The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-02

ing. they went !nto eternity without n
thought. Ar had been very seasick ter
several days and had reached stage
where they did not care whether she ship
went down or not There was no time 10
so back :nto the cabin and pun Them on
deck. II was every man for himself. and
many OF those who persisted were 100 sick
20 think OF getting out. | saw A. Z Dun
lap on the deck Of the schooner. hut Gid
not see him when the launch driftsf away
I talked with Horace Palmer. Of Lebanon
O, for a moment on the deck OF the
schooner. He said:
This is = hard way 70 die, iSn't II. The
only thing I mind is leaving my wife and
children I think he was working with
the other boat, but did not see him again.
Too much cannot he said about the
bravery displayed by Capt. Crockett Maze
Hansen and the other members Of the
crew. They were M night and day from
the time Ne got into the straits and dis
played great GOODNESS az the time of the
wreck. The survivors passed resolutions
thanking them / ito net attempt 10 ex-
plain the cause OF the Jane Gray founder
Ing We were given 70 understand that
she was very siaunch clipper whaler. yet.
after passing through no storm at all. her
seams opened Nh and she sunk Almost with
out warning. There was not a life pre-
server or lie raft aboard. have nothing
more to say about this until some matters
have been adjusted
Capt. Crockett's Statement.
This is the account of the disaster given
by Capt. Crockett to a Post-fntelligencer
reporter yesterday afternoon in the pri-
vate Office of the MacDougali & South
wick Company:
My opinion IS that butt in The Gray
sprung open during Saturday night and
let in enough water 10 sink her. There is
nothing in tee ,h.ory that her load Of
freight SHIFTED sd caused her TO list to
starboard. The: was no very heavy storm;
that is. sufficient 10 wreck such a staunch
vessel as the Gray We were carrying
practically no sail and We're hove-to when
| was called on deck at . o'clock on Sun
day morning. IL was my watch. but the
mate and one seaman were on the deck
at the time. while / was down below.
We sailed from Seattle May 10, being
toWed as far as Port Townsend There
We set sail cary on the morning of May
% The wind was light and we made slow
progress TO the straits. We passed by Cane
Flattery Saturday morning, May II, AT
o COCK. The wind was from the southeast
Saturday evening at o'clock we reduced
sail and hove-to. The foresail alone was
up. The wind was stiff and ii blew harder
in the night 1t was what I would call a
moderate gale. There was a heavy sea rum
ming. but not heavy enough 10 swamp any
seaworthy ship.
The water was pumped out OF the hold
saturday night at midnight. The vessel
nad been making some water. but not
enough to cause any apprehension. / went
10 oed believing that everything was al
right ana with "a much confidence in my
safety as II / had been on shore.
was called. as near as / can Judge, at
COCK on Sunday morning. May %
can only tell the time by the fact that
me watches of the men who were in the
wafer all stopped at O'clock The mate
called TO me that something was the mat
Ter with the ship. / hurried on what cloth
ing could and jumped on deck. / imme-
oiately saw that there was something ser;-
Gus the trouble with the schooner she
mad heavy list to starboard and with
every sea the list grew worse. oraaraJ
'ne foresal lowered. hoping that she would
right. but there was no change Then
called Tor all hands to come on deck and
tod the men to clear away the boats
gave particular directions for the mon
10 get the woman. Mrs Gambel. and her
child. from the cabin. Then turned INV
attention to getting the boats launched
and 10 seeing that all of the passengers
were placed aboard them in safety
The plight OF the ship grew o,,ieklv
worse Indeed there was no time fer
anything. AT the same time there was no
excitement. We lowered the big launch
first and before we could get the other
boats In readiness for the passengers, the
water carried them off the davIts. Two
or the smaller boats We're lowered all
rght. The heavy sea made il difficult
TO handle them however
Before we had time to place Drovl
sions or oars on the launch we were com
peIed 10 get on board. Three or four of
us Jumped Into the launch and others fol-
lowed by stepping off the starboard van
INTO the water and swimming TO the
launch. Those who came alongside were
helped In. We drifted rapidly away from
the schooner, which was slowly sinking
IL was pitch dark and difficult TO distfn-
guish anything or anybody.
Ten Minutes and an Was Over.
There was not over ten minutes of
time from the moment stepped foot on
the deck until we were compelled to fump
into the launch for our lives. The spars
OF the ship were already under water and
She slowly settled on her beam ends
There were two launches, two seal boats
and dory. The other launch was
smashed IN the rigging. but / saw four
men in Il. II was half full OF water
however. and have very little hope for
the poor fellows that got in IT, None of
the smaller boats was manned.
Il took charge IF the launch and cleared
her away from the wreck. calling TO ali
within reach 10 join us We driftad
around for perhaps two hours and then
day broke An hour after dawn Reilly
and John@0ns w2o were floating an
wreckage drifted TO US and were saved
The schooner was nowhere sn sight. Al
about 10 o'clock We rugged a sail Of n
piece OF canvas in the bottom Of The
launch and headed north, driven before
the wind
sunday evening az dusk We rigRed n
drag 50 as 70 steady the boat The next
morning. not long before noon. we sight
cd land. which proved To he the COAST Of
Vancouver island. We made shore 1ate
that afternoon in Kyuquot sound We
landed without difficulty snd in1nne1iateI,,
set about building fires anr making ready
10 camp. We dug some Frusseis and ate
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