Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-18
Two Marine DISASTERS
Burned and Wrecked at
san Rraneiseo.
Lazs sf Thisty Lisss-A stsaner Bars
as TIE Wharf-A Fleet Of vssala
Bar Boand 1t Rureka-Deafh
os Policeman osgoed

Ahlp Stunned,
The steam whaler sMary and Helen,
took IRE this m0ruinR while lying qG
ths works of The Pacific Oil and FKana
pOrtatiou Company, at the Potrsro, il
the sonthsFn part 0f ths city. fhe FIRE
eommunic4sed With the magazine Of the
vessel sad an explosion followed. killina
. son Of Captain Muller and decknaaa,
Who we're both on deck. The vessel vas
badly damaged. = whole side being
blown out.
Il has been aseeFiainAd that q vas
Captain Thomas Mulise, Of the tue
Water Witch, Who was killed. and not
bis son. The Water Witch had gone TO
sid the Mary and Helen.
Iha IRE vas cauaed by spontaneous
combustion among the loose waste in
the IRE room. Tbs vessel vas built in
Bath. Maine, aud cost e75.000 Whsn
sae took IRE ahs had stores aboard
worth 8100c9, whieh we're oompieteIy
Destroyed. There vas 900 insurance
on the vessel. The Mary and Halen vas
10 have sailed tomorrow on q sperm
whaling cruise IN the South Pacific
Ocean.
wreck sg Bark.
sAE FRAEcIsoo, Dee. II AT 230
o'clock this rnsrniBR the whaling bark
Atlantic vas driven ashore q miie
and half beIow the CliH HOUSE, and
vent TO pieces In q few raiDates, net q
spar remaining Standing. Phe wrsok
is strewn along the beach for threa or
four miles About 3 men ars believed
TO be lost. The captain and mate, With
eight or ten men, are saved.
AZ she time Of the disaster a d5nse
fog and heaRY aea prevailed. The At
ianiie left Asrs yesterday afternoon for
cruise ID the south Pacific, after
which she vas 30 proceed 10 the North
Atlaatic. It vas an old vessel, having
been bailt IN 1851. vas 2sl tons register,
and owned b. J. 4 ". h. WiaR of Ns9
b dford, Macs. She was commanded
By Captain Warren. Il is not yet pBs-
sible 20 ascertain she names Of the lost
and saved.
TKK MAs1KR's STORY.
The following IL Captain Warrenis
statement of the wreck: 1--WE were
t0Wsd out 70 sea yosserday afternoon.
wind. The currents we're 90 strong we
could not get out OF the swell. We LET
20 both anchors, bat the sea swept the
decks and the anchors eoald not hola.
We dragged ashore, and struck &c l:S9
- N The men we're being washed OF
during ell thts time by immense waves,
which dashed over us. The vessel went
20 pieces an boar and half after she
q 49, g.
and it vas pitch Rk. We succeeded
IN lowering two b lats. bat both oapsizsd
before getting tive boat lengths from
the ship. The nrst boat contained z Il.
Dotey, the hrst mate, Auton Perry, the
third mate, and four or ave Of The crew.
That vas the Iast We saw OF them. 10
the second boat we're myself, Secoud
Mate King. and i've men. When We
we're swamped the sea carried ua in till
We touched bottom, when us draaged
ourselves ashore. During the time the
ship remained together the life saving
crew sh0t q line over her. There were
then several men on the wreck, bat they
could not pull the rope on board, as ID be-
came entangied With floating wFeokaRs.
We made no signals Of distress, as the
fog was too osnse for any to be SEEN"
The captE a and crew numbered AZ
persons. OF these only ten are known
to have been saved. The remainder are
believed TO have been drowned.
LATEST.
The list OF sav d is a. follows: Oap-
tain Tbemas Warren, J. carroll, Jam g
RlER, Andres Look, L1uis Tahiti, Ed
mund Kuhn. Aaton4 MarRade, John
Lousba. Joseph Aslono. Manuel De La
Rose. l. H Walling The drowned are
ANTIQUE Perry, Charles Steaber, Peter
Nelson. James H-ndsraon, Lawrsnca
LsRun Alfred Z Nicer .oker, Edgar
Lee. John ]. Ne, A1tone Gonzales.
Charles Indies. William FhomAs, Joseph
Antoine, Thomas Ryao. John Gudner,
Ohas. BsFnaR, Patrick Laretts, William
Mansheld, Charles Forsherg, James
Belloo, John AathoDy. Edward Tracy,
J. o. Carroll, John More. W. Flynn,
Thomas Blown, Peter Miller. Joseph
Stedely. William , Colbert. e J. Brown.
Nm. Hanigan, @. II Kstan0s, Charles
b. ChesteFtop.
J. Ring. ID officer Of che Atlantic,
said: "At 10 o'clock vas in my bank,
when the Captain called me, and said be
vas going 20 drop anchor. We were
then half q mile from shore In 3 dead
calm, With q heavy swell. At I2 o'clock
the second anchor vas dropped, aud /
vent back TO my buak. vas sound
asleep. when | vas awakened By thad
which heisted me Oat OF Goy bunk, and
cent me spinning ar0und on the d0OF.
Was badly Jared, and the Yessel vas all
the while quiverinR like q aouilding dur
ihg an earthquake. Jsst a. got on
deck the vessel struck bottom Agsin. A
heavy swell swept the deck. knocking OF
several men. The sosne vas q terrible
one TO witness, bat the Een held on
With death grip TO Fopss, spars or any
thing thew coald get hold of Ring
shan graphically described how both
boats which left the vessel were
sWamped, and his baasls vi the waves
and his rescue. he concluded: 81 have
seen brave men, bat Captain Warren
beats any Of them. ] naseF saw q YES
sci break up - in my life. Timsers
cracked and we're torn 10 piecss as
though they were paper instead Of VOID.
Andrew W. Look, anOiaaE Of lhe sur
vivo.s, said: II Vas on board the ship
nth several Others 81 the time the life
saving ereV fred q lice 10 -. bat IL vas
no use. The idea Of sending q line out
70 men When IN thai kind Of q hx. with
a great sea RAINING over them Why
the devil didn't they get oat their life
boat, aud do somstaing3H
l.. II. WaldinR. a8otheF Of the sar-
vivors, Was badly ipjared il the groin.
he states that be Usnt TO bed between
10 and II o'elsok last night, at which
time, although the vessel vas still drsg
ginR iis anchor. everything was sup
pes1d 70 be all right. "It IA about
O'Clock. should isdge, whsn heard q
rafting Of anchor chains. and little
while after the vessel struck. ! rushed
upon deck, bat vss knocked down By
q heavy breaker, which had Just broken
ever the vessel. I reQained my fess and