The record-union., 1897-12-16
Twenty Members Of Her Grew and Two
Passengers are Missing.
Captain Hall, the Purser, Cnaeh
Engineer, One Fireman, inree
Sailors and One Passenger
Reach Shore in Safety, but NO
Tidings Have Been Received OF
the Boats Containing the Other
twenty-five Persons.

stranded in Barclay Sound, ana III &C
boats, containing twenty members VI 'iie
crew and two passengers, are IiilSsAii9
The Captain. purser, chief engineer, one
passenger, James Lathbury, and poa'
crew reached Uclulet after spehdins
the night in an open boat with pis
storm raging.
The following is the list of the CleVe-
lands crew that reached land Safely :
CAPTAIN Charles L. Hall, Chet LII
gineer C. Hueser, Purser }. w. w MI
beck. Fireman James Fern, Seanleli
Alexander Leech, Joseph Costa anu
Jens Hansen, and a passenger, James
Lathbury.
The others, two passengers ana the
balance of the crew, twenty in NUMBER
have not as yet been heard froIh' al
though five days have elapsed since TIE
wreck.
The men who are missing are; W. l..
Dietrick and Frank Graham, passeh-
gers: S. 3. Durfee, first mate; l.. 4. D.
Anderson. second mate; John MelVlta'
third mate: r. P. O'Neil, first assistant
engineer; F. Thomas, second assistant
engineer; J. Harman, d. A. CraWley
and John Gallagher, firemen; NJ Nun
roe. steward; Walter Davis, COOK; W.
IT Bovkin. assistant cook; ROBERT
Islusleter. carpenter; John Foster, re-
ter Martin. Bert Larsen, a. kohnlng,
A. McCon A. FaIkner. Hendr1ck Dan
ielson seamen; and another seaman
whose name is not known
This is the story told by Purser
Whitbeck. who arrived at Nanaimo at
3 o'clock this morning from Aibernl,
and came to Victoria on the noon train.
The Cleveland is an iron steamer OF
73O tons, owned by Charles Nelson or
San Francisco. running between that
city and Puget Sound, and left the
Golden Gate on the 4th inst. for Seat
tie She had been on the way two
days. and was we'll out to sea, when,
during a most severe gale, her smart
broke. Sails We're then hoistee, GfIS
an effort made to get to Cape Flat
terry. Heavy winds, however, drove
her northward, and after being buf-
feted about by the storm for four days,
being carried northward all the time
and in toward Vancouver Island, she
drifted into Barclay Sound on the night
of December 10th by the west entrance
and dangerously close to the Starlight
Reef.
There was big sea running, and the
wind was blowing great guns. Fearing
that she would strike on the reef and
knowing that if she did there would be
no hope for her, her officers decided
to take to the boats. -Four boats We're
lowered. and they started out to seek
for place Of safety. An attempt was
made to land on one Of the small
islands, but it was unsuccessful, the
wind making it impossible. They then
started for another island, and the Cap
tain's boat made Alpha Passage, in
which a big surf was breaking The
Captain signaled to the other boats to
follow. but they failed to do so, and
it is supposed that being unable to see
the Captains boat after the signals
We're given, they concluded she had
been swamped.
After that time nothing was seen OF
the three boats.
Captain Hall landed his boat safely
on the beach after going through the
Alpha Passage. and spent the night
there. Next morning his party made
their way to Uclulet village, where
they We're cared for by John Marko-
witZ, a storekeeper.
In the meantime the steamer had
drifted further into the sound, having
rnjraculously missed striking many
islands and reefs that lay in her
massage She finally went ashore at
Anderson Camp, Lyall Point. on the
northwest corner of Barclay Sound.
AS soon as she had been located Cap
tain Hall again took charge. but he
found that the Indians had been there
and looted the vessel. After waiting
for some time for the other three boats,
CAPTAIN Hall decided TO send the purser
10 Alberni TO telegraph to Victoria for
assistance. The purser started for
Tclulet in boat manned by two In
dsans. but did not get far before his
canoe was capsized. BY threats the
purser induced the Indians to take him
back to Uclulet, where he secured
crew of white men to take him to
Alberni Arriving there, he found the
wires down, so he came on to Victoria.
There is little doubt that the three
boats containing the twenty members
Of the crew and two passengers have
met with disaster. TWO boxes of bis
cults and a pillow, believed to have
been in the boats, We're picked up the
next morning on the beach. One or
the boxes was at the entrance to Uclu-
bet Arm, and the other further north.
The vicinity where the Cleveland
went ashore has a bad reputation
among marine men, there being many
dangerous reefs over which a terrible
surf breaks. Captain Gaudin. agent of
the Marine and Fisheries Department,
says 1t is almost impossible for boat
to live in such a place Captain Halls
good fortune in making the Alpha
Passage was all that saved himself and
companions.
The Government steamer Quadra re-
ceived instructions to coal in haste and
proceed to- the scene of the disaster
with rescuing corps, to make ililigent
search for any traces of the missing
passengers and crew. She got away
this evening.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 15.-The
cleveland was built in 1865, and was