The San Francisco call., 1898-01-31

away before dark with some 2O0 pas sengers from the island. About 10 o'clock that night she met the Oregon, bound north. The two steamers were lashed together and all but about twen- ty-five of the Corona's people were transferred and started north again. Those who came the rest of the way are coming down to reoutfit and go north again.
 From the general expression it is not believed that the injury to the Corona is serious. She lies easily on the bot tom of the sea and the fact that she filled so slowly proves that the hole in her bottom is not large. If a wreck CT is at hand there is no reason why the accident should lay her off more than few weeks.
 After the passengers landed the tent in the woods was occupied by. w. E. Glunz and wife and Mrs. Glunz' sister. Mrs. O. Knox, all of Oakland, Cal, and S. Marcuse of San Francisco. MT. Glunz was taking up several tons of goods to open store at Dyea. He had a number of horses aboard which were saved. but his loss amounts to several thousand dollars. Notwithstanding the fact that MT. Glunz has suffered so se- verely by the accident, he is going on to Dyea. MT. Glunz and Mrs. Knox came down on the Al-Ki until they met the Oregon, when they re-embarked for the north.
 In recounting her experiences. Mrs. Knox said: The crash, when the Coro- nss ran on the rock, was one shall never forget. We were just preparing for breakfast. As soon as possible the small boats were lowered and the wo- men landed on the rocky point nearest us. After they were all safely ashore, the balance of the passengers were taken off. Then the crew, aided by a number of willing passengers, boarded the wreck and saved some baggage, blankets, mattresses, tents, provisions and other ships store that had not been damaged by water. The passengers inn mediately began to make themselves comfortable with the saved property. It was supposed that it would be only a days outing, but 1t lasted four and a half. At all hours of the day or night anxious watchers could be seen on the cliff, watching for a boat of any kind to take us off the desolate island. We must have been 600 or 700 miles from Puget Sound and 250 from Fort Wran- gel, the nearest settlement.
 We were treated with every courtesy by the captain and officers, who exert ed themselves to see that no one suf- fered. There were a number of horses and dogs, belonging to different pass engers, on board, and they were land ed by being lowered over the side of the vessel into the water and allowed to swim ashore.
 Tt was a barren island when we first landed. but in a few hours it resembled a genuine boom town, all the camps being laid out in streets and the streets named. We had Market, Front. San Lorenzo and California streets and Van Ness avenue. Much wreckage was washed up on the beach A drummer for a San Francisco grocery house found quantity of his samples of canned fruits among the wreckage, and he presented them to the lady passen- gers. l can assure you his kindness was greatly appreciated.
 "On Wednesday evening a boat was sighted, and was greeted with cheer after cheer, the entire camp almost eo- ing wild at the expected deliverance but the vessel, after stopping a few minutes, passed on, leaving word that a vessel would be down the next day to take us off. We were quite satisfied to leave the island, as we had quite enough of it"
 A. R. Diamond of Portland was a passenger on the Corona. He was most indignant, both at the cause of the ac cident and the way he was treated on board and ashore afterward. He said: From the moment the ship struck there was no head and no authority. Everything was in confusion, every body was for himself, and much of the suffering, both from cold and hunger. that was experienced could have been avoided had there been show of order or authority.
 When provisions came ashore in boats manned by the crew the ships men grabbed most of them. Many pas sengers landed almost destitute and there was no way for them to live ex- cept by begging. There were six of us who had become acquainted on the steamer, and we were taken in by six former O. G. boys, who had saved some of their Klondike outfits I am afraid we would have nearly frozen and starved had it not been for their gen erosity. We never were able to get one meal from the ships stores during the whole time we were there, though there were tons of it came ashore. asked the second mate for a cup of cof fee, seeing that he had a supply. He told me to go to - and rustic it for