Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-13
THE PACIFIC DISASTER.
The Vessel that sunk the Pacific also
Wrecked.

IOHJ lONNSENDJ NOV. lAtu.- nc
revenue cutter Oliver Wolcott return
ed at 8 A. NJ. and brought M. o. Han
ley, the quartermaster, but no other
survivors were found, nor were there
found traces of any. The cutter had
very heavy weather, in fact gale has
been blowing since the night of the
wreck. The coast South of Cape Flat
terry was searched for twenty miles,
also Barclay island, thirty-five miles
to the North of Vancouver island. AT
Copper island they found Capt. Saw.
yer, with his crew, of the ship Orphe-
us, which was the ship that collided
with the Pacific. After the collision
the ship lay hove-to until Friday
morning, repairing, after which she
made for the land. Mistaking the
light on Cape Beal for Tootoosch, she
ran ashore at O'Clock Saturday
morning. The ship was total loss
Search has been kept up with energy
in the face of extremely bad weather,
and there is but little hope OF any
more of the Pacific's crew or passen-
gers being saved.
SAN FRANCISCO, November 12th.-
The ship Orpheus, the vessel supposed
to have cOllided with the steamer Pa
cific, is u total wreck on Copper island,
Barclay sound. Nothing saved. More
particulars to follow.
The Star, of this city, last evening
published an extra containing the fol-
lowing:
SAN FRANCISCO, November 12th.-
l, al, ~. in 4 hnt ri
ing history of the loss of the steamer
Pacific.
While the Woicott was Oil its mis-
sion of search, and while making an
examination of all the inlets and en-
barcaderos for nearly twenty-five
miles South of Cape Flattery, it came
across Captain Sawyer (and wife) and
q crew of twenty men, of the ship Or
pheus, encamped on the beach on one
of the small sounds on Vancouver
island.
Captain Sawyer states that his ship
was struck abaft the fore chain, and
that, as quick as it takes to say it, the
entire starboard gear was carried
away.
His ship lay to, he says, until about
3 o'clock Friday afternoon, during
which time the crew was engaged in
making repairs. Finding his ship in
bad condition, he deemed it neces-
sary to run in for land; but, mistak-
ing the light at Cape Beale for Loo
toosch light, he ran in to shore. This
was about five O'clock Saturday morn
ing.
His ship, he says, will prove total
loss. The Captain and his wife and
all the crew, except the Mate of the
Orpheus, was carried to Fort Towns
end.
The Wolcott reports a succession of
storms, taking the weather altogeth-
er, since the disaster.
There is now no hope of picking up
any more of the passengers or crew of
the Pacific, but it is hoped that some
of them may have been pickedup and
carried into more distant ports.
The Wolcott returned to Port Town
send at quarter to ten o'clock this
morning, and reports that they found
no survivors but o. Haley, whose brief
statement sent you last night. The
body of Robert Jones, an under stew
ard, was found and buried. The VOL
colt has prosecuted most thorough
search in the face of almost Spitzber-
gen weather.
The statement of Captain Sawyer
will be looked for with unabated anX-
iety. The firm Of Goodall, Nelson d
Perkins, have spared no pains or ex-
pense in the search for survivors, and
for the vessel which took part in the
collision, for Capt. Nelson has stuck
to it that the disaster was the result
of II collision. Why the collision
should have taken place is the myste-
ry. Captain Sawyer's statement will
either clear up this mystery or make
it more painfully obscure.
The HERALD's special dispatches of
last night give the following addi-
tional particulars:
PORT TOWNSEND, November 18th
The steamer Gussie Talfair arrived at
Neah Bay on Tuesday morning and
joined the revenue cutter Oliver VOL
colt in the search. She picked up
three bodies, one a woman, who was
recognized as Mrs. VIM. Lawson, and
two men, one of whom was o Mr.. vi
LihSt vi uy oiupi ahu Vic OtlleI is
supposed to be fireman. The VOL
colt picked up two trunks. One of
them, from the contents, was found to
belong to Mrs. Lawson, as it was filled
with women's and children clothing.
On the outside Oh it was leather tag
marked Mrs. w. Lawson. Bank Of
British North America, San Francisco.
The other trunk belonged to the horse
tanners Rockwell & Hurlburt, who are
known to have taken passage in the
unfortunate vessel. All day on Tues
day terrific storm ragged, and it was
impossible to go outside of the Cape,
so all the labor of q e two steamers
was devoted to searching the North
and South shores of the straits, with
only the results above indicated.
On Wednesday the weather mode
rated and the commander of the Wal
colt determined to search the shore of
Vancouver island as far North as Bar
clay Sound, thirty-five miles from
Cape Flattery. About the same time
the steamer Telfair started on heI
search to the Southward. During the
passage along the Vancouver shore all
the Indians seen were communicated
with, but further than the fact that
some light timbers, deck buckets and
boxes had been found by them, moth