The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-23

San Francisco, March 22-Upon
the arrival of the Pacific Coast
Steamship company's steamer Santa
Rosa from San Diego today. the news
was received here of another horrible
accident. indirectly attributable to the
Alaskan gold excitement, which is be-
lieved to have cost the lives of 40 pas
sengers and sailors.
Captain Alexander, of the Santa
Rosa. reported that early this morn
ing. While nine miles off Point Bonita,
at the mouth of the Golden Gate, he
sighted a derelict. bottom up. The tug
Sea Witch was Immediately 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 with p passengers
and a crew of 10, on Sunday last
APPEARANCE OF WRECK.
The bark lay upon her starboard
side. with her stern low down in the
water. her deck hamper badly 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 wreckage, it is not believed
that her passengers and crew escaped
by putting off from the vessel in them,
as there has been very heavy sea for
several days past Furthermore, no
wcrd has been received from the sur
vivors, if any exist, although the dere-
lict was sighted within ten miles of this
port, and fully As hours have passed
since the wreck occurred.
BLEW A GALE.
According to the tug boat men, there
was g pretty stiff breeze when the
Almy sailed out of the Golden Gate on
Sunday last. and by night it was blowing
a gale. She left here under topsails,
and when last seen was standing out
for an offing. There was heavy sea
running, and it is supposed that some
time during the night she was struck
by a squall and turned turtle.
PASSENGERS AND CREW.
The following is a list of her passen-
Passengers.-A. Anderson, David An
derson. A. B. Beach, d. Cinotto, Thee.
Creber. E. p. Currier, Oscar d. Jer-
sander, Fred Franks, Julius Gill, ]. L.
Gotsky, Gus Jourmer, NJ. r. Lemley.
John Leviclk. William Moray, r. Mich
OILS, James Ronald, T. Reason, James b.
Saxon. John Smell, William Sheldon, c.
B. Spike, Charles r. Smallwood, John
Vance, Adolph Waldo, John Walker,
John Westwick and an unknown man.
The Crew.-W. J. Hogan, captain; V.
b. Crantz. chief mate, native of Bos-
ton. So years: F. Mackie, second mate,
California, 26 years; John Higgins,
cook. Massachusetts,, 80 years; w. {.
Hopkins, steward. Illinois, rs years;
Ira Cook. cabin boy, Connecticut, 40
years; Fred Cromwell, apprentice, 20
years, Pennsylvania.
Seamen.-P. Bronson, United States.
40 years; j. B. Underwood, Jersey, "a
years; Charles D. Leach, Connecticut.
"a years: Ernest ITALIAN, England. 20
years: William Nixon, New York, q
years; Antoine Nicols, Australia, 20
wears.
FAMOUS LITTLE CRAFT.
The Helen w. Amy was once a
South Sea trader, and was quite IA
nous Cor her many adventures among
the reefs. Her commander was CAPTAIN
Luttrell. and he operated her in the in
terest of John Wightman, who retained
an interest in her when she entered the
Alaska trade.
The vessel was in good condition for
an old vessel, and perfectly seaworthy.
She was on the dry dOck some days be-
fore being put on the berth, and her
owners spent $4,000 in repairing her.
She had a temporary house on deck.
When the Almy left port she had 125
tons of ballast in her. She carried be-
sides the provisions of the passengers
and their outfits. She was a vessel of
only about $50 tons. and was, therefore,
ballasted sufficiently to make her
stiff