The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-02
Schooner Jane Gray Went Down
OF Cape Flattery.
%THlRTY-FOUR WERE LOST



81 people on board. foundered Sunday.
May 22. about 90 miles west of Cape
Flattery, at 2 O'Clock In the morning.
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 "a of her passengers. The
remainder Of the % succeeded in en-
city this afternoon.
Following is a list OF survivors: lob
Johnson. Springfield. r. l.; c. w. VIII
kinson. San Francisco: c. Weston.
Scowhegsn, Maine: A. c.. Kingsbury.
Boston,: Erminio Sella. s. Beauchetto.
Italy: +. J. Davenport. Harrisburg, Pa:
George Hitler. Harrisburg. Pa; J.. ii.
Coutre, Hartford. Conn; c.. j. Reilly,
Hartford, Conn w. s. Weaver, Muir
ray, Pa; George r. Boak, fayetteville,
Pa: G. II. Pennington. Snohomish.
Wash: c. II. Packard. Snohomish,
Wash; f.. o. Ingraham, l.. NJ. Lessey,
j. r. Blackwell, Silas Lovingood.
Charles T.. Chord and NJ. +. Roberts. ell
of Seattle. Crew. captain, f. r. Crock
EFT: mate. John Hansen; cook Charles
OleSen, assistant cOOk, <flpeit Jphisoh,
Seaman Charles Carlson.
Those lost are: Signor Gaia. Italy:
Signor Besseta. Italy: Jack Lindsay.
Everett: w. II. Gleason, Seattle; w.
A. Johnson, Seattle; V. j. Smith, Seat
tie: c. G. Smith. Seattle; p. c. Little,
Seattle: s. w. Young. Seattle; W. ID.
Milland. Seattle; Horace Palmer. Leb-
anon, Ohio: +. G.. Saulsberry. Mime
sofa: A. Il. Dunlap, Dwight. Ill; h. ID.
Do,-,u Na~ina CITY. u = Shine. ir.
Seattle: John NJ. Stutsman, Westfield,
". j.: r. NJ. Taylor. California; +.
S. Taylor. California; Il. s. Spencer,
California; w. p. Doxey, Edward r.
Ritter, F. w. Ginther, r. s. Frost, w.
f. Levering, william Otter, o. F. Nc
Kelvey, c. Brown, c. c. Atkins, N. Heu-
elund. Charles williams, V. c. Gambei,
wife and child, missionary on st. Law
renee island, in the Boring sea, and one
other.
1t is possible that there may be four
or five survivors whose names cannot
be ascertained.
The Jane Gray's passengers were
prospectors. with the exception or Rev
V. c. Gambel. a missionary, who, with
his wife and child. was on his way 10
81. lawrence island. i'm the Boring sea.
He refused TO place his wife and child
a. hoard tho launch. saving: The
vessel lis doomed. and we will die to-
gether."
amang the prospectors was a party
of 16. headed by Major 1ngraham, which
was QUILTED by Prince Luigi or ita.N
for a two years prospecting trip IN
Alaska. OF this party. the only sur
yivors are Major Ingraham. l.. NJ. Les
sey. C. H. Packard and c.. Il.
ton.
The surviving passengers suffered a
great deal of privation, n for 30 hours
the only food was a sack OF prunes ana
a sack OF turnips from the ships stores.
Sufficient water was caught by spread
ing a tarpaulin during a rain storm.
The news of the disaster and the ex-
pected arrival of the survivors from
Victoria attracted a large crowd at the
dock i'm this city. Carriages were wait
ing and when the City of Kingston land
ed the survivors they were Immediately
carried TO their homes or to the resi-
dences of riends. The few that could
be seen had not yet from the
shock and consequently could not give a
very detailed account OF the disaster
which came on them so suddenly. They
were unable to account for the vesseIs
springing a leak and sinking so sud-
denly. They were warm I'm their praise
of the work lone by Captain Crockett
at the time of the laundering OF the YES
sci. Captain Crockett gives the follow
ing account OF the wreck.
I'VE were lying to under our foresail.
A moderate gale was blowing and the
seas were running high. l a gone TO
bed and was sound asleep when the
watchmen awakened ms with the an
nouncement that something was wrong.
I arose al once and found the vessel
leaking. A hurried investigation showed
thai she would soon sink and j at once
notified the passengers of the situation
Most OF them were asleep underneath
the deck.
AT this time the Jane Gray was al
most under water. A heavy sea struck
her. throwing her on her beam. There
was no time TO launch other boats. The
water was over her matches n every
one below was certainly drowned. Those
on deck hurriedly got in the launch. "A
sack of prunes and n OF turnips was
hastily taken from the ships stores and
this was the only food we had TIL we
reached Vancouver island. As the
launch drifted away from the almost
submerged schooner we saw 5 or 10 men
standing on the lee rail, clingins to the
igging. soon they disappeared from
sight. Two OF them. Job johnson and
G. ]. Reilly. kept afioat by clingtng TO
bundles Of o lumber Two hours
after they were picked up by our
launch, making % In all We had on
DOafu. IL II baittN PoSctefN h"e -
will be four more survivors. Just be-
fore the Jane Gray disappeared under
the waves we thought we saw the sec
ond launch that was on board with four
forms near IL. They were so indistinci
that we were not sure. They seemed 10
be getting into the launch. We saw
nothing of them when daylight came.
We improvised a sail and paddles and
after drifting so our In the launch
finally landed inside of Rugged Point,
Kynuuot sound, on Vancouver island. st
miles from the scene of the wreck. A
FIRE was built IN the beach and we made
a meal on roasted mussels. We had
had no food since the night before tbs
disaster. excepting h sack OF prunes
and turnips that we throw In ths
launch. We got our drinking water by
spreading out a t%arpaulin In the driving
rain. An indian who CHANGED to come
along informed us that the village oi
Kynquot was but six miles away. We
went there and found the scaling
schooner Favorite becalmed and ar