The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-02

j. E. BLACKWELL, Seattle.
SILAS LOVINGOOD. Seattle
CHARLES E. CHORN, Seattle.
M. F. ROBERTS, Seattle.
Crew-CAPT. e. E. CROCKETT, MATE
JOHN HANSEN. CHARLES OLSEN,
CHARLES, CARLSON, seaman.
Those lost are:
SIGNOR GAIA, Italy
SIGNOR BESSET, Italy
JACK LINDSAY, Everett.
w. A. JOHNSON, Seattle.
c. 6. SMITH. Seattle
G. ". YOUNG, Seattle Seattle.
w. D. MILAN, Seattle.
HORACE PALMER, Lebanon. o.
f. G.. SAULSBERRY, Minnesota.
D. B. RANNEY, Mexico City.
r BE- p; ENIP Pc Jr,, Seattle.
E. NJ. TAYLOR, California
F. S. TAYLOR, California.
B. S. SPENCER, California.
EDWARD F. RITTER
F. w. GITNHER.
B. S. FROST.
w. F. LEVERING.
WILLIAM OTTER
o. F. M'KELVEY.
c. BROWN
c. c. ATKINS.
N. HEDELUND.
CHARLES WILLIAMS.
V. c. GAMBEL. wife and child mission
airy on st. Lawrence island in the Behring
sea.
One other, name unknown
Il. M. and F. S. Taylor, Of California
were sons of S. P. Taylor, a wealthy paper
manufacturer of San Francisco 1t is pos
sible there may be four or five more sur
vivors whose names cannot be ascertained
The Lady Jane Gray's passengers were
prospectors, with the exception of Rev. V.
Z. Ganbrel, a missionary, who, with his
wife and child, was on his way to ST. Law
renee island in the Boring sea. He refused
to place his wife and child on board the
launch, saying: THE vessel is doomed and
we will die together"
Among the prospectors was a party of
sixteen, headed by Major 1ngraham, who
were QUILTED by Prince Luigi, of Italy for
two years prospecting trip in Alaska. OF
this party the only survivors are Major In
graham, L. NJ. Lessey, c. Fl. Packard and
G. H. Pennington.
The surviving passengers suffered great
deal of privation, and for thirty hours their
only food was sack of prunes and a sack
Of turnips from the ships stores. Sufficient
water was caught by spreading a tarpaulin
during rain storm.
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 sur
vivors they were all carried to their rooms
or the residences of friends. The few that
could be seen had not recovered from the
shock and, consequently, could not give a
very detailed account of the disaster, which
came on them so suddenly. They were I'M
able to account for the vessels springing a
leak and sinking so suddenly They were
warm in their praise of the work done by
Captain Crockett at the time of the foun-
dering of the vessel.
Captain Crockett gives the following ac-
count Of the wreck: I'VE were lying to to
mend our foresale A moderate gale was
blowing and the seas were running high
/ 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 leak
ing. A hurried investigation showed that
she would soon sink and 1 at once notified
the passengers. 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 car
ried two life boats and two launches. 1 at
once ordered the boats lowered The first
lifeboat was swamped. The launch Ken
noma, belonging to the 1ngraham party was
successfully lowered AT this time the Jane
Gray was almost under water. A heavy sea.
struck her, throwing her her beam.
There was no time TO launch other boats
The water was over her matches and every
one below was certainly drowned. Those
on deck. however, got in the launch. A sack
of prunes and one of turnips was hurredly
taken from the ships stores and this was
the only food we had till we reached Van
couver island.
LAS the launch drifted away from the all
most submerged schooner we saw eight or
ten men standing on the lee rail clinging
to the rigging. Soon they disappeared from
sight. Two of them-John Johnson and c.
Reilly-kept af1oat by clinging to bundles of
lumber Two hours later they were picked
up by our launch. making twenty-seven in
all we had with us 1t is just barely possible
that there will be four more survivors. Be-
fore 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
launch. We improvised a sail and paddles
and, after drifting, thirty hours in the
launch, finally landed inside of Rugged
Point, Kynquot sound, on Vancouver island
eighty miles from the scene of the wreck
fire was built on the beach and we made
a meal on roasted mussels. We had eaten
nothing since the night before the disaster
excepting the sack of pruneS and turninS
which we threw into the launch. We got
our drinking water by spreading out a tar
paulin in the driving rain. An Indian who
CHANGED to come along informed US that the
village of kynquot was but six miles away
We went there and found the sealing
schooner Favorite becalmed, and arrange
ments were made TO carry our party to Vic
toria. We reached there just in time to
catch the steamer tor Seattle.
The Lady Jane Gray was schooner of
1000 tons burden. She was built in Bath