The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-18


ined tia, thoroughly. ana anchored dar-
Ing a heavy snowstorsn. we then went
sailing on down the west shore for ten
miles within 100 yards of the shore. exam
ined Shelter island and William Henry
bay and returned to Seward city. having
concluded that after TWO days search.
and having found no trace 81 the sarvsv-
ors that there could not ee any.
There Is no telling where the Glars.
Nevada took fire. II may have been high
er up on the channel ana she might have
drifted down some distance. Whether any
OF her crew or passengers were saved.
1t is difficult TO guess. They certainly
could not survive through two miles OF
that water in such a terrible storm. They
may have gotten cut the boats. nu. 70
small boat could live many minutes in
such weather
I'VE found among the wrecksge several
battered lifeboats. in addition TO the ono
attached to The wreck, hut its boats may
have been carried away before the fire,
and the passengers and crew would then
have had no chance TO escape.
There may be some imprisoned in the
wreck and there may be some VINO
reached the shore. Those who did could
not have lived long. exposed 10 such
weather
Footprints in the snow.
Probably the reason we found no
bodies on shore Is that after the storm
Is inches of snow fell. There is little hope
that single soul was saved. At enc
point we found the footprints of some an
imai in the snow. and as there are no
wolves about here. could not make IL
out now believe II was the footprints OF
dog that had SWAN from the wreck. He
was probably the only living thing saved"
Four or five Juneau people are believed
TO have been among those who sailed
on the Clara Nevada, two men from Port
land, one from Philadelphia and three
from New York. 1t would be improper to
give these names until there Is moro proof
>.
rain lowers the snow. some of these bodies
may be found. 1t is probable that no fur
Their search will be made at present. ana
such bodies as are now on the shore or
rocks Will undoubtedly rest there until
summer comes. unless they are hunted up
by the Indians OF ghouls. for the sake OF
their belongings
Ia ~lauR
Rustltr. says in his version OF the story
that from the appearance OF the wreck
she struck the rocks. then caught fire,
after which her boilers exploded.
1.-THE storm was raging at the time"
said Capt. Thornton. "and so great WAS
this storm that the people at Seward city
had congregated on the beach to see ,f
any ships might be In distress. Then tho
fire from the burning Clara Nevada was
seen. The sea was running so high that
no one could give aid to The
hapless crew and passengers on the DOOM
ed ship. They watched the blaze few
moments: then II disappeared and utter
darkness followed. Not human being
from the wreck was seen afterward by the
Rtpsic oi sSNiIn titf.
"A number Of prominent juneau people
are supposed to have been on board. but
nothing definite can be ascer,ained about
that. Mystery hangs over the whole af-
fair
r. c. smelcer Of Spokane. and Charles
Jones. of The Dalles. Ore. were among
the passengers who went north on the cla-
ra Neyada's last trip. They returned to
Seattle on the Queen this morning They
state that the Nevada's voyage up was
one fraught with excitement and danger
Before che arrived at Fort Simpson sho
blew out three boiler tubes and was COM
PEELED 10 remain at Fort Simpson twelve
hours for repairs. Between Fort Wrangcl
and Juneau her bnnkers caught fire and
she was detained at juneau twenty-four
hours over her time. Capt. Lewis stated TO
the passengers tina. had the Nevada been
out twenty minutes more before arriving
al Juneau. "all would have gone to- he'll"
Uncertainty IL set at rest by the an
rouaccment that Freight Clerk Rogers
who was to hey remained at skagway to
represent the company. left on tho down
trip ana - unquestionabiy among the lost
No One Really Knows.
No one knows who the passengers were
nor how many there were. One newspaper
correspondent who came down on the
Humboldt yesterday said last night that
from the inforuia ton obtalraabe by him
the number Of passengers is estimated at
from Twelve 20 fifteen. bound for juneau,
Seattle. Portland ana San Francisco. There
IS steady travel back and forth from Dyea
AMI skagway 10 juneau. Three good-sixed
stea mers are on the run. II IL the custom
70 taks tho first steamer that comes along,
and the Clara Nevada had her share. sSe
vas the only vessel that left Dyea and
ssagway that day No passenger hst .aA
kept except aboard the ship. Tickets are
purchaze1 aboard Of the parscr. Time
may Het even reveal ths names or all who
are lost.