The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-11
LOST IN THE STORM.
Seattle and San Francisco Men
Probably Drowned.
OFF THE COAST OF VANCOUVER.
TWO Men We're seen Near Cape Nudge
In Launch. Later the Launch Was
round on the Beach Wrecked.

A story O. shipwrsck and p-ohabls
browning. n which Seattle and san Fran
cisco people ara .ntereS ts5, reached this
ciey last evening
y" J. Becker, wao furnished the infor-
ina@on, says that aAou: 10 Mills north
o N@Acouver. e. G 4 launch. 81 waica
We're " :. Anderson and Il. Mcdonald.
enc from Seattle ard re Otaer from Ssa
FRANCISCO, was found GA INC beach badly
battered and fan % Sa1sr. IN .he boat
were discovered several copies 81 The
FoSt-InIe4l.genceT. some BOOKS and a box
nt!el ~fta curlositisS ana shells and al
dressed TO Mss McFarlana. Seattle"
Two days previous 20 he discovery OF
the wreck. Becker and Ms party. VINO
We're out cruising. had ne, and become
slightly acquainted vita is former o.
cupants
Nj Becker says that there was a good
tender attached - the lanneA 50 he has
hopes ina; no lives we're host.
sometime between August Is and Is
Becker and three friends started out on
a cruise northward On rne tourney they
fell IN with tire launch. on which Becker
SAYS he learned there were a. east the
men named. ". : Anderson ana ID. No
Donald. One hailed from Seattle, the
other san Francisco. bat which man came
from Seattle he ct4 not know. The jour
ney north Was 70 i distance Of over 80
miles from Vancouver. Il. e, and each
party turned back about The same time.
They went through Seymour \arroWs.
said Air, Becker. while We took the
Surge Narrows passage on the nlsht Of
the 10Th. l think Il was, they started from
about five miles below Cape Nudge, near
Vancouver island. 10 cross the gulf. a dis
lance of twenty-five miles. In ne even
ing 1t was moonlight. and a nkse breeze VAS
blowing. After they We're out about TWO
hours a storm came on, ana they must
have been caught In the Cape Nudge tide
rips. for they have not been seen since,and
two days later We found the launch
washed on the beach, badly broken and
fall OF water. There ware several copies
Of the Post-Intelhgencer some books. and
a box allied WITH cgrioSi;ies and shells, ad-
dressed TO Miss Mcfarland, Seattle.
Below Cape Nudge there are
four channels that come from the
north. ard the Wind had - good
sweep down the gulf. We came
down the Lewis channel early in the ev-
enlng and ran in out of the blow lehind
Reed island. There were two steamers
and two sloops anchored there. Those en-
board one OF the Slope. which had just
crossed the gulf said they saw a small
boat being beaten about. bat that they
were unable TO render assistance on ac-
count Of a rocky point. There Was an
the tide.
Two OF the party In AndersOn's launch
were good swimmers. ana they had q good
tender. so II Is hoped that they. after leav-
ing the launch. II they did. landed some
where.
Il took everything that was OF value
from the wrecked launch. and have II
with me. hoping TO find some trace OF the
missing men. Il is now over two weeks.
and Vet no news"
Mr.. Becker IS d Vancouver. Il. G. NOW.
but VIII go TO Victoria In A few days.
on his way to Tacoma he intends 20 stop
AZ Seattle. and leave the things ho found
in the wreck.
Despite a thorough search. nothing Was
discovered in this city last night 20 throw
any light on the case. The dire,tory
gave the address Of Miss Ada T., McFsr-
land As S0s Columbia street. The people
there said she had moved long time ago
10 Terry avenue and jefferson street.
The neighbors in that section said Mss
Mcfarland was living on Madison street
near Eighth avenue Al last Miss Nc
Farland was found AZ SoT Madison. and she
said that she dill not think any Of
her friends had been out on a launch or
yachting cruise.