Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-23
LOST WITH ALL ON BOARD.
Fate Of the Helen W. Almy, Bound for
Alaska.


San Francisco, March 22.-Upon the
arrival OF the Pacific Coast Steamship
company's steamer Santa Rosa from
San Diego today, the news was received
here of another horrible accident. indl-
rectly attributable to the Alaskan gold
excitement which is believed to have
cost the lives of forty passengers and
sailors. Capt. Alexander Of the Santa
Rosa reported that early this morn
ing, while nine miles of Point Bonita,
at the mouth OF the Golden Gate, he
sighted derelict, bottom up. The tug
Sea Watch was Immediately dis
patched to the point indicated, and
found the derelct 10 be the bark Hell
On W. Amy, Capt. Hogan, when
sailed hence for Copper river points
with twenty-seven passengers ana a
crew of thirteen on sunday last Nhile
there were no signs of boats among
the wreckage, 1t is not believed that
her passengers and crew escaped by
putting of from the vessel in them, as
there has been II heavy sea Tor several
days past. Furthermore, no word mas
been received from the survivors, IL
any exist. although the derelict was
sighted within ten miles of this port,
and forty-eight hours have passed
since the wreck occurred
According to the tugbuat men, there
was n pretty stiff breeze when the
Amy sailed out of the Golden Cate
on Sunday last. and by night 1t was
blowing a gale. She left her under
topsais and when last seen was stand
ing out for an otllng. There was a
heavy sea running, and II is supposed
that some time during the night she
was struck by squat and turned
turtle. The following is a list of her
HH. asNfVt aNasH "a nd fHV
Passengers-A Anderson, David An
dlerson a. b. Beach, ID. Cimotto. Theo
Creher. u. Il. Currier. Oscar Diersander,
Fred Franks. Julius Gill. j. i. Gotsky.
Gus Jourmer. NJ. II. Lemley, John Lee
" k. William McCray. Il. Nichols, Jas.
Ronald. II. Reason, James u. Saxon,
John Smell. William sheldon. c: b.
Spike. Charles r.. Smallwood John
Vance. Adolph waldo. John Walker.
John Westwisk. and an unknown man.
Crew-W. j. Hogan, captain; V. H.
Crantz. chief mate. native OF Boston,
50 years: +. Mackie. second mate, Call
fornia. 26 years John Higgins, cook,
Massachusetts. 80 years: w. c. Hop
kins. steward, Illinois, 4G years Ira
Cook. cabin boy, Connecticut, 40 years;
Fred Cromwell, apprentice. Pennsyl-
Vania. 90 years.
Seamen-P. Bronson. United States.
40 years; j. h. Underwood. Jersey "a
years; Charles ID. Leach. Connecticut,
"a years: Ernest Italian, England, %
years; William McKeon, New York, q
years; Antoine Nicols, Australia, 20
years
The Helen w. Amy was once a
South Sea trader. and was quite ia
nous for her many adventures among
the reefs. Her commander was Capt
Luttrell ana he operated her in tho
interest of John Wightman, who re-
tanned an interest In her when she
entered the Alaska trade.
The vessel was In good condition for
an old vessel and perfectly seaworthy.
She was on the dry dock some days
before being put on the BERTRAND her
owners spent $1,000 in repairing her.
She had a temporary house on deck.
When the Almy left port she had
1875 tons of ballast in her. She carried
besides, the provisions Of the passen-
gers and their outfits.
Atoka, !. T.. March 25.-Thirteen Of
the gold-seekers who are supposed to
have been lost with the bark Helen W.
Almy in the Pacific ocean off San
Francisco, were from Coalgate this
territory. Most OF them had worked
in the mines for several years and
when they started or fthe Klondike
they took their savings for years. rang
ing from $50 to $1,000 per man.