Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-23
FORTY LIVES LOST?.
Bark Helen w. Almy Wrecked
Near Golden Gate,
NO SURVIVORS FOUND.
Vessel Was Carrying Gold Seek.
ers to Copper River.
High Wind Blowing When She Sailed
from San Francisco and Heavy
Sea Was Running.

San Francisco, March 22.-Upon the
arrival of the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company's steamer Santa Rosa, from
San Diego, today, the news was re-
oeived of another terrible accident, in
directly attributed to the Alaskan gold
excitement, which is believed to have
cost the lives of forty passengers and
sailors.
Captain Alexander of the Santa Rosa
reported that early this morning, while
nine miles off Point Bonita, at the
mouth of the Golden Gate, he sighted
derelict bottom up. The tug Sea
Witch was Immediately dispatched to
the point Indicated, and found the dere-
hct to be the bark Helen w. Almy,
Capt. Hogan, which sailed hence for
Copper River points, with twenty-seven
passengers and a crew of thirteen, on
Sunday last. The bark lay upon her
starboard side with her stern low in
the water, her deck hamper badly
wrecked and several planks of her hull
washed loose by the seas which broke
over her.
While there were no signs of boats
among the wreckage, it is not be-
heVed that her passengers and crew
escaped by putting off from the vessel
in them, as there have been very heavy
seas for several days past. Further
more, no word has been received from
the survivors, if any exist, although the
derelict was sighted within ten miles of
the shore and fully As hours have
passed since the wreck occurred.
According to the tug-boat men, there
was pretty stiff breeze when the Almy
sailed out of Golden Gate on Sunday
last, and by noon it was blowing a gale.
She left here under topsails, and when
last seen was standing out for an offing.
There was a heavy sea running and it
is supposed that some time during the
night she was struck by squall and
capSized.
The following is list of her passen-
gers and crew:
Passengers-A. Anderson, David An
derson, A. B. Beach, G. D. Cinoto, The
odore Greber, E. P. Currier, Oscar D.
Kersander, Fred Franks, Julius Gill, j.
T. Gotsky, Gus Jourmer, NJ. r, Lemley
John Levick, William McCray r. N
Nichols, James Ronalds, j. 7. Reason
James B. Saigon, John Smell, William
Sneden, c. B. Spilles, Charles r. Small
wood, John Vance, Adolph Wadi, John
Walker, John Westwick an unknown
man.
The crew.. j. Hogan captain; V. B.
Crantz chief mate, native of Boston, 35
years old; F. Mackie second mate, Cali
fornia John Higgins, cook, Massachu-
setts, 80 years old; w. c. Hopkins stew
ard, Illinois; Ira Cook, cabin boy, Con-
necticut; Fred Cromwell, apprentice
Pennsylvania.
Seamen C. P. Bronson, j. B. Under
wood, New Jersey; Charles N. Leach,
Connecticut, As years; Ernest Italian,
England; William McKeon, New York
Antoine Nicholas, Australia.
The Helen M. Alnly was once a South
sea trader, and was quite famous for
her many adventures among the reefs.
Her commander was then Capt. Luttrell,
and he operated her in the interest of
John Wightman, who retained an inter-
est in her when she entered the Alaskan
trade
The vessel was in good condition for
an old vessel, and perfectly seaworthy.
She was recently on the dry dock and
her owners spent $4,000 in repairing her.
She had temporary house on deck
When the Alny left the port she had
25 tons of ballast in her besides the pro-
visions of the passengers and their out
fits. She was a vessel of only 250 tons,
and was ballastei sufficiently to make
her stiff