The Taney County republican., 1898-06-09
IHIEFNED TO MEET DEAIH
~. Dread Monster Claimed His
Helpless Victims With But the
Slightest Warning.
nlar.fouR PASSENGERS DROWNED.
s,ddsn sinking OF tho Schooner Lady
lane Gray While LyinR-to for the Re-
..,r of q Sail Most of the Lost Were
a.,.ep Between Decks-Thc Captains

c~.ruE. Wash, June 2.-The
.,hooner Lady Jane Gray, which sailed
s~u, seattle for Kotzelsu Sound on
Nav 10Th, with 81 persons on board,
s.nndered Sunday, May ~, about 80
lies west of Cape Flattery, at two
CLOCK in the morning, while lying-to
IN a moderate gale under foresail.
Ten minutes after the alarm was given
.hs Law at the bottom of the ocean with
=. If her passengers. The remainder
.rcceeded in embarking in launch,
and reached this city yesterday after
noon.
The Lady Jane Gray's passengers
vere prospectors, with the exception
n Rev. V. c. Gambel, missionary,
vho. with his wife and child, was on
his way to st. Lawrence island in the
Rehring sea. He refused to place his
u;f. and child on board the launch,
saving: "Thc vessel is doomed and we
will die together"
Among the prospectors was party
Of Is, headed by Maj. Ingraham, who
we're outfitted by Prince Luigi, Of
italy, for two years prospecting trip
in Alaska. or this party Ile only sur
yiyors are Maj. Ingraham, L. NJ. Les
,ey, c. II. Packard and G. II Penning-
ION.
The news of the disaster and the ex-
pected arrival of the survivors from
Victoria caused large crowd to gather
at the dock in this city. Carriages
were waiting, and when the City of
Kingston landed the survivors they
we're all carried to their rooms or t.
the residences of friends. The few
that could be seen had not recovered
from the shock, and consequently cou' d
not give a very detailed account of the
disaster which came on them SO sud-
denly. They were unable to account
Tor the vessel springing leak aud
sinking SO suddenly. They were wal m
in their praise of the work done by
Capt. Crockett at the time of the fo, u
dering Of the vessel.
Capt 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. l
had gone to bed and was sound asleep,
when the watchman awakened me with
the announcement that something was
wrong. / arose at once, and found the
vessel leaking. A hurried investiga.
tion showed that she would soon sink.
and at once notified the passengers OF
the situation. Most of them were asleep
unde. meath the deck.
"a scene of confusion then took
place and it is impossible to give any
detailed account of the events that fol-
lowed. The darkness added to the
confusion. The Lady Jane Gray car
ried two lifeboats and two launches.
lat once ordered the boats lowered.
The first lifeboat was swampcd. The
launch Kennoma, belonging to the In.
graham party, was successfully low
cred
"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, and
everyone below was certainly drowned.
Those on deck, however, got into the
launch. A sack of prunes and one OF
turnips were hurriedly taken from the
ships stores, and this was the only
food we bad till we reached Vancouver
island.
"As the launch drifted away from
the almost submerged.schooner we saw
eight or ten men standing in the lee
rail, clinging to the rigging. Soon
they disappeared from sight. Two OF
them, Job Johnson and c. Reilly kept
anoat by clingiug to bundles of boa,
lumber. Two hours after they were
picked up by our launch, making % ir
al we had with us. 1t is just barely
possible that there will be four more
SURVIVORS. just before the Jane Gray
Gsappeared under the waves we
taought we saw the second launch
snat was on board with four forms
near It They were so indistinct that
we were not sure. They seemed to be
getting iE:o the launch.
we imprOvised sail, and after
ariIhng 30 hours in the launch, tinall-
..nuea inside OF Rugged point, Kynquot
.ound, on Vancouver island, 80 miles
nun the scene of the wreck. a fire
vas quilt on the beach, and we made
-eai ON roasted mussels. We had hac
~ iood since the night before the dis
''er' excepting the sack of prunes ano
!" M niPs thas we threw into the launch.
es soe our drinking water by spread.
.u' tarpaulin in the driving rain.
an inolan who chanced to come
iiOne informed us that the village o.
suquot was but six miles away. We
s.s sn' there and found the coastinR
oooer Favorite becalmed, and ar
ements n..sS were made to carry our
y 70 Victoria. We reached there
n. ~ s"e 70 catch the steamer for Seat