The Republican journal., 1875-11-11
A Steamer Lost. Only One Survivor.

" @hSiAiANploNs 4NON. o. "A PllNttoS Wv
spatch received here this evening an
Pacific. between Portland. Oregon, and
San Francisco, by laundering at sea. last
Thursday. The despatch says all on
board were lost
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. s. The following
press despatch has just been received:
Seattle. w. T., Nov. l. The Daily De-
spatch received the following from Port
Townsend this morning: The American
ship Messenger, j. +. Gilkev, arrived nine
days from San Francisco and reports pick
ing up, 20 miles south of Cape Flattery a
part of the pilot house and Henry l.. Jelly,
the only survivor OF the steamship Pacific,
which sailed from Victoria, Thursday, Oct
9th, and foundered 40 miles south of Cape
Flattery, at 8 o'clock Thursday evening
Jelly foated on the pilot house from
o'clock Thursday night until ten O'Clock
Saturday morning, when he was picked
up by the Messenger. Several boats were
launched, but all toundered
Jelly is too low to give full particulars
He states he was in a boat which swamped,
and with another man succeeded in reach
ing a part of the pilot house The other
man afterwards died of exposure and was
cut loose by Jelly. The passengers were
all from Puget Sound and Victoria.
Since the above was in type. fuller
account of the survivors, statement has
come to hand us follows
| took a cabin passage on the Pacific,
from Victoria, leaving ut Il quarter past
nine, the morning of Thursday. lth inst
There were about 200 people on board.
The steamer worked all day against u
southeastern, the crew constantly pumping
water into the boats to trim the ship. The
boats We're abait the paddlc-boN and had
no oars in them; Others had oars. Be
tween 5 and 9 O'Clock in the evening
while i'll bed, l heard a crash and felt 4
shock, as if the vessel had struck 4 rock
the starboard bow bell was struck to stop,
back, and 90 ahead went on deck heard
voices say, ats all right we have struck
4 yessel;'' saw the vessels light at 4 dis
lance. but do not think they We're colorcd,
but paid little attention; returned to the
cabin and noticed that the ship took n
heavy list to port; went on deck to the
pilot house ahd heard some one say, "She
is making water very fast" The Captain
coming out OF hisroom asked if there were
any blue lights or guns; was told the blue
lights were in the pilot house; got them
and burned tiye noticed the engines still
working, but no one at the wheel; went
to the starboard side forward of the pad
die box, where Il number of men were
trying to get out the long boat, but could
not; went to the port boat forward and
helped five or six women into it tried to
get the boat off, but could not move it ;
there were about 20 women IN it; heard
the boats about the paddle-box had got
off, but did not see them; think it was
about an hour after the steamer struck
when she listed so much the port boat
was in the water; | was III that boat and
when cut loose from the davits the boat
filled and turned over; got on her bottom
and helped several up with me. Lnme-
diately alter the steamer seemed 10 break
in two tore and aft The smuke-stack fell
and struck our boat and the steamer sank
| think about all the women We're in our
boat, and fear they were all drowned when
tue boat upset This was about 10 in the
evening. The night was not dark nor the
sea very rough, but there was fresh
breeze. Afterwards left the bottom OF the
boat and with another man climbed in the
top OF the pilot house floating near. The
next morning got some life preservers
floating near the house, and with their
ropes dashed myself and companion to the
house. We saw three rats; the first had
one man on it; the next had three men
and 4 woman; could not make out the
other, except there were people on it;
think we were so or 40 miles south of
Cape Flattery when the vessel sank
passed the light on Tattoosh Island be-
tween and ) in the evening. My COM
panion and were on the pilot house all
Of Friday until about 4 7. NJ, when he
died and cut him loose
The sea was running high all day, and
was washing over lis, Soon after he
died | sighted a vessel called and heard
the people on the RATS calling. but the
vessel did not come nearer Friday night
there was but little wind until morning,
when the wind and sea rose Was then
within mile of Vancouver Island. Sight
ed two vessels on the American shore
which passed on About 10 a. NJ, Satur-
day, the ship Messenger picked me up,
HENRY I. JELLY.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO,
There was great excitement in this city
on hearing the news and the telegraph and
newspaper offices and Merchants En-
change were besieged by people who
had friends and relatives on board. No
one seems to know the names Of the llurl-
burt Rockwell Troupe, but it is supposed
that Fannie Marston was one of them and
that the others were performers picked
up in that part of the country. The steam
er Los Angeles will be dispatched on her
arrival to-day to save the survivors, il any.
Jelly stated informally that there was no
terror or confusion on the part of the pas
sengers and that if the boats could have
been launched and properly manned, all
would have been saved.
A despatch from Seattle says Of the
Rockwell and Hurlburt Troupe, consist
ing of A. III. Rockwell and wife, NJ ID.
Hurlburt, j. ID. CowIer, W. FULLY and
Williams, reported as being lost with the
steamer Pacific, that it is not certain they
took passage by that vessel, as on the day
she sailed Rockwell told an officer OF the
steamer Salvador that they We're booked
for the Pacific. but could not get ready
and would 90 on the Salvador