Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-05-11
The Late Marine Disaster.


NANNNo, b. c., May Yc,ter
day al II \. NJ , the steamer .l'e...
aio''r left Johnston x Co.'s wharf
and proceeded to Departure bay.
where she landed C.tp'. Unuuh.rs,
and tAen taited for Cape jiu '.+.
with Capt Morri>o" IL cu.uuu,lsi
The weather was clrIi and tinr.
with hight south.,t WIND Sin q.
flve,: at tclataW camp al : 20 T.. H..
After wins hng several times : IT,
sighted Il c.;L"c Win two prorlr,
Which We're found 20 l." Captain jig
gers, OF the wiocnc steam, +. AMI Il
[ clatawchl~t. Ih" captain rcpuI,t i
that ali ban Is that were SWEET were
safely housed IN Indian villages.
where they hr'! received every kind
hess and attention ri 'h' hJuis Of
the lutuan,, VINO had rluNI'itd ;hcn
with the Lest food at their coinlnA.4ti.
twenty one whites, two Indians and
thirteen Cuinauen being the inst O..
the Survivors. The bodies of lMp
white men, one
LtSII!rD - \ PLANK
~ >: snip oi ils sh.,;, and the other
.as'"d 10 an emHty barrel, were re-
coveltd from the water and the re-
main> Wcic enclosed i'll rough box.
made 10y their companions. 1t Is
feared that all the missing ones are
lost seventy III a'i-twenty whites,
two Indians and forty-ei4ht China
men. Sydney Franklin, the pilot,
was never seen after leaving the
steamer. Only two men and Captain
Jaggers We're saved. After McAlls-
ter left, JagSers remained upon the
burning steamer until driven of by
the flames, and was eventually picked
up insensible on the beach bv Mr..
Hiraman and his company. TIA.
NJ. Monday Capt. Jaggers and survi-
vors made Thorough search up and
down the shores and the lapids for
any who might be living, but
THE SEARCH WAS FUTILE.
Two men, after being on the bot
tom OF boat ten hours, were drifted
ashore, and were subsequently taken
by the Indians to the logging camp.
AT S 30 Monday morning the burnt
hulk Of the illfated steamer WAS seen
drifting down with the tide from Sey
mOuI NarrOws, and half an hour later
sunk beneath the waves in thirty
fathoms OF water, at about the same
spot where she had become unman-
aSeable, but not before the Salmon
river Indians bad boarded her and
passed an iron box into then canoe.
The Indians report her hull burned
to the waters edge, and rs thin Il, IA
wafer. She sank with two Indians
on board, who narrowly escaped with
their lives. It's reported there was
MUCH TREAsrrr ON BOARD
Purser Dyer SAYS he thinks there
was 81 900 in The safe.
the description given by the sur
vivors, of the poor wretchcs stru.-
Cling III the water, and the shrirks
of the dying and wounded We're mos.
heartrending. Many were clinyins
around the vessel by ropes, which
were eventually burnt off, when
they dropped into the water. One
of those close, seeing Il comrade
striking out for the shore, pitifullv
called to him to tel his poor mother,
giving his address at 1ictoria, that
he was dying
On the arrival of the .N,rdn,},r, at
Cape Nudge, Capt. Morrison low
cred his boats and landed Mr.. +. f..
Peck, receiver Of wrecks, who SUPER
intended the embarka,ion of the sur
vivors, and who sent the two dead
bodies board. He also thanked the
Indians for their kindness, and prom.
ised to report to the department
THEIR oPPoRTUNE ASSISTANCE,
And that he would strongly recon-
some remunera lou for their gallant
services, and that he would see that
they were paid for their food and
labor. He also directed the Indians
to continue scratching for any survi-
vors or bodies which might float
ashore, promising suitable reward
for 50 doing. He also explained
that all property they might have re-
covered must be handed over to him.
and he would see that they rec. ived
proper salvage. With the assis.
lance Of the chief, Mr.. Peck ietoy-
cred $40 30 III half melted silver.
coinage, take f,om the box which
they had, at the risk of their lives,
secured from the sinking ship.
All hands thanking the Indians
again for then kindness, and Cap
tain Morrison calling the roll, the
steamer left for Nanaimo, where she
arrived this morning. Every body
speaks i'll glowing and enthusiastic
terms of Capt. McAllister, who, with
unrivaled GOODNESS and steady Der
severance, had succeeded IN saving
SO many lives.