The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-10
DISASTERS ON THE OCEAN.
HENRY y. JBLLEY's STORY or THE
LOSS or THE PhUIFIO.
Aroused from sleep by the shock Of tho Ce'-
iision An the Women sinking In Ono boat
-Tbirty-six Hours on n FrniI Raft.

Aroused from sleep By the shock Of tho Ce'-
Iision An the Women sinking In Ono boat
-Tbirty-six Hours on n Frnil Raft.
SAN FRANCIsco, Nov. g. A despatch from
Port Townsend this evening says that Henry II.
Jelley, the supposed sole survivor Of the steam
ship Pacific disaster, was brought there yester-
day by the ship Messenger In a wretched oondi-
tion, having been on the raft tblrty-sx hours
before he was picked up. He says the Pacific
came In collision with some other vessel, whose
light he saw, but in the interview with Capt.
Gllkey, tho master Of the Messenger, he made
no mention OF the light OF vessel, and some
persons think he Is laboring under halluoina-
tion. Experienced naviRators hero think II 10
more likely that ehe struck a sunken rock. Jel-
ley makes a statement to the following effect
1took acabin passage on the Pacne from vlctorl,.
about two hundred people on board. She steamcd ali
p So .ss s e. @ s & Tsv h 70; h
boats a9sf the paddle bores na1 no osrs Ia tnem he
while IN oed. heard crash, and lei, shock though
We BAD struck rock heard something fsl as ihongh
TO step. bac. sg9 go ahead went ON deck ana heard
we. er s. se 4 samc aye Tss Tnsy we're scicre
but paid but little attention TO them. returned 20 tho
port. went on dccs to the pilot house. AID heard
Captain coming out Of hs room. sssed hin II there
were any blue lights or guns. lie SAID the blue lights
The cogines were sti wortiSs but no one wa, a. tSs
pa bo tS 'nS ne ~ % sds er rs q %
long boat launched. but could not wcntto The port
tried % SCI the boat o. hui could not move & There
were about twenty women In IT, heard tnat the boats
them thins L vas about an hoar ,fier the steamer
se ec sSS Se Soa and eu s0i rom e
ssay ahs & PSis Sss Ged and turned over 90, Gn her
after hs the steamer seemed to break in two fore aud
aft The smoxcslsck fell and struck our boat and the
steamer sunk. think about all the women were In our
boat and Tear that ,asy we,s AZ Dr. yned ssea the
SG oT T I s'sk T sS s the 5SaSs o1
the pilot house floating Next morning got some
ropes oshsd mysst and y co@paSiSn to the house.
;Av lirce raft, the nrs had one man on IT, the next
The hrd rail- ewhi to the dl.,,ur Except jhAl lhtro
were people on IT, think rs wsr9 tslsy on iov'r NY
20 sed tho light on Tsilo5sh Island hctween and
he o Il house as s on rrda un Me- shSn
he died; ! cut him loose: Ihe sea wss running very
vessel and called TO her and heard persons On other
FRIDAY nis6t there was but little ~inG uatii morning.
when tac Nind a.d sea rose. w,s then Within mile
ou TIE Am rcau shore. which pAscI inc. A about 10
up hKSRY r. JELLY.
Jclley SAYS that there was no terror or CON
fusion on the part Of the passengers, and that
the boats could have been launched and pro-
peily manred, IA the sea was comparatively
smooth, and all on board might have bceu saved.
A dcsuntch from Seattle saws Of the Rockwell
and llurlbut troupe. consisting Of A. II. Rock
welt and wife, NJ II. Iluribut, j. ID. Cowler.
W. 1ully and Wili,in. reported as beng lost
VIII the steamer i cilc. that Il Is not cert ain
they took passage 10y that vessel as on the day
sho lied MIR. Rockwell told an officer Of the
steamer salvador they were booked for tho Pa
cihc. but could not get ready, and would go on
the SAlv. dor.
MIR. Frederick D. Hand, whose namc arpears
among the passengers lost OH the Pacific, wss
wed known In Washington, having been CLERK
In the Post once Department for Il number Of
years. He was postal ncent for the Pacific coast.
Jefferson Davis Holton, master of tho
steamer Pacific, IA near relative Of the Presi-
dent Of the late Southern Confederacy. During
the n OF the rebellion he served CALAMITY as
an officer In botn the army and navy OF the Con-
federacv soon 2 fer the ci )se Of the wvr Capt.
HotOn came to this city. and was for some tim 9
connected with POmeroys Democrat