Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-28
PACIFIC COAST INTELLIGENCE.
A Sensational Story fn Regard to
the Bark Mathilde-Mrs. Skasgs
Accidentally Shot An Editor
Killed.
BY Telegraph to the SENTINEL


SAN Francisco, September 27.-Henry
Williams, who claims to have arrived in
port from the Mexican coast, tells a sensa-
tional story concerning the loss of the
bark Mathilde. 1t will be remembered
that one Of her boats, with q part Of the
crew ON board, arrived at Mazatlan, and
that the Government yacht Freda, and
Sir Thomas Hesketh's steam yacht. Lam
cashire Maid. were dispatched in search Of
the captain, wife and boats crew, without
success. Williams says the second mate
and seven seamen remained on the bark,
which, after being tossed about some days,
went ashore on August 21st, thirty miles
above Altota. The vessel was quickly COW
cred by the quicksands of the coast. In
attempting to make q landing, in a boat,
Charles Smith, second mate, and Edward
Brown and two seamen were lost. Will
Jams, Martin johnson and Henry Smith,
finally reached the plaza, Colorado; thence
the former made his way to San Francisco.
The chief mate, in his account of the
wreck, made nc mention Of any one being
left on board the bark.
SANTA PAULA, September 26.-The wife
Of Eben Skaggs, who lives near this place,
accidentally shot last Thursday, while
sweeping the house, by an old rife which
was accidentally knocked down, the ball
passing through the calf Of one leg and
lodging in the other. She died from the
effects this morning.
SAN Francisco, September 25.-A Santa
Barbara dispatch says: Within the last
few days the Evening Press has contained
articles rejecting severely on Clarence
Gray, lately nominated by the Republican
County Convention for District Attorney.
On the publication Of the first article Gray
threatened Theodore Clancy, editor of the
Press, with violence if he continued his at
tacks. The Press last evening returned to
the attack. To-day Gray met Clancy, and
after a TRADE Of abuse drew a revolver and
fired, the ball passing through Glancey's
right wrist, entered the abdomen and pene-
trated the abdominal cavity, emerging
above the left hip. Gray was arrested and
released on 5000 bail. Clancy is resting
quietly and some hopes are entertained Of
his recovery.
LATER.-A Santa Barbara dispatch SAYS:
Mr.. Clancy, who wa shot by Gray, Sat-
urday, died at 9 o'clock. His last words
were: "Tell my friends I die like a man.
1 die for principle, and would not go back
on 1t now II 1 could"
Jumped the Track.
SAN Francisco, September 26.-About
q quarter to eight this evening the special
train from Sacramento, having on board
the First Regiment Of the National Guard,
returning from the State Fair, when just
at the end Of the filing on the Oakland
wharf, jumped the track, owing to q mis-
placed switch. The engine turned a somer-
sault, and with the tender vent overheard.
The first car went partly over. the others
remaining on the track. William Brown,
the engineer, is missing. and is supposed to
have gone down with the engine. The fire.
man was fshed out of the water unhurt.
A member Of the band named Coffman
was badly cut about the head, and several
occupants Of the first car more or less
bruised. The engineer saw that the switch
was misplaced in time to put on the air
brake and check the speed OF the train;
otherwise the accident would have been far
more disastrous.