The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-09
BRYANT SAFE N PORT.
Her Passengers DO Not Believe That
Mayor wood and Howard Are
in ANY Danger.

Schooner ". J. Bryant. another branch
OF the famous Eliza Anderson expedition
which left here IN tow CT the tug H0lyoke.
sailed into Port Townsend yesterday
morning. having parted from the tug in
storm September q. Waen the tug Holy
oke arrived several days ago without her
tow and reported having lost the Bryant
in a heavy storm. fears We're entertained
that the schooner had gone down. The
Bryant's arrival vest sTday. anxlously
looked for. was a glad surprise for those
interested IN her safety. The cause OF
the Bryant's delay was q calm. In which
she lay for days in the latitude Of Cape
Flattery
On the steamer City of Kingston there
arrived yesterday afternoon from Port
Townsend Mr. and Mrs. Robert A Turn
or and William Howard, ali three passen-
gers OF the Bryant. Howard, a son Of p.
K. Howard returned 10 Seattle with an
injured leg having been taken aboard the
Bryant about 20 miles south OF ST Mi
chael when the schooner was On the down
voyage.
r. A. Turner went north as chief engi-
necr on the Eliza Anderson. and when the
steamer was abandoned by the passengers
AT Dutch haybor he remained at that point
20 await the return Of the tug Holyoke
and schooner W. J. Bryant. On the ar
rival Of these vessels from ST. Michael.
boarded the Bryant. Speaking last night
OF the storm which overlook them Sep
tember p. he said;
The time OF the tug being limited she
left Dutch harbor September % with the
Bryant In tow. That day terrible blow
csnle on and we hove TO. l have been go
ing 10 sea all my life. but seldom before
have I seen worse seas. IN the height Of
the storm the hawser parted and Il was
he n ha sob
when attached to the hawser was tearing
the gunwale on her bow and we should
have been compelled 70 cut her loose or
lose all the schooner's forward gunwale.
After parting from the rug We lay 10
that day and the next. expecting the
Holyoke 20 pick Us up again. but We got
no sight Of her. Capt. Smith then started
for the latitude Or Cape Flatfery For
days AZ time We were becamed. making
scarcely any progress. On arriving $50
miles of Cape Flattery. IN latitude ~ 20
west and longitude $40 north We lay IN
a dead calm FOR FIVE days. The canvas not
filling once In that time. When We finally
got a breeze and entered the Straits our
actual running time lad been the remark
ably brief period OF elk days"
Turner was not disposed 20 believe from
talks he had with the Bryaut's officers
that the trouble At St M..haei between
the passengers az the Humboldt and Eliza
ANDERSON ara MAYOR " n WOOD ara y
X Howard would result IN anything 80
serious "a a lynching He said there was
dissatisfaction but he did not think il
would be carried % a desperate extent.
Turner also insisted that the Anderson
had not been abandoned because % her
uaseawcrthinsss hut because the officers
% the steamer. eHding on heir arrival in
Dutch Farhor that the season was far
advanced feared 20 cort'nge the Journey
and encounter 4he storms that were sweep
lrx from the north.
In All tte Bryant carried eleven people.
Ca~t Smith a mate two sailors cook and
assfs.Hnt cook. The passengers. SIT from
the Andersen were E~g'nee- ard Ms. r
A Turner. Of Seattle: Second Mate = II.
Mitchell % san Frar~is~o, VIII Howard
and Albert Langley. 81 .at.le.