Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-06
seussss and seaHen saved. all foreign.

senssss and seaHen saved, all foreign.
RS.
Alexander Clinics. one Of the light.
house keepers residing on the island
said: Il vas IN charge of the fog whistle
from . to $50, and kept the whistle
souuoin2 warning until IL cleared suf-
ncientiy 10 enable u1e 10 see distinctly
Deyii-s Island and CheeQcto Head.
then stopped tue whistle. tue engineer
eeeming II unnecessary ~ Aeev il going
just before the e. gineer relieved ne al
s-s,J, tie lookout msn sighted a steame,
abou, Alie south by east OF she light.
She ran atoul mile and stopped. then
- lrteo ahead and went JU wards and
stopped. l think she then struck on
broad Beaker Snoal. for she began to
back. Ii Vas very dark The fog
whistle started again. though il was stlll
clear of fog. About ~ minutes after
sac began 10 back. This time she struc x
again on Maddock, drifted across the
shosi and sank betwse 80 and +01
yards from the island there. Nv broth
CT and | attempted 10 pat out. out the
BOAT Vas too small. aud We We're forced
to turn back. We then went 40 aud mt
oonnres along tue shore TO warn the
boats against the dangerous coast IL
the cour-e of half an hour a boat came
IN sight, which proved 10 be ore of toe
boats OF the steamer, containing ! men
Succeeded III landing them. We kept
lights burning along tie shore all night,
but saw nothing more until DAY break,
When We Observed two persons c,inging
10 the forward rigging. Tue steward
ana three others put oQs to the wreck.
ana rescued the captain and one pas
senger. Throughout the DAY the fog
continued too thick for the use of a
signal, and the sea too boIstrous TO per
NIT our landing ON tue mainland. We
1id ali Ia our power 10 make those who
mad been saved as comfort ible as cir
cumstances would permit.
Following Is the ctptaln'c ST atement E.
On the Sd of April. after voyage of
lo1a days from Antwerp, at up. ~. We
We're bearing OF Chebucto Head, west
haif south 10y the compass, distant -
miles. There was fog and heavy raia
We steamed slowly, steering west quar-
ter south and sounding every hour. At
aosut $40 p. III. We Saw through the
mist FAINT light about two points on
the starooard, disappearing out of sight
al times Tor fOur or nvo inmates. Tax.
ing 1t tor CnebuctO, 1 steercd for If,
sounding In thirty fashOms. In twenty
minutes dtteI l SAN IL Was tue tiAt d light
OF odmoro, appearing clear and at the
same tune seeming faint. l then saw
what l took to be CnebuctO about four
points Oh tue starbOdrd bow. | sound
cu twenty-slx fatnoAS. | then put tue
helm Aard-a-port, tut 1t Was too late,
anu Just before tue ship struck on the
rocks We heard the fOs whistle of Sam
bro. The urst shock was light, the seq
unu heavy, Carrying away tue steering
gear. Alter tnls We could not get the Gu
xines to work, but drltted over the rocks
aLu anchored. the shlp lying to pretty
quiet, with lltIie sea. l ordered the
onlet and second mates to 10 Yer tho
boats anu get the children and female
PASSENGERS III the first. While | saw
tuis going On, having already one boat
III the water and the Gre " working with
Is Will, saw the ship Coming into the
breakers again, when 1 ran forward to
See II tue cldin cable was not broken
before getting there mUnstrous Sea
oioAe over the poop, washing over
board every one OF the children and
women who stood on the deck. THIS
Was immediately followed 10y an awful
crash, and tho snip went down AS QUICK
as ngutnlng, stern tirst, carrying every
one down who Was on deck and those
VINO We're below. l ran up the fore
rigging, but was washed out before
getting half way, but afterward sue
ceeded III catching the topsail yards,
which stood just above the water. A
moment after passenger was able to
JON me. Tue night Was foggy and
and IA a ma hInn N..vr
morninI We were calamity rescued by
three men rom Sambro island, about 5
u. u, III ouo OF our own boats, there
Oeing no lfeboat or rocket apparatus
On tie island. sumo of the
Gre" had already succeeded
L. reaching land through the surf. The
nasn DER OF ptoscngors drowned Was 30,
the crew ID. or the saved there We're 3
passengers and & of the crew. We tad
d hAe voyage ull We reached the b INK,
ahica W. crossed ia 4i-33 and where
We blw so;ne patches OF field Ice. We
then nau almost continued rain until
reaching Nova Scotia. our last ubs.rvs.-
tio.is Ut my taken On the InOrnlus of the
-. We had full cargo Of about 400
tons, the steamer DIR wing 70 feet =
incnes aft and II feet forward. lie
ship Is now evidently broken. with tt 9
rocks through her bottom. lie storm
" ffOu the eastward when we struck,
with dense :og and rain. 1t was impos-
sible to save any OF the Passengers
whatever. | stayed In the foretop sail
yard, but having to 60 further up to
clear the break of the sea. | .i.aint.,ined
a position Ill the ratliues for eight
hours, IN comp any with solitary sur
wing passenger. We We're afraid to
lash ourselves, for fear the mast would
break away SO We just held on, all
ready to jump, from 10 p. III. until $50
a. m, when heavy liue was thrown TO
Us. and We Jumped into the water and
were pulled thrOugh The surf to boat.
Gone 10 Annoy holcra In Cochin
China.
LONDON, April 5.-Advices from
Hongkong state that Admiral Lespes.
commander of the French squadron in
Chlnese waters, mas gone to Annoy.
Cholera has appeared in Cochin Chi
ma. and precautions against its spreading
are being taken.
The EmperOrs 20 Meet.
BERLIN. April 5.-The Tagbldh says
that the Gar and Emperor William will
me at kiel in the latter part of April.
Riot Among French Coal Miners.
DENAIN, France, April "a riot
this morning among the coal miners az
sumed serious prop,rtion-. The cav
airy charged upon the crowd and
wounded several. The rioters fled and
cried: Long live the Social Republiew
Dominion Finances.
OTTAWA, Ont. April 5.-rhe revenue
of the Dominion for nine months end
ing March 3lst. was T2i, 455 20; expen-
ditures, $50 GILT
Encouragement or Russian Iron In.
dustrles.
ST. PETERSBURG. April "a COM
mittee of the ST. Petersburg Exchange
will petition the Government to grant
bounty of cents per &c pounds on @ asst
iron made from Russian ore.
The FiIitbasiers In Cuba.
HAVANA. April Gen. Aguero and
his followers, who left Key West, landed
Oh the LIST instant at Hicaeas, near the
jurisdiction of Gardener. The instant