The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-06-10
AWAKENED 70 MEET DEATH
The Dread Monster Claimed His
Helpless Victims With But the
Slightest Warning.
THIRTY-FOuR PASSENGERS DROWNED.
sudden Sinking Of the Schooner Lady
Jane Gray While Lying-to for the Re-
pair of a sail Most OF the Lost Were
Asleep Between Decks-The Captains
story.

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SEATTLE, Wash, June 2.-The
schooner Lady Jane Gray. which sailed
from Seattle for kotzelsu Sound on
May 18th, with 81 persons on board.
~foundered Sunday, MAY -, about %
miles west of Cape Flattery, at two
o'clock in the morning. while lying-to
in a moderate gale under forcsail.
Ten minutes after the alarm was given
she lay at the bottom of the ocean with
81 of her passengers. The remainder
succeeded in embarking in a launch.
and reached this city yesterday after
noon.
The Lady Jane Gray's passengers
were prospectors, with the exception
of Rev. V. {. Gambel. a missionary.
who, with his wife and child. was on
his way to 1T. Lawrence island in the
Behring sea lie refused TO place his
wife and child on board the launch,
saying: The vessel is doomed and we
will die together.
Among the prospectors was a party
of 10, headed 10y Maj I~ngraham. who
were outtitted by Prince Luigi. o.
Italy, for a two years prospecting trip
in Alaska. OF this party the only sur.
vivors are Maj lngraham. L. NJ. Les
sey, c. IA. Packard and G.. IL Penning-
ton.
The news of the disaster and the ex-
2ected arrival of the survivors fror
Victoria caused a large crowd To gather
at the dock IN this city. Carriages
were waiting, and when the City of
kingston landed the survivors they
were all carried to their rooms or to
the residences Of friends. The few
that could be seen had not recovered
from the shock, and consequently could
not give a very detailed account Of the
disaster which came on them SO sud.
denly. They were unable TO ac.souLt
for the vessel springing a leak and
sinking suddenly. They were warm
IN their praise of the work done by
capt Crockett at the time of the FUN
dering of the vessel.
Capt. Crockett gives the folls wing
account of the wreck:
We We're lying-to to mend our fore.
sail. y moderate gale was blowing
and the e We're running high. !
had gone to bed and was sound asleep.
when the Waterman awakened me- with
the inent that something was
wrong. arose at once, and found the
vessel leaking. A hurried investiga.
ton showed that she would soon sink.
and at once notified the passengers o.
the situation. Most of them were AISLE r
undo; meath the deck.
"A scene of confusion then tool
place and il il impossible TO give an,
detailed of the events that fol
lowed. The darkness added to the
confusion. The Lady Jane Gray car
ried two life boats and TWO launches.
1 at once ordered the boats lowered.
The first life was swamped. The
launch hennoma, belonging to the In
graham party, was successfully low
cred.
AT this time the Jane Gray was al.
most under water. A heavy sea struck
her, throwing her on her beam. There
was no time to launch other boats.
The water was over her matches. and
everyone below a certainly drowned.
Those on deck, however. got into the
launch. A sack OF prunes and one OF
turnips were hurriedly taken from the
ships stores, aud tins was the only
food we had till we reached Vancouver
island.
AS the launch drifted away from
the almost submerged schooner we sa "
eight or ten men standing in the lee
rail, clinging to the rigging. Soon
they disappeared from sight. Two Of
them, job johnson and L. Reilly kept
atioat 10y clinging to bundles OF boat
lumber. Two hours after they were
picked up by our launch, making y in
all we had with Us. 1t is just barely
possible that there will be four more
survivors. Just before the Jane Gray
disappeared under the waves we
thought we saw the second launch
that was on board with four forms
near it. They were 80 indistinct that
we were not sure. They seemed to be
getting into the launch.
We improvised a sail. and after
drifting 80 hours in the launch. finally
landed inside Of Rugged point. kynquol
sound, on Vancouver island, 50 miles
from the cen of the wreck. A fir,
was built on the beach, and we made q
meal on roasted mussels. We had hac
no food since the night before the dis
aster, excepting the sack of prunes and
turnips hat we threw into the launch
We got our drinking water by spread
ing out a tarpaulin IN the driving ram
An Indian who Glanced to com,
along informed Us that the village .
kynquot was but six miles away. W,
went there and found the coastinu
schooner Eavoritc becalmel. and ar
engagements were made TO carry our
party TO Victoria. We reached Their,
sn time TO catch the steamer Tor seat.
lie"