The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-16
THE WRECK OF
THE CLEVELAND
All Hands Take to the Small Boats in
Barclay Sound.
BROKE HER SHAFT IN A GALE
Captain HALL Landed Nj, Boat 10 Safety.
bat the Other Boats Are
Missing
BROKE HER SHAFT IN A GALE

Victoria, Dee 18th. steamer Clsys.
iuud cnplain Hal was stranded In Bar.
clay souml and thru" boats containing
twenty members uf 10. ereoy aud two
p,ssrngcsr. ara inlrslnF Tho captain.
purscr. chief cngin-cr and ono passenger
James ta,hbnry and lh. bonrs crew
reached rclutit. after Spsnil"r the nlghi
IN the open boa, win "a bis storm rag.
tng This is the rory told by Parscr
Whl'bock VINO arrived ai Nannimo a 2
O'Clock this morning from Aihcrni. and
proceeded then 90 Victoria on the noon
train.
Tn" Cleveland. an iron steamer II 7S
tons was oNa"d by Charles Ncl@on Of
san Francisco and vas running between
rhR' CITY and Puget Sound, left the Cold.
IN Gate on tho 'th instant for Seattle
She had b-cn on the Way 'wo days and
was veil out 90 sra when during a most
Nvcrc sale her si.af, broke sails were
then hcislrd. and .rori made 20 get te
'np~ Flat,-ry Heavy winds however
drive her uorthward. AMI after being buf.
f"ted about by the storm Tor folr f.ya
being caSvi~1 northNard an the 'ime. and
IN towards Vancouver island sh- drifted
into Barclay Sound ,m ths mgfi u ne.
crmbrr ls by 'he west entrance AMI dan.
scrpusly rios' go starlight reef There
vas big sea running 1nl ,hc wind vns
a frHH. Inc -.
would strike on 10" recy and knowing
that n she dlI there would bo no hope
for her her officers decided 90 TAX. 10 tho
boats Four boats wvr. lowered and
they started out 90 SEX sor plare OF
safety An attempt was mad. 20 iand
on one % he anaol islands bat II was
unsuccessful the wind making % impos
sfhlc. They then started ior another Isl.
and and tho captains bo5, made the AZ.
phupn passage. IN which % hic surf was
hr0klug The captain r.1lucd 20 tho
other hoats 20 follow. nu; ,hey failed to
io 10. and it is supposed TIA. being un.
able to see the captains boa, after the
signals were given they concluded she
had been eNampCd
After that ;lme rotAins was seen Of
the thrcc polt7. Captain Hall landed hi,
boat safely on the hea,h after going
through Alph,pn passage. and spent the
night thcr,. The next morning his party
made their way 10 Uemclii village. where
they were carel for by John Markuwi,s
t.s aFs L L.. -.
steamer h1d dufted further into tho
sound. having miraculouSy missed striS
ng thu many islands and reefs MAT hy
IN her passage. she finally went ashor,
n Anderson camp. Ly0n point an tho
northwest shore " Barclay Sound. As
soon as she had been located. Captain
Han again took charge. hut ne found that
he indians had been there lnd looted
he vessel After waiting for some time
'or iac other three hoats Captain Hal
iecilcd 10 send the purser % AbernI &c
to Victoria 'or assistance. The
,urser started from Cclucht IN n boat
manned by two Indians hut did not gel
ar before his canoe capszed by threat,
Ne purSvr induced the Indians 10 take
rim hack TO VclNlit, where he secured
\ crew of white men TO take him TO AL. .
'ernl. Arrived there he found the wires
lown. 50 he came on 90 Victoria, TherC
s littlc doubt that the three boats con.
aiming twenty members o. the crew end
wo passengers have met With disaster
Two boxes " biscuits ana a pillow be.
icvcd to have been IN the boats. were
licked up next morning ON the beach
)nc Of the boxes WITS az the entrance to
'clucllt arun and the other further north
The vicinity where the cleveland went
Dshore has a bad reputa Ton among ma.
the men, there being many dangerous
'ecfs over which terrible surf breaks
'nptnn Gaudn. agent Of the marine and
,shcrlcs department SAYS Il Is almost
impossible for a boat TO i've IN such
,lices. Captain Hal's good fortune H.
making Aphapa passage was nll that
'avcd himself ami his companions.
The men who are missing are: W. l.
)ietrlck and Frank Graham, passengers,
!. r, Durfee, first mate; I. T.. n. Ander.
'on, second mate; John Melvin third
nate; r. p. O'Neil FIRST assistant en-.
.ineer; j. Harmand and y. Crawley. fire.
ner VI. Munroe, steward; Walter Devils
'ook; w. r. RoylIen, assistant cook; Rob.
'rt GsluSletter. carpenter; John Fster .
Peter Martin, Bert larsen, A. Eohnins
\ Mccall, \, Faulkner Hendrlck Dan.
elson, seamon, and another seamen. un.
Known.