Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-13

In connection with the loss of the
Pacific, the following telegram from
Canada was received last evening:
LONDON, Ont, Nov. IL.
Conductor Frazier has received q
telegram from his brother, who had
been saved iron. the wreck. lie aud
Jelly were both from this city.
The man referred to is evidently A.
Frazier, one OF the cabin passengers.
John j.. Clark, administrator Of the
estate of Alexander Rae, filed a COM
plant in the 10Th District Court ye>ter-
day against Leon Coburn, +. p. Spar
rowhawk, g.. n. Stanton, WIN. Wolf,
and B. q. Balcom, to recover 500, 600
eXander Rea, in July last. The COM
plant alleges that the defendants will
fully and corrup,ly conspired together
to take possession OF the wharf at Pig
con Point and kill Rea, which they did.
Ike left All aged mother, two sisters,
n Of whom Is q helpless cripple, and
a young brother, all depending upon
him for support.
n dispatch to GOodall, Nelson 4 Co.,
from Port Townsend, says the evenue
cutter Oliver Wolcott returned Ivy that
place at 9:45. She brought Neil o.
Hanley, Q~uartermaster of the Pacific,
but no other survivors. nor found any
trace of any others. They buried at
Neah Bay the body of Robert Jones,
one of the under stewards. The cutter
experienced very Severe weather, in
fact, a gale has been blowing ever
since IL O'Clock the night of the wreck.
The coast south OF Cape Flattery was
searched for twenty miles, by the aid
Of Indian canoes. Barclay sound. on
Va ncouver Island, WAS searched by
the cutter, and on Coffee Island they
found Captain Sawyer. OF Boston, ship |
OrPheus. with crew encamped on the
beach. h Orpheus was the ship
with which the Pacific collided. She |
was struck abaft the fore chains and
all her StarbOar d gear carried away. |
She lay to until Friday afternoon, re-
pairing damages. then made for land,
aud installing the light on Cape Beale |
for Tai,oo>h light, the ship ran ashore,
about 5 O'Clock Saturday morning.
She will prove a total loss. Captain |
Sawyer has with him Il wife and q men.
Thsy were brought here by the Wal
cot. The Chief Mate of the Orpheus
was lett by the ship until the owners
can be heard from. The search has
prosecuted with energy and thor.
oughly, in the face Of extremely bad
"No''Vi NV Ai'Sh "iiItSs tsiIu lutIc -
hut little hope that any more lives will
be saved. nnless possibly some may
have been picked up by passing YES
sells and carried to other ports.
Wreck of the Orpheus-Che Cruise |
for the survivors Of the Pacific.
SAN Francisco, Nov. IL.
A dispatch this afternoon from Port
Townsend reports the re,urn OF tn. |
revenue steamer Wolcott from the
cruise after the survivors of the Pacific.
After finding O'Hanlon, Quarter
master, previously noted the cutter
steamed for Neah Bay. Near Waddon |
Island picked uptile body of the under
steward of the Pacific. The Wo!cott
then $ lied for Barclay Sound, Van.
couver Island, 30 miles from Cape
Fl.tiery, and o lnunicated with the
Indians along Vancouver shore, but
nothing of importance was a>cerlainei /. I
Sleaming up Barclay Sound the first
Ind III village was hailed. A canoe
came off containing IA while man.
who came aboard and introduced him
self as the First Maze OF the ship Or.
pheus. He stated that she had been
run into the Thursday night previous,
~ Nss "a VIC " VII IIV 1
following Saturday morning, on an
island near 10y. The Captain and crew
had got ashore safely and We're en-
caniped further up. Proceeding in ii Q
direction indicated, another canoe au-
proached. in which was Captain Saw
yer, OF the Orpheus. He gave the fol.
Lowing ccou of the disaster:
Thursday evening he was approach
ing the cape, by his reckoning about
70 miles of. Fresh southeast breeze,
and steering about northw est. The
man AT the vince! first saw the Stean.-
er's headlight. Oft port bow, iiEnledi-
ately alter, straight ahead. He could
see neither OF her side lights. and could
nos make out which direction she was
coming. He put his helm a>tarboarG,
the li4h Int caine nearer, and he continued
to Starhoard his helm until his vessel
had turned around its sails flat almck.
The steamer by this time had got
very near him, blew one whistle, and
III less than hall a minute after her
now struck his shipa glancing blow
Just alait the forechainS, crashing in
the rail and breaking the p%lanking
do' II to near the copper. She >ur2ed
along the side of her, striking and
graft IL along the starb0ard side, car
rying away all of the Startoard braces
and rigging on that side; also the fore
lopInast. Captain Sawyer states that
he hailed the Gamer as she Surged
past; called to them to lay by him and
send IA boat. As he then supposed his
hip to he in a sinking condition, but
no one answered the hail; neither
did he see any II on deck. She
drified or steamed away, he was not
C ain whi.h. He aft forwards
aw a dash OF light which he took for
a signal. lie thought they had heard
his hail and would lay by him. He
saw her no more. His ship at that
time denarded all his attention. lie
lay o all day Friday, repairing the
rigging. That afternoon he got under
way again and mate sail for land.
Soon after d tIk h- made a light which
he took Tor Cape Flati-ry. MOI know
N. there was a light on The cOas: fur
Their nOr;h. He allowed five miles
clearance for Duncan rock and SON.
siiered himself sat. for entering tho
Straits of Fuca, when about 5 O'Clock
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