The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-03
MANNED BY THE FROST
Survivors of the White Tell of
Terrible Svtferings.
ONLY TWO ESCAPED SOUND.
Half the Schoouer's Crew Drowned,
the Other Half Reduced 70 Phys
zeal Wrecks by Cold.

Jacob Jansen and lngwaid I4oe, the two
survivors Of the crew 81 thu wrecked
schooner {. q. Waite who came dow n
from Alaska on the steam schooner
Francis Cutting. added some Interesting
though horrible details 10 the story If
the sufferangs OF the crew which has been
already published.
The &. q. White. Capt. lSaaSSon, sailssi
from San Francisco on February =. with
crew Of twsnty-Seven sailors
and hunters, 10 hunt sea otter
IN Alaskan waters. and she ar
rived seventeen days later al South Ann.
She lay there two weeks 10 look after her
three steam launches and three sea otter
boats and in a week more found that only
one of the launches was suitable. She ar
rived at Lessey bay and lay there three
days. and the weather was very fine,
the hunt began and one sea otter and ono
pup were killed In the first half day This
was Good Friday. and the wind began
blowing and a severe snowstorIn followed
on Saturday the schooner was headed
toward the hay again, with Instructions
from the captain 10 look out for an an
chorage. Jansen said:
In less than five minutes from this time
the schooner struck a rock and stoppsi
hut had no more than gotten of when an
other was struck. This was at 1880 a. M
The sea came over the boat and washed
u Il
captain shouted: Try 10 save him. but it
was impossible, and the poor fellow drift
ed away thirty yards. | then jumped
ashore with a line. but before they could
make the shore four men were drowned,
and Henry I.ieCher was drowned while on
the line. The others reached the shore
safely. but five more. including the cap
tain. were frozen TO death.
Those drowned were: Charley Lynn,
cook Thomas Hurdle. engineer: Jack
Silver. able seaman. - Thompson, mate:
Henry IieCher.
Those frozen to death were: Capt.
Isaacson; Charley Hartway. hunter: Dan
Dover a hunter who while insane from
cold drowned himself. Billy able sea-
man: Emanuel Portuguese sailor.
we built snow house supported by
some logs at Il o'clock that night and we
remained there two days. Some of the
party started for an Indian settlement. |.
with six others. tried 10 go back to the
schooner but ] was almost blind from the
effect OF the smoke from the wet wood we
had been burning in our snow house. We
could hardly find the place, which was a
mile away. This was two days after tho
wreck. and the first thing we found on
board was the body OF the drowned cock
lying in the captains bunk where II had
lrifted. We stayed on board two days
and secured some condensed milk. fruit
and corned beef, which We took To the
sick people in the snow house. We picked
UP what clothes we could find, and the
only boat on deck was nearly smashed TO
pieces but we patched II UP with canvas
and butter. We secured some Indians 10
help us. and they had TO be almost forced
10 do anything az all.
ION the shore dug some very shallow
graves with broken oars. as we had no
shovels. and there we buried the captain
and the cook After returning 10 the snow
house help came from n cannery and 1
and three Of the sick men went there.
while I4oe and six or seven others went TO
Browns house for n schooner, which ear
red rs all to Wood island, a distance or
seventy miles.
'sNe were treated kindly at Wood island,
and | never have seen such good people.
The doctor there whose name cannot re-
member. is in our opinion the hest man in
the world. All Of the party have lost
some of their limbs. toes or fingers. cx-
cept MS two who are sound
zone man lost both feet. one has to
creep on all fours and Capt. Harry Harm
son. who had both feet cut off, has died
since"
Jansen is a scandinavian seaman and 10
working on board the Cutting as deck
hand Loe Is acting as fireman. Tie was
formerly a blacksmith by trade. Each of
them had one great toe frozen. and Loe
. has three unhealed sores on his feet from
freezing Charley Hansen. one of those
who were in the snow house, was left
there twenty hours alone, and as they
thought he had died. some OF the party
returned 10 bury him. but they found him
alive He with the rest OF the survivors.
IL SIN a. Wood 8EianJ