The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-02

Seattle, Wash, June 1.-The schooner
Jane Gray, which sailed from Seattle
for Kotzebue sound, on the 18th of May
with 81 people on board, foundered or
Sunday, May %, about 80 miles west OF
Cape Flattery at o'clock in the morn
ing. 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 a. launch and reaching this city this
afternoon. (
i Following is a list of the survivors:
John Johnson, Springfield, R, l.; c.
w. Wilkinson, San Francisco; c. Wes-
/ ton, Skcwhegan, Me-; A. G.. Kingsbury,
! Boston; Erminio Sella, S. Beauchetto
! A. Cepia, H. Wachter, all of Piella,
Italy; P. ]. Davenport, Harrisburg,
Pa; George Hitler, Harrisburg, Pa; ].
H. Coutre C. ]. Reilly, Hartford, Conn;
! W. S. Weaver, Murray, Pa; George w.
/ Boak, Hughesville, Pa; G. H. Penning-
/ Z. o. Ingraham, L. NJ. Lessey, ]. e.
Blackwell. Silas Lovingood, Charles E.
Chord and NJ F. Roberts, all of Seat
/ tie.
Crew-Captain E. E. Crockett, Mate
! John Hansen, Cook Charles OleSen, As
sistant Cook Albert Johnson, Seaman
Charles Carlson.
The lost are: SignOr Gaia, Signor
Besseta, Italy; Jack Lindsay, Everett;
w. H. Gleason, W. A. Johnson, V. ].
Smith, c. G. Smith, p. C. Little, S. w.
Young, w. D. MILAN, Seattle; Horace
! Palmer, Lebanan, o.; F. C. Saulsberry,
I Minnesota; A. B. Dunlap, Dwight, Ills. !;
B. d. Ranney, Mexico City; B. E. Snipe,
jr, Seattle; John NJ. Stultzman, West
! field. N. J.; z. NJ Taylor, F. S. Taylor,
B. S. Spencer, California; w. p. DOxey,
Edward +. Ritter, F. w. Ginther, B. S.
Frost, w. T. lowering, William Otter,
o. F. McKelvey, c. Brown. c. c. All
kins, n. Hedelund, Charles Williams, V.
c. Gambel. wife and child, missionary
on St Lawrence island, in the Behring
sea, and one other.
1t is possible that there may be four
OF five more survivors whose names
can not be ascertained.
The 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 Boring sea.
He refused to place his wife and child
on board the launch. saying: THE YES
sci is doomed and we will die together"
PRINCE LUIGrS PARTY.
Among the prospectors was party
of ,16, headed by Major Ingraham, who
were QUILTED by Prince Luigi of Italy
for a two years prospecting trip in
Alaska. OF this party tie only surviv-
ors are Major Ingraham, L. NJ. Lessey,
c. II. Packard and G. H. Pennington.
The surviving passengers suffered a
great deal of privation, and for 30
hours their only food was a sack Of
prunes and a sack of turnips from the
ships stores. Sufficient water was
caught by spreading a tarpaulin during
a rainstorm.
The news of the disaster and the
expected 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
were Immediately carried to their
homes or to the residences of friends.
The few that could be seen had not
yet recovered from their shock, and
consequently could not give very de-
tailed account of the disaster which
came on them so suddenly. They were
unable to account for the vessels
springing a leak and sinking so sud
denly. They were warm in their praise
of the work done by Captain Crockett
vessel.
THE CAPTAINS ACCOUNT.
Captain Crockett gives the following
account of the wreck:
I'VE were lying to to mend our fore
sail. A moderate gale was blowing and
the seas were running high. 1 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 investi-
cation showed that she would soon
sink, and l at once notified the passen-
gers 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
account of the events that followed.
The darkness added to the confusion.
The Jane Gray earned two lifebOats
and two launches. l at once ordered
the boats lowered. The first lifeboats
were swamped. The launch Kennoma,
belonging to the IngIz ham party. was
successfully lowered. At this time the
Jane Gray was almost under water. A
heavy sea struck her, throwing her on
her beam. There ives no time to
launch other boats. The water was
over her matches, and everyone below
was certainly drowned. Those on deck
hurrledly got IN the launch a sack or
prunes and one of turaips was hastily
taken from the ships stores. and this
was the only food we had till we
reached Vancouver island. AS the
launch drifted away from the almost
submerged schooner, we saw eight or
ten men standing On the lee rail, cling
ing to the rigging. Soon they dis
appeared from sight. Two of them.
Job johnson and c. ]. Reilly, kept
afioat by clinging to bundles of boat
lumber. Two hours after they were
picked up by our launch, making 81. in
all we had with us. It 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 to be getting
into the launch. We saw nothing of
them when daylight came. We i'm
provised a sail and paddles, and after