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The Perils Of the Sea.


phes at sea- To the wreck Of the steamship
Pacific of the coast of British North Amer
lea, and the burning of the Waco, in Calves
ton Harbor, by which hundreds of lives
were lost, are to be added the total loss Of
five vessels in hurricane, off the West
Indies, and several minor shipwrecks. The
Pacific ,ollided with ship in the Straits Of
Fuca, at nine O'Clock on the evening Of the
4th inst, and but two persons, So far as
known, survived, of two hundred on board.
Henry Jelley, one of the survivors who was
rescued, barely alive, after thirty-six hours
exposure. floating on the pilot house, says
in his statement telegraphed from San Fran
cisco
While in bed heard crash, and felt
shock as if We had struck rock went
on deck heard voices say, al right, we
have struck a vessel" | saw several lights
at distance; they were coiored, bat paid
little attention to them. noticed that the
ship took heavy list to port. went ON
deck to the pilot house. and heard some one
con,a;n o,,,;rr on, or lie -, -
him ;f tbere ,ss-e ary hre I;rL,' or -
H. said ,be b,ra Eci,s ,vora in tho LII,
bors, L., ,Lo,o al bnrno1 &C. 10
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5rowned % w ubsn n, ,b'. ,.' t.,,i % -. Th;. raa
,bout IN o,cInck in .be areri,, Tbn ri,,bt
was not Ssrk NOV ,be 60, rerv ra,sb 6nt
tnere was fresh breeze. alter"ard lett |
.-e - 80 =, 'ne u"u, WI "no'"oi
which was floa,ing near Nex, mnrn;ng |
got some life preservers floating by the |
house, anu with their ropes iashes myself |
a"n s cum panien 70 'ne nouse' -" 'n,ee
second had ,hree men and a v1,uar bntI
could not make out the third ralt owing to
the distance, excep; that there were people |
son,b If Csns PIs,,er- 49,, ,h - M
We passed The light on Ta,toosh Island be-
tween / an ) O'Clock in the evening | and
my S som panioh were on tAe Plo'-hou-e al
he dieJ on, -, - l., ,Sa ~, ~
ming very high all dav. the waves washing
over Us. sighted vesse. and called to
ner' ana nearu persons On o'heF iH'tN c"H-
Fridav nigbt ,bere wa bn. l;,,ls wi"1 r1rii
morning when the wind and sea rose | was
then within a milo "t the shore Of Naneou-
,ui is,I"u slsn'Ji '"o 'es9e'7 ',' I'M. vac
10 o'cIock Satn,d.v ,,.-T;r', the ~
ger picked me NJ.
rLo... -, Il,
.o.r,s ., ;r,;.... 80. .i..l.-;.n
r,a,. .o.. :. -, 9
.noa,s g. l,,n,t;, -, - al 6
than wore vitbonr oars and ,,, ,,.. of
them. apn.,en,lv was s,ved. or was the
means Of sa,ip- q rss,enecr ,borcb the
nigh, wss not an-;, nr The sen very rcurb.
The los. of the Wac, was eve, ,oo-s 5a-
st-uctire Of human rse f,r 81, f,r os is
knovn rot sopI or .,-,.. roj ,, L.a-d
survived. The steamship ,.,d arrived otf the
harb,r Of ,;aly.stop As the barb,r i diff
cult of access IN heavy weather. She anchor
c! outside in e,,tranv with a Arc. number
Of vessel. How she to,k fir. ! ,:at GER
t,;ntv sno,Vn h.. ir /. .,,,,.,s,J 10 uas
struck by lightning. \ fire l-ckc 9rt in the
forward part Of the ship, where keross ne oil
had been stored among the freight. The
flames, famed By a furious wind swept