The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-11-26
Wreck of the orpheus, the Vessel That
Coilided With the Pacific.

| DAN L RANtlSCt. Nofs uASPaoSA
this afternoon from Port Townsend, re
ports the return of the revenue steamer
Wolcott from a cruise after the survivors OF
the Pacific After finding OHanlon, the
| quartermaster, previously noted, the cut
ter steamed for Neah Bays near Walden
Island, where she picked up the body OF
the under steward of the Pacific. On
reaching Neah Bay, Lieutenant Harwood, in
command of the Wolcott, sent Indians in
canoes who searched the coast for twenty
miles southwark of Cape Flattery, return
ing after two days unsuccessful. A heavy
gale prevailed all day Tuesday. and on
Wednesday the Wolcott sailed for Bar
clay Sound, Vancouver Island, thirty-five
miles from Cape Flattery. Here she COM
municated with the Indians along the Van
couver shore, but nothing of Importance
I-was aseertained. Standing up Barclay
Sound the first Indian village was hailed. A
canoe came off containing white man, who
came aboard and introduced himself as the
first mate of the ship Orpheus. He stated
that she had been run into the Thursday
night previous by a steamer and was
wrecked on the following Saturday morn
ing on an island near by Copper Island.
The captain and crew had got ashore safe
ly, and were encamped further up. Pro-
ceeding in the direction indicated, another
canoe approached, in which was Captain
IF ha 0r,>l,aur ,to fho fol
lowing account Of the disaster:
On Thursday evening he was approach
ing the cape, by his reckoning about twen-
ty miles off, a fresh southeast breeze blow
ing, steering about northwest. The man
at the wheel first saw q steamers head
light off the port bow; Immediately after,
looking straight ahead, could see neither of
her side lights, and could not make out
from which direction she was coming; put
his helm starboard and the light came
nearer. He continued to starboard his
helm, until his vessel had turned around,
and the sails were fiat aback. The steam
er by this time had got very near him, and
she blew one whistle. In less than half
minute after her bow struck his ship
glancing blow, just abaft the forechains,
crushing in the sail and breaking the
planking down to near the copper. She
surged along after striking, grating along
the starboard side, and carrying away all
the starboard braces and rigging on that
side; also the foretopmast. Captain Saw
yer states that he hailed the steamer as
she surged past, and called to them to lay
by and send a boat, as he then supposed
his ship to be in a sinking condition,
BUT NO ONE ANSWERED THE HAIL,
Neither did he see any one on deck. She
drifted or steamed away, he was not GER
tain which. He afterwards saw dash of
light which he took for signal. He
thought they had heard his hail and would
lay by for him. He saw her no more.
His ship at that time demanded all his at
tention. He lay to the remainder of that
night, and nearly all day FRIDAY. renairins
the rigging.
That forenoon he got under way again,
and made sail for land. Soon after dark he
made light, which he took for Cape Flat
terry, not knowing there was light OH the
coast farther north. He allowed five miles
clearance for Duncan Rock, and considered
himself safe for entering the Straits of
Fuca, when, about five o'clock Saturday
morning his ship scraped over reef, and
Immediately after struck her bow OH a
rock. She stuck fast and filled. The light
he mistook for Flattery was Cape Beale,
the entrance Of Barclay Sound, thirty-fve
miles north of the former. The ship will
prove total loss. Captain Sawyer got all
the valuables, ETC., he could get out of her
and encamped on shore with his wife and
crew in tents made Of sails. He had hired
a canoe from the Indians and started his
mate to Victoria for help, but the weather
was so bad the Indians would not venture
out ON voyage, SO they were found when
the Wolcott arrived. r er#a ..( -.
Lieutenant Harwood tool. all of them on
board his vessel with the most valuable
portions of the goods saved, leaving the
first mate of the Orpheus in charge Of the
wreck until the owners could be consulted.
All were landed safely at Port Townsend
Friday morning. Nothing was heard of or
seen in Barclay Sound Of anything pertain
ing to the Pacific. Captain Harwood and
the Pilot, Peter Thompson, Went to the
wreck of the Orpheus and examined it
carefully. They say the ship was undoubt-
edly struck by steamer just abaft the
forward rigging. The Orpheus registered
1,O67 tons, and was owned by c.. L. Taylor
g. Co., of this city. At the time of the col
lision with the Pacific she was in ballast
ON her way to Departure Bay for a cargo of
coal, having sailed from this port on the
Goth ult. There is no expectation of res
cuing any of those ON the Pacific. There.
has been heavy weather most Of the time
since the wreck, and after a thorough
search no hopes are entertained of further
discoveries. ass-s4laosz - u 0t
THE VALUE OF A DEAD CHINAMAN.---
The value of dead Chinaman has at last