Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-05
ar. Saunders also telegraphed to New
" essminster 10 have one Of his steamers
proceed to ths Narrows.

westminster to have one Of his steamer
proceed to ths Narrows.
TIE suMBzs LOST.
IL ~ dil!i-uIt To determine the sxac
| sunber II persons on board or the nun,
Ter who have lost their lives py the dis
aster; but Mr.. McAiIister thinks that a
least ~, mostly Chinanlen, were sacri
need. Among the white men known {.
be on board were the following:
Cagt. J. j Jaglsrs. supposed lost.
iona AsAilister hcAliister IL Harri
| son }. saved.
Sidney Frsnk.yn, pilot, Supposed lost
! "fn. steele. engineer, saved.
Johli S,nilh, mate. saved.
Donald IrPha.I, Duncan McLsan, q
| Thomas, 'Siwash Charley" white ans
". Rowe. These i've we're in Mr.. Nc
Allister's employ, and we're on their wa,
% Gardiner Channel TO open a cannerl
there. Rove is known to be saved.
Mr. He,itterson. engineer of kiverl
Inlet sawTnill. who WAS returning from
Victoria, where be had buried his wif.
tSupposed iosfl.
X. X. Hall. Lambert, q. viv.lle, G.
Bush, Johnson, Robinson, Bradford, j
Cardam, Silas Lane. Charles Lord, II
ffaiien -kamp. a. ID Dietrlck, G. Grosch
oug, David Brown, Henry McCluskey
VIM. Smith. &. Frederick and six Amer
leans engaged - work at Turner, Beet
on * Co.'S cannery at Inverness, names
unknown.
THE FREIGHT.
There was considerable freight 70,
the canneries shipped by II. Saundess
and Captain War; $1,000: McAlIis-
ter & Harrison $500; L. Shotbold,
ts2JO1, and xl90 in SILVER. These
goods and the silver are all fully in
sured. Galibre tn & Grant had about
s21 III goods on board. TAI Soong had
five tons of rice and other goods valued
$500; insured. Tai Yuen had six men
and quantity of goods, tho latter in
sured. Hong Lee, 81 men and $500 In
goods; uninsured. In addition, there
We're 10000 feet of lumber. Aft were l20
empty barrels headed up, any one of
which. If thrown overbo ird, would have
sustained n man. The Grappler was
uninsured.
THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER
Ia l40 miles north of Victoria and y
miles north of Nanaimo. Duncan Bay
is on the Vancouver shore. five miles
south of Seymour Narrows. Orange
Point. where the blazing wreck ground
ed. Is at the southern extremity Of Dun
can Bay, and five miles south of Sey-
mour Narrows. The channel at this
point is very narrow-bare,y half mile.
On the port side of the steamer Law
Vancouver Island. and on the starboard
side was Valdez Island. The shore of
the latter IL bold and iron. bound, with
water Very deep inshore. Caps Nudge,
where Nc Allister went first for assist
ance, Is Mt the southern extremity OF
Valdez Island. The current runs swift
ly through this narrow channel, but at
the hour of the accident parties ac-
quainted with the locality say it was
only 3 knot current.
Pilot Frinklyn was son of the Ia to
Captain Franklyn, for many years mag.
istrite at NanaiTo, aud his mother,
sister and brother reside in this city.
STILL FURTHER.
Captain Uiquhart came down last
night from Nanaimo. He says the
Alexander would reach Dane IN Bay at
7 o'clock last night. The Free Press
extra says there were l0i persons on
board. out Of which number about GO
perished. Ii Is hoped that some escaped
To the Vancouver shore. 1t Is almost
certain that Capt. yaggers, Duncan Mo-
Lean. Donald McPhaii, &. Thomas, ia
cob Hobart and man named Char
ley" are lost.