The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-04
AWAKENED TO MEET DEATH
The Dread Monster Claimed His
Helpless Victims With But the
Slightest Warning.
rHIaTY-FOUR PASSENGERS DROWNED.
Sudden Sinking Of the Schooner Lady
Jane Gray While Lying-tO for the Re-
pair of a SaiI-MOst of the Lost Were
Asleep Between Decks-The Captains
AtOry.

SEAT Tie, Wash, June 1.-The
schooner Lady Jane Gray, which sailed
from Seattle for Kotzelsu Sound on
May 10Th, with 81 persons on board,
founderd Sunday, MAY ~, about 80
miles west of Cape Flattery, st two
O'Clock in the morning, while lying-to
in a moderate gale under foresail.
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 Il launch,
and reached this city yesterday after
noon.
The Lady Jane Gray's passengers
were prospectors, with the exception
of Rev. V. c. Gambel, a missionary,
who. with his wife and child, was on
his way to st. Lawrence island in the
Behring sea. He 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 Il party
of IL, headed by Maj. Ingraham, who
were outtitted by Prince Luigi, of
Italy, for Il two years prospecting trip
in Alaska. Of this party the only sur
vivors are Maj. l~ngraham, l.. NJ. Les
sey, c. Ii. Packard and u. Ii Penning-
ton.
The news of the disaster and the ex-
pected arrival of the survivors from
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
| Iyara all parriaH 70 fhair r,,rnS ~ . -
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 account
for the vessel springing a leak and
sinking so suddenly. They were warm
in their praise of the work lone by
Capt. Crockett at the time OF the foun-
dering of the vessel.
Capt. Crockett gives the following
account of the wreck:
1--WE were lying-to to mend our fore
sail. a moderate gale was blowing
and the seas were running high. [
had gone to bed and was sound asleep,
when the Waterman awakened me with
the announcement that something was
wrong. L arose at once, and found the
vessel leaking. A hurried investiga-
ton showed that she would o sink,
and l at once notified the passengers of
the situation. Most of them were asleep
underneath the deck.
"A scene of confusion then took
place and it is impossible to give any
detailed 1RpOnnf nf tho ayantS tbnf fol
lowed. The darkness added to the
confusion. The Lady Jane Gray car
ried two ~lifeboats and two launches.
l at once ordered the boats lowered.
The first lifeboat was swamped. The
launch hennoma, belonging to the In
graham party, was successfully low
cred.
AT this time the lane 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 was 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, and this was the only
food we had till we reached Vancouver
island.
las the launch drifted away from
the almost submerged schooner we saw
eight or ten men standing in the lee
rail, clinging to the rigging. Soon
they disappeared from sight. Two of
them, Job johnson and &. Reilly kept
aiioat by clihging to bundles of BOAT
lnrnhar fnNyn hnurS aft,- H.. r.
picked up by our launch, making - 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 so indistinct that
we were not sure. They seemed T. be
getting into the launch.
W improviSed a sail, and after
drifting 30 hours in the launch, finally
landed inside of Rugged point, Kynquot-
sound, on Vancouver island, 80 miles
from the scene of the wreck. A fire
was built on the beach, and we made a
meal on roasted mussels. We had had
10 food since the night before the dis
aster, excepting the sack of pruues and
turnips that we threw into the launch.
We got our drinking water by spread
ing out a tarpaulin in the driving ram.
An Indian who CHANGED to come
along informed us that the village OF
kynquot was but six miles away. We
went there and found the coasting
schooner Favorite becalmed, and ar
engagements were made to carry our
party to Victoria. We reached there,
IN time to catch the steamer for Seat
tie"
NJ. Rryan Il In For IL MN