The San Francisco call., 1898-03-12

Coast are e few blackened @ and charred ribs sticking above the sea.
 frame are visible. The gale still groans and the sea still moans. As the shaooWs of evening fall, hopeless, .despairing pas pas Sengers walk the beach in the tWllignt ghastly by the whitened mountainsldes saving what bits the sea deigns to
 Amid the nasty flight from the ship. the disorder, confusion and desperation, 1t is almost miraculous that not life vas lost. Every man who sailed from, San Francisco has his life to be thankful for. Had the Whitelaw been at sea instead of hard on the beach, where the captain ran her, there is little doubt that there would have been a repetition of the Clara Nevada disaster, from which not soul was saved.
 Captain Thomas Locker, at an appoint ment he made with me this afternoon, said:
 ''I got wood for fuel at the Treadwell and sailed north, arriving here yesterday morning. Smoke was seen comins out of the forward hold at about 10 o'clock. bettened down the matches and turned steam into the hold. When the smoke cleared I sent down diver to try and eoud the not rs find 1 whepe it fRe I ran the ship inshore and brought her around broadsides in water of sufficient depth to sink her should we not be able otherwise to extinguish the fire. From that position the wind blew her hard aground, and it was not possible to scut- tie her when scuttling would have done some good. I turned steam and streams of water into the hold and opened the sea- cocks but in spite ere or everyli Werld flame up again and become worse. When it broke through the deck the gale got at 1t and that was the beginning oI
 All the livestock and considerable cargo were saved on the lighter One man o wno lives in Skaguay, whose II name 1ersas | dom naar the exit. When the time came to pegin to quit the ship he refused to move ms animals, having them insured, or tnels being some other circumstances by Whlcn he hoped to profit by their death Without these animals being got out of the way none of the. others could be moved. bE S,I display of force and threats, he was hn- ally prevailed upon to lead them upon lhe
 7aThe passengers are telling that you re fused to allow them to go ashore III lhe ships boats" l remarked. ..o.,
 Then the captain showed exasperation for the first time. He replied, with O ols-
 ''Do you think I would let any passenase l. ger take boat, go ashore with his stun l1I and stay away an hour or two with the
 '.Yhey are also saying. captain, that you left the ship ahead of others.
 That is not true. It is lie l was m the last boat. I have had trouble with the passengers all the way from San Francisco, and with the crew, too The passengers kicked and made life mlser- able for me on account of the poor ac- commodations. They should not have sailed in the ship in the first place if the accommodations did not suit them The crew was refractory and insubord1nate with few exceptions. Most of the crew intended to desert the ship and go to the Klondike, if they could, when we reached here. They never intended to return with the ship, and I guess I won't now, either It was far and away the worst voyage l ever had in my life"
 Purser C. H. Jackson said this after noon that he expected to sail for San Francisco on the Australia. He takes back an official report of the disaster. Captain Lockyer and MT. Jackson lost all their personal effects, including cloth ing and money. The ships papers and money were. saved.
 HAL HOFFMAN.