second Officer, A. Wells
Third Officer, j. w. Lewis; Purser,
A. Hill, Jr. Freight Clerk, s. H.
Bigley; Chief Engineer, .. NJ. Bas-
sett Oilers, Thomas Listearge and
J. Dagon, Jr. Carpenter, R. Rick
son;- Watchman, Henry Norris
Steward, j. Martin; I'd Steward,
Chas. Fl. jackson Steerage Stew
ard. S. McMich@l First Cook. ]. NJ.
HOldsworth; I'd Cook, S. Miles; Sd
Cook. c. H. Whiting Baker. Thorn
as Miller; Porter, Robert T. Nc
Nemain Stewardess, Hannah Muier.
There were also five firemen, four
coal passers, ten seamen, two mess
men, two pantry men and eight
walters.
The New Orleans Mutual Insnr-
ance Company had a small risk on
the Pacific.
PoRT TOWNSEND. Nov. Jelly,
the supposed sole survivor from the
Pacific, was brought here by the
ship Messenger, in wretched con-
dition. He says the Pacific collided
with some vessel, whose lights he
saw. Experienced navigators here
think she struck a sunken rock.
Jelly gives the following state
ment: He took passage on the Pa
cific from Victoria. leaving there at
a quarter past 9 o'clock. Thursday.
There were about 200 passengers
aboard. She steamed all day against
an eastern gale. The crew were
constantly pumping water into the
abaft the paddle boxes had no oars
in them; the other boats had oars.
Between Q and 10 o'clock, while in
bed, | heard a crash and felt shock
as if we had struck a rock, The
bells struck stop, back, 90 ahead.
went on deck and heard voices say
all right, we havs struck a vessel.
Saw several lights at a distance ;
they were colored. / went to the
pilot house and heard, ''She is max
ing water fast The Captain came
from his room-burned five blue
lights. The engines were still work
! ing. but no one was at the wheel. i
aided a number of men launch the
long boat. / could notice there
were twenty women in the boat, and
heard that the boats abaft the pad.
dies were got on. but did not see
them. The steamer lasted about an
hour after she struck. So much that
a part of the boat was in water.
was IN that boat and cut loose from
the davits. the boat filled and &urned
over. and | got on the bottom and
helped several mp. Immediately af
ter the ship broke fore and aft and
the smoke stack struck our boat anC
the steamer sunk. / think about al
the women were in our boat AL
were drowned when the boat upset
This was about 10 o'clock at night
The night was not dark nor the Sc,
very rough. / left the bottom o
the boat with another man ant
climbed on top of the pilot house
next morning. and some life preserv
ers floating by, with their ropes
lashed myself and companion to tn,
pilot house. l saw three RATS, tn,
first had three men on it, and th,
second had two men and woman
I could not make ont the third. NJ,
companion died. Friday Afternoon
I saw a vessel and called her, heart
the people on the other raft call tn
vessel, but it did not come near rs
saw two other vessels before wa
picked up. The Hurlburt and Rock
well troupe was aboard.
NEW YORK. Nov. 9.-It is staiet
that Captain jeff. d. Howell. of th
lost steamer Pacific, was brother
in law of Jefferson Davis, and wa
formerly an officer in the Confeder
ate Navy. He was a young man
but was supposed TO be an experi
enced navigator.