The Portland daily press., 1898-03-23
FORTY LIVES WE'RE LOST.
Fatal End Of An Expedition to the
KlOndike.
BARK HELEN w. ALMY FOUND
CAPSIZED BY POINT BONITA.

Ell er ~ Passengers and Crew of is Be-
lieved to Have Been Lost-Derelict
and Word Has Been Received of
Survivors,
San Francisco, Cali, March ~. Upon
the arrival of the Pacific Coast Steam
ship company's steamer Santa Rosa
from San Diego today the news was re-
ceived of another terrible accident, in
directly attributed to the Alaskan gold
excitement which is believed to have cost
the lives of 40 passengers and sailors.
Capt. Alexander Of the Santa Rosa re-
ported that early this morning while 9
miles off Point Bonita at. the mouth of
the Golden Gate he sighted a derelic5 bot
tom up. The tug Sea Witch was imme-
diately dispatched to the point indicated
and found the derelict to be the bark
Helen W. Almy, Captain Hogan, which
sailed hence for Copper River Points at
with 81 passengers and a crew of Is on
Sunday last. The bark lay upon her
starboard. side with her stern low in
the water, her deck hamper bad
~ wrecked and several planks of her
hull washed loose by the seas which
broke, over her While there were no
signs of boats among the Ewreckage, it is
not believed that :. her passengers and
crew espaped by putting off from the
vessel in them as there have been heavy
seas for several days past. Further
more, no word has been received from
the survivors, If any exist hough the
derelict was sighted within n miles of
the shore and fully As hours cave passed
since the wreck occurred.
According to the tugboat men there
was a pretty stiff breeze when the Almy
sailed out of Golden Gate Oil Sunday last
and by noon it was blowing gale. She
left here under topsails and when last
seen was standing out for an offing.
There was a heavy sea running and 1t Is
supposed that some time during the night
she was struck by squall and capsized
The following is q list of her passengers
and crew: A. Anderson. David Ander.
son, A. B. Beach, e.. d. Cinotto, Theo.
Greber, E. P. Currier, Oscar Kersander,
Fred Frank, Juli.s Guillo, J. T. Gotsky,
J. Jourmor, M. r Lemley John Leviok,
Vim. McCray, b. M. Nichols, James
Ronals, j. r. Reason, James B. Saigon,
John Smell, VIM. Snecden, =. Is. Spliles,
Charles u. Smallwood, John Vance,
Adolph Waldo, John Walker, John Vest
wick, and an unknown man.
The Grew: W. ]. Hogan, captain; V.
B. Grants, chief mate, native Of Boston,
81 years old; E. Maokie, second mate,
California; John Higgins, cook. Massa-
ohusetts, 30 years old; w. 9. Hopkins,
steward, Illinois; Ira Cook, cabin boy,
Connecticut, 20 years old; Fred Crom-
well, apprentice, Pennsylvania, seaman;
C. p. Bronson, United States; ]. B.
Underwood. New Jersey; Charles N.
Leach, Connecticut, 45 years. Ernest Tall
man, England; VIM. McKegon. New
York; Antoine Nicholas. Australia. .s
The Helen ". Amy was once a South
Sea trader and was quite famous for
her adventures among the reefs Her
commander was then Capt. Tuthrell,
who operated her in the interest of John
Wiahtman, who retained an interest in
her when she entered the Alaskan trade.
The vessel was in good condition for an
old vessel and perfectly seaworthy. She
was recently on the dry dock and her
owners spent $500 in repairs. She had a
temporary house on deck. When she left
port she had 25 tons of ballast in her
besides the provisions of the passengers
and their outfits. She was q vessel only
$50 tons and was ballasted sufficiently.