The morning call., 1894-07-07
the barren island of Unmak. an isolated

the barren island of Unmak. an isolated
part of the Aleutian group.
These nine men, together with Captain
! A. Huntley and five seamen who sailed
with him to UnalaSka to secure help for
the remainder Of their shipwrecked mess
mates, arrived yesterday afternoon on the
| steamer Crescent City from Sltka, Alaska.
When the loss of the Allen was reported
at this city much stress was laid upon the
| impossibility of Captain Huntley and his
| boats crew ever coming to light again.
| They were given up al dead. and the cap
tain's wife, who resides at 302 Fourth
! street, was so informed
The brave woman did not believe that
her husband had gone down with his ship.
! She had faith and hope. and sure enough
the sea has drfted him back to her, weak
ened and worn by suffering and exposure,
as might be expected, but then it is he
lust the same. She has met and greeted
him wildly with both smiles and tears.
AS the Crescent City pulled alongside of
Howard wharf 8 Captain Huntley stood
on the main deck on the starboard side
and looked wistfuly at the city. as if
wrapped in thought On the after part of
the vessel were grouped the nine men who
were rescued by the Bears crew in the
nick of time.
The sailors were dressed in white duck
suits, the gift of the big-hearted crew of
the revenue cutter. who took the very
clothes from their backs to help out their
comrades in distress.
II cannot talk TO you now," said Cap
tain Huntley. Il must hurry home TO my
wife first. She is waiting for me know"
his narrowing yarn, while seated in his
parlor at home. He shook his head mourn
fully as he answered the first question put
to him regarding the rumor of the men
having devoured human flesh, and an
swered.
YES, it is true, only too true; but re-
member their suffering, poor fellows, they
were forced to commit the crime because
of the frightful torture of starvation"
And about the wreck, captains"
Listen, and / will tell you.
1T was / o'clock in the morning. /
was on deck directing the course of the
bark. The fog was thick and we were
travelling dangerous part of the sea.
"rhe ship must have drifted on to an
unknown rock. She struck and the panic
came. Order was restored quickly and
the mon behaved well.
Il ordered four boats cleared away,
which was done. | then told the men to
get into them as soon as possible.
"All obeyed with the exception OF the
fifth mate, who refused to comply. He
stuck to the ship and l am certain he must
have gone down with her.
THE Allen listed, her stern sank
slowly, then with plunge she disap-
peared.
I'm the darkness the boats were separ-
ated, but as morning dawned the craft in
which [ had embarked came up with two
of them. The third boat is the one that
is still missing and was in command of
Second Mate William F. Allen and
manned by fourteen men.
THE sea was rough. so | ordered the
two boats to follow mine and / then
headed for Amlia island, where we landed
| and remained until the 10th of May.
There were twenty-six men in our
party all told. Our provisions were very
low. We consulted and agreed to put off
| for Unalaska, a distance of about 120
miles. We left on the afternoon OF the
10th.
"Heavy weather came up on the 10Th
and the wind continued to increase in vio-
lence until we were obliged to abandon
! one of the boats and divide the men among
the other two.
''Tbe storm continued through the night,
causing great suffering among us. Our
hands and feet began to swell and we
could scarcely use the oars or manage
| sail.
"On the morning of the Goth my boat
capsized and the crew and myself. mum ber-
ing thirteen souls, were thrown into the
sea. The remaining boat came quickly to
our rescue, but still too late to save the
lives of John White. an engineer. and Will
liam Fitzgerald. sailor and native son
of California, G. E. LoT and Frank Muir
ply, seamen. These poor fellows were all
| drowned before our eyes.
"On the 21st we landed at Unwak Island.
living there from hand to mouth by gath
ering shellfish and catching cod. Our
hooks were made of wire and rendered our
angling only partially successful
From the day OF landing up to the 9Th