The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-07
RELICS OF THE JANE GRAY.
HER LatxCa AN> OTHER nOArs
PICKED Up ny INDIANS.
The Boats Were Right side Up and
rasnjaxes. HAT Nothing Remained
To show What Had become Of Men

SEpereal Dlsnsfeh 70 he Pess-Inse,,isencse.
Z SAST0EsIA. a. e. JCne e.-~Whstever
acs>e NAY hasa nsen entertained regarding
the poss bic safety OF these unfortunate
passengers Of the Schooner Jane Gray who
did rcs sssccS@d sa boarding the launch
kennorTssa sspa.d appear % have been dis
ssfated oy tee news brought here today
by steamer Wsilapa. II has been thought
by mariners familiar with the west caA0
thai some &C those whose names were pap-
,ssa,ea in she list o. lost Nigh; have sns-
css<aed in reaching Ssscre IA another iapnelI
belonging 10 The Italian YxaFsy and the
return % the wiBaga Was eagerly sooked
fer with that idea In vivw. Capt Foote'S
news. however. causes she most saasuine
to abandon hope.
On her aerthward trip OFT KyaQios the
willapa's crew sighted an object some dis
lance cut wh.ch presented the appearance
81 a capxsiEsl boat. A closer arproacn
proved il 10 be a dead whale. and az
kyacuos Capt Foots netsfiesi the s5awasheo
or what he mad seen. A party Of Indians
proceeded In search OF the whale. but
failed 70 fana Il. They foana instead the
thirty-soot launch belonging 20 the ltal-
tsns. right side up. wacs,y unsntured. Ito
only contents WIRE some Books and paperA
x was towed - hya1act where IL IL
he'd by the Indians FOR $40 salvage. At
lAhousset care further convincing evt.
denee OF tho futilsty of hope for the
safety Of the missing men was found. the
Jane taray's lifehoas and a canvas boar
hav.ng been found cut at sea three uailso
1roin shore oy some Ahousatt Indiana
Both boats were unfnjured and In neithss
Was there any Indications sust!fytng the
hope that they had been occupied by tho
survivors who had afterwards been rescu-
I'd by passing vessel,
The nrai proof of the loss Of ell the
thirty-foar unaccouHted for was given
Capt. Foote on arriving al Nootka whsro
the dory had been found by Indians float
siag right siee UP. inf goo3 condition. but
without any indication Of having afforded
A means Of safety TO any OF the sarv1vorA
The fact of all the boats known TO have
been carried BY the Jane Gray having been
iannd. tessi;ies 10 the energetic and pexsfs-
tent search made by the Indians OF the
eQast 10 whom great Inducements were
'Ahered TO insure their vigilance Every
MET and cove IA which IL was az all
dksay the survivors might have succeeded
IA finding haven has now been carefully
examined and the hope of their safety
must he Abandoned. Ii will be- rem embered
that Carlson. the seaman who was among
the survivors, said that the second launch.
the one now found, feundered when put d
Inc water. Its discovery right Slds up UNI
injured furnishes good Indication q
tha frenzy which controlled the crews ana
or the awful conditions which surrounded
them, Some miscellaneous freight and
wreekage have been found at other points
on the coast. Cant Foote added 20 the
thoroughness OF the search made by the
Indians by keeping a close look out at
every sikeiy point. going as close into shore
as possibss and scanning with the glass
every place where any survivors comb
have reached.