The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-09
70 IDENTIFY THE BODIES.
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES OF THOSE
LOST on THE JANE GRAY.
steps Are Taken to send One search
ing Party on q Chartered Tag and
Another ON the Winnpa-Commit-

TIE relatives and friends Of those lost
or the Inflated schooner yane Gray on
May - of Cape Fiastery. ana a number OF
the surviving passengers held an informal
meeting a. the city hail yesterday and
took steps 10 arrange for the identification
Of the bodies already found and TO search
for others along the west coast OF VAN
coaver Island For Two hours the sad
hearted little meeting continued in session.
discussing the terrible disaster from all
standpoints ard endeavorfng to catch
glimpse OF one gleam Of hope for the MISS
ing ones. Prominent at the meeting were
Maj. E. s. Ingraham, who e one OF the
survivors, ard Ben E. snipes and F. Y.
Little. each OF whom lost Il son when the
schooner went down.
After considerable discussion Ii was re-
solved 10 send "A committee TO Victoria 10
identify the bodies which will arrive this
afternoon from the west coast of the ISL
and Maj. Ingraham. Mr.. Little and Mr..
Snipes volunteered 10 act as the commit
tee. and were TO leave late last night for
Victoria. As 10 making further search for
bodies the meeting arrived at no definite
conclusion yesterday. Capt. A. T. Stream,
who is thoroughly familiar with the coast
OF Vancouver island. has volunteered 10
take charge of such a search party. and
was yesterday authorized by the meeting
10 ascertain the charter price OF a suit
able tugboat TO be used in making the
search. II tug can be obtained on rea-
sonable terms. there Is no doubt a search
party will start from Seattle.
The question OF sending at least two
men north on the next trip OF the steamer
NHlapa was also discussed. The Willapa
al
ports on the coast of Vancouver island,
and it was suggested yesterday that the
men to be sent out on her would stand an
excellent chance OF learning from the coast
Indians Of the finding of further bodies.
The two commissioners viii! be further
empowered, IL sent out. to offer rewards
TO the Indians for the recovery of bodies
and to make arrangements with traders at
different points along the coast to forward
the bodies to Seattle.
Following is complete list of the SUR
vivors and representatives OF the lost
present al yesterdays meeting:
q. ii. Pennington, T. j. Davenport W.
s. Weaver. George Hitler. Charles K.
Chard c. II. Packard, NJ F. Roberts. Or.
L. Nj. Lessey, Maj. r. s. Ingraham, repre-
senting himself and Spencer f. Young, w
ID. Miller, John j. Lindsay. Horace Palm
er. V. $. Hamilton, A. b. Dunlap. E Seller.
Edward Garcia and Seconda Besetta:
Charles Hin. representing W. II. Gleason,
II. II. Salisbury and j. p Draper. repre-
senting F. @. Salisbury; Nitus Schrnid
representing Y. j. Schmid and c. J. Schmid;
II. ". Carroll. representing e. NJ. and r. s
Taylor: Ben E. Snipes. representing Ben
IL. Snipes. jr.; +. n. Little, representing
Phil c. Little. ana James Cathcart, repre-
senting ". Arnot Johnson.
Among the applicants for assistance at
the public employment office on Saturday
were four Austrians, who were among the
survivors of the Jane Gray. They were
left absolutely penniless by the loss OF the
schooner. Commissioner Grout referred
them to the contractors who are cleaning
the army post site. One of the foremen
employed on this work is an Italian, with
which language the AustTians are con-
versant. One OF the party however. speaks
German also, ana through him As a
spokesman the four unfortunates are able
to make themselves fairly wen understood.
The Austrians lost their leader by the
wreck. All the money In the party 500
in goid, was strapped about his waist
when he was drowned. They were on
their way to ST. Michael.