The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-14
TWOLIVESWERELOST
The Fishing Schooner Lily and
Maud Is Wrecked.
EFFORTS TO SAVE THE CREW.
Cart. Jack snd wnIism Fetsy snpPsssd
e. ne she yscttms-The story 81
m Eye wifness.


fhe s.easrar Utopia 81 the wreekaDg OF TIE
fgssng ssaooner Lily ard Maud" 81 Bal
lard. about taree-aEaaFters oT mile TO tsae
xlrxsward Of Derapta0u island AMI The
fsrownsrsg o. two snen who we're clafgsfsg
20 the wreck TIE Utopia and . schooner
named the Justine made heroic but sEa-
SUCCESSFUL artersasgs to effect d rescue. Il
~.s learned az Lakes sh4pyarss last night
sxsaf the schooner belonged to Capt Jack
and had been saaacnezi only tI.rcs weeks
axo Capt. Jack Wa aboard the boat and
also d man named William Foasy. Every
detail! Indicates that both OF these. and
others IL there ware ans aboard. lost
fsassr Ilsvs 4n the gale.
IRE steamer Utopia left the San Juan
lime kiln yesterday morning ~ $50 o'esoek
with cargo Of hsne for this cltg- Heavy
seashw west winds prevailed and with each
minute Increased In fury until gale was
90 the deep
AZ about CSC o'clock. 5n the dim dawn
as tbs Utopia Mas running for Deception
pss< partly Submerged scl13oter was
seen tsgee-quaFters o. a mite to The wind
warEi OF Deception Island. On closer OBJ
sefvatson Master 0sYsen saws that thsfe
were two flaarsKan beaags on the wreck.
The steamer was brought around and
sssed directly for the wreck. As the dis
tslase intervening iessened The cries for
nesg eeuid be nsfrd fro4n the unfortunate
nseG.
Ia fisfaen minutes time the Utopia sue
cscsIed in getting 70 wIiasA@atd and passed
wssilsn twenty fees Of the wreck. Master
OEreH and oafe OF the crew threw two
Ipss with life Daays attached, vixen went
Within three feet Of The poor ufsfortun-
ats&
Jump for the buoys.3 yelled the mas
ter. but mis- words fell on ussheedlng ears.
They ste0d ca the stern. dunap and nio-
tionless esi1eusiy beHunhed with the
cold
The moment Of rescue passed and the
heavy seA swept the steamer to ieewara.
far beynssd the two Victims Never in
Master osfsrtens life had be seen more
ageny than was visible Iu the faces OF
the two men he had tried TO save,
As the steanssr swept past the wreck
taey carefully raafsd that her color was
white and that her name was the Idly
and Afaudt'
Al this time tho people on the Utopia
saw q small sehooner. the Justine. TO the
usnisr pieee OF her Jlh. She. too. passed
siongside the Lily and Maud but faiiesl
to get the nen OF.
A moment later large sea rolled along
aud several members Of the ufopla.s crew
saw one OF the men washed away Then
chs wreck was lost sight OF for q short
time afssi on resighting her not a yest.ge
Of human being remained both
DROWNED" was the general opinion.
The Utopia iay-to Tor several hours,
during which time the sea moderated suf-
fieiensly for her TO cruise around In the
vicinity OF where the wreck had been.
BAD 10 relate not a vestige of the little
white schooner remained or was there
any trace OF her crew. small ship
boat, about twelve feet long and painted
green on the outside was picked up and
l. nav Al the Central wharf In this city.
Master oIsrIen said hast night, whea
iatefyiewet by d Observation-Disclosures re-
porter. that when he first sighted the
.'L.ily ind Maud her stern was about ten
fess cut Of water ard appeared 10 be kept
afisStt BY the air IN the after end wasn
this escaped she must have sunk
4 have had twenty~three years expe~
riefsse sailing OF and ON Puget Sound, =
he continued. "anyi at daylight this MORN
iHg there was the strongest wind AMI
heaviest set running I ever saw in these
waters.
observation-disclosures reporter learned at
Capt. f4ske'a shpyard at Ballard last
night that The schooner was ownst by
ssssst Jack, Of ballard. anjf had bees,
launched only three weeks previous. She
NsiS not hsltlt Ds Capt Lake SsAgs xsss.
sst on fishing trip.
Capt. Jack has q wife and family living
al Ballard. The other mar known To
have heen sahearsi Is William Foley, lie
has brother ln Ballard
Master o'krsesa describes the doomed
men as TulissS:
rargo man. with full beard. and heavy
cost. Ia!slssle asssat
Young man. about - years old. sgnnot tn
face We'll sresset. quite tail and slender.
ssine people at Ballard thought neither
81 TIE above co0ld he Capt jack.