The morning call., 1894-03-14
ALL ON BOARD ARE LOST.

Little Miss Mary Brown is no longer
watching for her fathers schooner to re-
turn. She knows now that it is lost and
that her long looked-for parent, together
with all who sailed with him from Sand
Point, Alaska, some six months ago. have
persisted in the cold waters of the northern
sea-
Dispatches received in this city yester-
day morning settled all questions as to the
fate OF the missing sealer Mary Brown.
Captain Brown, Captain Carney and
James L. OBrien of the firm of Lynde 81
Hough. and the six persons, including the
crew of the vessel, have undoubtedly been
drowned.
A party of Indians have found the re-
mains of the schooner on the rocky shores
of Banks Island with hole in her bow
and the hull completely dismasted.
The schooner Mary Brown left Sand
Point on the Sd of October. 1898. The full
list of her crew and passengers and the
story of the probable fate OF all was told
in detail in The CALL when the vessel
was so far overdue at Victoria that all
hope for her safe arrival at that port was
abandoned.
Mr.. O'Brien and Captain Gafney were
in Alaska in the interest of Lynde q
HOugh of this city and took passage on the
Brown, intending to come with her as far
as Victoria and then take the steamer for
San Francisco.
Captain M. Brown was married to a
comely Indian woman about eight years
ago. His wife is still in Alaska, but his
only daughter. Mary. is in San Franci'co.
where she was left in Charge of widow
that she might receive an education at the
public schools of this city.
Mary is a bright little girl, and has not
been slow in accepting the advantages
offered her. She has learned tn read and
write and has proved an apt scholar in
other branches of her studies.
No one has ever had any hopes for the
return of the missing schooner but little
Mary. She declared that her father knew
his boat well and would sail it into Vic
tOrie some fine day when he was least eX-
pected. Now the little girl has learned
the sad news and she no longer looks for
ward TO a joyful greeting of her long
absent parent
James l.. O'Brien was we'll known in
this city, alih Ough the latter years of his
life were mostly spent in Alaska He
went to Sand Point in 1886. and up to 1888
had charge of his employers warehouse
there.
Captain l.. Gafney was to have sue
ceeded O'Brien as manager for Lynde &
HOugh at Sand Point. He was native of
California and an eX-resident of Lake
County. where be leaves wife and two
CulluTSn.
The crew Of the schooner Shipped at
| Victoria) and three miners, who were re-
turning to British Columbia, constituted
the balance Of The human beings on board
of the Brown.
At the instigation of the relatives of
Captain OBrien and Captain Carney the
Government was persuaded to send the
revenue cutter Oliver Wocott in search of
the delinquent schooner about Two months
ago. The Wolcolt is still securing the
ocean off the Alaskan coast in the vain
hope of finding survivors on some OF the
Dleak islands OF that part of the coast.
1t is possible that OBren and his COM
panions may have landed from the
schooner on one of these islands and that
the vessel then went adrift. grounding OH
Banks Island. where she was found by
the Indians.
According to the dispatch referred to
herein the cabin of the wreck contained
three rifles, three watches and some money.
The Brown was small vessel OF 43 60
tons net register. She was built in San
Francisco in 1892