The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-10
General News.
Etc, Etc, Etc.

|
SAN Francisco, Nov. S-The following
press dispatch has been received
! ZEATLE, W. T., Nov. Tine Daily Dis
patch received the following special from Port
Townsend this morning: The American ship
Messenger, Capt. Jilkey. arrived nine days
out from San Francisco, reports picking up
twenty miles south of Cape Flattery part OF
the pilot-house and Henry l.. Jelly, the only
survivor of the steamer Pacific, which sailed
from Victoria at o'clock Thursday morn in G
and foundered forty miles south of Cape
F!attery at o'clock Thursday evening
Jelly hoated on the Ipilot-house from P.
NJ. Thursday until 10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing, when he was picked up by the Messen-
ger Several boats were launched but all
foundered. A. F. Torres.
Jelly is too low to give full particulars. He
states he was in the boat which swamped and
with another man succeeded in reaching part
of the pilot-house. The other man subse-
quently died from exposure and was cut loose
by Jelly.
| The following is the list of passengers
| fourteen of the first ones mentioned, together
with ten or twelve in the steerage, being from
Puget Sound the balance from Victoria j.
Hellmute and wife. Mrs. Mahon and child,
Il. C. Motor, G. t. Viping, Fred G. Hard, G.
B. Davidson and wife, A. Robbins, I. ALI
son, 0. Mcpherson, W. Maxwell, B: Wood. j.
| T. Arbell W. Am;ss, w. wilson W. Purdary
Miss A. Reynolds, Miss J. Balmer, Mrs. Mer-
ties, Mrs. Lawson, E Twin II. Halter, Jas. Hen
ming, Mrs. S. Stiles and cbiia, j. Mclntire,
| G. Is. Fairbanks, Capt. and Mrs. Parson, A.
B. Oway, w. J. Terry J. F. Johnston, Tho-.
Smith, Jno. Cochrane, S. P. Moody. T. j.
Terrell, M. Summers, j. Cahill, Jno. Watson,
VIM. Wells, j. II. Webbs, VIM. Policy, Col
Vaudeville, vile and child, r. Hudson. H.
H. G. Linee, E. P. Atkins, Thos. Beverly, r
| Lasalle, w. Waldron, Jno. Lee, G. GribbeIi,
Geo. Mortep, Jno. Mccormick, JDo. Samo-
son, Isaac Webb, L. Chapman aud forty more
| in the steerage.
| The ships complement was as follows:
Master, J. D. Howell; first Off ser, A. n. Nc
Donough; second officer, A. Wells; third off,
Ger, J. w. Lewis; purser, A. Hill, Jr.; freight
clerk, S. H. Bgley; chief engineer, L. Hous-
ton; assis ant, D. M. Bissett; oilers, Thomas
Listearge and J. Dagar, Dr.; carpenter, r. Err
rickson; Waterman, Henry Norris; steward,
J. Martin; second steward, Charles III jack
son; steerage steward, S. McNchol; first
cook, J. NJ. Holdsworth; second, S. Miles;
third, C. H. Whiting; baker, Thomas Muller;
porter, Robert L. McNemain; stewardess,
Hannah Muir.
passers, ten seamen, two mess men, two
pantrymen and eight walters
The New Orleans Mutual Insurance Com
pany had small risk on the Pacific.
New York, Nov. ct is stated that Capt
Jonas d. Ii )Eeil, of the lost steamer Pacific,
was a brother-in-law Of Jefferson Davis, and
was formerly an OH 3er Of the Confedarate
navy. Hs was a young man, but was sup
posed to be an experienced navigator
PoRr TOWNSEND, Nov. 9.-Jelly, the sup
posed sole survivor from the Pacific, was
brought here by the ship Messenger in q
wretched condition. He says the Pacific col
Elk perienced navigators here think she struck
sunken rock.
JELLY's STATEMENT
took passage en- the Paciti, from Victoria,
leaving quarter past 8 O'Clock Thursday.
There were about 200 persons on board.
The steamer was all day against an eastern
gale. The crew were constantly pumping
water into the boats to trim the ship. Boats
abaf5 the paddle boxes had no oars in them,
the other boats had oars. Between and 10
O'clock, while in bed, heard crash and felt u
shock as if the boat had strdck a rock. TNe
bells struck "stop,' back her. "go
ahead" l went on deck heard voices say ::
"All right we have struck vessel"
were colored. Went up TO the pilo.-house,
and heard the remark, {" She is making water
fast" The captain came from his room lie
burned five blue lights The engines We're
still working. 40 one was at the wheel
aided number of men, who tried 10 launch
the long boat, but could not. There were
twenty women in the boat I heard that the
boats abatt the paddles got eff, bat did not
see them.
The steamer listed about an hour
after she struck 50 mach that the
port boat was N the water. | was
in that boat and cnt it loose from the
davit5. The boat filled and turned over. I
got on the bottom and helped several persons
up. Immediately afterthe ship broke fore and
aft. The smoke stack strack our boat and
the steamer sunk. [ think about all the wo-
men were in our boat All were drowned
when the boat upset.
| This was about 10 O'Clock The night was
not dark nor the sea very rough. ! left the
bottom OF the boat with another man, and
. climbed to the top of the pilot-house; mex
morning got some life presergers floating by,
with their ropes lashed myself and com pan.
ion to the pilot-house.
| | saw three RATS. The first had three men
| the second two men and woman; | could
not make out the third. Ny companion died
Friday afternoon. | saw vessel; .lled and
heard the people Of the other raft clll. TIE
=, vessel did not come near US. / saw two Other
-; vessels before being picked up. The Hurl5ut
Rockwell troupe We're a5card.