The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-23
An UNEXPECTED FIND
The Corwin Did Not See the
Caizow Forest.
BUT ANOTHER CREW WAS SAVED
They Were Washed Ashore From the
sealing schooner Wander~r,
which Was Lost.

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TIE corMln. Rhfrh had been undergoing
extensive repairs 81 Morans. sailed g11er
orslsrs % searrh for the CaGxoW f1rest. On
January al. wifhous the preliminary % a
trssl trip Her ofecers. taking into con-
siderafinn the prevailing conditions OF
win1 and carrenf thought thai n wrecked
the Object 90 fhe search must be on TIE
western SHORE ~ Vancouver island. Patent
iaqalry ~ al tne fnEizn villages scattered
along the coast slicitei no news BEARING
on the missing vessel. bot the quest vas
not destined 10 u fruitless- When ssn
Josef hay wing about ten miles 20 the
westward OF Cape Scott was reached. the
keel and ribs OF a small schooner we're
seen on the beach. and near by on the shore
was a tent made OF a jib san. A boat was
sent ashore. and sailor who was occupy
INK the tent was taken aboard the cutter.
The schooner proved 10 have been the
Wandercr, a sealer OF thirty tons. that had
sailed from Victoria on January Is, and
had gone ashore in a storm when out about
two weeks. The sailor said the captain
and three others would be found at store
near BY. in which they had been kept by
the proprietor since the wreck. The store
was visited. and the remainder OF the
Wanderer's crew taken TO the Corwin. The
storekeeper. whose stock had been entire
ly consumed by the castagays. was also
taken along.
Capt Henry Parsons. Of the wrecked
schooner. in telling the story of the Wild
night on which they went ashore, said that
everything had been lost. and when the
schooner was knocked 10 pieces on the
shore the only thing saved was the jib.
When they reached the shore, weary with
their battle against the elements, the five
sailors threw themselves on the beach,
and with the jib for covering. were soon
I'm the land of dreams. As they slept the
storm ragged more fiercely. and with the
rising of the tide their slulnbers were
brought 10 disagreeable termination. On
a great wave. the Jih was lifted from the
PROSTATE forms OF the sons of the sea, and
the sons themselves We're buried beneath
the avalanche Of water. The captain and
three of the crew then decided to go to
the store which was a few miles away,
while the other sailor stayed by the vessel.
The latter obtained plenty of food by cap
turing the canned goods washed ashore.
Provisions We're getting very scarce. when
the Corwin's opportune arrival brought re-
lief. The sailors and storekeeper We're left
at Victoria,
The Corwins trip up the western coast
OF Vancouver island was such a stormy enc
that II was decided TO return by the inner
channel. In the hopes of an abatement in
the violence OF tne storm that would al
low them 10 return as they had come. a
day was spent at anchor among the group
of islands lying north of Cape Scott. but
as il seemed TO increase with delay. the
inner channel was taken.
The officers OF the Corwin believe the
Cadzow Forest has sunk with all aboard.
They say II is hardly probable vessel dis
appearing where she did would be wrecked
on any other coast than that OF Vancouver
island, and they believe she has been
swanped In midocean. They say the
winds, tides and currents on this coast are
so uncertain, however, as 10 prevent any
exact estimate OF the probable direction ia
which a disabled vessel would be drifted
Capt. Munger will formally release COM
mand of the Corwin 10 Capt Roatch today.
Several other changes In the personnel OF
the cutters officers viii take place within
"a few days. The Corwin viii remain at
the buoy until further orders. She pre-
sented a gala appearance yesterday with
a string of flags floating on the air. and
the members OF the crew promenading the
deck were dressed In their neatest blue, 10
do honor to the Unions first president.