Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-12
DISASTER TO 1He'vml1lllA.
Fai' ef The Csptaia al thirty sss
Of n, Crew uaknsvD.

Ts~ .,sssssr - hhes % giaesesy Bs<ks,
,t.as. oa. ssa II Psekea - - TIE
wesi.stson and Tswe1 1oas EsSus'
malt aarspsr. Where she Sasks II
~ sees Of water.
L.asi Wednesday the steamer Umatiila
.si.ed from San Francisco for Seattle,
having q full crew, and I'D tons Ut mis-
ce,laneous freight for oar merchants.
She expsrienosd rough weather all the
way 40 the coast, and at 8 o'clock on
Saturday morning, during tn, p-sva-
lsnce Of violent snow storm, struck %
what 10 known a. FIattery rocks, reef
sxt.udipp cut two or three miles from
,iors, twelve and half miles south OF
this Cape. The sea was running high.
and IL looked AZ though the ship would
at once go to pieces. Captain Frank
Worth, with thirty-ons Of the crew took
10 the life boat. in the hope OF making
shore. Seooed officer O Brien and two
seauen took 70 the life raft The
boat made greater Roadway than the
raft, and they soon separated. Look
Ing back from his raft, Mr.. VBrien saw
the ship Yise from her psriious pos
ition. and hoat out into deep water. de
and his two companions headed their
raft for her, and nuaiiy caught her.
CiamberinR up her iron sides the three
trzve fellows tack charge o! the ship,
hoisted sail, and az The wind vs. favor
y ble, set her for tho Columbia river.
Tor 80 small crew they were mak1nR
very good headway, until O'Clock m
the Afternoon, whom the steamship Wei
lineton, from San FrAnsiso0 fCr De-
parture Bay. hove In sight. and took
hold 81 the Umatilla and toWed her into
Esquinaait haFb0s.
Her forefoos VS. knooked OF, and she
had about "a fest 6 water In her for
ward compartmAUon. Sho Vas making
wafer ali the tins, ard at O'Clock yes
tsrday morning che sunk IN ~ Test 10
EsQuinslt hasb0e.
Considerable anxiety 10 Expressed
for the safety Of Captain Worth and
tho 81 men Who accompanied him IN
the life boat. Thsy had not been heard
Of up 70 yesterday evening. When the
news reached PORT Townsend yesterday
| ,norninx the Esvsnue outter wolcott
was dispatshed 70 hunt for the missing
crew. Mr.. J. i. Howard, assistant
manager o{ the Oregon Improvement
Company, 70 which the UmHtilla b.
longs, started for Victoria at o'ol0ol
this morning, and will leave no stone
unturnsd to ind the captain and Grew.
The Umatilla IL . largo iron steam
ship, engaged in Carrying coal bstweer
Seattle and San Francisco. and Mr.
Howard expects 70 have little difficulty
in raising her. She 70 insured for bel
full value In London company. 6ht
had in water ballast and about 10 toni
of freight, y portion Of which Was fol
the Oregon Improvemsnt Company
and tho balance for Puget Sound mer
chants.
he above facts may b relied upoE
~ substantially correct, - they Wert
obtained from the officers Of the oom
pany here, including Mr.. Howard. q
we'll ~ from our agent at Victoria, auC
from captain Wilson, Of the North Pa
citic, who talked with Mr.. O'Brisn, tn,
seoond officer, after the disaster.
Another Account 81 the Less 81 -
steamship.
Especial to Posr- lNTxLLIaENcER.
Posr TOWNSEND, Feb. n.-Tne Ee
ming argus contains the following: III,
steamship Umatilla was suuk Sunday
night in about IS feet OF water in Esqai
malt karbor, by . leak CAUSED by gun
ming on Flatteyy rocks Saturday morn
Ing. We learn that the steamer RAN u
the rocks about Is miles below Cap
| Flatisry, at $40 Saturday morning, hav.
ing run too close In shore IN thlci