Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-08

After getting on his feet he found he could
walk all right, and in fact did not suffer
until he had chill from his exposure.
THE OTHER SURVIVORS.
The next survivor was man about %
years OF age. who came ashore with piece
of plank under each arm. Both of the
men were IN the water about half an hour.
The boy who was saved is an orphan, and
was one of the five boys from the training
ship, all of whom were making their first
voyage. He will be II years old next
April, but, like the others, his name is un-
known. He came ashore with two pieces
of plank, and was the last to reach the
shore having been about an hour in the
water, and having drifted two miles up the
coast from where the others landed. He
was unconscious when found by Mcintyre
and an Indian. The boy says he saw sew
eral persons in the water after he left the
wreck, and was the last to see the Captain
alone
At one time the Captain was within fif-
teen feet of him, and told him TO hang on
to his planks and not to be scared and be
would reach the shore all right Then a
heavy wave struck the lad, and that was
the last he saw of the Captain or any of
the ships crew.
Shortly after they reached the shore a
pOuS was SSSn uOdliIiS SuOIl ulStdilCe
away, but it sank Immediately after being
sighted, and although the Indians, McIn-
tyre and seaman rushed to their necks in
the waves, it was impossible to recoye-
the body which was supposed to be that of
the Captain. Sixteen bodies are reported
found up to Sunday night, including those
of Pilot johnson and the Captain, the
former having been recognized by the note
book found in his pocket. All the bodies
were found from sixteen to nineteen miles
up the coast, and there are still six bodies
unheard from
The ships company consisted of the
Captain and twenty -four men. The two
oldest survivors will leave on the tug
fore the British Consul. The boy has al.
ready made statement in writing, which
the others will take with them.
On arriving at Hoquiam Bay the men
were most Hospitality received, and every
thing done for their comfort. Too much
praise cannot be given to the Indians for
the manner in which they risked their
lives to save the drowning men and the
care they took of the survivors.
HIS WORST EXPERIENCE.
The old sailor says he has gone through
many scenes of shipwreck before, but this
was the worst he has ever witnessed. Had
there been a life-saving station or a rocket
to carry line to the vessel, every man
mighC have been saved. The immediate
necessity of a station in that vicinity is
now only too apparent.
Dutton asked the old sailor where were
the ships boats. He said that the first
thing that is done in the case of a wreck is
to get out the boats, and it was done in
this case but from the position in which
"a chin haadoJ 6ax 4
not launch the boats without having them
dashed to pieces, which was the case of our
boats both being destroyed.
Dutton then asked why did you not
have on life. e.preservers?
He said there were no life e-preservers on
a sailing ship, as he supposed if a wreck
occurred at sea there would be no good in
them. Whether this is rule among Eng
lish vessels is question. Evidently, from
the old sailors story, there was no.life-
preservers on board, for none of the sur
vivors had them on, nor did they know of
them. As the vessels cargo was iron,
there was no floating debris by which the
crew could save themselves, as the masts
and the yards were iron and would natur-
ally sink the moment they fell
Dutton asked the old man if the Captain
had given the instructions as to how TO
save themselves when they were in the
cabin. He said 1.-The Captain did not
make any orders, and he did not usually
talk to the likes of me-"
The greatest praise is due Mcintyre and
Dutton for the efforts they used and the
care they took of the survivors, bringing
them TO Hoquiam, and seeing them = III
attended to. AS these men and the Indi-
ans are self-constituted life-saving serv-
ice, they ought to be well rewarded for the
risk they ran on this occasion.