Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-05-24
General News.
Special to the EVENING OYLMPIty.
The Wreck Of the 1,aSkay

Ine wreck OF the Alaskan
PoRTLAND, May l7.-Oi the thirty-foul
officers and crew of the steamer Alaskan
which foundered off Cape Blanco, on the
18th instant, only l3 are known to be
safe now. Five were drowned and the
other sixteen are probably lost. II moi
they are adrift on the Pacific ocean and
at the mercy Of the wild waves. 1t was
the intention of the Ores Railway &
Navigation company to put the Alaskan
on the Sound route to Victoria. She
was brought around from the Sound mo-
| long since. When she arrived here ar
examination OF her proved that she
would have to undergo extensive repairs
before she would be in condition, and il
was decided to put her in the San Fran
cisco dry dock and fix her up. Before
leaving Portland the steamer was taken
to the Oregon Railway 4 Navigation
company's boat yard and braced and re-
bra ed for the te;npe-i,I Il voyage. The
rear guards were taken olf but the Tor
ward ones were not touched
She was officered as follows: Captain
Howes; first officer, Pilot Woods; FIRST
engineer, J. Swain steward, Al Rhales
All the officers hail fro y Astoria ex-
rept Swain, who is Se4,t = nln.
Talk with survivors wlo arrived at
this point by thc C,lnn',is, elicit the
following facts:
Sa urday dawne Gear and bright
all. "ien tn Alas: II allied aut of tn
4ocn AMI ,urnei - p: " toward the
Columbia Yer bar nor.iy after noon i
ht aithy sea hre~ze va, bi" ing ana the.
month of the river was chonpv. Saiur-
pay night the big black clut.ds filled the
sky, and Sunday it rained hard and the
wind blew gale. The steamer was
tossed about like EMP on the foaming
pillows, but managed 10 keep her course
d, we as could be expected under the
circumstances The first faint gray
streak Of dawn had just begun to illu
mine the black horizon when, at three
O'Clock Monday morning, the cry went
up" "the ship is sinking" Words can
give but faint idea OF the scene aboard
The ship when this fact became apparent
All was darkness, and those on board
could feel the vessel sinking and going
to pieces u der .heir feet.
THE SAVED.
Those of the men who were saved are: :
Captain R Howes.
First Officer j. w Wood
I. Wallace, an oiler.
j. W. Brown, quartcrmaster.
William Collins, coal passer
j Monahan waiter.
L. Bernhar., mess boy
W. johnson, seaman
THE LOST
Welch, coal passer, was picked up
dead on the life raft, on which WAS anoth-
er man and George oheir lerup, a coal
passer, who was injured, and died two
hours after being picked III Their bodies
we're buried at sea. Seccmi uificer 5. J.
Weeks, Albert hha e.. Il" steward, and
VIM. Denny, seamen, stayed on the
vessel to the st and We down when
she sank. That makes f. r;cen. leaving
SO to be accounted for Their names are !:
A Il. Mitchell, first assistant engineer.
w Emerson and James McGarry, wa
ter tenders.
NJ Mclean, J. y. era u, and VIM.
Hunter, quart'rmasters.
Thomas Gilligan, Pat Nanny. Pat Cor
mer, 2. Z. Wheeland, ] a Carriaan,
and NJ. Keleher. firemen
j. Ahern, Henry Nah =, Ed Sharp.
less, j. H. Ross, Pat ,,ivan, John
Welch and Charles Albert coal passers.
James Stephens, Waterman.
L. Ward, pantryman.
william Johnson. porter.
Emil Wenzle. chief conk.
James Kewley. second cook.
Fred Norman, baker.
L A. Carlson, mess boy.
Andy Venson, r Jewei. W. Denny,
J. Rosoe. w. Norris. Thep. Fro;d, fire.
men. and three stowaways, whose
names are unknown.