The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-23
STORM AND SH|PWRECK.
Loss of the Whaling Bark
James Allen.
Captain Huntley and 40 Of His
Crew Lest.
0Rly Eight Escaped From the Wreck
So Far as Known.
Terrible Suffering of the survivors-They
Tell OoBfi citing Stories as to the
Disaster Third on
GERS Account.
By theAssociated Press.

Il UNI tOWNoEND, w ophss ouho
The barkentine John Wooster, IL days
rom Unalaska, arrived TODAY with five
If the crew oil the lately wrecked what
ing bark James Allen. Forty one men,
including Captain Huntley and the
first and second officers, are missing
The vessel is total wreck. Two mem
of.war visited the scene OF the disaster
two weeks later, and found not ves-
tige of the wreck. Joseph De Watt,
third officer OF the Allen, came down on
the Wooster, and tonight gave an AS
socisted Press correspondent the follow
ing account:
'tTbe accident occurred at about / 80
on the morning OF May 11th. was on
watch, the weather being very thick,
foggy and cold and a drizzling rain was
falling. The sun had been hidden four
or FIVE days and we lost our exact reck-
oning and believed we we're further east
than we really were. Suddenly, while
lying to. the vessel struck hidden reef,
which Jared the bark from stem to
stem and brought all hands on deck. A
lew seconds later she struck another
reef with an awful crash, tearing the
keel to pieces. Before the pumps could
be started the water began coming
through the lower matches. The fret
TWO boats lowered were smashed
to pieces against the side
of the ship. The first mates
boat was first to 60, and he
changed off into the second m ate's boat.
Captain Huntley had charge of the deck,
and was busily engaged In launching
boats and getting the crew off the sink
ing ship. All hands had got into four
four boats, and was ready to embark,
when Captain Huntley went into the
cabin. Everywhere il was pitch dark.
and the only way to distinguish person
was by the voice. l went to the cabin
and found it full OF water and with float
ing debris. | called the captain loudly
three times and got no ans wer. The
ship began to heavs and lurch, and I
hastily embarked and pulled away, w hen
the chip lurched forward and sank.
"It is barely possible the captain
might have gotten to one OF the boats,
not come out Of The sss5ihsh the ny bost 1as s
partly stove in. but by hard efforts we
kept it free Of water. We sailed 40 miles
west, landed ON a barren island without
food, and waited for the weather TO
moderate. We patched up the boat and
proceeded to another island, where we
found some natives who asnisted US to
repair our boat and gave us plenty of
food. The storm which had bsen blow
ing necessarily for 10 days moderated
slightly, and the natives started to pilot
us to the North American Commer-
cisl company's station. After going
short defiance we met the
steam schooner Dora, and she took
us few miles distant to the mal.of-war
Petrol.
"The disaster occurred on the reef at
the last end Of Emily island, near "
pass, three miles from shore. The Pet
rel went Immediately in search of the
crew. We cruised in the vicinity for
several days among the Islands, and the
only trace we found was crushed skiff.
1.-THE day following the wreck, three
miles distant we saw boat under sail,
but we were unable to ascertain which
one Of our boats it was. As my boat
was making water, we were unable to
catch up with the other boat, and the
thick weather soon obscured her from
sight. 1t may be possible that she
landed on some of the western islands
and a part of the crew were thereby
saved"
The following members OF the crew
we're saved: Joseph De Watt, third
officer; Charles Mcintyre, fourth officer;
John Roath. boat eteerer; Tom Cor
doge, cook Peter Peterson, seaman /;
Max Gohore. seaman; Fred Hill, sea-
man, and one other, name unknown, a
boat steerer.
Three of the men remained in I'm
alaska and the others came down on the
Wooster. The men who arrived here
tonight are foreign-born, and have told
several conflicting stories on the passage
down. At one time they averred the
mate and captain were drowned in the
cabin. This they now generally deny,
and state that the mate got into the sec
ond mates boat. The stories about the
captains disappearance in the cabin are
also contradictory.
The survivors rell dreadful tales OF the
privstions from hunger and cold expe-
rienced after the accident. They sub.
sisted on fish caught on the beach eight |
days after the wreck. Three or four
revenue cutters and men-of war left |
Unslaska for Emily island and vicinity
10 thoroughly search for the missing
men. The general opinion prevails that
the missing men are drowned.
The stormiest weather ever expe-
'ienced on the coast prevailed at the
lime of the wreck. The revenue cutter
Bear came into Unalaska and took the
news of the wreck of the Allen, which
carried whaling supplies, to Point Bar
.ow, the rendezvous of the fleet.
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