The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-07
!! = SHIPWRECK.
Of the stranding of
the Port Gordon.
.kAE DESTRUCTION ISLAND.
re Hen Lost In the Breaksfs-fwe
Dse from Exposure Night
In the soretsp-

Posr ToxEsxsD, .ssch :. fi:so p IA
ne fng Sea Lien has iuss arrived ffoza fAe
wreck OF tbs Port Gorion- Following ts :
uaatemeur Of one Of tbs men on the tag.
- received from the mae 81 the stFaaaed
ship.
Tfe vessel uesss ashore al dasilght On the
IN. In thick weather, 10 thick they bad
80 tdea Of fselr position Oh the chart
Thev .trsaek the sand beaeb sboai seTen
pfles 1esow Destruction island aud wezf
N bead flrxs. Being loaded with pig ifoa
ana Gre f,rscg the bark econ went To pseeez,
There vas Big sea, aad one boat contain.
Ing f,str men Ess crushed and tie sasa
loet The nate and II men arrived On The
fra Lion. The captain and six mea EfaFsed
for Tscsraa via Grayss harbog.
Hews a. the wreck war broaght 70 Seah
~ s. Indians on foot from QnsiiayHEss.
The ses Lion picked ~ the rssa az AaaA
had. fkey coming out ia canoes.
Among the lost are the cook and steward.
saILGEls sAgEAUyg.
The uete OF this Port Garion msae 9
nentemsnt 70 the British vice consul. bsss
tecIlned = give the same TO the public.
r,eeferrinx to leave that to the captain
Ysom yery intelligent sailor whoessae IN
q the Sea Lien the following thrilling
n6ory Is ebtained by the PosT-fsTEsIt.
sxxcEn correspondent:
ssTne vessel struck about q. M. and the
pesy frst breaker swept tie deck, carrying
eWsy boats, cabin and everything else
elean. The vessel was held TO port. and
De onls place where the men could live
vos on the sfxsboard side 81 the foreeassla
heal, aud that with great officially.
ssJne seaman. a Mexican, volunteered 70
su7u ashore with line, and lost bis life
- DIE attempt
I'll Nxs almost high water When the yes
~ struck. About I p. N. at dead Iog
uo4eE, raft was constructed By iashlng
~ four hsiehes together. Two men pad.
A1e6 the raft to the shore, abcHt four ship
hnafhs stray, carrying line with them,
while another line ran back 70 the ship
b this way two men at time reached the
p1Aced ate. great trouble.
zone man fell OF. the rsfs aud sss
drowned In the breakers. The cook and
seward died from exposure gcw sna
mente sitter reaching shore. Indeed. the
eook uas dead beiore he reached land.
1.-THE names o. the men are Matthew
Campbell Of 6reeseck. Valentine. the
cook. saekie and Casey.
Tbs last man reached shore about dark,
when The line attached 10 the raft parted.
rid Capt. Gibbs. who had not yet left the
ship, had TO stay ell night in the forefop.
He WAS rescued next day ~ Indians, but
II what manner the sailors are unable 10
~, IS they could not understand the
Chinook language. which the Indians
spoke.
1.-THE men campea In the brush that
night, and next day aIkcd 70 an Indian
Village near Eask head, Il m lies distant
ssThc ships bsck broke about the middle.
hut the mast was standing when the men
lift the socne. Nothing reliable can be
learned ~ 10 how the ship hap
pened TO be In such dangerous position,
BIT II n thought that owing TO the thick
weather the master had no means OF know
Ing his position. The cargo consisted of
- tOns OF pig iron and about 100000 FIRE
hsick, consigned 10 Baiiosr, Guthrie 4 ca.
md Walked at $4,000. There was no rail.
sOad iron among The cargo. as al 1rst 70
ported.