The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-12
The wreck sighted.

| preceding the extinction OF iiie
The wreck sighted.
This picture of shipwreck, placing be-
yond doubt the fate of the schooner Gen
eral Sigiin and those aboard was seen
by the captain and crew OF the sealing
schooner Willard Ainsworth. which re-
turned yesterday from successful seal
ing cruise on the Japan coast and Bering
sea The Sigiin was sighted on wednes-
day morning. May 5. She was lying on
her right side with her masts out and
one floating alongside. The Ainsworth
passed very close. but could not lower
boat, because OF heavy sea.
There did not seem TO be much the
matter" said Capt. f. f. Crockett of the
Willard Alnsworth. in recounting his ex-
perience, save that the bulwarks were
stove in and there was no sign Of a boat
aboard. The body vi man dressed in oil
skins was lashed 10 the iron davits in
the stern. He was in standing position,
with his head and right arm hanging in
side the iron. while his left hand was
dangling outside. On the third finger OF
looked natural as in life. but the face
was pinched and drawn as from great suf-
fering, and against the pailid skin
brown moustache showed strongly. On
the taffran. beside the silent body, were
couple of boxes lashed with rope and
probably containing food.
..The stern was lifted out OF the water
sls.
davits were the only portion OF the vessel
untouched by the seas The paint looked
fresh as IL not long under water. think
the schooner was wrecked in the gale on
March n. in which the Ainsworth lost her
rudder We backed after passing the
wreck and stood by close again until we
felt assured that there was no thing Of life
aboard The schooner was In latitude So
degrees i5 minutes north, longitude 10 de-
grees IS minutes west. and about 10 miles
from the Queen Charlotte islands
The absence OF boats on the siglin would
indicate that those aboard had made an
attempt 10 get away. and hopes are stiii
entertained that some boat managed TO
survive the storm and was picked up by
raising vessel as the position OF the
rreck is somewhat removed from the
route OF travef.
according 10 the latitude and longitude
vIven. the sigIin was floating Immediately
in the average storm track for May. as
aesuced by the photographic office from
ten years observations
The Crew and Cargo.
The rumored loss OF the General Slglin
has been reported IL the Post-intelligencer
several times before. and the positive as
S,,vance Of her disaster was no surprise to
,hase VINO have Kept themselves informed.
gs,,a schooner left San Francisco March 2.
,,rssr command Of Capt. Jerome Thomas
Co. Wood island Alaska She was loaded
vgtth supplies and provisions for the North
a,narscan Commercial Company. Besides
,t,,s eentain. she carried crew consisting
~ nate. cook and three sailors. and had
ehoara as passengers z. G. Greenfield
agav,. ~ the company az Wood island his
,-{se ana three children. The schooner
80 bgift 81 AarshfeiG or. In fssi She
is n feet In length BY 2 feet beam and So
,ssnth and n - tons net register.
The ssorm-Te~sed Kodiak.
Two DAYS after TIRE departure OF the
stwssr. th@r. LETT san Francisco the
schooner Kodak. also bound for Alaska
BY the arrival here yesterday Of the
steamship CITY of Topeka from Alaska
Il was learned that the Kodiak on reach